Category: Nintendo

Have you played these?

We’re back with our new monthly video recapping some hidden gems on the Switch eShop, and we’ve got three cracking games for you this time around.

We say “we”, but we actually mean Alex, Zion, and Felix over on our YouTube. Admittedly, Nintendo’s had a bit of a quiet month on its home console, with only Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon being the big headliner. But the eShop indies have been scrambling over each other. If you’ve been reading our reviews, you know it’s been anything but a quiet month.

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Update: Time to get monstrous.

Update : Here’s your reminder that Splatoon 3’s next Splatfest is very close — it all kicks off this weekend, in fact!

‘Which of these is real?’ is the question, with Nessie, Aliens, and Bigfoot being the answer. Look, we’d love Nessie to be real, but like we said a few weeks ago, it’s all about the Aliens. You can tell us what your choice is in our poll at the very bottom of the article.

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Time is an unending circle.

Learning magic is full of danger. One day you’re just getting your head around the basics of summoning different creatures and the next you’re stuck in an inexplicable time loop to prevent a trapped Archmage from reclaiming an artifact of unimaginable power. At least, that’s the way things go in GrimGrimoire OnceMore as Lillet Blan tries to survive her studies at the Silver Star Tower.

A remaster of 2007’s GrimGrimoire by Vanillaware, this game does a lot right in its attempt to capture the action of a Real Time Strategy title. Things begin as Lillet Blan arrives at the Tower to study magic. The “new student at the academy” setup is familiar enough that players will feel at home in the first few minutes of the game. Lillet is sent to various professors, each specialising in a type of magic that she must learn. These lessons take the form of RTS battles that make up the gameplay in GrimGrimoire OnceMore.

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Pour one out. Again.

Yesterday the news came that E3 2023 is officially cancelled.

The writing had been on the wall for a couple of months. Despite the ESA and ReedPop’s stated intentions to “reunite the industry” with a new vision of the hallowed yet ailing industry event, hopes of a “return to form” were arguably dashed the moment the ‘big three’ — Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo — confirmed that they wouldn’t be attending the revamped expo this year.

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A limited-time offer.

We heard yesterday how indie developer Ultra Dolphin Revolution’ was giving away 128 free download codes for its Wii U game Captain U, and it seems it’s not alone…

Since Nintendo announced it would be extending the period to redeem codes on both the 3DS and Wii U, even more developers have joined in on the free giveaway fun. The developer behind the Silver Falls games has also got involved – offering 3DS & Wii U eShop codes to celebrate the upcoming Silver Falls Switch game.

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“That is a lot of content and gameplay”.

At Nintendo’s February Direct Showcase, Sega and Atlus announced they would be bringing the Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection to the Switch eShop on 1st June for $80 USD.

The game’s price point has raised some discussion online and in a recent interview with IGN, Sega of America justified the cost with the amount of content and gameplay players will get out of the three-in-one package. Here’s the full exchange:

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A number of publishers planned to skip the event.

E3 2023 will not be going ahead, the ESA has informed its members. This comes from IGN, who has confirmed the news with two separate sources

IGN was told that members were informed about the event’s cancellation by email, which was sent out earlier today. In the email, the ESA stated that this year’s show “simply did not garner the sustained interest necessary to execute it in a way that would showcase the size, strength, and impact of our industry.”

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All the mainline Dragon Quests ranked by you.

Update: We’re republishing this piece to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Dragon Quest X‘s Wii U release in Japan! And while we’re at it… Square Enix, where’s that offline version in English for Switch?

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On 27th May 2021, Yuji Horii’s seminal RPG Dragon Quest turned 35. Initially released in the West with the name Dragon Warrior, the Chunsoft-developed first entry in this genre-defining series debuted on Famicom in Japan before migrating to the North American NES three years later, and over the past three-and-a-half decades we’ve enjoyed another ten mainline games, plus a whole host of spin-offs and side adventures.

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Papercraft cabs coming to Switch, PS4, PS5.

Jeff Minter’s modern reworking of Atari’s Akka Arrh — originally a prototype that never saw release until its official debut as part of the Atari 50 collection — is set to get a Europe-only Special Edition physical release on Switch, PS4, and PS5 courtesy of Numskull Games.

Limited Run Games has a physical (and ‘Deluxe’) edition in the works already, of course, but this Europe-specific version is the result of a publishing partnership between Atari and Numskull in the territory and features some bespoke goodies you won’t find elsewhere, namely a couple of cute mini papercraft arcade cabinets.

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“You’ve played enough hide-and-seek, my scurrying little friend”.

Last year, it was announced that the original Bayonetta would be getting a physical release having been exclusive to the eShop on Switch since the port arrived back in 2018. Physical Switch game collectors rejoiced and all was well.

However, following delays, and having released without incident in other territories, the My Nintendo Store exclusive appeared on the UK and European stores briefly in October but quickly sold out. Nintendo promised a restock, and copies are now available to purchase once more. Rejoicing may now recommence.

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