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News Nintendo's Enormous Cyber Switch Sale Ends Today, More Than 1,000 Games Discounted

Update: Today's your last chance!

Update: As a friendly reminder, today is the final day of Nintendo's Cyber Deals sale. You can check out some of the highlights of the European sale below, or the North American sale right here – just make sure to pick up anything you're interested in before the day comes to an end! Original Article (Tue 16th...

Nintendo Switch

Sales

Europe

Video 12 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In December

Big Brain, Danganronpa, Shovel Knight and more!

We've made it, everyone! We're in the final month of 2021, it's almost hard to believe. For some, this year may have flown by, while for others it's perhaps dragged on. One thing that we are sure of though, is that there have been many amazing Nintendo Switch game releases already this year. So what's...

Videos

Nintendo Switch

Switch eShop

Upcoming Releases

Guide Animal Crossing Stretching - Group Stretching Rewards In New Horizons

Calisthenics, not yoga

It's relatively common in Japanese work culture to have group daily exercise, though occasionally those sessions are arguably a tad intense. It's a good idea for all of us to stretch and keep fit, however, and now Animal Crossing: New Horizons has a rather charming way to participate in game. In this group stretching guide,...

Guides

Animal Crossing

Nintendo Switch

ACNH

PSA Did You Know You Can Lift Weights In Animal Crossing: New Horizons?

Get swole

The Animal Crossing: New Horizons update, which came out on the 5th of November, added a ton of new stuff to the game. We've already covered a lot of it, from gyroids to cooking, but one of the cool new features is the ability to engage in some of the activities your villagers do, like dusting, reading, and carrying drinks. Most of these...

PSA

Animal Crossing

Nintendo Switch

ACNH

Review Danganronpa Decadence (Switch) - A Twisted, Vulgar, Breathtaking Package

Absolute Decadence

The Danganronpa franchise is a twisted, vulgar little thing. Rife with problematic politics, egregious erotic fanservice and some truly breathtakingly ill-judged swings at far heavier themes than it really has any right to tackle, it is in many ways a reprehensible, amoral and quite appalling series of games. And it’s bloody...

Reviews

Nintendo Switch

News Mother 4 "Unofficial Fan Project" Revealed, Here's Your First Look

A brand new entry based on the acclaimed RPG series

If you've been wanting Nintendo to release a new entry in the Mother series, here's potentially the next best thing...if it ever sees the light of day. It's a fan-made sequel to the acclaimed RPG series, titled 'Mother 4'. There's a four-minute reveal trailer - introducing fans to a new character...

Mother

EarthBound

Videos

News Minecraft's Caves & Cliffs Part II Update Is Out Now - Here's How To Get It On Switch

Time for large underground holes!

The day has finally arrived: Minecraft's Caves & Cliffs Part II update has come to both Java and Bedrock Editions of the game, bringing new world generation and some rather lovely new caves. We've covered the way the new terrain generation works already when we got our mitts on the Snapshot earlier this year,...

Minecraft

Updates

Nintendo Switch

News The Danganronpa Team Is Working On A New "Dark Fantasy Mystery" Game

Introducing Enigma Archives: Rain Code

Update [Tue 30th Nov, 2021 05:30 GMT]: Spike Chunsoft has now released an official trailer on its English YouTube channel. Original story [Sun 28th Nov, 2021 07:05 GMT]: Spike Chunsoft and Tookyo Games have announced a new "dark fantasy mystery" game titled Enigma Archives: Rain Code. It brings together the...

Upcoming Releases

Japan

News Phoenix Wright And Miles Edgeworth Nendoroids Are Now Available To Pre-Order

Hold it! (and treasure it)

[Update: Tue 30th Nov, 2021 15:30 GMT] Phoenix and Miles are now available for pre-order, with delivery scheduled for October 2022! Get a look at these tiny boys: [Original: Mon 5th Jul, 2021 19:30 BST] It only took twenty years, but finally, Phoenix Wright (ace attorney) is getting his own Nendoroid figure...

Ace Attorney

Nendoroid

Merchandise

Review Clockwork Aquario (Switch) - A Short And Oh-So-Sweet Arcade Platformer Rescued From Oblivion

Definitely better late than never

Back in the early '90s Westone, best known as the creators of the Wonder Boy / Monster World series, were supposed to release a cute and colourful arcade game — Clockwork Aquario. Unfortunately for them the cutting edge polygonal thrills of Virtua Racing were busy setting the arcade world alight at the time,...

Reviews

Switch eShop

Video Go Behind The Scenes With XEL, The "Sci-Fi Zelda-Like" Headed To Switch

"We’re really proud of XEL"

Remember XEL, the Zelda-inspired action-adventure game that was announced for Switch this summer? Well, developer Tiny Roar has shared new details on its gameplay and development in a series of behind-the-scenes videos. In the three clips below, Game Director Maurice Hagelstein and Game Designer Tom Erenstein give us...

Switch eShop

Nintendo Switch

Upcoming Releases

Videos

Video Square Enix Shares First Triangle Strategy 'Character & Story' Trailer

Get to know Roland Glenbrook

One game we've been keeping a close eye on for some time now is Square Enix's upcoming turn-based tactical RPG, Triangle Strategy. It's due out at some point in 2022, exclusively on the Nintendo Switch. While we've already seen quite a bit of it - and even played an early demo of the game, Square Enix has now released...

Videos

Nintendo Switch

Switch eShop

Upcoming Releases

Square Enix

News Updated Nintendo Policies Push For Increased Transparency And Diversity

Also expands procedures for dismissal of Directors

Recent weeks and months have brought a lot of attention to allegations of misconduct at Activision Blizzard, with a leaked email from Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser reacting and explaining that "every company in the industry must create an environment where everyone is respected and...

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Industry

Business

News GTA Trilogy Gets Another Update, Heading To Switch 'In The Coming Days'

Fixes include stopping it raining indoors, of course

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition, to give it the full name, had a rocky launch plagued by numerous bugs and a negative reaction from a lot of players. Rockstar and developer Grove Street Games has had to handle that fallout, and has already released two patches to try and...

Nintendo Switch

GTA Trilogy

Update

News Nintendo Switch Just Had Its Biggest Sales Week Ever In The UK

Not bad for a console nearing 5 years old

In a little over three months' time, the Nintendo Switch will have been on the market for five whole years. Despite that, the system has just enjoyed its best-ever week in the UK. That's according to GamesIndustry.biz's Christopher Dring, who reports that "last week was the biggest sales week ever for...

Nintendo Switch

UK

News Gamers Vote Nintendo DS As The Console They'd Most Like To See Make A Modern Comeback

Do you agree?

If you could see the return of any classic video games console, what would you choose? That was the question put to 1,000 UK gamers in a recent study by Hyperoptic, all in a bid to see which system holds the highest nostalgia value. Sitting right at the very top of the votes is Nintendo's own DS, closely followed by both the...

Nintendo DS

Retro

News New Pokémon HOME Update Fixes Issues On Mobile, Here Are The Patch Notes

Switch version unaffected

The mobile version of Pokémon HOME has been treated to another minor update, addressing several issues and tweaking one of its already-existing features. You can read the full patch notes for the update below, which is now available across both iOS and Android. Note that the update has only been released for the mobile...

Pokemon

Mobile

Updates

News GamesMaster: Episode 2 Heaps Praise On The Switch OLED

"The very best version of the very best games console"

Last week, we spoke about the debut episode of the new season of the UK video game show GamesMaster – and today sees the release of the second episode. It's full of good stuff once more, including a unique challenge in which a winner of a Golden Joystick in the original 1990 run of the show...

Nintendo Switch

Switch OLED

GamesMaster

News Nintendo's Latest Indie World Newsletter Highlights Some Great eShop Picks For The Holidays

Go on, treat yourself

If you're looking to fill up your Switch's storage with some delightful indie hits to play over the holidays, Nintendo has you covered. The company has published the latest issue of its 'Inside Indie World' newsletter, offering up some holiday season gift ideas for your friends, family, or even yourself. As well as...

Switch eShop

Nintendo Switch

Indie World

News The Delightfully Absurd 'The Procession To Calvary' Is Getting A Switch Physical Edition

Pre-orders open this week

While a lot of games battle to be the stand-out in familiar, popular genres, you sometimes get a game like The Procession to Calvary that's perfectly happy to be its own bizarre self. A point-and-click game with absurd humour (and certainly some Monty Python-esque vibes), it has some flaws but we nonetheless described it as...

