Category: Nintendo

Tracer is issuing “takedown notices on behalf of Nintendo”.

Nintendo has been cracking down on all sorts of things recently, and now according to a new story from The Verge, it’s reportedly targeting AI-generated Mario pictures.

A company called Tracer is apparently working on Nintendo’s “behalf” and has filed takedown notices to remove “dozens” of posts on social media platform ‘X’. This supposedly includes images generated by xAI’s Grok AI tool. The same service is also using AI to help assist its own process:

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PlayStation’s ‘State of Play 2024’ confirms.

In August, Sony’s official PlayStation website featured a huge banner suggesting LEGO Horizon Adventures would be arriving on multiple platforms including the Nintendo Switch on 14th November 2024.

During its ‘State of Play 2024’ broadcast today, Sony has now officially confirmed this launch date. Pre-orders will open from 3rd October 2024 across all platforms.

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The prototype of the ultimate life form, in brick form.

There’s a heck of a lot of Sonic the Hedgehog LEGO out there nowadays, but during today’s Sonic Central, a rather exciting set for Sonic Adventure 2 fans was teased.

During a 3-minute-long LEGO Sonic-themed skit, Sega showed off a brand new set featuring Shadow the Hedgehog and one of the big bosses of Sonic Adventure 2, the Biolizard.

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A sit-down with the creator of My Summer Vacation & Attack of the Friday Monsters.

For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, summer has come to an end. Fortunately, through the magic of video games — and the video games created by one man in particular — it’s never too late to take a little summer holiday…

With the recent English-language release of Spike Chunsoft’s open-world summer simulator, Natsu-Mon, coming hot on the heels of 2022’s Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation, and the upcoming Shin-chan: Shiro and the Coal Town, the time seemed right to sit down with Natsu-Mon director, game designer, and writer, Kaz Ayabe. We discuss the hard-earned breakthrough in the West of the ‘cosy game’ genre he helped establish in Japan with his long-running series Boku No Natsuyasumi — colloquially known as ‘Bokunatsu’ — made popular on PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation 3.

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At last!

Eight years after its official announcement (under a different name too), Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road finally has a release window, and it’s a bit further out than you might think. And yes, a release window — not a date.

The soccer RPG will be launching in June 2025 on Switch and other consoles, marking what will be a nine-year wait for the game. The game was meant to launch this year, but the delay has allowed Level-5 to add a few new systems, along with listen to player feedback from the Beta earlier this year.

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Is the Switch-ing hour upon us?

With all the rumours and speculation about Nintendo’s next hardware over the last few weeks (who are we kidding — last few years), the recent ‘leak’ of prototype pictures has piqued the interest of even the most level-headed Nintendo fans. The images show renders and what appear to be prototype casings for the main console with new, larger Joy-Con variants, plus a shot of a chipless motherboard.

While the fervour for Switch 2 news makes it easy to dismiss this as an elaborate fake — we all remember the oval NX pics based on a Nintendo patent that ‘leaked’ prior to the Switch’s reveal — these images align with the rumours and industry whispers regarding the upcoming console. And yesterday the expert folk over at Digital Foundry shared their opinion: they believe these leaks are “almost certainly” the real deal.

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Zelda would do nicely.

The latest UK Charts are in and, look, we’ll be honest folks, it’s not a particularly spectacular week in the land of gaming; particularly for Nintendo fans (though that will no doubt change when Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom drops).

At the top, PS5’s Astro Bot has managed to claim victory after a bit of a slower than expected start. Meanwhile, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is still performing remarkably strong, maintaining its spot at number two for a second week.

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You can now meet even more Pokémon in your dreams.

The free-to-play mobile game Pokémon Sleep has this week received an update allowing you to now pair your smartwatch.

To enable this feature, you’ll need to link your account to Apple Health or Health Connect. Below is a list of compatible devices. You can get detailed instructions on how to pair your specific smartwatch brand on the game’s website.

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The turtles are back, dude.

Well, here’s a bit of a surprise – the 2022 beat’ em up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge is getting a new DLC update.

Yes, in a now-removed official trailer, Tribute Games and Dotemu lifted the lid on a new DLC update titled ‘Radical Reptiles‘. It adds in Mondo Gecko and Mona Lisa (thanks, Wario64). Along with this is a free update including a “rockin’ Remix mode” of the official soundtrack.

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Ooh, cheeky.

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is just around the corner and, as seems to be the norm for big Nintendo titles, we’ve been treated to a rather comprehensive ‘Ask the Developer’ interview with the team behind the latest title.

One of the key points raised during the interview is that Echoes of Wisdom was actually built around the idea of ‘being mischievous’. In fact, the team even created a document to explain what the concept meant, so if anybody wasn’t sure on how to proceed, they could refer back to it at a pinch.

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