Category: Nintendo

Sorry, Australia and New Zealand.

Ahead of the release of FANTASIAN Neo Dimension release this December, there’s a new story about the physical Switch release skipping select locations.

Australian and New Zealand retailers have apparently removed their physical listings last weekend. Aussie website Vooks reached out to Bandai Namco Australia, who distributes a lot of Square Enix releases locally, and it seems the game is “no longer” getting a physical release in these countries.

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Secret of the Snooze.

It has been a little over a year since Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem arrived in cinemas, and a lot has changed for the heroes in a half-shell. Shredder’s Revenge has welcomed not one, but two DLC packs, THQ Nordic has announced a Last Ronin adaptation and, in 2024 alone, the Switch has already landed a pair of new TMNT releases. In short, when Outright Games and developer A Heartful of Games announced they were working on a tie-in to the 2023 movie, our reaction was something along the lines of, “Yeah, that sounds about right.”

One year on, and we are quite frankly impressed at how ambitious that tie-in turned out to be. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed packs an entire follow-up story into its 15-hour runtime with wonderful voice acting and far more Persona (yes!) influence than we ever would have expected. It’s very much not without its flaws — the combat is repetitive, the plot feels bloated, and the performance on Switch regularly moves at a snail’s (or should that be turtle’s?) pace — but it does aim for something slightly different, and that deserves praise.

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Horrifically tempting.

Nintendo has another Switch eShop sale on the go with a bunch of scary (and not so scary) titles discounted for the Halloween season.

This one runs until 1st November 2024 and features the likes of Animal Well, Balatro, Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, Signalis, and many more.

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Switch version is still available.

The mobile version of HAL Laboratory’s Part Time UFO has been delisted from storefronts as of today, the game’s official Twitter has announced. But don’t worry, the Switch version isn’t going anywhere.

Shared on Bluesky by AK, Part Time UFO’s original mobile release is no longer available to download on mobile devices. The game originally launched on phones in 2017 in Japan, before getting a worldwide release in 2018, and an expanded Switch version in 2020.

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A pretty pixel art punch up.

Developer Nalua Studio revealed its classic side-scrolling beat ’em up Vengeance Hunters earlier this year, and its Switch launch is right around the corner, with this one punching onto the eShop on 28th October.

Developed for the Neo Geo, this one will see you playing as one of three unique fighters — the blade-wielding brawler Candy, the mechanised menace Golem and the rocket-firing scientist Loony — as you make your way through five worlds packed with fearsome foes and bosses.

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A new round of games for subscribers.

Nintendo has announced its latest Switch Online trial for the US, and this time subscribers get to check out three titles.

Between 23rd October 2024 and 30th October 2024, you’ll be able to try out A Little To The Left, Cursed to Golf and Vampire Survivors.

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It’s just an “old ROM of a project”.

A video recently popped up online about a demake of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for the Nintendo DS.

In this demake, you can traverse the land of Hyrule as Link in all of its “low-poly” glory. While it was thought to have been created by a “mysterious Chinese dev”, it seems this is not the case.

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Nik from the best.

It’s now been over a decade since the last new Donkey Kong Country game released (yes, you’re that old), and while the world continues to wait for Nintendo to remember that its beloved ape used to star in a really good platforming series of his own, other developers have stepped up to try to fill the void. Indie releases such as Kaze and the Wild Masks, Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, and Marsupilami: Hoobadventure have all done an exceptional job of emulating the things that made DK’s old side-scrolling romps so enjoyable and now another contender has stepped up to the plate.

Nikoderiko: The Magical World, the inaugural release of Cyprus-based VEA Games, not only does a great job of recreating DK’s best adventures with its own twist, but it takes things a step further by also calling back to the gameplay style of some other classic platformer mascots. And while, yes, one could make the argument that Nikoderiko is a little too comfortable riding the coattails of the classics without adding many of its own ideas, it does such a good job of capturing what made those games great that it hardly matters. Nikoderiko doesn’t eclipse the projects that served as its clear inspirations, but it provides an enjoyable and challenging platforming adventure that we’d suggest to any fans of the genre.

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The spotlight fantastic.

When Blumhouse Productions announced its venture into the video game industry with Blumhouse Games, it would have been all too easy for the company to lean on some of its most recognisable IPs for its first release. Franchises such as Insidious, The Purge, Sinister, and Paranormal Activity certainly have strong potential within the video game realm, but Blumhouse has instead chosen to take a chance on two-person development team Cozy Game Pals and their debut title, Fear the Spotlight.

And boy, was it the right decision! With its low-fi, PS1-style visuals, tactile puzzles, and a sharp focus on atmosphere and dread, Fear the Spotlight is a wonderful venture into the unknown that will keep you enthralled throughout its five-to-six-hour runtime. Very minor performance hiccups aside, if you’re after something spooky yet approachable to complement your Halloween celebrations this year, Cozy Game Pals’ narrative horror is the perfect choice.

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The most devious issue in Goron Citayyy.

We are approaching one whole month since the release of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (yep, we were shocked too) and Nintendo has released another update to bring things up to version 1.0.2.

This second patch is a little beefier than the one we saw on launch day, but it’s hardly a long read. This time, Nintendo has targeted a particular stumbling block outside Goron City and a Bind bug, while also patching various issues for a “smoother gaming experience”.

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