Category: Nintendo

HD-TooMuch?

Cast your minds back: it’s January 2017, and while the Switch isn’t on store shelves yet, we’re beginning to get a taste of what to expect on the hybrid console. As part of the build-up to the console, Square Enix announces a brand new IP from the team behind the Bravely Default series – Project Octopath Traveler.

I, and many others, immediately fell in love. In the short 40-second clip, we got a glimpse at a stunning new art style, one that blends HD visuals with gorgeous pixel art and dynamic lighting. This is the first time we ever saw HD-2D.

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Update: New info has surfaced.

At this year’s Game Awards show, SEGA announced it would be releasing a new racing game officially titled Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds.

We’ve only got a cinematic trailer so far, but as you can see, Shadow the Hedgehog features. It will be “coming soon” to the Nintendo Switch and multiple other platforms. Sega has also shared some more information about this upcoming release in an official PR:

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2025 draws near.

We’re back with a fresh look at our weekend gaming plans in the latest edition of What Are You Playing!

Before we dive into things, however, let’s recap this past week. Mr. Video Games himself, Geoff Keighley, was gracing our screens once again at The Game Awards, and while it was far from a Switch-fest, we did get a look at a new Sonic Racing title, Hideki Kamiya’s Okami sequel and a weird new spin on Pac-Man.

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“Featuring the voice of Keanu Reeves”.

In case you missed the initial announcement, Sega is celebrating the release of the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Movie this week with special DLC for Sonic X Shadow Generations.

It allows you to “dash through the streets of Shibuya” in a unique stage inspired by the events of third live-action movie. Shadow is also voiced as his movie voice actor Keanu Reeves.

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Including a “Secret Edition”.

Bandai Namco shared a major surprise yesterday during The Game Awards – revealing a new 2D action platformer Pac-Man game called Shadow Labyrinth.

Tekken‘s Katsuhiro Harada is the executive producer and the title has creators, directors and game designers from series like Samurai Shodown, King of Fighters, Pac-Man and even Kirby and the Amazing Mirror working on it.

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Pining for the fjords.

‘Game’ is a funny word. On its face, it describes lighthearted, fun, frivolous things. Even a very serious game of snooker, in which people wear waistcoats, is ‘just a game’ on some level. But of course video games can be very different, and Pine is one such game. The subtitle gives it away – A Story of Loss – and it does exactly what it says on the tin.

You might be inclined to imagine something like Arise: A Simple Story, where some light platforming guides you through allegorical landscapes in between cutscenes. However, Pine could be politely described as ‘gameplay-light’. The protagonist is an unnamed man living alone in a forest clearing. He fells trees for firewood, grows vegetables in a small allotment to feed himself, and does little else besides carving little statuettes of a woman he loves but has lost.

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Death end re;Quest: Code Z still on for PS5/4, though.

Idea Factory International has released a statement saying that a quartet of previously announced titles won’t be releasing for Switch in the West after all.

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2 Sisters Generation, and Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3 V Generation had been lined up for release back in May, but were postponed. Death End Re;Quest: Code Z was due to launch on the North American and European eShops in 2025, but has now been cancelled.

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“So it’s difficult to say right now”.

One of the biggest news stories to come out of last night’s Game Awards was the announcement of Elden Ring: Nightreign, a new standalone, co-op Elden Ring experience coming to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PC next year.

Our lucky friends over at IGN got to speak to the game’s director, Junya Ishizaki, and one of the questions relates to the game coming to Nintendo’s upcoming Switch successor. It’s undoubtedly a fair query, given that the three-player PvE outing is also coming to last-gen hardware like the PS4 and Xbox One.

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Surf and turf.

Dave The Diver has quickly become one of the most bankable titles for an appearance at each and every game showcase since it arrived on PC and console last year, and The Game Awards was no exception.

Developer MINTROCKET popped up at this year’s Geoff-fest to reveal the upcoming ‘In the Jungle‘ DLC, an expansion that will see Dave and co. leave the Blue Hole and set out into greener pastures (literally) to search for their next catch.

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The Switch might be winding down, but more games are on the way.

Nintendo may not have really been present at this year’s Game Awards, but there was one brief Switch trailer featured during the event.

While the company is in the process of signing off from the current Switch generation, this trailer was still busy hyping up the many third-party releases coming to the hybrid platform in 2025. This includes games like Civilization VII, Hello Kitty Island Adventure, Sunderfolk, and Tales of the Shire.

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