An unexpectedly big one.
Nintendo has announced that Splatoon 3‘s next update is expected to launch later this month, bringing a fresh dose of battle balances to the Splatlands.
As revealed by the official @SplatoonJP Twitter account, the update is currently planned for a 29th January arrival, with “balance changes to battles and changes to some battle-related systems” (translated via Google) being the main attraction this time.
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Celebrating the “first look” at Yoshi.
Last weekend, Nintendo aired a special Direct presentation for its upcoming Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which is due out in cinemas this April.
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Is that…?
If you’re wondering what could be on the way to the Switch Online’s GameCube library in the future, you might want to read on…
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Download it now.
We recently heard how Kirby Air Riders would be getting its first update of 2026 and possibly last major game update.
Version 1.3.0 has now officially gone live. Here are the full patch notes via Nintendo’s support page:
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Early-bird price expires today.
Over the coming years, we’re likely to see a bunch of alternatives to the Switch 2’s Joy-Con, but NYXI’s new Hyperion 3 looks like it might be a solid early contender.
Available for pre-order now via the NYXI website, you can currently take advantage of a 30% ‘early-bird’ discount, bringing the price down to £88 for those in the UK. This is only valid for the remainder of the day, by which point the price will return to £125.
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In certain parts of the world.
Yesterday, Nintendo finally gave us our first look at Yoshi in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, thanks to a Nintendo Direct and a brand new trailer. And while Yoshi — and some other Mario series cameos — stole the spotlight, there’s one piece of additional news that fans in certain countries can get excited about.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is coming out on 1st April 2026, two days earlier in the US “and many additional markets globally”. The new date was shown at the end of the trailer yesterday, with Nintendo confirming the news online.
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Not bad!
Koei Tecmo has confirmed that Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment has now surpassed 1 million copies sold.
This comes via key financial data (thanks, RPG Site) in which Age of Imprisonment is listed with a note stating ‘Over 1 million copies sold worldwide’ when translated. Seems pretty clear to us!
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Every single Final Fantasy game, mainline or spin-off, ranked by you.
All updated with two of the best Final Fantasy games around, at least in our books — Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, both on Switch 2. Enjoy!
As one of the biggest RPG franchises in the world, Final Fantasy has a boatload of titles under its belt. Starting in 1987 with the original Final Fantasy on the NES, the franchise has simply exploded over the years and introduced many watershed RPGs to the world.
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New galaxies, new friends.
Nintendo just aired a new trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie during a special Direct broadcast and it gave fans a “first” proper look at Mario’s long-time pal Yoshi.
Apart from Yoshi and a bunch of other surprises in the trailer, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto also gave a quick history lesson on Yoshi’s origins in the video games.
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Mlem.
We are back, back, back with another edition of Box Art Brawl!
We went tactical last week, as we matched up a pair of covers for Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift on the DS, and it’s got to be said, the results were the most one-sided we’ve seen in a long time. The bright European / Japanese version took home a staggering 90% of the vote, leaving the bland North American variant with a measly 10%. Oof.
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