Category: Nintendo

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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Ready those peashooters.

Electronic Arts has already released multiple titles for Switch and it looks like the next one could be a Plants vs Zombies game.

According to a new rating in Brazil, a game titled Plants vs Zombies Reloaded is on the way to the Switch and multiple other platforms in the future. Here’s a quick look at the listing, courtesy of Gematsu:

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Wish upon a Starmie.

It’s the collaboration that we only thought possible in our dreams, but LEGO and The Pokémon Company are officially teaming up on a set (dare we say “sets“?) in 2026.

The problem is, we have no idea what’s in store yet — the brief teaser from LEGO showcased a bricky Pikachu tail and that’s about it. It’s safe to assume that the flagship ‘mon will be landing a set of its own, but with a series as full of icons as Pokémon, we have to hope that there’s room for something a little less electric down the line too.

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Give ’em Skell.

Well folks, at the time of writing, we’re merely a couple of days away from the launch of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition on Switch. As such, reviews of Monolith Soft’s revamped port have started to crop up and, spoiler alert, it sounds like a fresh trip to Mira may well be on the cards for many of you.

Looking at our own review for a moment, we said that Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition is “up there with the all-time great sci-fi RPGs and an absolute must-play”, awarding it a coveted score of 10/10. Quite frankly, it’s a remarkable improvement over the original Wii U version, with Monolith introducing brand-new content, streamlining important mechanics, and boosting the visual quality.

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Mega(blok) Evolution.

After many years of exclusivity with MEGA Bloks, it looks like The Pokémon Company might finally be teaming up with LEGO in 2026. That is, if a recent leak is to be believed.

According to a post on the fittingly-named r/Legoleak Reddit forum, the LEGO Mexico Facebook page uploaded a short video teasing the Pokémon collaboration. The original upload has since been removed, but the footage uploaded to Reddit shows a bricky Pikachu tail shocking the two company logos to life.

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“I think that they seek the uniqueness and fun of Japanese games”.

Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai was recently awarded the Art Encouragement Prize from the Japanese government’s Agency for Cultural Affairs for his remarkable achievement with the ‘Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games’ YouTube channel.

As part of that, he conducted an interview with Entax (thanks, Automaton) in which he stressed a need for Japanese developers to focus on creating games with domestic appeal rather than trying to cater to Western tastes.

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“IT IS coming in 2025”.

Playtonic’s upcoming 3D platformer Yooka-Replaylee (aka the “remastered, remade, remixed version” of Yooka-Laylee) has officially been confirmed for a “2025 launch” and as part of this, the team has released a new trailer.

It’s a “new gameplay explainer” and well, if you somehow haven’t played the original game yet, this is a great way to get a quick recap about what exactly you can expect from this title inspired by certain “collectathon” platformers of the past.

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A celebration of classic puzzle games.

It’s a new week and that means a new update for the Switch Online ‘Nintendo Music’ mobile application.

This time Nintendo has added three soundtracks to the service. This includes the Game Boy hit Tetris, its NES counterpart and the NES album of Dr. Mario.

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“Delta? Come in Delta…”.

Atari cannot stop reviving its classic arcade titles at the moment, and we keep lapping them up. This time around, the legendary developer and publisher has teamed up with Canadian studios Mighty Yell and 13AM Games to bring back the 1980 shoot ’em up Missile Command.

Missile Command Delta is a brand new, turn-based tactical take on the series which blends strategic gameplay with mystery and puzzle solving. It’s a far cry from what we’re used to from Missile Command, but the developers are aiming to retain the “tension and suspense of the arcade original”.

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