“I’d like you to use your imagination”.
From the second Nintendo revealed Pauline was in Donkey Kong Bananza, a timeline theory began to take shape in our heads. But then we wrapped the game up, and our prequel presumptions weren’t as nailed on as we’d expected.
We still don’t have an official answer for how Bananza Pauline is related to Odyssey Pauline, and according to producer Kenta Motokura, we ain’t going to get one any time soon.
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Dropping two days earlier on other platforms.
Windwalk Games and Team17 have announced that the release date for their upcoming co-op roguelike, Sworn, has been shifted from 25th September, a.k.a. Hades 2 Day™, to 23rd September on PC and (other) consoles, with a Switch version due to arrive at “a later date.”
This colourful roguelike from “a team of veteran developers from Riot Games, Niantic, and Blizzard” takes inspiration from the art of the legendary Mike Mignola, has been available on PC in early access since February, where it’s gone down very well, sat as it is on a very positive rating.
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Both NES and Famicom Disk System versions available.
Nintendo has added the soundtrack for Zelda II: The Adventure of Link to the Nintendo Music app.
Both the NES and Famicom Disk System versions are available to Nintendo Switch Online subscribers, with both coming in at roughly 16 minutes in length. The former, however, has one additional theme tune in the form of the three-second-long Secret Entrance, bringing its total track list to 20.
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All for one.
For many folks, a basic case — much like Nintendo’s own official offering — to house the Switch 2 in its handheld configuration will likely be enough for general day-to-day use. But for instances in which you might need to haul everything from the dock to the Pro Controller out and about, an ‘all-in-one’ option might be preferable.
Nintendo offers its own all-in-one case, but at £64.99 / $84.99, its price might be a little hard to stomach. JSAUX undercuts this significantly with its own variant priced at £29.99 / $37.99, and considering how much you’re saving here, it’s genuinely difficult to find much to fault.
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Here’s the official rundown.
Pac-Man is back next week in Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac, and ahead of the big launch, the game’s Japanese website has shared an official comparison chart.
It shows how the game will perform and look on the Switch and Switch 2. So here’s what you can expect for both platforms in terms of the quality and performance modes:
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Look & Vote.
We’re back with another clash of the covers as we embark on this week’s Box Art Brawl!
Last time, it was the Game Boy’s Operation C (or Probotector, depending on your region) being put in the limelight, and we had a full three covers to choose between. It was the North American design that walked away with the win, however, snatching up 56% of the vote and splitting the remaining 23% and 21% between Japan and Europe, respectively.
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“Available for approximately one year”.
As part of the recent Super Mario Bros. 40th anniversary news, Nintendo revealed it would be offering a “limited-time” Nintendo Museum ticket.
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Go on, tell us.
The recent Direct broadcast revealed the Virtual Boy library would be joining the Switch Online ‘Nintendo Classics’ library.
As you’ve likely already seen, there are a few paywalls. Firstly, you’ll need to have an active Expansion Pack subscription (on top of the regular Switch Online subscription), and according to Nintendo, a paid accessory is “required”.
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No longer left behind.
Ever since the first big blowout Direct for the Switch 2 back in April, I’ve been itching to see an announcement for Resident Evil on the new console. It’s possibly my favourite series of all time, after all, so I’m eager to play the recent entries on a Nintendo console without having to connect to the bloomin’ Cloud. Heck, aren’t we all?
I’ve been banging on about it so much over online chats and meetings that I’m quite sure my colleagues were just about sick of it weeks ago. So you can imagine how much my excitement ramped up when rumours began to surface about not only existing RE Engine games making their way to Switch 2, but also the upcoming ninth mainline entry, Resident Evil Requiem.
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It means the world.
While not entirely dormant for the last 30 years, Yuzo Koshiro’s Ancient Corp — responsible for Streets of Rage II, Story of Thor, and the Master System’s superb Sonic the Hedgehog — is finally back in the public eye with the release of Earthion. What’s significant for the small studio is a return to the console that cemented it in the annals of gaming history.
Those who follow Koshiro on social media will know his love for the Mega Drive and its Motorola 68000 processor, and, as such, it is with great fanfare that Earthion has arrived to reignite Sega’s 16-bit powerhouse. Sort of. Intended for a physical release in the first instance, Ancient has instead decided to lead with modern formats to ensure the manufactured cartridge (ostensibly scheduled for 2026) is the best it can possibly be. This has already resulted in improved bullet visibility based on player feedback, and other tweaks via update.
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