Nintendo Switch

Upcoming Releases

News Looks Like Pokémon GO's Next Season Will Be Based On Legends: Arceus

Watch the teaser here

Tomorrow, a brand new season will get underway in Pokémon GO, and developer Niantic has already given us a quick tease as to what we should expect. It'll be called the 'Season of Heritage', and as any Pokémon fans reading will likely pick up on themselves, the art and wording appear to be hinting towards a Pokémon Legends:...

Pokemon

Pokemon GO

Mobile

Nintendo Switch

News Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong Has Been Delayed (Again)

"our ultimate focus is on quality"

There have been a lot of delays this year and the latest game that will be landing on the Nintendo Switch later than expected is the narrative-driven RPG Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong. The game was originally due to arrive on the Switch and multiple other platforms in February next year and has now been...

Nintendo Switch

Switch eShop

Upcoming Releases

News Arcade Mode Update Is Now Live In Huntdown On Switch

Will you be the apex bounty hunter?

Huntdown is a rather fun and bombastic retro-style run and gun, as you battle through heinous criminal gangs and face off against increasingly tough bosses. Now, as if it wasn't tricky enough, there's a free Arcade Mode update that's just gone live on the Switch version. It's taken a little while since its...

Switch eShop

Update

Guide Best Cheap Nintendo Switch Games - Switch eShop Deals (US)

Grab some Cyber Deals while you still can!

Regular sales have become a welcome fixture on the Nintendo Switch eShop and there are huge numbers of cheap and discounted Switch games available at any given time. With so much choice it can be tough to know exactly is worth your hard-earned cash and precious time. Never fear — Nintendo Life is here to...

Guides

Nintendo Switch

Switch eShop

Deals

US

Guide Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl: How To Get Feebas

A huge pain in the Feebas

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl on Nintendo Switch gives eager fans the chance to jump back into the Sinnoh region, and there are a few favourite Pocket Monsters they’ll be keen to pick up straight away. Some Pokémon from generation 4 require a bit more patience, though. One Pokémon that, for some reason,...

Guides

Pokemon

BDSP

Guide Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl Legendary Pokémon - How To Catch 17 Legendaries In Ramanas Park

You get a Legendary, and you get a Legendary

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl on Nintendo Switch feature a great many Pocket Monsters for fans eager to catch, and there are many, many Legendary Pokémon to add your battle-hardened lineup. Most of them are in one location, so in this Legendary Pokémon guide we’re going to show you how...

Guides

Pokemon

BDSP

Random Hunting Feebas In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl? This Tool Can Help

Feebas? It's at least a Fee+.

Feebas, the ugly fish that evolves into a beautiful — Eel? Dragon? Snake thing? — is pretty tricky to find in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl. They only spawn in set locations, and figuring out where those locations are can be a long, arduous, and boring quest. Luckily, some players have figured...

Random

Pokemon

News Nintendo's Cyber Monday 2021 Deals Are Now Live (US)

Available for today only!

Update: Missed out on the Black Friday fun? Well, not to worry, as Nintendo's back with more savings for Cyber Monday. The Nintendo Switch Pro Controller is the star of the show, with a Cyber Monday deal seeing its usual price being slashed by a very welcome $20. The offer is only available today, Monday 29th November,...

Nintendo Switch

Black Friday

US

Guide Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl Trophy Garden - How The Trophy Garden Works

Trophy hunter

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl on Nintendo Switch has a host of Pokémon to find and catch (of course), but some of them won't be available until you've completed the main game. After you’ve finished the game, head back to the Trophy Garden at the back of the Pokémon Mansion for a few new encounters. How the Trophy...

Guides

Pokemon

BDSP

Guide Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl: How To Get Regigigas

Reginold G. Gigigas to his friends

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl launched in November 2021 for Nintendo Switch, and for fans eager to jump back into the Sinnoh region, there are plenty of old favourites to catch. Some Pokémon from generation 4 require a bit more patience than others, though. One Legendary in Pokémon Brilliant...

Guides

Pokemon

BDSP

News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 13.0.1 Will Patch In The "Final" Fighter Adjustments

And it's coming soon

Nintendo has announced the arrival of a brand new update for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and it sounds like this could well be the last. Taking the game to version 13.0.1, following on from the 13.0 update that introduced Sora, this latest patch will certainly be the final update relating to fighter adjustments. As is always...

Nintendo Switch

Super Smash Bros

Updates

Review Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp (Switch) - Fanservice Aplenty, But A Total Grindfest

A Killing Game for your wallet

As we've established previously, Danganronpa is pretty skeevy in its narrative. Thankfully, though, it has managed to avoid bringing said skeev outside of its world, outside of the fictional space that makes it somewhat more palatable. Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp, unfortunately, rather breaks that promise. The...

Reviews

Switch eShop

News Record Of Lodoss War: Deedlit In Wonder Labyrinth Is Coming To Switch This Year

Update: Physical release coming, digital version out soon globally

Update 2: PLAYISM and WSS Playground have confirmed that this title will arrive on the eShop globally on 16th December, with the physical edition scheduled for January 2022. Update: Red Art Games has confirmed that it is bringing Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth to...

Nintendo Switch

Upcoming Releases

News Dead Cells Becomes The Smash Bros. Of The Indie Scene With 'Everyone Is Here' Update

Six indie favourites join the game, out now!

Update: Motion Twin and Evil Empire have confirmed that the 'Everyone is Here' update is now out on Switch (and other consoles). Original Article (23rd November): Dead Cells is going big for its next update, embracing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's 'Everyone is Here' slogan for an impressive indie world...

Nintendo Switch

Updates

News Nintendo Takes More Risks With Prototypes, Says Metroid Prime Developer

"[Nintendo] know that that’s the right way to go"

We're all still waiting for Metroid Prime 4, and yes, that sucks. However, the game's prolonged development is indicative of Nintendo and Japanese companies as a whole, according to former Retro Studios staffer Jack Mathews. Mathews served as the Lead Technical Engineer on the Metroid Prime...

Metroid

Development

Nintendo Switch

Guide Pokémon Catching Charm - How To Get The Catching Charm And DS Sounds In Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl

Party like it’s 2007

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl launched for Nintendo Switch in November 2021, and for keen fans who manage to complete the Pokédex, there’s a few special treats you can pick up once you’ve completed the game. These include a charm to help you critical catch Pokémon, and — in a homage to the original...

Guides

Pokemon

BDSP

Review Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Anniversary Edition (Switch) - Shockingly Violent And Absolutely Hilarious

Havoc go if you think you're hard enough

The Danganronpa franchise is a twisted, vulgar little thing. Rife with problematic politics, egregious erotic fanservice and some truly breathtakingly ill-judged swings at far heavier themes than it really has any right to tackle, it is in many ways a reprehensible, amoral and quite appalling series of games...

Reviews

Switch eShop

Video Hands-On With The 3DS Dragon Quest The West Never Got To Play

Twas an Elusive Age, indeed

Dragon Quest XI is a fantastic game that you can play on Switch right now, but it's worth remembering that back when it originally launched, it was on another Nintendo system: the 3DS. When Dragon Quest XI hit Japanese store shelves in 2017, it was released on the PS4 and 3DS. The 3DS version is fascinating because it's...

Videos

3DS

Japan

Dragon Quest

Talking Point How Do You Feel About Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl's Affection Rates?

STOP LOVING ME SO MUCH

How can your pets loving you ever be a bad thing? Well, in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, it can very easily ruin your strategies. In the Pokémon games, there is a statistic that's often called "friendship" or "affection", which can affect a few different mechanics in the game. It tells the player how close...

Talking Point

Features

Pokemon

News Konami's Castlevania And Contra Collections Just $5 Each In Cyber Switch Sale

Bomberman, Rogue Corps and more also on offer

As part of Nintendo's huge Cyber Deals sale taking place on the Switch eShop, several Konami titles have been reduced for your buying pleasure. Perhaps the stars of the show here are the Castlevania and Contra collections, which already offered several games at welcome price points, but have now been...

Nintendo Switch

Konami

Sales

North America

News Tokyo Police Arrest Man For Re-Selling Around 200 Consoles And Games

Was entrusted with deliveries of Switch and PS5 units

With demand outstripping supply in the gaming space it's led to increases in scalping and thefts, with another example appearing in the Japanese media (via Sankei and Kotaku). With Switch systems and the PS5s in particular being hard to find in Japan, one man entrusted with a significant amount...

Nintendo Switch

Japan

Review Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Anniversary Edition (Switch) - More Deliciously Nasty Murder Mystery

Nagito you will never know, anything about my home

It’s Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, and this time it’s on a tropical island. Now, being a sort of anime-ish game, you’d think that means the variously endowed female cast taking their turns to show up in swimsuits in a somewhat desperate parade of fanservice, and you’d be right! Danganronpa...

