Category: Nintendo

No need to reinvent the wheel.

Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Francisco considers a little Joy-Con addition that could help set the upcoming “Switch successor” apart…

Nintendo can’t resist an enticing hardware innovation. Think of the Game & Watch’s D-pad, the SNES’s nifty shoulder buttons, or the Wii’s revolutionary motion controls; and we’ve barely scratched the surface of its long legacy of pioneering video game controllers. Despite its efforts, one hardware feature has evaded Nintendo for decades.

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Getting primed.

Summer’s here, everyone! Except if you’re in the Southern Hemisphere, in which case, Winter’s here, everyone!

After a quiet month or so, it’s been a busy week in Nintendo land thanks to the June Direct which delivered above and beyond what many of us expected to see three months into Switch’s eighth year, with its successor waiting in the wings for its formal introduction.

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Kirby, Pikmin and more.

As part of the SmileFest 2024 celebrations this week, there have been some new Nintendo and video game-themed Nendoroids (in general) revealed. The latest batch includes characters from series such as Kirby, Pikmin and even Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.

First up we have the Bulborb from the Pikmin series. This enemy originally made his debut in the first Pikmin games and loves to eat Pikmin! There’s no date on this new Nendoroid just yet, but when we get update, we’ll let you know. For now, here’s a look:

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Fixes, improvements and more.

Aspyr’s Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection had a bumpy launch in March but has since received a few major updates including all sorts of fixes. This brings us to the latest third update.

Update 3 not only comes with server stability improvements and fixes but also some Switch-specific updates to saving and controller functions.

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To me, my X-Men.

Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Jim shines a light on an already dazzling Direct drop…

It took me a few hours to come down after the June Nintendo Direct. The showcase was stacked. In the moment, it felt like Nintendo was wheeling out its biggest guns, hitting us fanboys square in the face with just about every announcement we could have wished for.

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I’m gonna take you for a tour.

We didn’t expect to see Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics during the latest Nintendo Direct. Seeing the Marvel vs Capcom fighters on modern consoles felt like a pipe dream, and with Marvel vs. Capcom 2 — one of the greatest fighting games of all time — being part of the bundle, it’s a dream collection.

With the announcement earlier this week, and the launch of a site dedicated to all seven games in the collection, Capcom has uploaded some stunning high-definition character art for five of the seven games. Huge thanks to SeventhForce for highlighting this on Twitter.

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Wubbadubbadub izzat true?

Nintendo has filed a DMCA takedown against fan-made software ‘Heaven Studio’, a tool which enabled people to upload their own music and pair it with one of the rhythm-based minigames from the Rhythm Heaven series.

As reported by TorrentFreak (thanks, VGC), the Heaven Studio GitHub repository has been removed following Nintendo’s request, which cites copyright on the assets included with the software.

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Suck it, Bond.

This review was originally published in March 2010. We’re updating and republishing it to mark the game’s arrival in the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack N64 library.

From its debut in 1997, developer Rare and the terrifying digital avatar of Pierce Brosnan ruled over the console shooter space with the Nintendo 64 tie-in of a then-two-year-old Bond movie, GoldenEye 007. Not only did it justify the genre on consoles while proving that movie games didn’t have to suck, it became one of the defining multiplayer experiences of its generation.

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Crash really is back!

Back in 2018, the original Crash Bandicoot collection arrived on the Nintendo Switch in the form of the N. Sane Trilogy. It seems many years on, we’ve now got a sales update for the global sales across all platforms including the Switch, and the game has now topped 20 million units globally.

The official social account for Crash issued a message to fans thanking everyone for this “memorable milestone”. It’s also resulted in multiple fans requesting even more revivals and new entries in the Crash Bandicoot series. Most recently, Crash fans got the fourth major title ‘It’s About Time‘ in 2020/21.

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Just in time for Darkest Dungeon II.

Red Hook Studios this week confirmed Darkest Dungeon II would be making the journey across to the Switch this July, and if you’ve still not played the first game and happen to be an NSO subscriber, now is your chance.

Nintendo is currently offering Switch Online members a free trial of the first Darkest Dungeon game from now until 26th June 2024. This latest game trial is available to subscribers in North America and when you boot up the game you’ll receive 100 Platinum Points. There’s also a sale on the game until the same date, offering 70% off the standard edition and 75% off the Ancestral Edition.

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