Category: Nintendo

“It’s been really hard to get them to say yes”.

Nintendo has a great track record when it comes to releasing video games with its partners, but not everyone has necessarily found it to be an easy process. Jupiter Corporation – the Japanese developer behind the Picross series on the Switch – recently revealed the difficulties of working with the video game giant.

Speaking to VGC, Jupiter’s managing director Norichika Meguro mentioned how the team was eager to work with Nintendo on a collaborative project to celebrate the upcoming 30th anniversary of the Picross series in 2025, but had been having trouble getting the Mario publisher to agree. In fact, it’s apparently become “more difficult than ever” to work through the approval process:

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Tears of life.

Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Evan explores the life-ruining properties of TOTK…

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It happened in Yellowstone National Park. Removed from society, cruelly separated from cell phone service, I’d embarked, begrudgingly, upon a technology cleanse. I was receiving no texts, no emails, no DMs, no WhatsApps; I had only the park’s sullen, rag-faced buffalo and hypnotic, deadly thermal pools to keep me company. Ultimately, the lack of contact was transformative, healing; it allowed me to be present and to engage all of my senses. Then, one day, during a particularly meditative hike, I noticed an innocuous pile of lumber along a trail.

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Dev kits are apparently now with ‘key partner studios’.

Despite the ongoing success of the Nintendo Switch, talk of an inevitable successor appears to be gaining traction with each passing day. Now, according to a recent report, it looks like Nintendo may be targeting a 2024 release for its next major piece of hardware.

Thanks to VGC, it looks like development kits for Nintendo’s next console are now with “key partner studios”, with multiple sources claiming that Nintendo is aiming to release the final product in the second half of 2024. This is supposedly to avoid any stock shortages that plagued the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S when they both launched back in 2021.

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Customisation, language options, and more.

Forever Entertainment has revealed a brand new trailer for the upcoming Switch release of Front Mission 2: Remake, showcasing some of the game’s key features.

We get a short look at some of the ‘Wanzer’ customisation, the modernised battle scenes, and the nine language localisation options. It’s a short trailer, all told, but it should be enough to tide you over for the time being, particularly since the game doesn’t actually have a release date at the moment following a recent delay.

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Or ‘Time’, if you will.

Welcome, one and all, to another edition of Box Art Brawl.

Taking a look at last week’s battle, Europe went up against two opposing forces from North America for the DS release of Magic & Might: Clash of Heroes. Full blown civil war, over here. Europe came away with the victory, though, bringing in 56% of the vote with its distinctly more colourful composition.

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Time flies when you’re saving the day.

The trend of releasing special artwork to celebrate continues with Xenoblade Chronicles 3 this week reaching its first anniversary. Yes, believe it or not, but the third entry has now been available exclusively on the Nintendo Switch for an entire year.

To mark this special occasion, the game’s character designer Saito Masatsugu has shared special artwork and protagonist Mio on social media.

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Arriving this October.

Nintendo went out with a bang in the previous Direct with the reveal of its new platformer, Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

It’s due out on the Switch this October, and ahead of release, North America’s classification board the ESRB has recently rated this upcoming release. Unsurprisingly, it’s ‘E’ for everyone and contains some mild fantasy violence, with a reference to “in-game purchases” on Switch also mentioned.

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The GTA Trilogy was Rockstar’s most recent remaster.

After the troubled release of the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy on multiple platforms including the Nintendo Switch, it looks like Rockstar Games could potentially be remastering another one of its older titles.

It seems the 2010 wild west release Red Dead Redemption, starring John Marston, could finally be making a return. Last month, the Korean rating board listed a new version of the title, and this week Rockstar rolled out a new website update referencing a possible remaster of the title, while also publishing a slightly updated logo.

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Taking hearts.

The weekend is here once again, folks, so it’s time to recap some of our biggest news items of the week before we settle down for some good ol’ fashioned comfort gaming.

First up, of course, we reviewed the rather excellent Disney Illusion Island for the Switch and gave it a resounding score of 9/10. Be sure to check the link below to check out our full thoughts.

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Receive a “free item bundle”.

The life simulation adventure game Disney Dreamlight Valley got its new ‘DreamSnaps Update’ last week and as part of this, there’s now a new weekly challenge.

To help inspire players, developer Gameloft is offering everyone a free item bundle containing a Light Blue Ice Cream Stand, Minimalist Surfboards, and a Lightning Strike Wagon.

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