Category: Nintendo

The best way to prepare for Tears of the Kingdom.

The February Nintendo Direct Showcase brought with it a closer look at The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and some of the bonuses that will be coming alongside its release on 12th May including a special amiibo and a Collector’s Edition copy of the physical game.

Nintendo is now adding to the hype surrounding the sequel’s release by lowering the eShop price of its predecessor, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, by a tasty 30%. This means that the smash-hit launch title is now available to download on its own for £41.99 / €48.99 / $39.99.

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An offer you don’t want to pass up!

As part of the Nintendo Direct celebrations today, Japanese developer and publisher Konami has a special introductory offer for the virtual baseball title, WBSC eBaseball Power Pros.

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Update today!

Nintendo showed off Splatoon 3‘s new Expansion Pass earlier today. It’s made up of two waves – including an all-new single-player campaign.

The game’s now received an update – bumping it up to Version 2.1.1. Here are the full patch notes, courtesy of Nintendo’s support page:

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Get splashing.

Sabotage Studios’ long awaited RPG Sea Of Stars finally has a release date. The classically-inspired adventure, and prequel to The Messenger, will be launching on 29th August.

But if you can’t wait until the tail end of summer to play this absolute stunner, then you don’t have to. Nintendo announced during today’s Direct that a demo will be available to download on the eShop today.

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Leaked on SteamDB.

The gorgeous action-adventure RPG Eastward, developed by Shanghai studio Pixpil, might just be getting some DLC in the near future — if SteamDB is anything to go by!

A brand new listing, titled Eastward – Octopia, was last updated on SteamDB on 2nd February and spotted yesterday by u/cloudsheep0 on the GamingLeaksAndRumours subreddit. This will be the first major update to the game since its release on Switch in October 2021, where it was a timed console exclusive.

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All things must come to a GAME OVER.

It’s hard to say goodbye, but sometimes, it’s for the best. Some of the more memorable and touching stories we’ve witnessed in games throughout the years have been the ones that ended tragically, or culminated in a bittersweet conclusion — there’s a reason Shakespeare’s most-loved plays are Hamlet and Romeo & Juliet, after all! We’re just suckers for an unhappy ending.

But not all of the games on this list of best endings are tragic. Some are heartwarming, some are fitting for the characters we’ve come to know and love, and some are just straight-up beautiful. We’ve narrowed it down to Switch games only (including Nintendo Switch Online games), because there are a lot of brilliant endings out there in games, but even then, we found it hard to narrow down — so make sure to head to the comments to suggest your own.

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Completing the set.

The elusive shiny version of Heart Trim Furfrou, a Valentine’s Day exclusive in Pokémon GO, is now able to be transferred from the mobile game into Pokémon HOME!

The Valentine’s Day event started earlier today, and Serebii shared the news that — for the first time — the shiny variant of this exclusive form can, at last, be stored in HOME. Shiny Furfrou was only added to the game last September as part of the Fashion Week event, so while all other shiny variants could be transferred to HOME, players would need to wait until the next Valentine’s Day event to get their hands on this unique look.

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Dropped by 7%.

Nintendo’s share price has dropped on the Tokyo Stock Exchange following yesterday’s Q3 FY2023 Financial Report (via VGC). The company’s price dropped by around 7% since yesterday’s report, and at the time of writing, it currently sits at ¥5,226, which is down from ¥5,624.

This drop doesn’t come as a huge surprise due to the company’s slightly disappointing results, where Nintendo revealed that it’s cutting sales forecasts after a decline in year-on-year sales in hardware and software. Other than reducing its year-end forecast for Switch sales again, from 19 million to 18 million, Nintendo is still staying quiet about a successor, despite the console about to enter its seventh year on the market.

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Three versions to choose from!

One eShop gem that’s already been released this year is Vengeful Guardian: Moon Rider – a homage to classic 16-bit action platformers like Shinobi III and Hagane: The Final Conflict. If you’ve been holding out for a physical copy of this one, the good news is pre-orders are now live.

There’s the option of a standard edition (34,90 €), collector’s edition (69,90 €), and a deluxe edition (149,90 €) – note: European pricing:

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Furukawa: “It’s important for our long-term growth”.

Despite a downturn in sales and profits for Nintendo in its third quarter, it’s reportedly raising the base salaries of its employees by 10% in its homeland.

A report by Reuters reveals the Japanese video game giant is taking action to secure the “long-term growth” of its workforce. It follows calls from the country’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida – asking local companies to increase pay for workers to combat inflation.

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