Category: Nintendo

No giants here.

You might remember Running Fable from last month’s announcement trailer — and our cheeky little story about it. But there’s no messing around here, as Seashell Studio has revealed that the game will be launching 9th August on Switch.

Dubbed as a hybrid multiplayer racing strategy game (with cross-play available at launch between Xbox and Nintendo Switch), we’ve also got a rather adorable (or, well, you decide) sing-a-long trailer to accompany the release date announcement.

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A song for the ages.

This review originally went live in 2013, and we’re updating and republishing it to mark the game’s arrival in the Nintendo Switch Online Game Boy / Game Boy Color library.

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Ever since The Legend of Zelda released on the NES, Nintendo has played the franchise relatively close to its chest. Series creator Shigeru Miyamoto has had a hand in almost every release to date, and before the new millennium, Nintendo EAD handled development of each and every Zelda title. But when Nintendo wanted an all-new Zelda trilogy for the ageing Game Boy Color, it reached out to Flagship, a Capcom development team specialising in creating game scenarios and story development.

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Another exclusive in the bag.

The Switch has been getting a number of pretty high-profile exclusive games this year so far, and the latest to add to the pile is Dlala Studio’s 2D platformer, Disney Illusion Island.

With support for up to four players via local co-op, the game stars Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy as they embark on a grand adventure to locate three magical books and save the island of Monoth.

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“The first official ports” of Advance & Super.

Following the release of Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons on the Switch this week, Arc System Works has now announced Super Double Dragon and Double Dragon Advance for all platforms including Nintendo’s hybrid system. They will both be available as standalone digital purchases.

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Double Dragon Advance and Super ports confirmed!

Following the release of Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons on the Switch this week, Arc System Works has now announced Super Double Dragon and Double Dragon Advance for all platforms including Nintendo’s hybrid system. They’ll be available as standalone digital purchases.

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What did the critics think?

This week marks the release of Disney Illusion Island on the Nintendo Switch. It’s a brand-new 2D platformer with Metroidvania design – starring Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy. It also happens to include both solo and co-op play where you work together to “run, jump, swim, and swing your way to victory”.

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Fillet O’ Magicarp.

As has become something of a yearly occurrence, it looks like Pokémon cards will once again be returning to McDonald’s Happy Meals within the next month (thanks, Eurogamer).

In some European countries, the promotion has begun today (27th July) with 15 different Pokémon cards up for grabs with the purchase of a Happy Meal. It looks like the UK will be getting the offer a little bit later — 23rd August, according to Pokémon fansite PokéBeach — but either way, it’s happening folks, prepare yourselves.

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Not exactly scrap.

Q-Games’ PixelJunk series, essentially an umbrella name for their indie game output, is now in its second chapter. With little to no correlating factors, each game is largely a standalone work, with PixelJunk Racers, for example, being a Micro Machines-style overhead racing title, while PixelJunk Shooter is a subterranean search and rescue experience.

PixelJunk Scrappers Deluxe is an expanded version of PixelJunk Scrappers from 2020; a clean-looking 2D arcade-strategy title geared around junk collecting. In a future post-apocalypse, trash has become a currency and is fought for by rival gangs lining their pockets with other people’s refuse. This isn’t particularly logical, of course, because if junk was equal to gold nobody would ever throw anything out, but, in the world of PixelJunk: Scrappers Deluxe, the streets are lined with discarded objects in the upper and lower extremities of side-scrolling city stages.

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After weeks of rumours.

Nickelodeon’s take on the Smash Bros. formula is getting a sequel later this year on Switch. Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 has been officially announced by developers Ludosity and Fair Play Labs and publisher GameMill Entertainment.

Revealed exclusively through IGN, the promise is that there will be more of everything — more characters, more stages, more modes, and a brand new story mode campaign, where you’ll be aiming to stop Vlad Plasmius (from Danny Phantom).

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Pre-orders now open.

Blasphemous 2, the highly anticipated sequel to developer The Game Kitchen’s popular indie Metroidvania, is inching ever closer to its Switch launch on August 24th, 2023.

To celebrate, publisher Team17 has opened pre-orders for the game and released a brand new gameplay trailer, showcasing heaps of gory combat and stunning pixel art visuals.

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