Category: Nintendo

StayPlaytion.

Ah, the ‘SNES PlayStation’. It’s commonly held up as one of the biggest ‘What Ifs?’ in gaming, but this once mooted (and later, betrayed) collaboration between Sony and Nintendo could have changed the industry landscape forever.

We got a peek at this fabled crossover back in 2016 when the console was found in the wild. The prototype would go on to sell for an eye-watering $360,000 a few years later, but, as it turns out, it wasn’t quite as one-of-a-kind as we initially thought. In fact, the former CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment and the “Father of PlayStation”, Ken Kutaragi, just so happens to have one kicking about in a cupboard (thanks for the heads up, Time Extension).

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School of Block.

Remember when The Super Mario Bros. Movie took the world by storm with Bowser’s heart-felt love song ‘Peaches‘? Yeah, we never really saw the appeal either, but if you have Jack Black in your movie, you’re contractually obliged to write him a song. Probably.

Surprise, surprise, the Minecraft Movie is no exception. The Warner Bros. music label, WaterTower Music, has today released a lyric video for a new song, ‘I Feel Alive‘, featuring vocals from, you guessed it, Jack Black.

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Playing the waiting game.

It looks like we’ve got a small update on the status of Hollow Knight: Silksong and this time it comes from the world of Xbox.

Fans of this long-awaited title have been given some hope recently with the ID@Xbox director Guy Richards acknowledging how this title is still part of the company’s future lineup. Unfortunately, there’s no mention of an exact date or time frame as to when it might drop in the latest Xbox Wire post, but hey – plenty of fans seem to appreciate the shout out!

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The Switch build could greatly benefit from this.

Koei Tecmo’s Atelier Yumia game launches on the Switch this week and it seems it’s already working on improvements.

If you caught our Switch review, you’ll see how we thought this latest entry was “impressively ambitious” with its bold new direction but also felt it was an experience that was admittedly straining the Switch so late in its lifecycle.

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Coming to “Nintendo Switch(es)” this June.

Last year, the “hand-drawn 3D platformer” Ruffy and the Riverside was announced for the Nintendo Switch. In an update, the German indie developer Zockrates Laboratories has now confirmed the game will be coming to “Nintendo Switch(es) on June 26th, 2025”.

Make of this what you will, but given Nintendo’s Switch 2 is due to arrive at some point before the end of this year, it seems like the wording of the PR is definitely hinting at an eventual release on Nintendo’s hybrid successor.

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“Throughout development we frequently consulted GAME ARTS”.

With just a month to go before the Lunar Remastered Collection launches, GungHo Online Entertainment America has shared some insight into the upcoming rereleases.

Speaking to PlayStation.Blog, GungHo Producer Matthias Pergams says that the team initially struggled to decide what version to base the remasters on — as the games were release for both SEGA-CD and later for the PlayStation (Lunar: Silver Star Story also came to PSP and mobile).

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AI spy with my little eye.

We Switch fans are no strangers to AI-generated software — heck, we hardly bat an eyelid at it when opening the eShop any more — but seeing it used to promote hardware still catches us a little off guard. Sure, the product likely exists, but can we assume that it actually has any of its promised features if even the images have been tampered with?

That’s how we arrived at UGR Tech’s ‘Wireless Controllers for Nintendo Switch with RGB Lights‘ (as spotted by Yanko Design). At an initial glance, these controllers look pretty darn funky, boasting all the features of Nintendo’s first-party offering (rumble, gyro etc.) but with the added bonus of some jazzy RGB strips and rapid press ‘Turbo’ buttons.

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8BitDid it again.

It’s no secret that 8BitDo is one of the premier manufacturers of third-party Switch accessories, with the firm making waves over the years with the likes of the SN30 Pro Gamepad and the M30. Its latest Switch pad, the Ultimate 2C Bluetooth Controller, is another slam dunk, offering up a compelling alternative to Nintendo’s Pro Controller with minimum concessions at half the price ($29.99 / £24.99 / €29.99).

Available in pink and two shades of blue, the Ultimate 2C rocks most of the functionality you want in a Switch pad. You’ve got gyro support, Hall effect analogue sticks, a proper D-pad, roughly 15 hours of playtime on a single charge, and rumble (not HD), with an extra pair of remappable ‘L4’ and ‘R4’ shoulder bumpers thrown in for good measure. The only major missing component is NFC support for your amiibo; a shame, for sure, but potentially not a dealbreaker for many.

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One more sleep!

If you’re one of the lucky few who happens to have games delivered a day or two before their official release date, then congratulations, we hope you’re having an absolute blast with Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition!

For the rest of you, there’s only one more sleep to go until you can venture back into Mira on the Nintendo Switch, whether it be for the very first time or a repeat trip. Since we were so busy yesterday getting our review all ready to go (and checking out opinions from other outlets, too), we didn’t quite catch the launch trailer that dropped from Nintendo’s official YouTube channel.

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“We appreciate your continued support”.

Last month, Nintendo announced it would be discontinuing the My Nintendo Gold Points program, with it no longer possible to earn these points after a certain date.

In case you missed this, Nintendo has issued a reminder on social media ahead of the big day next week on 24th March 2025 (or 25th March depending on your location). While you’ll no longer be able to receive Gold Points from purchases, there will still be other ways to earn points:

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