Category: Nintendo

Excitement rising.

Nintendo’s share price hit an all-time high of 9,578 JPY before closing the day at 9,490 JPY on 17th December 2024 amid increasing anticipation for the company’s upcoming new hardware.

The increase, however, is reportedly two-fold. The first and perhaps most obvious reason is that consumers are desperate for information on the ‘Switch 2’, and Nintendo has previously stated that it will be officially announced before the end of March 2025. That means that once the New Year has come and gone, we can restart the hype machine with extra gusto.

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Complete with some nasty AI art.

The retro-inspired ‘save them all’ platformer Moons of Darsalon launched on Steam last year, and now developer Dr. Kucho! Games has announced that the Switch will get a slice of the throwback action on 6th February 2025.

If the above trailer (and its wickedly catchy theme tune) hasn’t already spelt it out, Moons of Darsalon is all about saving your team of astronauts, or “darsanauts”, from whatever lunar catastrophe they find themselves in. To do so, you’ll lead them, Lemmings like, to the nearest base, helping them across platforming challenges, navigating perils and building structures to make sure the full gang gets home in one piece.

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It could help with the “development of future titles”.

Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics has been available on the Switch for handful of months now, and Capcom has this week launched an online survey asking fans what they think of it to “help inform the development of future titles”.

This survey is open until 28th February 2025 and asks basic personal information, if you’ve purchased the game, the platform you bought it on, the games you’ve played in the collection, and how you would rate the collection and its features overall.

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Here’s what you can expect…

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind made its debut on the Switch last week and it’s gone down relatively well so far with critics and fans alike.

In saying this, not everything is available on every platform (like online play), but the developers are working on it and have now rolled out the first major update. The Switch version is expected to receive this update “soon”. Here’s exactly what you can expect:

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More Mega?

There might not have been much activity on the Mega Man front in recent times, but it seems we’ve now got a new update courtesy of the Amazon ‘Secret Level’ episode. According to the fansite Rockman Corner, two new names have supposedly been added to the Mega Man development team:

Rockman Corner: “In the credits for Secret Level episode Mega Man: Start, we see Shingo Izumi and Hiroshi Ito. Izumi, who joined Capcom in 2018, was the producer behind Monster Hunter: World and the recent Ghost Trick HD remaster. Ito was a producer on Monster Hunter Stories, its sequel, and the Sunbreak expansion for Monster Hunter Rise.”

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The best Switch games for your little ones.

We’ve given this list a big spruce up ahead of the Festive season so you can prepare for some holiday gaming with the family!

Nintendo Switch is a console with brilliant software for gamers young and old. Nintendo’s wholesome, family-friendly image is well-earned, and with characters like Mario, Luigi, and the rest of the Mushroom Kingdom gang, Switch games cater to the young and the young-at-heart alike.

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Ho ho holy moly.

Christmas is upon us once again, which means that No Gravity Games is back with another generous offer of free Switch games; eleven of them, to be precise.

Yes, the company’s ‘Switchmas Giveaway’ is back, opening on 9th December 2024 at 12am PT and giving away one free game on each of the following eleven days (until 19th December). New releases are included in the line-up alongside one game that will be provided for free from day one of its launch.

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Executive served as Chairman until his passing.

Masayuki Kato, the founder of Japanese developer Nihon Falcom, has sadly passed away the age of 78, the company has announced.

Kato founded the company back in 1981 and, as highlighted by our friends over at Time Extension, chose the name ‘Falcom’ as a play on the Millenium Falcon from Star Wars, ultimately adding in ‘Nihon’ as he felt the single word title wasn’t quite enough on its own.

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Boooost!

The new expansion for Pokémon TCG Pocket, dubbed ‘Mythical Island’ is out now via a free, automatic update for all users.

The booster set contains an additional 68 standard cards alongside roughly 20 secret cards for you to find, including the likes of Mew, Celebi, and Aerodactyl.

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Here’s what you can expect.

MySims made a surprise comeback on the Switch last month with EA’s release of the ‘Cozy Bundle‘ and the game is still receiving some post-launch support.

In an official update, the development team revealed how it had been working on bug fixes and also implementing new features to the game including a “new teleport interaction”. Here’s the full rundown of Version 1.2, which rolled out last week:

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