Category: Nintendo

What have you got, 2024?

Nintendo shares have hit a record high of 7,823 yen (roughly $54.14) as of Wednesday, as reported by The Wall Street Journal.

While increasing steadily over the last year or so, shares have recently spiked with WSJ citing ‘solid earnings’ and the expectation of new hardware from the firm to succeed the current Nintendo Switch. It’s no secret that fans have been clamouring for new hardware, and the general expectation is that Nintendo will finally reveal its upcoming plans at some point this year.

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Quan-Chi was the latest DLC fighter.

Mortal Kombat 1 continues its fight in the new year with the announcement Khameleon will be coming to the game as a DLC fighter next week.

Yes, a date is now officially locked in, with the game’s social media account confirming she’ll be arriving on 16th January 2024. Khameleon is the latest release alongside the newest playable fighter Quan Chi, who was made available at the end of last year.

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Amusement machines & toys under one banner.

Sega Sammy, the company behind Sega, has announced an organisational restructure which will see the formation of a new corporation known as “Sega Fave”.

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Celebrating the game’s fifth anniversary.

Last month, Nintendo announced it would be celebrating the fifth anniversary of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with a special event as well as brand-new spirits. Now, in an update, the Japanese company has revealed the new spirits.

These spirits will be up for grabs for five days and will be made available this week on 11th January 2024. Included in the lineup are characters from Splatoon 3, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Pikmin 4.

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(But in a good way).

Stop right there! We know what you’re thinking. You’re expecting a long list of games that we wish we had never played. The stinkers that took up 20 hours we’ll never get back. Well, you’re wrong!

We are not about to be a negative Nancy and dunk on some bad games just because we wish we could wipe them from our minds. This is about positively forgetting games.

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Back to Smash?

Super Smash Bros. creator and video game developer Masahiro Sakurai has been riding the waves of YouTube fame over the last 18 months or so. But the channel, Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games, will be ending sometime this year.

This is straight from Sakurai himself, who shared the news over on his Community tab on the YouTube channel (via Stealth and BigRedN on Twitter).

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Action AND discovery? In this economy?

Whether you agree with the form or not, a live-action Zelda movie is in the works at Nintendo. What’s more, it’s being produced by none other than Sony Pictures. Yes, Sony. The PlayStation guys. Nintendo was the first to mention the project’s existence, but now it’s the time for the co-producers to drum up some hype and Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida is doing exactly that. Well, kind of.

At yesterday’s Sony CES 2024 press conference, Yoshida gave a rundown of all of the film and TV projects that the company’s Pictures arm is currently handling, which meant that Zelda had to get a shoutout. And a shoutout it got. Yes, according to the Sony CEO, The Legend of Zelda movie will deliver — are you ready for this? — “an amazing tale of adventure and discovery.” Try to contain your surprise as you lift your jaw up from the floor.

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Following last year’s policy debacle.

Last year, the video game software provider Unity copped a lot of backlash when it announced plans to impose a “runtime fee” pricing policy. Now, following the departure of the CEO and president, the latest update reveals Unity will cut “25% of its workforce, or 1,800 jobs”.

This information was revealed in a regulatory filing and internal memo earlier this week. It will reportedly be the software provider’s “largest layoff ever” with the whole process expected to be completed “by the end of March”.

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Become “super spy Agent7”.

If you’re looking for another GoldenEye 007-style game to play on the Nintendo Switch, you might want to check out The spy who shot me, which arrived on the eShop last week for just $7.99 / £7.19.

It’s a parody of James Bond-inspired and the “classic shooters” of the ’90s. While the obvious comparison is Rare’s legendary N64 title, some reviews on Steam also compare it to series like No One Lives Forever. It’s been available on Valve’s digital service since 2019 and has a “very positive” review rating.

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Plundered.

The Xbox and Microsoft rumours are flooding the news at the moment, aren’t they? And there’s another one sailing into view — Microsoft exclusive Sea of Thieves, developed by Rare, is reportedly being considered for Switch and PlayStation.

Giant Bomb and Game Mess Mornings host Jeff Grubb claims that he’s heard that “that was the one that might be coming to other platforms,” (via VGC). Speaking on Game Mess Mornings earlier today (above), 8th January, the host states that this, alongside rumours of an Xbox “critically-acclaimed” title also making the jump, shows that Microsoft “is kind of trying to rejigger its strategy”.

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