Reviews

Switch eShop

UK Charts Black Friday Deals See Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Back At Number One

As Pokémon takes a bit of a tumble

UK physical chart data is now in for the week ending 27th November, revealing that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has once again found itself at the top of the table. Jumping up from a seventh-place finish last week, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was featured in a special Black Friday Switch bundle deal, no doubt explaining the...

Nintendo Switch

Mario Kart

Charts

UK

Video The Wii Turns 15 This Year, And Here Are Our Memories

Wii would like to be young again

Yes, we know that the Wii actually turned 15 a short time ago – November 19th, to be precise – but our video team has since gotten together to chat about the incredible impact of Nintendo's motion-controlled behemoth. It's remarkable to think that this groundbreaking system is 15 years old (that's more than half...

Videos

Wii

Anniversaries

News A New Ryan's World Game Is Headed To Switch, 'Ryan's Rescue Squad'

2022 release confirmed

If 2019's Race With Ryan wasn't enough, and it was, it's been revealed that a whole new game based on the young YouTube phenomenon is heading to Switch and other platforms next year. Ryan's Rescue Squad is the latest title featuring 'Ryan's World', whose YouTube channels are said to attract more than one billion views per...

Nintendo Switch

Upcoming Releases

Gallery Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Champion Revali Gets His Own 'First 4 Figures' Statue

And it lights up, too!

We've already taken a look at the excellent Link PVC statue from First 4 Figures, and this week saw the arrival of a second character from Breath of the Wild: Champion of Hyrule, Revali. The first of a series of figures based on the Champions, Revali sports a 'stoic pose' according to the manufacturer, and comes complete with...

Gallery

Zelda

First 4 Figures

News Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania Director Says He Wants To Make A New Game In The Series

"I have ideas"

After a bit of a quiet spell throughout the 2010s, Super Monkey Ball is finally back in the spotlight where it belongs. With Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD launching on Switch in 2019, and then Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania also landing just last month, remakes are proving that interest in the franchise is still there. But what's...

Nintendo Switch

Super Monkey Ball

News Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain Gets An Extended Overview Trailer

Figure it out

Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain is out later this week on 3rd December, and is the final show in town for major first-party Switch arrivals ahead of the Holiday, though with October and November bringing sales successes with Metroid Dread and Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl it's normal for the final month of the yea

Nintendo Switch

Upcoming Releases

News Aspire: Ina's Tale Brings Stylish Puzzle Platforming To Switch Soon

Escape the tower

Though December can sometimes be a quiet month in terms of major retail releases, it's likely to serve up a number of tempting smaller titles. One that may deserve a spot on the wishlist is Aspire: Ina's Tale, which arrives on 17th December priced at 12.99 USD / 12.99 EUR / 10.29 GBP. As you can see in the trailer it could offer...

Switch eShop

Upcoming Releases

News The Game Awards Has A "World Premiere" It's Been Working On With A Dev For 2.5 Years, And One Guess Is Zelda

"Zelda has a Game Awards history"

The Game Awards is just around the corner and a number of Nintendo titles across multiple categories are in the running to win awards. Perhaps the highlight of the lot is Metroid Dread, which is up for Game of the Year. The show isn't just about awards, though. It's also about the announcements and once again, host...

The Game Awards

Nintendo Switch

Zelda

News Atlus Brings 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim To Nintendo Switch On 12th April 2022

"Sentinel No. 13 activated"

Atlus has announced it will be bringing its "critically acclaimed" sci-fi epic 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim to Nintendo Switch on 12th April 2022 here in the west. This title by Atlus and Vanillaware is described as a dramatic experience blending visual novel, light puzzle elements, and RTS - where the future lies in the...

Nintendo Switch

Switch eShop

Upcoming Releases

Mini Review Real Boxing 2 (Switch) - A Pitifully Poor Punch-Out That Should Have Stayed On Phones

Fright Night

Boxing games live or die by their gameplay. You can make the visuals look as beautiful as possible, down to the rippling biceps and beads of sweat, but if the punches don’t land right, then the whole experience will suffer as a result. Unfortunately, Real Boxing 2 comes up short with both its visuals and its gameplay, delivering a...

Mini Reviews

Switch eShop

News AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative Official Box Art Reveal

Here's your first look

Earlier this year, Spike Chunsoft announced it would bring AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative to Switch in Spring 2022. It's a sequel to the original 2019 detective mystery adventure release, and now, the developer has shared a look at the official box art (drawn by Yusuke Kozaki) for the standard and collector's...

Nintendo Switch

Switch eShop

Upcoming Releases

News Zelda 64's Game Code Has Been Successfully Reverse-Engineered, Making Mods And Ports Possible

It's also great news for video game preservation

A fan group known as 'Zelda Reverse Engineering Team' has reportedly been able to successfully reverse-engineer "100%" of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time code. Essentially what it does is "open the doors" to mods, hacks, and even ports of the Nintendo 64 classic. While there's the possibility of...

Zelda

Nintendo 64

N64

Mods

Feature Psychologists Talk Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2.0 And Keeping Fun Ahead Of FOMO

Keep the "happy" in Happy Home Paradise

Animal Crossing: New Horizons was supposed to be just a game. Through a series of weird coincidences, it instead became a cultural phenomenon, and a record of the first few months of a global pandemic. It’s not surprising that a lot of us have complicated feelings about it. Granted, a lot of those feelings...

Features

Interviews

Mental Health

ACNH

Best of 2021

News Former Metroid Prime Engineer Admits He Was "Disappointed" With The Wii's Specs

Remaining with Nintendo would have meant staying "a bit behind"

The Nintendo Wii is arguably one of the most innovative video game consoles ever released, but when it comes to raw power - at the time, it was well behind the competition. This led to some third-party developers completely skipping the generation, and even certain Nintendo teams were...

Wii

Metroid

Metroid Prime

Video Side-By-Side Comparison Of Pokémon's Diamond And Pearl Remakes Running On Every Switch

What Switch are you playing on?

If you're still trying to decide the Nintendo Switch that's right for you, perhaps this side-by-side...by-side comparison of the new Pokémon Diamond and Pearl remakes can help. YouTube channel 'Open Surprise' has uploaded a video showing what the latest Pokémon Switch releases look like on each of the different...

Nintendo Switch

Pokemon

Switch OLED

Switch Lite

Videos

Video Boundary Break Takes Another Look At The "Out Of Bounds Secrets" In Wii Sports

Travel back to 2006

If you played the Wii back in the day, at some point you likely tried out the included launch title Wii Sports. It was a mix of sports that demonstrated the capabilities of the system's Wii Remote and motion controls at the time. If you've ever wondered what's beyond the boundaries of the game, then you might want to take a look...

Videos

Wii

Wii Sports

Nintendo

Guide Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl: Full List Of Mystery Gift Codes

All current Pokémon BDSP Mystery Gift codes

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl retells the story of the Pokémon series' fourth-generation games that originally debuted on Nintendo DS. With a new set of games comes a new bunch of Mystery Gift codes – special items that can be downloaded via the internet in-game – and this guide is...

Guides

Pokemon

Nintendo Switch

Guide Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl: How To Unlock The Mystery Gift Function

And how to get it early!

Mystery Gift distributions in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are a way to unlock some very special early-purchase gifts, in addition to items distributed by The Pokémon Company periodically via Mystery Gift code. To get your hands on them, you'll need to have unlocked the Mystery Gift functionality in-game –...

Guides

Pokemon

Nintendo Switch

Random Did You Know That Link Can Get Sunburned In Zelda: Breath Of The Wild?

Lobster Link

Another day, another thing that we didn't know about this almost-five-year-old game: Breath of the Wild has a sunburn mechanic. Unlike real sunburn, the slight blush upon Link's body is a little hard to notice: it's a very subtle reddening of his shoulders, nose, cheeks, and collarbone, which is to say the most raised areas on his...

Zelda

Random

Mods

News Step Aside, Switch Pro - The Orion Upswitch Wants To Turn Your Switch Into A Handheld TV

For, erm, bigger portable play?

The Switch OLED model's arrival gave us a bit of a bump in screen size, which is useful both for the quality of the screen and to make games / UI text a little easier to see. Yet we've stumbled across a quirky product that goes to the next level, and then some – Switch Pro, anyon

Random

Nintendo Switch

Orion Upswitch

News A Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl Statue Distribution Has Begun

Here's the Mystery Gift code you need

Only a week has passed since the release of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, but here we are with the games' first post-launch distribution event. The distribution is offering players a set of special in-game statues of Turtwig, Chimchar, and Piplup, the games' three starter Pokémon. These statues...

