Category: Nintendo

Or just misunderstood?

It’s hard to believe that it’s been 20 years since the Nintendo DS launched, yet here we are. It’s been even longer since it was revealed too, with the newly-appointed VP of sales and marketing Reggie Fils-Aimé taking to the stage at E3 2004 to showcase Nintendo’s vision for the future of handheld gaming.

We know now, of course, that the console clutched in Reggie’s hands was a mere prototype. At the time, however, as far as many prospective customers were concerned, this was it. This was going to be the Nintendo DS that would wind up in millions of homes across the globe.

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Upgrade your Switch’s storage.

Black Friday doesn’t officially kick off until Friday 29th November, but that hasn’t stopped the likes of Amazon – and even Nintendo itself – from starting the party early.

If you’ve been hoovering up games left, right and centre in Nintendo’s eShop sales (US here, UK here), you’ll probably be on the lookout for a bigger microSD card to help you store them all. Thankfully, the best early gaming Black Friday deals just so happen to be within that very category.

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Divine Dynamo Flamefrit! Loco Motive! Nine Sols!

The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy!

Note that two of the biggest releases this week — MySims: Cozy Bundle and Stray — featured in last week’s download. We didn’t forget about them!

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The best DS games ever.

21st November 2024 marks 20 years since the North American launch of the Nintendo DS – the perfect time to dig out your DS and rediscover its remarkable library. Chances are it’s still got some juice!

In honour of the occasion, we’re republishing this updated article showcasing our Top 50 DS Games.

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“The Switch screen is hard on my farsightedness”.

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake has been out for a week now and while it’s getting a lot of praise in its home country of Japan, it seems some players are struggling with the game – especially on the Switch.

As highlighted by Automaton Media, an article by Weekly Josei Prime has quoted some local player reviews of the game, and one common problem that seems to be popping up with many longtime Dragon Quest III players is the size of the text in this latest remake. Many players are claiming the “small” text is hurting their eyes.

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Available “while supplies last”.

In case you missed it, Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics is getting a physical Switch release this week.

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Key scenes have been improved.

Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP didn’t arrive in the best state when it was released on the Switch and multiple other platforms in September. Fortunately, Dragami Games has been slowly improving Juliet’s zombie-hunting adventure.

With this in mind, the company’s CEO Yoshima Yasuda has now revealed the team has “finally” completed work on improving the frame rate in the Nintendo iteration. According to a translation, the team “picked out 45 scenes” where the frame rate had extreme drops and worked on reducing “processing load and decentralizing loading processes”.

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From Nah-cha to Got-cha.

Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, how Tim learned to love the lottery…

When I first played Xenoblade Chronicles 2 upon its launch, I was ecstatic to once again bond with memorable characters and explore open expanses teeming with powerful beasts. Then I was faced with a foe more repugnant to me than any other encountered on my Alrestian journey: Core Crystals.

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Plus, bonus cosmetics in new DLC.

The creature-catching RPG Cassette Beasts has landed a bumper pack of bonus content today, publisher Raw Fury and developer Bytten Studio announced, thanks to the arrival of the ‘Gauntlet Update’ and ‘Fashion Pack’ DLC.

We’ll start with the free stuff. The Gauntlet Update brings the game up to ver 1.7, and the biggest addition, unsurprisingly, is a new gauntlet-style game mode. Hopping aboard one of Mer-line’s interdimensional trains after you’ve completed the main story will give you the chance to partake in ‘Magikrab’s Gauntlet’ — an endless series of carriage-based combat encounters where you can rack up some tasty rewards.

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Every game we scored 9/10 or higher.

The Black Friday sales are well and truly upon us. The European eShop got treated to a wave of tasty discounts earlier this week and now it’s North America’s turn. The ‘Cyber Deals‘ eShop sale is now live, with a boatload of titles getting a price cut until 2nd December at 11:59pm PT.

This sale is rammed with so many quality discounts that it can be hard to find the cream of the crop. To help you nab a gem, we’ve rounded up every game in the Nintendo’s North American Cyber Deals eShop sale that we awarded 9/10 or higher — and be warned, it’s a long list.

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