Nintendo’s Free Super Mario Bros. Movie Guidebook Is Now Available In English

“Discover all the secrets”.

As part of this week’s Super Mario celebrations, Nintendo has now released an English version of its Super Mario Bros. Movie digital guidebook.

In case you missed our original post, this guide allows Mario Movie fans to “enhance” their viewing experience with all sorts of “Easter eggs and fun facts”. Although the guide is free, you will still need a Nintendo Account to view it.

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Balatro Back On Switch eShop In Europe With New Age Rating

It’s now 18+.

Good news for deckbuilding fans itching to play the indie smash hit Balatro, as the game has returned to the Switch eShop today in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.

Just a week ago, the game disappeared from Switch storefronts due to “a reaction to an overnight change to Balatro’s age rating”. Today, publisher Playstack shared the news of Balatro’s return on Twitter. At the moment, the game is still unavailable to buy on the eShop in Japan, but the team are still looking into this.

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LEGO Fortnite Is Under Fire For Brand New ‘Kits’

All locked behind a paywall.

For a short while, LEGO Fortnite seemed to be pretty popular. Blending Lego with survival mechanics worked wonders and brought in a whole new player base to the free-to-play online battle royal. But today, Epic has announced LEGO Kits, new buildings that you’ll be able to create and add to your villages.

Fan reception to the announcement hasn’t exactly been rapturous, however, as these new Kits — which are being introduced to the Item Shop this weekend — will cost V-Bucks.

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Review: Expeditions: A MudRunner Game (Switch) – Performance Bumps Can’t Run This Sim Off The Road

Fancy a winch? Oh, you call it a shift? Same difference, baby.

When we first got wind that Expeditions: A MudRunner Game was on its way to Nintendo Switch, we gotta admit, we were a little bit surprised. This new entry in Saber Interactive’s superb off-road sim series takes the whole mud-running malarkey to a new level, with larger maps, loads more fine details, and improved physics over its well-regarded predecessors. How on earth was this big, modern, physics-heavy driving game going to run in handheld mode on a seven-year-old console?

Well, as it turns out, not without some fairly notable issues. However, we will say straight off the bat that if this is your only way to play, or you’re just a big fan of the previous games, you’ll likely be able to overlook most of the roadblocks. But let’s quickly run through the overall deal with what’s different between this new entry and the sublime Snowrunner first.

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Video: Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection Gets Switch Launch Trailer

Pre-orders are now live.

The Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection lands on the Switch next week and to build up some excitement, Nintendo has shared a new launch trailer.

It shows off plenty of famous faces from the Star Wars galaxy including several heroes and villains. You can also see plenty of firefights as well as some lightsaber battles, and it’s all looking quite promising at the moment.

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