Category: Nintendo

Update: Here’s a look at the Definitive Edition.

There hasn’t been a new Banjo-Kazooie game for many years now, but there are still plenty of fans out there eager for more.

Although it’s not a game, First 4 Figures has shared a sneak peek of its new statue – Banjo’s sister Tooty, who is captured by Gruntilda in Rare’s original Nintendo 64 adventure. Pre-orders open on 18th March 2025, with a $10 discount included if you sign up to the email. No price or release date has been revealed just yet.

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Will stick drift be a thing of the past?

Joy-Con drift has been a major talking point throughout the Switch’s lifecycle and if you’re worried about it making an unwanted return next-generation, there might be some good news on the horizon.

The tech experts at iFixit recently did a teardown of Nintendo’s sound clock ‘Alarmo’ and it appears to be using the “more reliable” Hall effect sensors. The teardown reveals a “magnet and Hall effect sensor” located inside the rotary dial button at the top of the device.

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All the games and DLC, ranked.

Tetsuya Takahashi’s Xenoblade Chronicles series began its journey on the Wii in 2010, but it’s on the Switch where the RPG series has really taken off.

With two sequels, plus huge prequel DLC adventures for both, Monolith Soft’s RPG series has established itself as one of the jewels in Nintendo’s crown. And with the Definitive Edition ports of both the original Xenoblade Chronicles and the underappreciated Xenoblade Chronicles X for Wii U, all the entire series is no playable on a single console.

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Wahoo!

One minute, you’re revelling in the celebrations of MAR10 Day, the next, it’s the weekend. Where does the time go?

While not quite as big as last year’s affair, MAR10 Day 2025 brought us some eShop savings, a new Alarmo theme, and a first look at a sweet 18+ Mario Kart LEGO set. Elsewhere, we heard that Niantic is selling Pokémon GO and its entire gaming division for an eye-watering sum of cash, got a look at the new on-rails space shooter from a former Star Fox programmer and got the deets on a new Nintendo Store opening in San Francisco.

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Don’t call it a comeback…

The GameCube generation ended years ago, but the controller for this system is still a popular choice for many Nintendo enthusiast when it comes to select titles. If you are hoping to see support for this particular gamepad on the Switch 2 in some way or form, you might be in luck.

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Forced out.

Zynga has announced that it will be shutting down servers for the free-to-play shooter Star Wars: Hunters on 1st October 2025.

In a blog post shared on the official website, the developer shared that “We understand this news may be disappointing and want to assure you that this decision was not made lightly. Your passion and dedication to the game and its community have meant the world to us…”, confirming what would be coming to the game.

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Let’s-a save!

Nintendo’s MAR10 Day eShop sale is wrapping up in North America this weekend (16th March). So, if there are any titles starring Mario & friends that you have been meaning to check out, this is your friendly reminder to get in there and make the most of the savings while they’re still around!

It wouldn’t be MAR10 Day without an eShop sale and today, Nintendo of America has kicked off just that.

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Here are the full patch notes.

Square Enix has announced that the Final Fantasy series has surpassed a whopping 200 million sales worldwide, five million of which have come from 2023’s Pixel Remasters.

To mark the occasion, the studio has released a new patch for all six games in the collection, bringing the Switch editions up to ver. 1.2.0. The patch doesn’t address anything too drastic in the titles, though there are a good number of balancing tweaks and bug fixes to help things run that bit smoother.

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Fingers crossed for an early summer release.

All eyes are on Nintendo’s 2nd April Direct for more official news of Switch 2, but until then, the rumour mill is working overtime to gather as much information as it can about the upcoming console launch.

The latest chatter comes from Famiiboards member LiC (also shared to the GamingLeaksAndRumours Reddit), and it’s all to do with a series of North American shipments believed to be carrying a boatload of Switch 2 units. Get your pinches of salt at the ready, folks (thanks for the heads up, wccftech).

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“More accessible and enjoyable”.

Earlier this year, Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket rolled out its trading feature and certain aspects didn’t exactly go down well with the playerbase.

This feedback was taken on board, and the development team has now returned with information on how exactly this experience will be changed. Most notably, is the removal of trade tokens – with this update scheduled to be implemented by the “end of autumn 2025”.

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