Category: Nintendo

Discounted eShop credit, subs, and games.

Summer has arrived in the northern hemisphere, and what better way to enjoy it than sitting in the shade with a glass of something cool — possibly with a novelty straw sticking out the top — and relaxing with a Switch?

Whether you’re still rocking the OG Switch or you’ve got your hands on the new hotness with Switch 2, there’s plenty to play over the warmer months, and we’ve got a discount on Switch eShop credit which might pique your interest, too.

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Make sure it’s “Ultra High Speed”.

The Switch 2 has been out for almost a month now and during this time some users have been experiencing issues with their Joy-Con 2 and other Switch 2 controllers repeatedly disconnecting when using the system in docked mode.

If this has come up on your end, it might actually be due to the cables you’re using. As highlighted by IGN, Nintendo’s troubleshooting guide on its official customer support page notes how one way to potentially eliminate this problem is to simply make sure you’re using an “Ultra High Speed HDMI” cable.

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The Switch title received a free update last month.

Alongside Switch 2’s launch last month, Nintendo rolled out multiple free Switch game updates. One of these was for Game Builder Garage – which not only included visual optimisations but also added Joy-Con 2 mouse support.

Now, timed in with this update and the game’s fourth anniversary, the Game Builder Garage community has held its very own “fan-made Nintendo Direct” hosted by VideoDojo on YouTube (thanks for the heads up, Giovani Vitti).

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The ‘Deluxe’ version of NSMB. U returns.

The Nintendo Music mobile app for Switch Online subscribers continues its weekly updates with more album drops and the latest one to join the service is New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe.

This soundtrack, based on the 2019 Switch version, comes loaded with 90 tracks and has a total runtime of 2 hours and 7 minutes. You’ll be able to listen to everything from the title screen through to the catchy staff credits.

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Just hypnotic.

If you were a kid who grew up in the ’90s, you’ve probably watched more than a handful of episodes of Animaniacs. The Warner Bros.-produced cartoon ran from 1993 to 1998 and received well over 250 episodes. And, you can bet there were many video games out there to accompany Yakko, Wakko, and Dot’s animated antics.

In fact, there were nine different games between the SNES and DS eras, in fact, but a tenth, long-lost one has recently been rediscovered and preserved online (thanks, Time Extension!); Animaniacs: Hollywood Hypnotics, which is now fully preserved and playable online thanks to the efforts of Hidden Palace, MrPinball64, and Billscat-socks.

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Gawrsh!

Gameloft has announced that its free-to-play online racer, Disney Speedstorm, is getting a free Switch 2 upgrade.

Shared via an in-game message (and reported on by My Nintendo News), the upgrade is due to arrive at the start of the new season, which lands on 3rd July.

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Deluxe indeed!

When Japanese physical publisher Superdeluxe Games announced it was giving Castlevania Anniversary Collection the physical release treatment earlier this year, I immediately sat up and took notice.

Having already seen how excellent the company’s other physical editions can be, I couldn’t wait to see what Superdeluxe had in store for this one, as Castlevania is without a doubt my favourite game series.

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Glitch in the Matrix.

Until Then is a visual novel that tells the story of Mark Borja, a high school student who grapples with the usual day-to-day of teenage life while trying to figure out why he’s experiencing weird cases of déjà vu. It’s a slow burn; one that relishes in the quieter, mundane aspects of life that many TV shows and movies would rather you believe didn’t exist.

With beautiful pixel art visuals at its heart, Until Then feels a lot more ‘alive’ than a lot of visual novels, with dialogue and actions taking place entirely within the scene; so in other words, no ‘talking head’ sequences where static characters are nattering to one another from across the screen.

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Let’s go golfing.

Bandai Namco has announced that its ‘Summer Showcase’ presentation will return on 2nd July, and the line-up promises a bunch of Switch news.

The showcase’s teaser trailer (above) reveals that the likes of Everybody’s Golf Hot Shots, Patapon 1+2 Replay, Shadow Labyrinth, Little Nightmares III and Super Robot Wars Y will all get some time in the spotlight, and we’re set to land a new trailer for Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree. That’s only the titles that are already confirmed for Switch.

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A total voidout.

The latest UK Charts are here, and perhaps unsurprisingly, Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding 2: On The Beach has comfortably landed at number one following its debut, pushing Mario Kart World down to second place for the first time.

Interestingly, however, it seems physical sales for DS2 are down 66% when compared to the first game, according to The Game Business’ Chris Dring. It’s a much different world we live in now, of course, so it’s likely that there are simply far more digital sales this time around.

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