Category: Nintendo

Update today.

Square Enix has rolled out an update for its 2019 Switch release Final Fantasy VII and it makes a surprising change. Version 1.03/1.04 removes the restrictions on the “sharing features” across Switch and multiple other platforms. Here are the full patch notes:

FINAL FANTASY VII Update Nov. 6, 2024

All previous restrictions for sharing features have been removed from FINAL FANTASY VII on the following platforms:
– PlayStation 4: patch ver. 1.04
– Nintendo Switch: patch ver. 1.03
– Xbox One: patch ver. 1.04
– Microsoft Store (Windows): patch ver. 1.04

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When light faces dark.

Another week, another edition of Box Art Brawl!

Before we dive into this week’s battle, let’s see how things panned out last time. We looked at Double Dragon for the NES, and it was yet another close call. After over 1,600 votes from our dear readers, it was the Western design that took home the win with 53% of the vote. Well done!

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Zelda and Sonic also featured.

Super Mario Party Jamboree got off to a strong last month in the UK and Japan, and we’ve now got an update from Circana’s executive director and video game industry analyst Mat Piscatella about how it performed in the US.

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Pre-orders open soon.

First 4 Figures has released all sorts of high-quality statues and with this in mind, it’s now teasing a “sneak peek” of its latest Banjo-Kazooie figure.

This one is based on the transformation “Washer Banjo” and pre-orders will be opening in 10 days on 3rd December 2024. If you sign up to the First 4 Figures email, you can also get $10 off the regular price.

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Dual-screen dilemma.

This week saw the Nintendo DS turn 20. Naturally, such an anniversary has got us thinking about the unstoppable passage of time delightful dual-screen once again, and more than a few of us have dusted off our old clamshells for a quick blast through some of our favourites.

But, being the needy gamers that we are, ever desperate to pay £50 for a quick hit of nostalgia, the week’s replays have reminded us just how many classic titles are still trapped on the handheld of days gone by. The original Professor Layton trilogy, Rhythm Heaven, Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks, a boatload of Mario & Luigi RPGs, the list of DS-locked titles goes on. Heck, even Nintendogs is stuck on the DS, and that was one popular puppy!

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“No matter what you put in a game, it will get found”.

Who the heck spends seven years making a video game about animals — literally, just animals?

The game in question, Animal Well, isn’t a farm game, it’s not a virtual pet game, it’s not even some kind of cosy simulator. On top of that, if you were only handed the back-of-the-box descriptors — “Metroidvania,” “pixel-art,” “retro-inspired” — it might quickly slide out of your brain, given how it sounds indistinguishable from most rank-and-file indie games.

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No luck Questing those Dragons, then?

The weekend is finally upon us, so it’s time to share what we gamers are all up to in our downtime. Before we get into it, though, let’s take a look at what went down this week.

The big news this week was the 20th anniversary of the Nintendo DS. Yes, twenty. To celebrate, we asked you for your top five DS games, shared some of our own, looked back at the ugly prototype, and put our knowledge to the test with a quiz.

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Update: New sales data has been shared.

Sega this week released Sonic X Shadow Generations on the Switch and multiple other platforms. It’s a remaster of the 2011 title Sonic Generations and includes a brand new campaign starring Shadow the Hedgehog.

It seems the game has got off to a solid start with Sega revealing it’s surpassed one million sales in its opening weekend:

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Featuring posable arms!

The Game Boy Color classics Pokémon Gold And Silver are now officially 25 years old!

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Here’s everything included.

Level-5 returned to the West in a big way earlier this year with the release of Megaton Musashi W: Wired. Eight months on, the mech battler is landing a beefy new patch, with the ‘Megarobo Batroseum’ update scheduled to come to Switch on 26th November.

As detailed in the new trailer (above) the headline addition of this one is a new online PvP mode — fittingly called ‘Megarobo Batroseum’ — where you’ll select a mech from a limited number of pre-sets and get right into a battle. You can either invite friends or hop into a room with other fighters based on your match rule preferences. Nice.

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