The nose to the right, the eyes to the left.
Hello, Mario! launches today on Switch eShop and phones in the West alongside other My Mario products, a new line from Nintendo specifically focused on infants and young children.
This free app came out in Japan in August last year, so we’re republishing Jim’s impressions of the cute little face-tugger. Let us know in the comments if you’ve tried it out yourself!
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And there’s more on the way.
Bandai Namco’s fighting game Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO made its way across to the Switch and Switch 2 late last year, and this week, it receives a new update for these platforms.
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Following the launch of Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Switch 2 Edition last month, Nintendo has now released its second update for the title this year.
It addresses multiple issues and makes some adjustments on both the Switch and Switch 2. There are also some updates specific to the Switch 2 version of the game. This includes an issue with clouds that’s now been resolved, and also an update to the controller vibration intensity.
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A dino crisis.
Cast your minds back to the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase earlier this month. One of the most surprising games featured during the presentation was Tokyo Scramble, a stealth-horror hybrid where you have to escape from dinosaur-esque creatures. And you can do so alone or with the help of friends via GameChat and GameShare.
Not only was the announcement a surprise, but so was the release date — 11th February 2026, just less than a week after the Direct. Well, that’s cool! Plus, the game was developed by one of the co-devs of Ender Lilies and Ender Magnolia. Sounds interesting, right?
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I choose YOU.
27th February marks the anniversary of Pokémon Red and Green in Japan, but this year’s event is an extra special one: the Pokémon series is turning 30 years old.
Yes, that little RPG about catching cute and not-so-cute monsters and doing battle with your pals has been going for three entire decades. In that time, it’s evolved from mere gaming phenomenon that rejuvenated interest in Nintendo’s Game Boy seven years after it launched to the world’s biggest media property.
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Get a grip.
Nintendo launched its dedicated GameCube NSO pad alongside the Switch 2 last year, undoubtedly providing the best experience for docked play. However, much like the N64 pad before it, the controller doesn’t do much to help with handheld play, where the Joy-Con 2 button layouts simply can’t capture the feel of the original hardware.
Enter abxylute’s N9C, a Switch 2 grip that launched on Kickstarter today and was almost immediately fully funded, which looks as close as we’ll ever get to a GameCube pad built for handheld play.
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He fights for the Users.
Entropy, a scientific concept defined by randomness and disorder, is a fitting name for a roguelike.
Since BlazBlue began as a fighting game series it’s seen a multitude of spin-offs, now finding itself in the realm of 2D platform action and roguelike principles. Its whopping assembly of eighteen-playable-characters helm from various BlazBlue entries, including Calamity Trigger, Continuum Shift, Chrono Phantasma and Central Fiction. And, impressively, each has a completely independent and idiosyncratic combat style, even if the actual inputs you utilise are fairly samey across the board.
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Get a free Phoenix Wright outfit.
Remember last September when Among Us teamed up with Capcom to promote the Ace Attorney Investigations Collection?
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Update: Following reports of a Switch 2 release.
Nintendo formally announced the Switch 2 last week and while some developers appear to have already locked in their support, other studios are still gauging whether or not to release certain titles on the Switch’s successor.
One of these developers happens to be Moon Studios, with the CEO Thomas Mahler asking on social media if fans of the studio (as well as Ori games and Nintendo platforms) would be interested in the team’s new release, No Rest for the Wicked on Switch 2.
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15, LOVE.
It has felt like a long old wait since Mario’s last sports outing, but last week, Mario Tennis Fever finally arrived on the Switch 2 court.
It’s tennis, again, but with a Fever Racket gimmick that gives the whole thing a fun party twist. With a 38-character roster — the biggest in series history to date, no less — and 30 different rackets to try out, there’s an impressive amount of variety on display here, and we can see it cropping up at its fair share of game nights down the line.
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