Category: Nintendo

Puck up your ideas.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate is getting DLC! We knew this already, of course, but today Super Evil Megacorp has revealed our first proper look at it, introducing the roguelike’s newest playable character: Casey Jones.

The ‘Casey Jones & The Junkyard Jam’ DLC is set to land on Switch on 5th February, bringing with it the Turtles’ hockey-mask-wearing pal, a new stage and a fresh wave of enemies to take out along the way.

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Change will come into effect in March.

Nintendo has announced that the Japanese Switch eShop will soon no longer accept overseas credit cards or PayPal accounts as valid payment methods.

As reported by VGC, the change will come into effect from 25th March 2025, with Nintendo citing “fraudulent use” as a main contributing factor behind the decision. It has not elaborated beyond this, but it’s well-known at this point that many overseas Switch owners like to utilise the Japanese eShop for games that either aren’t available elsewhere, or perhaps might be cheaper than their regional equivalent.

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It didn’t expect to beat “such a commercial monster”.

Nintendo has legally pursued all sorts of companies and projects over the years, and it often gets its desired outcome. However, it’s not gone the same way in a recent trademark battle against a family-owned Costa Rican “super” market.

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“Join us for a 20-minute Capcom Spotlight”.

We’re almost out of January, and Capcom is officially getting its year underway with the announcement of a special “spotlight” showcase taking place next week on 4th February.

This broadcast will be broken up into two segments – there’s the main show, running for 20 minutes, and this will be followed immediately by a 15-minute Monster Hunter Wilds showcase.

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Kart to kart.

With the truly shocking confirmation that, alongside the new console, Nintendo is busy assembling a follow-up entry to the best-selling game on Switch, it’s got us thinking about what we really want from a new Mario Kart.

In all honesty, we’ve been thinking about this for years, arguably since before we knew that Mario Kart 8 would be getting a Deluxe reprieve and assumed the new hotness on Switch would be totally new. Don’t get us wrong — Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is an astonishing product, and we’re huge fans of the enormous Booster Course Pass DLC, but we’ve been playing the same game in some form for over a decade now and we’re jonesing for a fresh take.

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Pre-orders now open.

If you have been holding off picking up last year’s Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind until a boxed edition punched its way into view, you’re in luck! Today, Digital Eclipse has announced just that, with a Standard and Deluxe edition available to pre-order right now.

According to the publisher’s announcement on BlueSky, both boxed copies are set to release on 30th May and can currently be found on the Atari website.

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Traders of the Lost Card.

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket‘s hotly-anticipated Trade feature is finally live in the mobile app. Those who have been waiting to swap cards with their pals can now do so, but there’s a catch: it’s a real headache.

As with everything TCG Pocket, Trading is all about consumable items and currency. We’ve known for a while that you’ll only be able to trade cards with friends, and those trades can only be cards of the same rarity, but a lengthy tutorial when you first open up the new feature explains there are a bunch more rules to keep in mind.

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Update: He’s apparently working on “part two” of his farewell note.

Following the recent release of Fantasian Neo Dimension for Switch, the Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi is now focused on his future.

In the same Famitsu interview with Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii, Sakaguchi revealed how he won’t be calling time on his career any time soon. Instead, he provided an update about his “new project”, which is believed to be a new “dark fantasy” title from Mistwalker.

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Swing it (again).

Continuing the trend, Sony’s PlayStation team San Diego Studio has today announced MLB The Show 25 will be arriving for Nintendo Switch on 18th March 2025.

This year’s version celebrates the series’ monumental 20th anniversary – “a milestone that honors two decades of baseball history, innovation, and unforgettable memories for baseball fans around the world”. This particular entry will feature three cover athletes including Paul Skenes, Elly De La Cruz, and Gunnar Henderson.

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Un-ape-peeling.

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD swung onto Switch earlier this month and it’s a perfectly good time. Nothing we haven’t seen before, but still a good bit of fun. That is unless you want to play some of the later stages in co-op, it seems, because fans have discovered an oversight that sucks all the fun out of platforming with your pals (thanks for the heads up, GamingReinvented).

As shared on YouTube by the wonderfully named DK fan channel, Kong Kompendium, Returns HD has a problem with its co-op combat: two players can’t bounce off the same enemy. It might not sound that weird on paper (heck, Mario does it all the time), but such an ability becomes pretty crucial as you progress into the game’s later stages — where bouncing on enemies is the only way to proceed — making a full co-op run on Switch far from ideal.

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