Nintendo Switch

Pokemon

News New Tale In Pokémon's Diamond & Pearl Remakes Might Be Teasing Something

Visit Canalave library to learn more

Although Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are remakes, there is new stuff to uncover in the Switch releases. One thing you might have noticed yourself is a new hidden tale located within Canalave library. As explained by IGN, this text wasn't featured in the original game and can be located on the...

Nintendo Switch

Pokemon

News Forget Black Friday, Animal Crossing: New Horizons' 'Nook Friday' Sale Has Begun

Don't miss out

If all the real-world Black Friday sales have left you staring at your bank balance in dismay, never fear! Another important sale is taking place today that doesn't use any of your real money. We're talking, of course, about the Nook Friday sale currently taking place inside Animal Crossing: New Horizons. As we

Nintendo Switch

Animal Crossing

News Shin Megami Tensei V Is Getting Its First Update, Here Are The Patch Notes

New settings, bug fixes and more

New Switch-exclusive Shin Megami Tensei V will soon be treated to its first post-launch update, Atlus has announced. A date for the update hasn't yet been revealed, but the company has shared the patch notes ahead of time (Japanese). You can check them out for yourself below, with thanks to Final Weapon for the...

Nintendo Switch

Updates

Feature 10 Pokémon That Deserve A Hisuian Evolution In Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Scyther shouldn’t get all the love

With Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl releasing last week, we’re now all aboard the Pokémon Legends: Arceus hype train, and we don’t expect it to stop chugging along until the game drops early next year. From the Pokémon Presents last August, where we learned of new evolutions for the oft...

Features

Pokemon

Upcoming Releases

Poll

Best of 2021

Random There's A Really Neat Dino Detail In The Animal Crossing Happy Home Paradise DLC

Dem bones, dem bones, dem tall bones

The new handheld camera has been revealing a lot of tiny little details about Animal Crossing: New Horizons, like the new museum posters, and how awesome the aquarium exhibits look in first-person. But here's something extremely cool that really shows how much attention to detail the developers put in:

ACNH

Random

Animal Crossing

News Here's How Diamond & Pearl Remake Sales Compare To Pokémon's Past Switch And 3DS Launches In Japan

The 3DS titles are still out in front

Yesterday, Famitsu released its latest game charts - revealing Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl for Nintendo Switch got off to an amazing start in Japan, shifting 1,395,642 copies in just the first three days. This figure was based on in-store purchases alone and means these titles are now...

Nintendo Switch

3DS

Pokemon

Sales

Japan

News Adorable Animal Crossing Dodo Airlines Reusable Bag Appears On My Nintendo Europe

Update: It's been restocked!

Update (Fri 26th Nov, 2021 14:45 BST): If you missed out last time, you might just be able to snag one of the lovely Animal Crossing Dodo Airlines bags that appeared on My Nintendo in Europe last year. Nintendo has announced another restock... Original Article (Wed 5th Aug, 2020 12:15 BST): We often find ourselves...

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Review NASCAR Heat Ultimate Edition+ (Switch) - An Ugly, Unremarkable Racer

Racing to leave you cold

By now, Nintendo fans must be used to drawing the short straw when it comes to multi-platform games. With the Switch containing objectively weaker innards than its closest competitors, many third-party devs will need to cut a few corners in order to allow their games to run on the hybrid console. This might come in the form...

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Random YouTuber Offering 10K To Anyone Who Can Create A Multiplayer Mod For Zelda: Breath Of The Wild

Think you've got what it takes?

There have been all sorts of mods created for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild since it was released in 2017, but one thing we're yet to really see is one that supports multiplayer. Can you imagine running around the game world with other players - fighting enemies, discovering shrines and climbing mountains...

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News Nintendo Shares Classic Legend Of Zelda Art In Celebration Of The Zelda Game & Watch

Official art from Zelda, Zelda II and Link's Awakening

Earlier this month saw the launch of Nintendo's second modern Game & Watch system, this time inspired by The Legend of Zelda series. It's a cool little collectable to keep on your shelf at home, and aside from the odd little secret that it hides, one of its biggest selling points is the...

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Gallery Square Enix Shares New Screenshots Of Dragon Quest X Offline, Coming To Switch In 2022

It's Japan only, for now

Earlier this year, Square Enix celebrated the Dragon Quest 35th anniversary with multiple announcements, and one of them was Dragon Quest X Offline. As the title reveals, this is a completely "offline" version of the MMO Dragon Quest X featuring updated chibi visuals. At the moment, it's locked in for a Japan release on...

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Random Animal Crossing Fan Shares LEGO Character Designs That You Can Build At Home

Parts and cost all detailed

The hunger for Animal Crossing-themed LEGO remains as high as ever, and even though the company did sadly reject an Animal Crossing set proposal last month, fans are still hard at work coming up with great designs. Take these, for example, shared online by a Rebrickable user named iprice. With around 40 designs under...

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LEGO

Random

News The Wonderful 101 Kickstarter Rewards Continue To Face Delays

Around 18 months after the game's launch

The Wonderful 101: Remastered on Nintendo Switch and other current-gen platforms had a surprising (at the time) Kickstarter campaign, which was also the first time that PlatinumGames was self-publishing a game. Though it's been excellent to see a hugely fun title get a second chance in the spotlight after its...

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News Mario Kart Tour Gears Up For Its Holiday Tour

There's a Santa Bowser, that is all you need to know

Mario Kart Tour is still rolling along with frequent changes in theme, but on 30th November it'll shift into an extended Holiday Tour (the equivalent of three tours) to guide players through the festive season. As you can see in the teaser trailer there'll be cute festive versions of characters...

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News Another Namco Title Has Joined Hamster's Arcade Archives On Switch

Download it from the eShop today

This week's Arcade Archives release on the Switch eShop is the 1983 Namco release, Phozon. It's described as an action game where the player controls a nucleus called 'chemic' and must merge with molecules to complete specified formations. "Control a nucleus called CHEMIC and merge with MOLECULES to complete...

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Nintendo Switch

Arcade Archives

Hamster

News "Vocal 2D Platformer" One Hand Clapping Is Warming Up For Its Switch Release

You'll need a microphone / headphones to play

If we say "there's a 2D puzzle platformer coming to the eShop" we'd understand if the response would be yeah, along with a hundred others. But One Hand Clapping is aiming to be a little different when it arrives on 14th December as you solve puzzles by singing, with the pitch of your voice being key...

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Upcoming Releases

News '90s Puzzle Platformer 'Time Loader' Will Bring The Past To The Switch In The Future

(next year, that is)

VHS tapes! SNES controllers! Affordable homes! Yes, the '90s were a great time, but they are dead. Long dead. We can relive them through video games, though. Time Loader has been out for a couple of weeks on Steam, GOG, and the Epic Games Store, but now it's also heading to PS4, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch next year...

Nintendo Switch

Upcoming Releases

Indie

Random Ever Wondered What Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Looks Like Without Cel-Shading?

No? Well it's something like this...

Zelda: Breath of the Wild may not be running on cutting-edge hardware – even by 2017 standards – but it's still one phenomenally good-looking video game, and proves that aesthetic brilliance doesn't always have to go hand-in-hand with graphical muscle. The game's mix of sprawling 3D environments and...

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Nintendo Switch

News No Gravity Games Is Giving Away 19 Switch Titles For Free (North America)

It sure is a strategy

We've seen developers and publishers race to the bottom in terms of Switch eShop prices, practically giving games away. Then we've seen promotions that have actually given games away for free, with No Gravity Games the latest to jump into that approach this festive season. It's worth noting that all of this is only for North...

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Review The Wild At Heart (Switch) - A Gorgeous, Potent Mix Of Pikmin And Luigi's Mansion

Something borrowed, something new

The Wild at Heart feels like an amalgamation of some of Nintendo’s most unique gaming mechanics. Such a statement might strike fear into your heart, and we wouldn’t blame you. After all, many attempts by third-parties to imitate Nintendo’s design traits and tricks have fallen flat thanks to poor execution or a...

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Switch eShop

News Pokémon GO Creator's AR Platform Is Now Being Used To Hunt Bitcoin, Not Pocket Monsters

"This is the easiest, most fun way to get your first piece of Bitcoin"

Niantic, the studio being the smartphone hit Pokémon GO, has lent its AR platform to payments company Fold to create a new kind of 'catch 'em all' adventure – but this time, players are hunting for the cryptocurrency Bitcoin rather than monsters. Payments company Fold has...

