“Go fast to grab the early bird offer”.
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Sonic the Hedgehog is getting another First 4 Figures statue and if you’re wondering what could be next, it’s the classic and iconic title screen. To be precise, it’s the screen from the Sonic the Hedgehog Sega Genesis release.
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“There were many points that made me think ‘Wow, that’s amazing'”.
Final Fantasy XIV director and Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida, commonly referred to as Yoshi-P, has been heaping praise on Nintendo lately. And in an interview with Famitsu, where he talks about anime and his love of Super Mario Bros. 3, he’s particularly gushing about one recent Switch game that he thinks “anyone aspiring to become a game developer” should play.
That title is The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, and not for the in-game Echoes, summonable monsters, or even the puzzle design. Rather, it’s how Nintendo has “used resources” and re-used assets.
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Say hello to ‘Ninsight’.
Ninty Media, the team behind magazines such as The Vita Lounge, Switch Player, and Ninty Fresh, has launched a Kickstarter campaign for a new venture called ‘Ninsight’.
With the first issue shipping globally in August, Ninsight aims to provide the latest Nintendo-themed news, reviews, and talking points in a premium, 80-100 page magazine with zero adverts. At the time of writing, over half of the Kickstarter’s £5,000 goal has been achieved with 16 days remaining.
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After Death Stranding 2 delivered solid results.
This week’s UK physical game charts are in, and it’s back to business as usual for Mario Kart World.
After being overtaken by the critically-acclaimed Death Stranding 2, the Switch 2 launch title has stormed back to number one, with EA Sports FC 25 snatching up second spot, leaving Sam Porter Bridge in third.
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Launching on Switch this September.
Spike Chunsoft has released a new gameplay trailer for Shuten Order, the new title from Danganronpa / The Hundred Line creator Kazutaka Kodaka. It provides our best look yet at the game’s multi-genre mechanics, with the story branching off into five distinct paths.
You play as Rei Shimobe, the founder of Shuten Order who has been resurrected into a temporary body following his murder. You’ll have to investigate one of Shuten Order’s ‘ministers’, with each case presenting you with a completely unique gameplay hook.
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Releasing on Switch 2 (and Switch) next month.
In case you missed it, Marvelous and XSEED are bringing Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar to the Switch 2 and Switch next month.
It’s already released some trailers and today it’s followed this up with a five-minute overview trailer – introducing players to their new life in Zephyr and the bazaar, where they’ll use all the services to grow their farm and make the community thrive once again.
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A great fit.
Nintendo has revealed it’s teaming up with Crocs, a “global leader” in casual footwear to release a special Animal Crossing-themed line. This new collection will launch next month on 26th August 2025 and will include both adult and children footwear. Here’s the full rundown:
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Update: Reassessing staffing, but the studio is not shutting down.
It’s been another tough week for the video game industry and the fallout from Microsoft’s layoffs led to funding cuts at John and Brenda Romero’s studio, Romero Games.
Now, following some claims the independent studio had completely shut its doors, Irish publication The Journal has got apparently got an official confirmation about this in a statement from Brenda Romero (thanks, Push Square).
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Not a paradox here.
Can you believe that the mobile AR game Pokémon GO is nine years old? We can’t; it only feels like yesterday we started taking our phones with us for ‘mon-catching trips.
The official GO X account shared some brand new artwork to celebrate the 9th anniversary, and it seems to include a couple of hints on what we can expect to see in the coming months.
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Debunker’d.
Missile Command Delta, from developers Mighty Yell (The Big Con) and 13AM Games (Runbow), is an experience of two halves.
The first is a turn-based strategy take on the classic Dave Theurer-developed arcade game Missile Command; one that shouldn’t work in theory, but genuinely does. The second is a misguided attempt to add context to the strategy gameplay by placing you in an underground bunker with a group of friends, forced to unlock its mysteries via first-person perspective. Frankly, I wish this second half had been left on the cutting room floor.
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