Category: Nintendo

Update: Translator was just having fun with Chrono Trigger.

A remake of a beloved RPG, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, is on the way — at least according to Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii.

Yep, the dream remake might be coming — Chrono Trigger is apparently being remade, and Horii-san (who supervised on the 1995 classic) may have accidentally let it slip during a panel at Napoli Comicon. Multiple fans who attended Horii’s panel have attested that the legendary game creator has apparently confirmed the remake’s existence (via Insider Gaming).

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What series would you like to see next-gen?

Ubisoft recently confirmed it would be supporting the Switch 2 with Star Wars Outlaws, and this was followed by a rating for Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

Now, the third-party publisher looks like it could be teasing a few other games on its social media pages. Ubisoft Brazil recently shared a post asking its followers what Ubisoft titles they would like to play on the Nintendo Switch 2.

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“To be replaced by a new system”.

The Louvre Museum in Paris, France is retiring the Nintendo 3DS audio guides for the museum later this year.

Spotted by Nintendo Everything, the official website for the world-famous museum confirms that the 3DS console audio guides are going “out of operation” sometime in September this year in place of a new system which hasn’t been confirmed. A Nintendo Switch 2 app, perhaps…? Oh, come on, you thought it too.

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Forever.

Well, we’ve come to the end of a week that’s seen the end of two gaming institutions as we’ve known them for many years.

The departure of Dan Ryckert and Jeff Grubb from Giant Bomb on Thursday was swiftly followed by news of layoffs at Polygon following the site’s sale to Valnet (owner of Screen Rant). Seeing these top-tier creators and games journalists unceremoniously cast aside has been a shock for anybody who’s followed and enjoyed their work over the years.

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But no Switch 2 confirmation yet.

Rockstar Games has announced that Grand Theft Auto 6 will be released on 26th May, 2026.

That’s right, it’s no longer scheduled for this year. Not entirely surprising, to be honest, but at least we have a date now. Obviously, what’s not yet clear at this stage is whether the game is heading for the Nintendo Switch 2. Hopefully we’ll get full confirmation of this pretty soon, though.

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The Shire comes to Switch this July.

In case you somehow missed it, we’re getting another Lord of the Rings game, but this one is probably like no other entry you’ve seen in the series before. This new title, known as Tales of the Shire, has been described as a “cosy” Tolkien-inspired lifestyle-like game and it’s arriving on the Switch this July.

In the lead up to the big release, the New Zealand team Wētā Workshop is now showcasing various aspects of the title with special “inside look” videos. The latest one covers the Fellowship behind this new game – with various shorts directly from the team, including how certain aspects of the game have been crafted.

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The “overriding factor” is money.

There have been ongoing requests over the years for the revival of Rare’s famous bear and bird duo Banjo-Kazooie, but will fans ever see this series return?

The game’s composer Grant Kirkhope already spoke about this earlier in the year – mentioning how he had “zero hope” for a new entry, and now in an interview with our friends at Eurogamer recently, he’s elaborated on why he thinks it’s “unlikely” to happen.

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ARMS, Pokémon and much more.

We’ve been overloaded with all sorts of information about the Switch 2 and one thing many fans might not even know is that 12 original Switch games will be getting free Switch 2 upgrades.

We highlighted this when it was initially announced and now our video team has issued a reminder while also chiming in with their own thoughts about what exactly the upgrades could be for each game.

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Nintendo says it’s investigating the issue.

Nintendo released a new firmware update for the Switch 2 earlier this week and while it’s been exciting to unpack all the new features and surprises, it seems it hasn’t gone as planned for everyone.

Some Switch users are reporting problems with their systems after performing this update. It results in “Error Code: 2206-1015” and stops the device from working. Nintendo has now officially acknowledged this error code via its Japanese customer support page on social media.

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Oh boycott.

The death of physical media has been looming for decades now, essentially since the internet made digital downloads a viable option for purchasing games – or purchasing your licences to play games. While Nintendo got involved relatively quickly (for Nintendo, at least) with WiiWare and Virtual Console digital downloads, there’s still always been a strong link between this particular platform holder and the physical article.

And it’s not just the need to provide stocking-fillers for parents and grandparents of a younger-skewing demographic; perhaps Nintendo’s general preference for carts is also a factor. Cartridges have a more substantial, chunky physicality compared to discs – and even when the company went for optical media, the GameCube’s cute 8cm discs and the curved edges of Wii U games injected some personality. Carts, with their unique forms and chip-filled innards, somehow feel more than just a blank medium with some data burned in. Just me?

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