Category: Nintendo

Pokémon TCG Pocket Now Has “Over 30 Million Downloads Worldwide”

“How many packs have been opened, then?”.

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket and unsurprisingly it’s already pulling in some absolutely massive numbers across Android and Apple devices.

After reaching a whopping 10 million downloads in its first 48 hours, after just over a week it’s now surpassed 30 million downloads worldwide.

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Take-Two Boss Shares Thoughts On ‘Switch 2’ And Backwards Compatibility

“I never count Nintendo out”.

Nintendo this week put the rumours to rest (well, kind of) with the announcement its Switch “successor” would support backwards compatibility. So, how are third-party partners reacting to this?

GamesIndustry.biz asked Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick what he thought and he’s all for it:

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Nintendo Download: 7th November (North America)

Mario & Luigi! Tetris Forever! Angel at Dusk!

The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy!

Switch eShop – Highlights

Mario & Luigi: Brothership (Nintendo, 7th Nov, $59.99) – Help Mario and Luigi repair the fractured world of Concordia in this brand-new seafaring adventure! Set sail on Shipshape Island and explore a variety of islands, from bustling cities to tropical rainforests. Unleash the mighty power of the duo’s brotherly bond to overcome adversity and thwart foes, and meet friends along the way – some new, some familiar! – Read our Mario & Luigi: Brothership review

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Review: Metal Slug Tactics (Switch) – A Good Shot At Trying Something New

Tactically at odds with itself.

Metal Slug Tactics has felt like it has taken way too long to finally release. More than three years after its initial reveal, the game is finally here and it’s a bold but confused take on the tactics genre that has some big strengths. But, those are counterbalanced with a number of roadblocks and obstacles that often get in the way of the enjoyment you can have with it.

To start things off, this reviewer is coming at this as a turn-based tactics fan with no personal history with the Metal Slug series. When it comes to offering something for genre fans, Metal Slug Tactics succeeds, mostly. The game is actually structured as a roguelike, so you and up to two other characters you select from the Peregrine Falcons will head out and take on various, small missions in isometric grids one by one until you gain full control of an area of the map.

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No Man’s Sky Finally Lands Cross-Save Features In New Update

Plus, Mass Effect’s Normandy returns.

You’ve got to hand it to No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games, that team sure knows how to roll out the updates. Just weeks after the spooky ‘Cursed’ update landed, another patch is set to blast off today with cross-save features as its headline addition.

Starting today, Hello Games is rolling out cross-save compatibility to a select number of No Man’s Sky players, so you can bring your Switch progress wherever you want to play. Now, this is an in-progress rollout, so not everyone will have access straight away. All players can now link their different accounts on the No Man’s Sky cross-save website, with a small group able to select their saves from multiple devices. Hello Games says that all players will be able to do the same in “the coming weeks”, so keep watching the stars.

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We Take Our Hats Off To This Temporary Stardew Valley Performance Fix

No cap.

Stardew Valley‘s long-awaited 1.6 update finally bloomed onto Switch earlier this week, bringing a bumper crop of new additions to the beloved farm sim. This included things like new festivals, floating items and fresh farm layouts, but it also seems to have bundled in its fair share of performance issues, something that creator Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone has been suggesting temporary fixes for while he works on permanent solutions.

The latest suggestion might be the funniest (if most heartbreaking) yet, and honestly, we’ve got to take our hats off — or, more accurately, take our pets’ hats off — to ConcernedApe for coming up with it. Yep, if you want a temporary fix to 1.6 performance issues in Stardew, it seems you’ll have to remove all your pets’ wonderful headwear.

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Sega Delisting ‘Mega Drive Classics’ On Switch eShop This December

Select retro games will still be available on NSO.

Sega has today announced it’s delisting SEGA Genesis / Mega Drive Classics from Nintendo’s Switch eShop. The company will also be delisting multiple games and collections across Steam, Xbox and PlayStation platforms.

This classic collection will be removed from the Switch eShop on 6th December 2024. After this, the title will be “unavailable for new purchases”. If you have already purchased this collection though, it will still be available to download and play at any time.

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