Category: Nintendo

Plus gyro and mappable buttons.

Anbernic might be better known for its swanky handheld consoles, but the company has recently revealed that it’s taking its first steps into the controller realm with a wireless pad that promises “minimal drift”.

In a blog post shared earlier this week, Anerbic described the catchily-named RG P01 as a controller that “balances quality and affordability,” apparently catering to all kinds of gaming sessions — yep, it is compatible with Switch. While we still don’t have an official price for it just yet (or a release date, for that matter), the reveal packed in a rundown of some sweet features to expand on the “quality” promise.

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It takes 20 million, apparently.

Hazelight Studio’s co-op platformer It Takes Two has officially sold over 20 million copies since its initial launch in 2021.

This comes via an announcement from the official social media account confirming the milestone, accompanied by an image of the game’s protagonists, Cody and May. It’s important to note that the platform split for this isn’t available, so it’s unclear how many Switch copies have been sold specifically.

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Here’s what the critics are saying.

Although the attention is on Super Mario Party Jamboree this week, next month sees the arrival of the new RPG Mario & Luigi: Brothership.

If you haven’t already seen our own ‘hands on’ here on Nintendo Life, we think this etnry will be worth the wait and seems to take the best bits from the AlphaDream playbook:

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Wave 1 is available now.

To celebrate the arrival of Super Mario Party Jamboree this week, Nintendo has released a brand new wave of Switch Online icons.

The first wave is now available, with rotations lasting until November. The first batch includes avatars for Mario, Bowser, Wario and the rest of the gang. These will set you back 10 Platinum Points each and you can also grab some backgrounds and borders for 5 Platinum Points each.

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Episode IX – The Misseds of Time.

Hello there, and welcome to the latest edition of our ‘Games We Missed’ series.

As you might gather from the name, this is our bi-annual round-up of reader-recommended Switch games which we weren’t able to cover for one reason or another.

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A further 32 members of staff affected.

After axing 530 jobs across the company this January, League of Legends developer Riot Games has announced that a second wave of layoffs has put a further 32 members of staff out of work.

In a statement released to Eurogamer, a Riot Games spokesperson confirmed that the majority of those affected come from the League of Legends team, with 27 roles being cut. A further five roles have been cut from the publishing department.

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Stalking on Switch this month.

The developer of 2022’s The Outbound Ghost, Conradical Games (now working under the Radhood Games label), has revealed the release date for its next project, a survival roguelike billed as ‘Vampire Survivors meets Slay the Spire‘.

Soul Stalker lands on the Switch eShop on 24th October, and while we can certainly see hints of the two aforementioned titles in its bullet heaven gameplay and roguelike progression, it’s nice to see that the developer’s Paper Mario-inspired visuals also make a return — albeit in a slightly more stabby way.

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You got boost power!

Following a rather sizable update earlier this month, Nintendo’s Switch Online battle royale racer F-Zero 99 has now received another patch.

This bumps the game up to Version 1.5.1 and includes a bunch of fixes. There’s also a confirmation that certain things haven’t been recorded correctly for customers running on Version 1.4.1 or before.

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Download it now.

The competitive retro compilation Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is still getting plenty of support from Nintendo. As part of this it’s now updated the game to Version 1.1.1.

According to the official support page, this “fixes issues”. Here are the specifics:

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Can Hyrule’s destiny really depend on such a lazy boy?

Editor’s note: We’ve now updated this review with our final thoughts and a score having spent some quality (sleepy) time with Alarmo.

Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo, one of Nintendo’s most perplexing yet delightful products in recent memory, was announced and launched simultaneously on Wednesday 9th October.

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