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News Pokémon's Diamond & Pearl Remakes Become The Second Biggest Switch Game Launch In Japan

And have surpassed Sword and Shield's debut sales

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl for Nintendo Switch appear to have experienced a strong start in Japan. According to early sales data from Famitsu, the remakes have sold an estimated combined total of 1,395,642 million copies in just the first three days. This figure includes standard...

Nintendo Switch

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Nintendo Download 25th November (North America)

DEEEER Simulator! Little Bug! Doctor Who!

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: DEEEER Simulator: Your Average...

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Nintendo Switch

North America

News Music From Kirby Super Star Has Just Been Nominated For A Grammy

'Meta Knight's Revenge'

Today in 'headlines we didn't expect to be writing in 2021 – or indeed, ever', we bring you the news that a track from SNES classic Kirby Super Star (known as Kirby's Fun Pak in PAL regions) has been nominated for a Grammy. The prestigious awards ceremony is gearing up for its 64th event and the full list of 2022...

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Reminder It's Turkey Day In Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Don't miss out!

If you've been getting back into island life since Animal Crossing: New Horizons' huge Version 2.0 update, or even if you've been playing religiously since launch, you'll want to make sure you load up the game today and join in the fun. Why? Because it's Turkey Day! Yes, coinciding with America's Thanksgiving holiday each year,...

Nintendo Switch

Animal Crossing

News Nintendo Of America Employee Says Goodbye After More Than A Decade

"I will remain a Nintendo fan and gamer forever"

Last month, a report from Kotaku revealed Nintendo had shut down its branches located in California and Toronto. At the time, it was also confirmed Nintendo of America's SVP of Sales and Marketing, Nick Chavez, would be moving on. Chavez has now taken to social media to thank Nintendo for his time at...

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News Monster Hunter Rise Version 3.6.1 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

Gotta go fast!

Monster Hunter Rise on the Nintendo Switch is still receiving regular content updates from Capcom and the latest patch is a cool DLC crossover celebrating Sonic the Hedgehog's 30th anniversary. In brief, this update comes with new event quests, new DLC via the Switch eShop, a new Gyro correction function, and fixes to monsters, the...

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DLC

Sonic

News NES Classic Battletoads Is Getting A Physical Re-Release, But Only In Japan

Columbus Circle is launching a new version today

Battletoads is one of Rare's most beloved games from the NES era. An attempt to create a media brand that could rival the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Battletoads mixed platforming with side-scrolling combat, and is famous for its unforgiving difficulty level. It spawned several sequels (including a...

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Random 927 Artists Join Forces To Draw Every Single Pokémon For An 'Updated PokéRap' Video

Watch it here

If you watched the Pokémon anime back in the late '90s, you'll no doubt remember the tremendous PokéRap. You know the one – "I want to be the best, there ever was, to beat all the rest, yeah that's my cause... Electrode! Diglett! Nidoran! Mankey!" Ahem. Anyway, to recreate the PokéRap for the modern day, complete with every...

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Random

News Bravely Default Producer Tells Fans To Look Forward To Next Year's Anniversary

Just don't expect too much...

Bravely Default II might have only just arrived on the Nintendo Switch, but questions are already being asked about future console entries in the series. In this week's issue of Famitsu, series producer Tomoya Asano has reiterated how there's currently nothing actively in development on the console front in terms of...

Nintendo Switch

Square Enix

Random It Took A Year To Build This Scale Model Of Star Fox's Great Fox In Minecraft

Location confirmed. Sending supplies.

Ever wonder what Fox McCloud and his animal fighter pilot friends get up to when they're off-duty? Your questions may be answered in the form of a Minecraft build, because within berg_'s gigantic, to-scale recreation of the Great Fox mothership from Star Fox Zero, we can finally peek into the lives of Slippy,...

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Random

News Tails Of Iron Gets Expansive Free 'Bloody Whiskers' DLC

A bit of a long tail game

Since its release in September there's been positive word of mouth around Tails of Iron, a challenging RPG in which you play as a heroic King rat on a quest to reclaim their throne. It's got an attractive art style and has excellent user reviews (along with ringing endorsements from a couple in the NL team), and now it's...

Switch eShop

Update

DLC

Nintendo Download 25th November (Europe)

Death's Door! Doctor Who! DEEEER Simulator?

The latest Nintendo Download update for Europe 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 - New Releases: #1 Sudokus (Eclipse Games, 25th Nov,...

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Europe

News Dragon Ball's New Online Multiplayer Game Gets An Overview Trailer

Closed beta taking place next month

In case you missed it, Bandai Namco is releasing a new online Dragon Ball game and it's coming to Switch in 2022. Dragon Ball: The Breakers is more comparable to survival games such as Dead by Daylight and will see seven survivors either working together or alone to escape from the Temporal Seam and avoid being...

Nintendo Switch

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News 'Archvale' Is What Happens When You Cross The Legend Of Zelda With Bullet Hell

Coming to Switch next week

Launching on Nintendo Switch on 2nd December is Archvale, a "vibrant" RPG and bullet hell hybrid that could well be worth your time. Also hitting Xbox One and PC on the same day, Archvale has you looting and crafting to access better weapons, exploring dungeons full of different enemies, and taking on some "fast, fun and...

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Nintendo Switch

Upcoming Releases

News Life Is Strange: True Colors Secures December Switch Release, Physical Version Arrives Later

Physical pre-orders now open

Life is Strange: True Colors has finally been given a solid release date for Nintendo Switch. The game's previously revealed 'December' release window has now been narrowed down, and it's been confirmed that it'll launch digitally on the Nintendo Switch eShop on 7th December. Fans will have to wait a little bit longer...

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Upcoming Releases

Guide Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl: How To Beat The Elite Four

Born to be a winner, born to be a Champion

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl on Nintendo Switch give fans the opportunity to jump back into the Sinnoh region, and there are plenty of trainers to face. After you’ve battled your way through Sinnoh and collected every gym badge, it’s time to face the Elite Four. The Sinnoh Elite Four is...

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Guide Animal Crossing Turkey Day - Franklin, Thanksgiving DIY Recipes, Secret Ingredients And Rewards In New Horizons

Beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes, chickens, turkeys, rabbits - you name it!

Thanksgiving is just one of the many annual events celebrated in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, branded in-game as 'Turkey Day'. Yummy! In this guide we'll take you through everything you need to know about the Turkey Day event and Franklin the turkey. Animal Crossing:...

Nintendo Switch

Animal Crossing

Guides

Guide Mario Golf: Super Rush Guide - Tips And Hints For Mastering Mario Golf On Switch

Updated with version 4.0 details!

Mario Golf: Super Rush is out now on Nintendo Switch, the latest sports spin-off from Camelot. This time we're back on a variety of courses playing wacky-ish golf and racing around the fairway in a variety of game modes. In this guide we will equip you with key information about the best Mario Golf characters, how...

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Super Mario

Nintendo Switch

Guide Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl: How To Earn Money Fast

Meowth would be proud

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl launched for Nintendo Switch in November 2021, and for fans eager to jump back into the Sinnoh region, there's no shortage of Pocket Monsters to catch in these Gen 4 remakes. In order to do that’ll you’ll need Poké Balls, and lots of them. With the number of Legendary Pokémon...

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Pokemon

BDSP

News Nintendo Announces Huge Cyber Deals Sale Starting Today, Up To 50% Off Top Switch Games (North America)

Mario, Zelda, Kirby, and more besides!

Mirroring a similarly monstrous Cyber Deals sale on the European Switch eShop, Nintendo has announced a big Cyber Deals sale in North America, with discounts on a whole bunch of Switch games. The platform holder is offering up to 50% off (and even more in a few outlying cases) some big titles. There are too...

Nintendo Switch

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Black Friday

Sales

Deals

Guide Mario Golf: Super Rush Full Character Roster And Special Shot List

More than fore of them

For fans of the series old or new, there's certainly plenty to like about Mario Golf: Super Rush on Nintendo Switch. It offers a variety of modes and content to enjoy solo or with others; be sure to check out our Mario Golf: Super Rush review for the full lowdown on its fairway-based fun. The game features local and online...

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Super Mario

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Gallery

News Duplication Glitch Discovered In The Pokémon Diamond And Pearl Remakes

Clone Pokémon and items

The new releases Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl have been out for less than a week, and it seems a duplication glitch has already been discovered - allowing trainers to clone Pokémon and even any items attached, such as Master Balls. As highlighted by @orcastraw, this glitch was originally discovered by...

