Category: Nintendo

It all makes sense now.

In surprising news, Nintendo has announced a manga adaptation of the new Switch release Fire Emblem Engage.

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“Sustained demand” expected for at least another year.

The Switch is still selling like there’s no tomorrow and it seems Nintendo won’t be slowing down production any time soon.

According to a new report from Bloomberg, the Kyoto-based video game giant actually plans to “increase production” of the hybrid machine in its sixth year after shifting roughly 21 million systems in the previous fiscal year. Although it lowered its sales forecast to 19 million last November, the company is now apparently “convinced” it can manufacture more units.

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Super Mario RPG… Sonic the Hedgehog, Donkey Kong 3.

Update Day! We all love Update Day, don’t we? Every Wednesday, we all love to shop for the best Wii games when the Wii Shopping Channel gets updated with new games to buy. And, of course, that was the genesis of sketch comedy group Nirvana The Band The Show‘s little skit about surfin’ the Wii Shopping Channel and singin’ along. Refresh your memory if you will:

Since November 2020, one person named Quinn has been operating a Twitter account called “Wii Shop Wednesday”, which tweets out the sketch every Wednesday, accompanied by “Wii Shop Wednesday Wisdom”, an additional tweet that imparts wise words to its followers. Wise words like this:

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No link cable needed!

For those of us who didn’t have a link cable or a Game Boy Advance, the GameCube era sometimes felt like you were getting locked out of content that all the richer kids on the playground would boast about. There was the Tingle Tuner in Wind Waker, new content and secrets in games from Harry Potter to Crash Bandicoot, and an entire new town in Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life.

Back on the GameCube, A Wonderful Life had a path near the farm that went up a hill, but it didn’t go anywhere. Trying to go up the path would lead to a cutscene where the Harvest Sprites would halt you, saying that you could find out “what’s going on” by linking up with Friends of Mineral Town on the Game Boy Advance, which required the link cable, a GBA, and a copy of the game.

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Bait and Switch?

Let’s talk about comeback stories. The Mighty Ducks. Robert Downey Jr. Rocky. Nintendo in 2017. Yep, after the launch of the Wii U, many may have thought that the Big N was out for the count (well, not completely, but certainly left licking its proverbial wounds), but did this come to pass? You bet your chunky GamePad it didn’t.

Instead of wallowing in self-pity, Nintendo knuckled down and used the Wii U’s failure as a learning experience, addressing each imperfection and fashioning a little device with a clear, easy-to-understand, and appealing proposition for players who had found its predecessor’s asymmetric gameplay confusing or underwhelming. It was called the ‘Switch’, you might have heard of it.

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Where is my mind.

The sequel to the 2017 action-adventure Figment is coming to Switch later this year, bringing with it a new co-op mode that will encourage players to discuss mental health with their loved ones.

Figment 2: Creed Valley is a surreal action-adventure that takes you deep into the human psyche, in a world shattered by Nightmares. Protagonist Dusty and his sidekick Piper must journey into The Mind to heal it and allow it to function properly once more, by solving puzzles and defeating the Nightmares in musical showdowns.

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Are we barking up the wrong tree?

It has been 12 long years since we last heard the infamous instructions of “Lucky, Daisy, Baxter” while we sat in a completely sound-proofed room attempting to teach our dog its name in the 3DS’ Nintendogs + Cats. Of course, this followed the six-year wait after the release of the original Nintendogs on the DS — a watershed moment where a huge number of us spent each day walking, cleaning and playing with the virtual pups. And now, it looks like there might be more dog content from Nintendo to come.

A recent patent, dated 17th January 2023, seems to suggest that Nintendo is working on a new way to bring the world of virtual dogs back into our homes (thanks, My Nintendo News). This time around, the technology all seems to be about augmented reality and the ability to place a virtual object (a dog, in the example given) into a real-world environment as captured through a camera.

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Celebrate the first anniversary in the Impossible Dungeon.

The critically acclaimed action RPG Nobody Saves The World is celebrating its first anniversary with a free update.

This update adds a carnival-themed “endless” dungeon and a new unlockable dinosaur form. The title is also discounted across “most” platforms by 40%. Nintendo Switch is fortunately included in this offer. Here’s a rundown of what what to expect from this latest update:

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Alear’s hair could have been different colours.

Ahead of the launch of Fire Emblem Engage this week, Nintendo has published a brand new “Ask the Developer” interview with some of the talent who worked on the game.

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Rename your cult, perform mass blessings and more!

At the very end of last year, the Cult of the Lamb developed mentioned how there was more content planned for 2023. It’s now kicked off the new year with a “massive” quality of life update – allowing plkayers to perform mass blessings, auto cook and fish, rebind controls and even rename their cult.

Below is a trailer showcasing everything in this latest update:

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