Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection Update 1 Outlined, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

Following a rough online launch last week.

Aspyr’s Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection hasn’t got off to the best start, with all sorts of “critical errors” taking place with the network infrastructure at launch. To add to this, there are various other reports and problems.

Now, after all the feedback, the developer has revealed its first update for the game, which will arrive on the Switch and multiple other console platforms as soon as the submission and certification process is completed.

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Smash Bros. Ultimate Adding Brand-New Mario Wonder And Princess Peach: Showtime! Spirits

Grab ’em later this week.

It seems the fun isn’t over just yet in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – with Nintendo announcing new spirits will be joining the battle later this week on 22nd March 2024 for five days.

The games in the spotlight this time include the upcoming release Princess Peach: Showtime! and last year’s side-scrolling hit Super Mario Bros. Wonder. When you defeat these spirits in battle, you’ll earn more gold than usual.

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UK Charts: Unicorn Overlord Plummets As Familiar Faces Return To The Top

RPGee.

We’re back with the latest look at the UK charts and after seeing things get mixed up a little last time, normality has returned this week.

There are no newbies in the top 40 this time around. Last week’s surprise Switch hit Unicorn Overlord has seen a pretty substantial fall from 7th to 25th, while the previous gold medallist, WWE 2K24, has dropped to third. Of course, this means that EA Sports FC 24 and Hogwarts Legacy take the top two spots again — that didn’t last long, eh?

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Soapbox: 30 Years Later, Super Metroid’s Foreboding Atmosphere Is Still Unmatched

Zeb-easily the best.

Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, to celebrate Super Metroid’s 30th anniversary, Ollie sings the praises of the game’s enduring foreboding atmosphere…


The Metroid series is perhaps best known for its wonderful atmosphere and keen sense of isolation. In addition to its consistently strong structure, interconnected locations, and formidable antagonists, its oppressive yet irresistibly intriguing atmosphere is one of the reasons why the games gained such a loyal following, and why it continues to become more successful as time goes on (albeit more slowly compared to other Nintendo franchises).

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Review: Rebel Transmute (Switch) – A Brutally Brilliant Metroid-Like

There’s always room for one more good one.

About five years ago, solo developer Evan Tor set out to make a new game in the crowded Metroidvania genre called Rebel Transmute. Tor launched a Kickstarter in 2022 to secure the funding to get the game over the line, and after a successful campaign and development period, the title has finally made it to consoles and PC. Rebel Transmute may not be a particularly innovative new entry in the genre, but what it lacks in novel ideas it more than makes up for in polish and quality. Rebel Transmute is great comfort food for the dedicated Metroidvania fan, and we’d suggest you pay attention to it.

Rebel Transmute places you in the role of Moon Mikono, a “space scrapper” in search of her mother who’s gone missing in action. Her search brings her to the isolated planet of Terra 6, which was once home to an extensive research facility helmed by the mysterious Foray corporation that her mother worked for. An EMP causes Moon’s ship to crash on Terra 6, and she wakes up twelve years later in a hostile and decrepit environment where something has since clearly gone wrong. Moon’s mother appears to be alive and somewhere on the planet, so our unlikely heroine sets out on a journey to find her and figure out what happened to the facility.

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Animal Well Brings Pretty Platforming And Creepy Creatures To Switch This May

Afraid of the dark?

If you cast your mind back to the April 2023 Indie World showcase, you might remember the reveal of Animal Well — a pretty but punishing pixel art platformer being published by YouTubers videogamedunkey and Leahbee‘s Bigmode. Well, that very game has now got a release date, and it’s coming to Switch on 9th May.

Animal Well is one of those games that brings vibes by the bucketload. You play as a little blob, making your way through a gorgeous pixel art labyrinth and collecting items to help you along your way. The only catch is that this labyrinth is filled with animals. And a lot of them are going to want to eat you.

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Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown Is Already On Sale (US)

“Save up to 40%” in this new eShop deal.

One common response to the arrival of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown on the Switch was to wait until a sale. And now, just months after its release, this slick and stylish “must-play” has received a 40% price cut on the eShop in the US and Canada.

As highlighted by Nintendo of America, this reduces the digital price of the 2.5D platformer from $49.99 to just $29.99. You can also save some money on the digital deluxe edition (featuring some in-game content and more), which is now $35.99 instead of $59.99. This sale runs until 1st April. If we hear anything about a sale in other regions, we’ll let you know.

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Random: Nintendo Has Supposedly Changed The Day Of Switch Game Releases

Thursday is the new Friday in the US.

When Nintendo confirmed the release dates of some upcoming Switch games recently, certain eagle-eyed fans noted how as of the next financial year, the company would seemingly be shifting release dates from Friday to Thursday in the US.

So far, this includes the launch dates for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (23 May 2024) and Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD (27 June 2024), and also Endless Ocean: Luminous (2 May 2024). Before now, games like Another Code: Recollection, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, and this week’s upcoming release Princess Peach: Showtime! have all been scheduled for Friday.

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Guide: Best Nintendo Switch Collections And Compilation Games

Bundles of joy.

Updated with Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story. Enjoy!


Switch is many a gamer’s go-to console for revisiting retro classics, at home on the TV, or wherever you happen to take the handheld hybrid. Squeezing in nostalgia trips between the big new releases has never been easier, and there have been a host of exceptional collections and compilation packages on Nintendo’s system that bring together bundles of retro games, often with new features, bells and whistles.

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