Nintendo Switch

Pokemon

Review Ruined King: A League of Legends Story (Switch) - A Brilliant Experience Beyond Its Franchise

Comfortably out of League's league

It feels like the world of Runeterra has just entered the first stages of a great expansion. After being mostly confined to the MOBA for years, things like the new Arcane show, an impending MMO, and some spinoff games are starting to bring this rich universe to audiences that aren’t reached by the main title...

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Deals Grab 60% Off Zelda, Mario, Splatoon, And More Switch Games With GameStop's Black Friday Deals (US)

Update: Previous $26.99 offer now nerfed to $39.99

Update: It seems that the games below which were previously listed for $26.99 have had their price increased to $39.99 (or $39.00 in the case of Link's Awakening). Additionally, several are no longer available. Still not a bad deal, but not quite in the I-think-I'll-get-the-lot range. Original...

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Black Friday

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Nintendo Switch

Feature Our Verdict On Mario Golf: Super Rush's Version 4.0 Update - The Final New Characters, Courses And Modes

A complete round

When Mario Golf: Super Rush launched it was enjoyable but a bit 'b-tier', as we argued in our review. While it's still not matching the quality set by some other first-party titles on Switch, three major updates have greatly enhanced the content on offer. Online play is much improved, and there have been multiple new courses and...

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DLC

Mario Golf

Nintendo Switch

News The "Last Free Update" For Mario Golf: Super Rush Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

New characters, courses, modes and more!

Just weeks after Nintendo wrapped up content development for Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the team at Camelot has now officially released the last of its major updates for Mario Golf: Super Rush. It adds the new playable characters Shy Guy and Wiggler (yes, Wiggler). Two new levels: Shelltop Sanctuary and...

Nintendo Switch

Super Mario

Updates

Guide Animal Crossing New Horizons: Full Patch Notes And Version History

A list of every Animal Crossing: New Horizons update ever

It's fair to say that Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Switch has changed quite a bit since it released for Nintendo's console in March 2020. The life sim has seen numerous updates in the many months since launch, with new seasonal events, new characters, new items and more added over time...

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Animal Crossing

Nintendo Switch

Patch Notes

News Here Are All The Winners From The 2021 Golden Joystick Awards

Metroid Dread takes home 'Nintendo Game of the Year'

Yesterday played host to the 39th Golden Joystick Awards, which was presented as an all-digital event on YouTube and Twitch, and below, you'll find a complete list of all the winners. Hosted by Uncharted's Emily Rose and Nolan North, the event contained 20 public-voted categories and two that...

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News Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2.0.3 Update Fixes Duplication Glitch And More - Full Patch Notes

More DLC fixes arrive

Ever since Animal Crossing: New Horizons' major 2.0 update landed earlier this month, patches have been coming in thick and fast to fix a variety of small issues affecting gameplay. Today, the latest update has arrived, taking the game to Version 2.0.3. Yes, following on from Version 2.0.1 and 2.0.2, this latest patch...

Nintendo Switch

Animal Crossing

Updates

News Ed Sheeran's Pokémon GO Collab Includes In-Game Concert And Special Pokémon Appearances

Update: Watch the concert here!

Update 2: Well, so much for the collab being an in-game concert. It turns out that the performance is actually just a link to a YouTube video, which you can check out above! Update: Niantic has now lifted the lid on Pokémon GO's Ed Sheeran collaboration, revealing that it'll include an in-game concert and more...

Pokemon

Pokemon GO

Mobile

News NEO: The World Ends With You Has 'Underperformed Expectations', Square Enix Says

Square's net sales and operating income see year-on-year drop

Square Enix has revealed that NEO: The World Ends With You hasn't met the company's early sales expectations, despite being well received by fans and critics alike. In a newly published results briefing covering the first half of the financial year, the company notes that net sales and...

Nintendo Switch

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Business

Random Xbox's 20th Anniversary 'Metaverse' Acknowledges The Time It Tried To Acquire Nintendo

And the rest is history

Update: Our friends at Eurogamer have gone an extra step and transcribed part of the letter from within Xbox's virtual museum. The letter was sent by Xbox's Rick Thompson to NoA's business boss Jacqualee Story and attempts to set up a meeting with Nintendo's boss Hiroshi Yamauchi and hardware chief Genyo Takeda. "Dear...

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Random

Hands On Switch Online's Sega 6-Button Pad Is An Eldritch Horror That Shouldn't Exist, But We're Glad It Does

Are we in the best timeline, or the worst?

If you could hop into a time machine and fly back to the early '90s and tell a young gamer that one day, Nintendo would make a piece of Sega hardware, they'd probably spit out their sugary Sunny D and laugh in your face. "Sega and Nintendo are mortal enemies," they would retort; "what planet on you from,...

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Hardware

Sega

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News Fire Breaks Out At Super Nintendo World's Yoshi Ride, Park Forced To Temporarily Close

Thankfully no one was harmed

Japan's Super Nintendo World, located at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, looks like a place where dreams are made. It boasts an assortment of glorious Nintendo-themed decorations, a couple of rides, more merch than you could ever afford and more, but it's sure had its problems, too. Things didn't get off to the best...

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Japan

Rumour Chrono Trigger Sequel Chrono Cross Might Be Getting A Remaster

"They told me it wasn't PlayStation exclusive"

Remasters are all the rage at the moment, so a recent rumour which claims that Square's Chrono Cross is getting the same treatment should come as no great shock. Originally released on the PlayStation in 1999 (Japan) and 2000 (North America), Chrono Cross takes place in the same universe as Chrono...

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Nintendo Switch

News Blasphemous: Wounds Of Eventide Free DLC Arrives Soon On Switch

The Penitent One isn't done yet

Back in August it was announced that the rather excellent Blasphemous would be getting another (and final) free DLC expansion titled 'Wounds of Eventide', while Blasphemous II is in development for 2023. Though it's a crowded genre on the eShop, this writer's view is that it's a standout Metroidvania / Souls-like

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Update

DLC

News Jessica Alba Is The Latest Star In Nintendo's Celebrity-Focused Switch Marketing Campaign

L.A.'s finest

In a new bid to market its popular Switch console, Nintendo's been rolling out the celebrities in a new series of ads. The latest to get involved? None other than Jessica Alba. The American actress, who you'll no doubt know from films like Fantastic Four and Sin City, can be seen playing Ring Fit Adventure, Mario Golf: Super Rush and...

Nintendo Switch

Videos

Guide Where To Buy The Nintendo Switch Online Sega Genesis / Mega Drive Controllers

Update: Now available at My Nintendo Store

Update: Switch's Mega Drive controller is now available to order on My Nintendo Store in the UK. You can grab one right here for £39.99: <products id="16428"> Original Article (Tue 19th Oct, 2021 19:00 BST): With Sega Genesis / Mega Drive games now on Switch for Nintendo Switch Online Expansion...

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News Shovel Knight's Brand New Puzzle Game Launches On The Switch eShop Next Month

DLC has also been confirmed

If you're a fan of puzzle games and Shovel Knight, one game you'll want to be on the lookout for next month is Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon. After its initial reveal in February last year, Yacht Club Games' next Shovel Knight game will finally be making its debut on December 13th. This "passion project" has gone through...

Switch eShop

Nintendo Switch

Upcoming Releases

DLC

News A Year Later Than Planned, Puzzle-Platformer 'Ever Forward' Launches On Switch Next Month

Physical pre-orders now live

Pathea Games, a studio you'll likely know as the developer behind My Time at Portia, will be bringing its latest release Ever Forward to Switch next month, it's been confirmed. Originally expected to be launching this time last year, Ever Forward has now been in the works for several years. A press release for the...

Nintendo Switch

Upcoming Releases

News Interactive Thriller Twelve Minutes Releases On Switch This December

Starring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley and Willem Dafoe

Earlier this year, the interactive thriller Twelve Minutes arrived on the Xbox. Months on, the title by Annapurna Interactive and Luis Antonio is now making its way across to various other platforms including the Nintendo Switch on 7th December. This game is a "real-time top-down" title featuring...

Switch eShop

Nintendo Switch

Upcoming Releases

News Long-Lost Classic 'Clockwork Aquario' Is Just Days Away From Launch, Here's A New Gameplay Trailer

It's finally time

Clockwork Aquario, Westone's arcade game that was thought to have been lost for almost 30 years, is now just days away from getting the release it deserves. To celebrate, publisher ININ Games has shared a brand new gameplay trailer. As you may recall, Clockwork Aquario is an arcade title that was long presumed lost until just last...

