Category: Nintendo

Wait… what..?

A new report from Gfinity eSports has suggested that retailer GAME will soon be ending in-store sales of physical games and hardware.

According to sources close to GAME, the firm will instead operate a ‘pre-order only’ policy regarding its in-store stock. This means that if you want to head into your local GAME store to pick up the likes of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom or Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, you’ll need to ensure you’ve either pre-ordered a copy first or purchased online for delivery to the store.

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Sonic turned 33 this week.

Sega has been hosting a special broadcast titled ‘Sonic Central’ around the time of the blue blur’s birthday since 2021, but this year the anniversary celebrations are a little different.

Sonic brand social media and community manager Katie Chrzanowski explained during a surprise live stream this week how a Sonic Central broadcast wouldn’t be happening this year in June. There’s no need to worry though, as Sega hasn’t forgotten about these events:

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Cowabunga, dude!

At Nintendo’s Indie World showcase in April, publisher and developer Super Evil Megacorp announced it would be releasing the roguelike action title Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate on the Switch in July. As we get closer to next month, it’s now been confirmed this former Apple Arcade exclusive will be launching on 17th July 2024.

As part of this announcement, a brand-new trailer has been shared on the official Nintendo YouTube channel. Pre-orders are also live on the eShop, with the game priced at $29.99 / £26.99 (or your regional equivalent). In case you missed our first story, Splintered Fate allows you take control of the four turtles, take down bosses, explore iconic locations, unlock temporary upgrades and permanent ones, and enjoy 4-player co-op where “no two runs are the same”.

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Primed for battle.

Hello everyone, and welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl!

Before we get cracking with this week’s battle, let’s see how things panned out last time. We looked at Turok 2: Seeds of Evil for the N64 and golly gosh, was it a close one. It seemed many of you weren’t too keen on either design, but ultimately, it was the western variant that won the day with 51% of the vote.

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No need to reinvent the wheel.

Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Francisco considers a little Joy-Con addition that could help set the upcoming “Switch successor” apart…

Nintendo can’t resist an enticing hardware innovation. Think of the Game & Watch’s D-pad, the SNES’s nifty shoulder buttons, or the Wii’s revolutionary motion controls; and we’ve barely scratched the surface of its long legacy of pioneering video game controllers. Despite its efforts, one hardware feature has evaded Nintendo for decades.

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Getting primed.

Summer’s here, everyone! Except if you’re in the Southern Hemisphere, in which case, Winter’s here, everyone!

After a quiet month or so, it’s been a busy week in Nintendo land thanks to the June Direct which delivered above and beyond what many of us expected to see three months into Switch’s eighth year, with its successor waiting in the wings for its formal introduction.

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Kirby, Pikmin and more.

As part of the SmileFest 2024 celebrations this week, there have been some new Nintendo and video game-themed Nendoroids (in general) revealed. The latest batch includes characters from series such as Kirby, Pikmin and even Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.

First up we have the Bulborb from the Pikmin series. This enemy originally made his debut in the first Pikmin games and loves to eat Pikmin! There’s no date on this new Nendoroid just yet, but when we get update, we’ll let you know. For now, here’s a look:

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Fixes, improvements and more.

Aspyr’s Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection had a bumpy launch in March but has since received a few major updates including all sorts of fixes. This brings us to the latest third update.

Update 3 not only comes with server stability improvements and fixes but also some Switch-specific updates to saving and controller functions.

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To me, my X-Men.

Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Jim shines a light on an already dazzling Direct drop…

It took me a few hours to come down after the June Nintendo Direct. The showcase was stacked. In the moment, it felt like Nintendo was wheeling out its biggest guns, hitting us fanboys square in the face with just about every announcement we could have wished for.

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I’m gonna take you for a tour.

We didn’t expect to see Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics during the latest Nintendo Direct. Seeing the Marvel vs Capcom fighters on modern consoles felt like a pipe dream, and with Marvel vs. Capcom 2 — one of the greatest fighting games of all time — being part of the bundle, it’s a dream collection.

With the announcement earlier this week, and the launch of a site dedicated to all seven games in the collection, Capcom has uploaded some stunning high-definition character art for five of the seven games. Huge thanks to SeventhForce for highlighting this on Twitter.

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