Category: Nintendo

‘Morrowind you up.

Overmorrow, the debut release from solo developer PixelManta, manages to be philosophically interesting, is evocatively written, visually distinct, and lovingly crafted. Yet, the notion of re-playing it – which you’ll effectively need to do by design – is a tall order, and therein lies the unfortunate problem with this otherwise commendable maiden indie effort.

When we reported on Overmorrow’s central mechanic of a player’s save data being deleted after 30 in-game days, the comment section was abuzz with discussion over the merits of such game design. A player’s time is precious, and holding a sword of Damocles over save data is one of the most provocative decisions a developer can make.

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What are YoRHa doing?

Crikey, it’s the weekend already..? Ah well, we’ll take it!

Looking back on this week, it’s kinda felt like a bit of a quieter one, but we’ve still had some pretty sizeable news items drop. The top story this week was undoubtedly the reveal of the new Lego set based on the Legend of Zelda franchise’s Deku Tree; it’s an expensive one, but a beautiful one.

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“With a fresh coat of paint”.

Pictured: The Nintendo of America sign before it was updated

Nintendo’s next-generation hardware is on the horizon, and with this in mind, NoA appears to have freshened up its signage.

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It will partner with Xbox to publish its next game.

In March, the Crash Bandicoot and Spyro developer Toys for Bob announced it would leave Activision and the Xbox team to become an independent studio. In an update on social media, it’s now made this official with a profile update.

In its bio description on X, it now says “We are an independent game development studio and have been making epic entertainment since 1989”. So, that’s it, the California developer is officially independent!

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Minecraft is currently celebrating its 15th anniversary.

Minecraft has now turned 15 and as part of the celebrations, the official manga (which originally made its debut in CoroCoro Comic in April 2020) will finally be released in English.

VIZ Media is handling the localisation of Minecraft: The Manga, with it expected to launch at some point in Spring 2025. Here’s the official announcement, which also provides some information about what to expect from this particular story:

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“Tomba loves you, and by golly, America loves Tomba.”.

Almost a year ago, Limited Run Games announced that it was working on a rerelease of Tomba!, the PlayStation 2.5D platformer. And after nearly 12 months of silence, Tomba! has re-emerged, and it’s coming to Switch on 1st August 2024 (thanks, Gematsu!).

Tomba! Special Edition is an enhanced rerelease created for modern consoles using the Carbon engine. Plus, original creator Tokuro Fujiwara has been working with LRG to bring the classic back to life. It’s not just a straight remaster, either — Special Edition adds new features to the 1997 classic to help introduce the game to a whole new audience.

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“Collaboration contents from outside Capcom will not be carried over”.

The Nintendo 3DS had plenty of incredible exclusives and in its heyday, a lot of those were in the Monster Hunter series. One gem that truly stands out from its no-glasses-3D siblings is Monster Hunter Stories. Developed as a collaboration between Capcom and Marvelous, this turn-based RPG was quite a massive departure in comparison to anything that’s come before and is highly regarded by those that did play it. However, Stories was overlooked by many at the time as it was dealt the unfortunate hand of launching six months after the console that would replace the 2DS and 3DS, the Nintendo Switch.

Flash forward to the year 2024, and not only has a Switch sequel to Stories released, but that first game that fans loved so much is finally making its way to Switch, too. We had the chance to send off a few questions to the Monster Hunter Stories team at Capcom and the game’s producer, Yoshihiro Akira, was kind enough to give us his insight on the game’s co-development with Marvelous, 3DS-exclusive features, and what it’s like bringing this game to a new audience.

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Please Nintendo, put StreetPass in ‘Switch 2’.

StreetPass was fantastic — StreetPass is fantastic — and last year our intrepid video producer Zion Grassl went on a personal quest to see how many tags he could get for the glorious little inter-console app…

At the start of 2023, I had a real longing for the days of the 3DS. Partially due to the fact the 3DS and Wii U eShop would be going down that year, but also because I had almost entirely failed to find any random StreetPass tags in the year prior. What once was such a common activity that I didn’t think much of, was now made a rare and celebratory experience. Sometimes ya just don’t know what ya got till it’s gone, right?

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Feeling hot, hot, hot.

Summer is finally here, so it’s time for Splatoon 3‘s fresh batch of seasonal goodies to enter the Splatlands.

‘Sizzle Season 2024’ arrives on 1st June with new weapons, stages, gear and even a fresh Big Run game mode in tow. All of these new additions have been shared on the @SplatoonNA and @NintendoUK Twitter accounts in recent weeks and we have collected them together for you to check out below.

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“Discover the trial chambers”.

As part of Minecraft‘s 15th anniversary celebrations, Mojang has confirmed the release of the next major update ‘Tricky Trials’ will be 13th June 2024.

So, yeah – that’s just “a few short weeks” when this update will roll out in both the Java Edition and Bedrock Edition of the game. In case you’ve not kept up with the coverage so far, the Trial Chambers are a new structure filled with traps, tricks and treasures you can solo or play with friends.

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