Switch eShop

Nintendo Switch

Upcoming Releases

Guide Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl: How To Catch Shiny Pokémon - Chain Catching

Hours of work for a slightly different colour? We’re in

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl features a large number of Pokémon that fans will be eager to jump back into the Sinnoh region to catch. The most dedicated fans will also be hunting Shiny Pokémon — differently coloured versions of their favourite creatures that are difficult...

Guides

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BDSP

Guide Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl: How To Catch Heatran

Bring the Heatran

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl launched for Nintendo Switch in November 2021, and for fans eager to jump back into the Sinnoh region, there are a few favourites they’ll be keen to pick up straight away. There are also a ton of Legendary Pokémon that fans will be hunting, with the Sinnoh region being famous for the...

Guides

Pokemon

BDSP

News I'd Rather You Didn't Put Me In Mortal Kombat, Says Keanu Reeves

"If it was up to me? No"

Mortal Kombat has done some impressive work lately when it comes to pulling in characters from other media franchises. We've had RoboCop, The Terminator and even

Mortal Kombat

Review Death's Door (Switch) - Much More Than The Sum Of Its Zelda And Soulslike Parts

Ready to play the reaper's game?

Despite all the innovation that frequently takes place in the indie space, there’s an awful lot of games that are content to just do what’s already been done. It can be easy to become jaded, then, when a lot of these copycat games turn out to be worse than their clear inspiration. After all, who wants to waste...

Reviews

Switch eShop

News A Familiar Foe Is Punished Again By Metroid Dread Sequence Breakers

Happens in a flash

It's clear that the development team at MercurySteam were in tune with various elements of the Metroid fanbase, including speedrunners and those curious players that try everything possible to shake up the game by finding shortcuts and new methods. This emerged previously with a fun little trick for fighting an early-ish boss if...

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Metroid Dread

Nintendo Switch

News Nintendo Of America President Joins PlayStation And Xbox Counterparts In Criticism Of Activision Blizzard

"They run counter to my values as well as Nintendo’s beliefs"

Update: Nintendo has now officially confirmed this in a PR response to Fanbyte: “We can confirm the content of Doug Bowser’s internal email to Nintendo of America staff is accurate. We have nothing further to share on this topic.” Nintendo of America's president Doug Bowser...

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News Grand Theft Auto Trilogy's Nintendo Switch Update Is Now Available, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

Fixes for all three games

Following on from an update on the weekend for other platforms, Rockstar now appears to have pushed the latest updates for the Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition on Nintendo Switch live. There are a handful of Switch-specific fixes and various general fixes across all platforms. These are the current...

Nintendo Switch

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Updates

Back Page We Forced A Bot To Read Nintendo News, And It Wrote Its Own Headlines

We're out of a job

In the game magazine business, the Back Page is where you'd find all the weird goofs that we couldn't fit into the rest of the pages. Some may call it "filler"; we prefer "a whole page to make terrible jokes that are tangentially related to the content of the mag". We don't have pages on the internet, but we still love terrible...

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Talking Point 5 Reasons That Nintendo Switch Is Still A Hot Product

Even if it doesn't feel that way to long term fans and owners

Many reading these pages have owned a Switch for nearly 5 years. We likely have extensive game libraries, a wonky Joy-Con stick or two, and a lot of fond memories. Yet the feverish attempts to wish a Switch 'Pro' into existence this year, as opposed to whenever Nintendo is good and ready...

Features

Talking Point

Nintendo Switch

Black Friday

News Taito Milestones Is A Collection Of Arcade Archives Titles Heading To Switch

Update: Western release confirmed!

Update: Publisher ININ Games has announced on social media that it is to publish Taito Milestones in the west. The collection is expected to launch in Japan in February 2022. Original Story [Mon 14th Jun, 2021 11:00 BST]: The Arcade Archives series has been a huge part of the retro scene on Nintendo Switch,...

Switch eShop

Upcoming Releases

News New Pokémon Converse Collection Includes Shoes, Shirts, Hats And More

And it drops next month

Gather 'round, fans of Pokémon and Converse, because boy do we have the collection for you. Yes, a collaboration between The Pokémon Company and iconic American apparel brand Converse is headed our way early next month. Dropping on December 10th, the new range will introduce Pokémon-inspired shoes, hats, t-shirts and...

Pokemon

Merchandise

News Nintendo's Updated Its Very Own Animal Crossing Island, And You're Invited To Visit

Here's the code you need...

A sneak peek at Ninten Island, Nintendo's very own Animal Crossing island. Did you know that Nintendo has its own official island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons? Did you also know that you can have a bit of a nosy and see what they've done with the place? Well, now you do. Yes, following on from the huge 2.0 update,...

Nintendo Switch

Animal Crossing

Random Reggie Fils-Aimé Admits He Bought Xbox Over GameCube As He Hosts 20th Anniversary Panel

"I actually didn't buy a GameCube until I was already part of Nintendo"

Reggie Fils-Aimé has done all sorts of things since he retired from his role as Nintendo of America's president in 2019, and his latest temporary gig is well worth watching if you love learning about the history of the video game industry. The man who made a name for himself...

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Reggie

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Nintendo

Videos

News Sonic Colors: Ultimate Has Received Another Update On Nintendo Switch

Download it today!

Sonic Colors Ultimate had quite a rough launch when it arrived on the Nintendo Switch in September - with players reportedly encountering all sorts of issues. We investigated it ourselves at the time and were also able to replicate these

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Switch eShop

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Sega

Updates

News 7.6 Tons Of Fake Pokémon Cards Headed To Europe Reportedly Seized By Customs Officials

Twenty boxes of cards intercepted

Since the dawn of time – well, since the late '90s, at least – Pokémon fans have had to deal with a trading card market full of dodgy knockoffs and counterfeit goods. Buying new packs from reliable stores is usually just fine, but picking up cards second hand or buying them from less trustworthy shopkeepers has...

Pokemon

TCG

News Mario Movie Producer Defends Chris Pratt's Casting, Says The Voice Is "Phenomenal"

"Yeah I can't wait for people to hear it."

When the voice cast for Mario's upcoming movie was revealed back in September, it's safe to say that fans had concerns. While Mario's usual voice actor Charles Martinet will feature in the film in an as-yet-unannounced capacity, it's Hollywood star Chris Pratt who'll be taking on the role of Nintendo's...

Super Mario

Movies

Poll What's The Best Spider-Man Game On Nintendo Systems?

With great power comes great crashy bang bang

The internet has been a-tinglin' our spidey senses recently with rumours about the upcoming movie Spider-Man: No Way Home flying around social media. Will Maguire and Garfield return for this one? And, perhaps more importantly, will the film be a good one — like the last one with Doc Ock — or will it...

Poll

Spiderman

Nintendo

News Pokémon Designer James Turner Shares Adorable Art Celebrating Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl

And there's a mobile wallpaper version

Last Friday, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl hit store shelves, finally giving fans a remake of the series' beloved fourth generation of games. Early sales data suggests they're off to a flying start, which shouldn't really come as any surprise, and their launch has just become that extra bit...

Nintendo Switch

Pokemon

Art

Random A Bunch Of Little Pikachus Danced Around A Ten-Metre-Tall Pikachu To Celebrate Mall Opening

The ritual is complete

Normally, if you heard the news that a bunch of creatures were spotted dancing around a much, much taller version of said creatures, you'd be a little concerned that some sort of arcane rite was being performed. We can't say for certain that that's not the case, but at least it's cute. Back on November 18th, games industry...

Random

Pokemon

Pikachu

China

News Trash Quest Is A Tough Platformer With A Retro Vibe

Also a bit of a 'metroidvania', if you can forgive the term

If you like games that are so challenging you're tempted to hurl your controller out of the window, Trash Quest may be one for your radar. Previously released on PC, a small number of user reviews are pretty positive about it as a short, fun and challenging title. Though it's a...

Switch eShop

Upcoming Releases

News 6Souls Is A Promising Retro-Style Adventure Of 'One Dog And His Faithful Man'

Yes, you can pet the dog

You can't swing an 8-bit cat around at the moment without hitting a retro-style eShop game, but that doesn't mean they're not good. One that we're intrigued by is 6Souls, which arrives on 3rd December priced £7.99 / €7,99 / $7.99USD. Developed by BUG-Studio and published by Ratalaika Games, on the surface it looks like a...

Switch eShop

Upcoming Releases

News Night Lights Is A $5 Puzzle-Platformer Headed To Switch This Friday

Worth a go?

If you're wanting to pick up something cheap and cheerful this weekend, puzzle-platformer Night Lights could be just the ticket. Launching on Switch this Friday, 26th November, Night Lights has you taking on the role of a tiny robot, setting off on a journey to illuminate a darkened planet. You'll need to use light and shadow to your...

