Download it now.
Apart from Splatoon 3, Nintendo has also rolled out a new update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe today. Yes, after several months of silence, Version 3.0.3 is now available to download.
This update includes the following changes, according to Nintendo’s official patch notes. It’s also jumped from Version 3.0.1 to 3.0.3!
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“I just have to not be too precious”.
Back in 2021, Black Tabby Games — an indie studio formed by husband-and-wife team Tony Howard-Arias and Abby Howard — released the first episode of the episodic visual novel Scarlet Hollow on Steam. Visually striking with ink drawings and a deep branching narrative, the duo put the studio on the map from episode one, and fans have been lapping it up since.
But one episodic release just wasn’t enough, and in 2023, the team launched Slay the Princess, a visual novel that asks you to do what the game says on the tin: slay the princess. It’s an expectations-subverting masterclass that received rave reviews upon its release on Steam. A year later, Tony and Abby are back with an expanded version of the game that’s coming to all consoles — Slay The Princess – The Pristine Cut.
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If you build it, they will run.
Following a hugely successful launch on Steam back in 2020, indie developer Spiderling Studios has brought the physics-based medieval vehicle-builder Besiege to Switch. What’s more, it’s available right now.
This is a game that will see you building deadly devices to take on whichever army is unlucky enough to stand in your way. What you build is entirely your call, with over 70 different blocks at your disposal and enough inspiration out there to keep you going for a while (just take a look at the above trailer).
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$699 is the new $599.
Recently, we asked you if $499 would be too much to pay for a ‘Switch 2’. 20% of respondees said ‘nope’, nearly 30% thought it would be too much, and the majority (rather sensibly) said that it would depend on how big of an upgrade Nintendo’s next generation of hardware represented.
Yesterday Sony pulled back the curtain on the long-rumoured PS5 Pro, an iterative update to its existing console which offers a spec-bump that, as Mark Cerny said in his presentation, looks to close the gap between performance and fidelity modes. Showcasing a modest but noticeable boost (at least when zooming in on the pixels as the presentation did) to several games in Sony’s back catalogue — including Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (2023), Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (2021), and The Last of Us II Remastered (2024) — the price was then revealed: $699 / £699 / €799.
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Pokéman(hole cover).
It’s easy to dazzle us Nintendo fans with a giant Wiimote, a Toad barbershop quartet and a wall of pristine NES games, but to make a manhole cover exciting? That feels like a bit of a stretc- oh my GOD is that Pikachu?!
Nintendo has revealed a special manhole cover which will be housed in Kyoto’s Nintendo Museum and it’s quite the looker (thanks, GoNintendo). Nope, we never thought we’d be saying that about a manhole cover either, but here we are.
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“We just have to ask for everyone to give us time”.
Konami has reiterated its plans for a second volume of the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection but admits it doesn’t want to rush development after “all the issues” it had with the first collection.
This update was shared during the ‘Q&A’ segment of the latest ‘Metal Gear Production Hotline’ broadcast, featuring the series’ production producer Noriaki Okamura.
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One is the Mario Wonder OLED bundle.
Last week, a rumour about Nintendo launching a new Switch OLED bundle with a copy of Mario Wonder surfaced online.
This was shared by reputable leaker billbil-kun of Deal Labs, and now the same source has expanded on this – with claims multiple new Switch bundles (including the Mario Wonder one) are on the way to Europe very soon. In total, there are five deals listed. Here’s a translation via ResetEra:
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Slam dump.
There was a time when the yearly NBA 2K Switch entry was something to look forward to. Each year was a step back from the next-gen counterpart, of course, but the Nintendo port offered a near-full-fat experience with the added bonus of portability. Those were the days, eh?
Anyone who picked up NBA 2K24 will have realised this is no longer the case and, unfortunately, the same can be said this time around. NBA 2K25 is the same game we saw 12 months ago, but, somehow, with even fewer features than its predecessor. The gap between the Switch port and next-gen has become a gaping chasm and, with a £50 price tag attached, 2K25 might be the most egregious example of a Switch ‘Legacy Edition’ to date.
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Here comes the boom.
Lena Raine has so much to say, and she’s figured out a lot of different ways to say it all.
Of course, avid game players have been listening to her musical scores for over a decade now, which includes music for Minecraft, as well as the soundtracks for Chicory: A Colorful Tale and the BAFTA-nominated Celeste score. She’s currently scoring the respective follow-ups to those games: Wishes Unlimited’s Beastieball and Extremely OK Games’ Earthblade.
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“Word for word, bar for bar”.
Following the embarrassment of Concord‘s recent launch and almost immediate removal from sale, Sony has scored a win when it really needed one. Astro Bot launched last week to critical acclaim, sitting with a 94 Metascore and being described as a serious contender for — if not the new owner of — Mario’s 3D platforming crown.
If you’re out of the PS5 loop and want a little overview, our friends over on Push Square have all the Astro Bot coverage you could want, so definitely check out their glowing 10/10 review:
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