Category: Nintendo

Your wish is granted.

For several years, it felt like if you’ve played one of Omega Force’s famed Musou action games, you’ve played them all. It seems the team took note of this souring sentiment, however, resulting in more nuanced takes on the formula in more recent titles such as Fire Emblem: Three Hopes and Persona 5 Strikers (the latter co-developed with P-Studio). It’s continued this push with Fate/Samurai Remnant, a new standalone entry in the sprawling Fate franchise that provides an engaging action RPG experience that can appeal to fans both new and old.

The Fate series has expanded to become a vast and confusing multimedia soup of various canon and non-canon works, which can make following the narrative a rather tricky proposition, but Fate/Samurai’s story can readily be enjoyed both by franchise fans and newcomers. The story takes place in Edo period Japan and primarily follows a young man named Miyamoto Iori, a skilled swordsman who finds himself haplessly dragged into a supernatural conflict called the Waxing Moon Ritual.

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Tell us! Do it now!

The weekend is here once again folks, so it’s time to sit down, relax, and play some games.

Before we do so, however, let’s just go over what’s been going on this week. First, we got another teasing look at Hotel Chocolatier, the new game from the creator of Stardew Valley, and it’s looking mighty fine indeed. We also learned that Nintendo plans to continue to support the Switch well into FY24/25, which… yeah, that seems obvious.

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A new entry was announced in March.

Back in March of this year, Bandai Namco announced it was working on a brand new Dragon Ball Budokai Tenkaichi game.

Now, in an update, Dragon Ball fans have discovered a trademark for “Sparking! Zero” was filed in the US at the end of last month. The Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi series is known as the Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! series in Japan and the original three titles all include “Sparking!” in their name.

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Pikachu The Electric Mouse Detective.

Detective Pikachu returns in the aptly-tilted Detective Pikachu Returns… today!

If you’ve snapped up the game for yourself — whether you’re a first-time detective or you’re coming back for a second cup of coffee — you might be wondering what the differences are between the 3DS original and this Switch follow-up. Good thing the lovely Zion has got you covered over on our YouTube channel, then!

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LEGO to the City.

Following rumours that LEGO was set to team up with Nintendo and unleash Animal Crossing-themed sets on unsuspecting wallets the world over, a short teaser yesterday revealed… well, very little really. But the leaks were true, and Animal Crossing Lego exists! Yes, official Tom Nook and Isabelle minifigs will be available to purchase at some point in the hopefully near future.

It’s been a long time coming. For years, the Lego Ideas scheme — which lets fans submit designs for votes, with any that receive over 10,000 being judged by an official Lego panel with one being selected for production — has received Animal Crossing-themed submissions, and the massive mainstream popularity and cross-generational appeal of New Horizons on Switch made this collaboration feel like a no-brainer. Following the release and success of the Lego Super Mario sets, it was only a matter of time.

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“I think Star Fox is a very complex title”.

The Star Fox series has been a bit of a mixed bag, hasn’t it? There have been huge genre shifts, recreations, and attempts to capture that same magic that the SNES original — and the N64 sequel — captured.

Now, in an interview with VGC, Dylan Cuthbert, a programmer on the original Star Fox and Star Fox 2 and founder of developer Q-Games, has shared his thoughts on why he thinks other entries haven’t been as successful, mentioning that he thinks that the GameCube entry, Star Fox Adventures, “was too British”.

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Is there a chameleon?

Devolver Digital has announced KarmaZoo for the Switch, a co-op platformer for up to ten players, launching next month on November 14th, 2023.

It boasts some rather lovely pixel-art visuals enhanced with lighting effects and flashes of bold colours, but the true draw here is the co=op gameplay itself. You’ll be matched with randomly selected players online and you’ll need to work together to boost your karma, helping your teammates overcome obstacles or even sacrifice yourself for the greater good.

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Who will win?

The annual Minecraft event ‘Minecraft Live’ is returning on 15th October and once again there’ll be a new mob announced.

The catch is there are three mobs and only one of them will be added to the game. The winner depends on the amount of community votes each mob gets. This year the mobs include the Crab, Armadillo and Penguin. Here’s a bit about each one, along with a look:

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Can we get an eShop demo now?

As we get closer to the release of Super Mario Bros. Wonder later this month, it seems Nintendo has started to roll out demos of the game at multiple retailers across the US.

You should be able to play this demo at the Switch kiosks located in stores like Target, Walmart and GameStop. Below is a glimpse of the Target one, which you can see in motion on YouTube.

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Arrives in November.

We hope you’ve made it through Gothic Classic on Switch because the sequel is coming to the console very soon.

THQ Nordic has today revealed that Gothic II Complete Classic — a port of the sequel to the cult-classic PC RPG — will be launching on the Switch on 29th November 2023. This release will also include the Night of the Raven expansion, which adds an entirely new region to the game, new weapons, skills, enemies, and quests.

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