Category: Nintendo

Swinging away from Spring.

It was right at the end of 2023 that Universal Studios announced the opening date for its Donkey Kong Country park at Super Nintendo World Japan. It was supposed to be this Spring (any day now, we would assume), but instead, the studio has announced that the opening has been pushed back to “late 2024”.

The delay was announced by Universal Studios Japan on Twitter, with the notice giving no indication of why the opening had been delayed, but confirming that more details would be coming in the future when they are ready.

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The Switch release is still waiting on the ‘1.6 Update’.

Although we’re still waiting on the Stardew Valley ‘1.6 Update‘ for Switch, the game’s creator Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone is already rolling out new updates for the PC version.

In the latest update (1.6.4 update), the creator has added all sorts of new content and features on top of everything that’s already been included in the 1.6 update. The highlight in 1.6.4 is the fact there are now 20 new ‘alternate’ main layouts and 20 new volcano mines layouts.

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The action begins early next month.

Free Comic Book Day will take place next month on 4th May 2024 and as usual, there will be some video game-themed ones up for grabs.

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Nintendo-developed Game Boy games, as ranked by you.

21st April 2024 marks the 35th anniversary of Nintendo’s Game Boy. Over the next few days, we’ll be publishing various features to celebrate three-and-a-half decades of the humble handheld. We kick things off with this reader-ranked list.

Remember, this is based on each game’s User Rating in our database and is therefore subject to real-time alteration even after publication. Enjoy!

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Phew!

Last month, the beloved JRPG Octopath Traveler was banished forthwith from the Kingdom of the Switch eShop. Okay, if you’ll excuse the dramatics, it was temporarily delisted with no official explanation as to why. Well the good news is that it’s back, as confirmed by Square Enix itself.

Now, the general consensus as to why it was delisted is that the publishing rights to the game had reverted from Nintendo back to Square Enix in December 2023, but this hasn’t been confirmed by either Nintendo or Square Enix. Regardless, it’s back now, so if you’re thinking of picking it up, then you can – hooray!

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If we build it…

If you’re a fan of city builders, then buckle up, because we can exclusively reveal that Imagine Earth, a sci-fi city builder from indie developer Serious Bros. is heading to the Switch on 9th May, 2024.

Originally released on Steam and Xbox to positive reception, Imagine Earth combines laidback strategic gameplay with themes of sustainability as you look to establish new homes in the cosmos in the year 2084. Corporate greed has led your own planet to ruin, so it’s your job to build propserous cities in a more eco-friendly, sustainable manner.

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“A free 7-day trial for NSO is included with purchase”.

In between some Mario games, a new Endless Ocean game is arriving for Switch next month on 2nd May 2024.

While we’ve already got a decent idea of what to expect from Endless Ocean Luminous, Nintendo has now uploaded an overview trailer – providing an extended look at this upcoming release. The video details the mysterious region known as the Veiled Sea, which changes with every dive.

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Scheduled to arrive in cinemas next year.

In January, there were reports the Minecraft movie had cast actor and musician Jack Black as the famous character “Steve”.

Now, in an update, this has seemingly been confirmed by Jack Black, who has also recently starred in Kung Fu Panda 4, reprising his role as Po, and voiced Bowser in last year’s hit The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

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Nine new trailers and announcements.

Today’s Indie World Showcase gave us a rather delightful little basket of release dates, shadow drops, and ports for games we’ve been wanting to see on Switch.

As is often the case with these presentations, however, Japan’s Indie World was a fair bit different from our own. There was some overlap, of course, but we’ve rounded up a list of everything that was exclusive to the Japanese showcase. Lots of these are also coming out in the West, too, and we’ve even got a date for one or two of them. Enjoy!

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Counting syllables. How many in ‘Kyoto’? Dang, I’ve run out of–.

In the magazine business, the Back Page is where you’d find all the weird goofs that we couldn’t fit in anywhere else. Some may call it “filler”; we prefer “a whole page to make terrible jokes that are tangentially related to the content of the mag”.

We don’t have pages on the internet, but we still love terrible jokes — so welcome to our semi-regular feature, Back Page. Today, we take a seat outside the cafe, place our cigarette case on the gingham tablecloth, light up a dainty smoke, and compose an ode or two while sipping a minuscule coffee…

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