Switch eShop

Nintendo Switch

Upcoming Releases

Random Team Galactic Can Actually (Sort Of) Steal Your Pokémon In Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl

Jessie and James would be so proud

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl is finally here, and generally, people seem to be enjoying it... but there are some interesting bugs in the game that have been amusing players since its release last week — and one of them features Team Galactic finally doing what Team Rocket never could. In a clip...

Random

Pokemon

Review Unsighted (Switch) - A Fantastic Top-Down Metroidvania With A Warm, Vintage Feel

The final countdown

Sometimes a great idea needs time to mature. Just because a smart concept isn’t executed all that well, it doesn’t mean there isn’t an excellent game coming a sequel or two down the line. What’s incredible about Unsighted is that first-time indie dev Studio Pixel Punk has created the refined experience of a longstanding...

Reviews

Switch eShop

News Fans Have Created A Playable Ocarina of Time - Space World '97 Experience

Attempts to recreate the three 'tours' of the original demo

Nintendo's history is full of moments that have taken on a near mythological status, ranging from stories of game and hardware development to various demos and builds that are either rare or long lost. One such example is a demo for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time that appeared at...

Zelda

Retro

N64

Talking Point What's Your Favourite New Feature In Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2.0 And The Happy Home DLC?

Gyroids? Brewster? The return of Tortimer?

It's been about two weeks since the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons' massive 2.0 update, as well as the Happy Home Paradise DLC, so hopefully most of you have had a good crack at it so far! With two weeks of Brewster,

Features

Talking Point

ACNH

Animal Crossing

Poll

News Digital Foundry Continues GTA Trilogy Analysis, Sets Switch As 'Bottom Tier' Version

"The less that's said about the Switch version, the better"

It's fair to say that the launch of Grant Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition has been problematic, and a relatively rare example of Rockstar Games (and developer of the remaster Grove Street Games) being hit with extensive criticism. The visual style, performance and bugs have...

Nintendo Switch

GTA Trilogy

Digital Foundry

News Activision Blizzard Boss Bobby Kotick Is Reportedly Open To Quitting As Abuse Claims Rock The Company

But only if the issues cannot be fixed "with speed"

Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick has said he would be open to quitting his role at the head of the company if the firm's ongoing issues cannot be solved "with speed". Kotick's comments came during a meeting with Activision Blizzard executives late last week, the Wall St Journal reports...

Activision

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Industry

News Square Enix Is Releasing A Jazz Album For The Incredible Chrono Trigger Soundtrack

Nice

Chrono Trigger is held up as a truly iconic RPG, critically acclaimed and with an ardent fanbase even today. Its soundtrack is held in equally high regard, so an announcement out of Square Enix Japan has certainly got our attention. As reported by Siliconera, Square Enix is releasing a Chrono Trigger jazz arrangement album, the fifth in that...

Music

Retro

Chrono Trigger

Square Enix

UK Charts Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Make Dominant Debut

The second biggest boxed launch of the year

The UK physical chart data is now in for the week ending 20th November, and you get one guess for the biggest arrival(s). Yep, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl have gone straight in at number 1 and 2 in the UK charts, and the bundle pack of both is even in the top 10. GamesIndu

Nintendo Switch

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UK

News Taito's Coin-Op Classic Arkanoid Is Getting A Reboot Next Year

"We all have our own story with Arkanoid"

French company Microids is collaborating with Japanese veteran Taito to release a new instalment in the Arkanoid series: Arkanoid: Eternal Battle. It's expected to launch next year, with French studio Pastagames (Rayman Mini, Pix the Cat) in charge of development. No platforms have been confirmed so far, but...

Upcoming Releases

Video The Varied And Fascinating Sources Of Inspiration For Metroid

A hugely revealing look by "Critical Kate" Willært

With Metroid Dread arriving to much acclaim in October, and by Nintendo's own description bringing an end to the original saga of the series, plenty of eager fans have been poring over the lore and detail of the franchise. A recent video by "Critical Kate" Willært (above) gives a fascinating and...

Metroid

Nintendo

News Three Street Fighter Legends Are Now Playable In Brawlhalla

Shoryuken!

Ubisoft's free-to-play brawler has had some notable IP crossovers in recent months, and today's update brings a few classic characters from Capcom's Street Fighter series. Ryu, Chun-Li and Akuma are all joining in, along with a tweaked mode, new stage and more. Below is some of the official PR blurb. Their arrival hurricane-kicks off...

Switch eShop

Update

Brawlhalla

News Zavvi's New 'Pokémon Kanji Clothing Collection' Features Monochrome Gen 1 Starter Designs

Kanto collection, more like

Zavvi has launched many an exclusive Nintendo-related clothing line over the years, some featuring incredibly colourful designs, others relatively understated. The online retailer's latest line — the Pokémon Kanji Clothing Collection — looks to be one of the 'quietest' we've seen in some time, which might suit the...

Pokemon

Merchandise

News Drizzlepath: Deja Vu Is An 'Existential' Experience Heading To Switch

A "walking simulator" as you climb a mountain

With the increasingly long and dark nights (at least for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere) the prospect of going on a relaxing walk is a little less appealing right now. If seeking a chilled and contemplative few hours of gaming 'walking simulators' can be the way to go, then, and another is...

Switch eShop

Upcoming Releases

News 'Brain-Tingling' Puzzle Game Word Forward Is Heading To Switch

Let's spell out the details

The Switch is an ideal system for a little bit of mind exercise, with Nintendo's own Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch (which has weirdly never made it to North America) and the upcoming Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain, along with smaller download-only efforts focused on particular puzzle types. Anothe

Switch eShop

Upcoming Releases

Guide Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl: How To Get Spiritomb

That’s the spirit

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl on Nintendo Switch let fans head back to the Sinnoh region for the first time in since the original games on Nintendo DS, and there are a few favourite Pokémon they’ll be keen to pick up straight away. Some Pokémon from generation 4 require a bit more patience, though —...

Guides

Pokemon

BDSP

Guide Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl: How To Get Ditto

Mr Lova Lova is back

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl on Nintendo Switch let fans head back to the Sinnoh region for the first time in since the original games on Nintendo DS, and there are a few favourite Pokémon they’ll be keen to pick up straight away. Some Pokémon from generation 4 require a bit more patience, though. Enter...

Guides

Pokemon

BDSP

Feature A Link To The Past's Dark World Changed Zelda Forever

"Everyone who wanders into this land is changed to a shape that reflects his true nature"

To celebrate the 35th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda, we ran a series of features looking at a specific aspect — a theme, character, mechanic, location, memory or something else entirely — from each of the mainline Zelda games. Today, on the 30th...

Legend of Zelda

Features

Zelda 35th Anniversary

Nintendo

Best of 2021

Poll Have You Caught A Shiny Pokémon In The Diamond And Pearl Remakes?

Let us know

If you've read anything on social media over the past few days about the new Nintendo Switch releases Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, you might have noticed shiny Pokémon hunters are out in force. A shiny, for anyone who doesn't know, is a rare Pokémon that is a different colour from the regular one you would normally...

Nintendo Switch

Pokemon

Poll

News Playtonic's Original Yooka-Laylee Game Is Getting A Follow-Up Title

A new adventure is on the way

In a bit of a shock announcement earlier this week, Playtonic - the UK developer comprised of former Rare veterans and known for titles such as Yooka-Laylee - revealed Chinese video game giant Tencent had acquired a minority stake in the business. If it's got you wondering what's to come, in an interview with friends...

Playtonic

Tencent

Industry

Mini Review Dr. Mario 64 (N64) - Diagnosis: A Bit Rubbish

One to strike from the Medical Register

There's a sort of... B-tier of Nintendo puzzlers, isn't there? Stuff like Yoshi's Cookie and Wario's Woods. We'd argue, perhaps fruitlessly, that Dr. Mario slots into this little group rather better than the truly A-grade stuff. On Switch, in particular, there's an embarrassment of puzzling riches that we'd...

Mini Reviews

Nintendo Switch Online

Retro

Feature Pokémon Donuts: A Review - Pokéheads Or Pokébutts?

Which taste best?

In celebration of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl’s release, The Pokémon Company had the brilliant idea to partner with Japanese company Mr. Donut and release throughout Japan a lineup of fried dough inspired by some of our favourite Generation IV Pokémon. We can’t think of a better way to herald the release of a...

Features

Japan

Pokemon

Merchandise

Random

News Tetris Effect: Connected Receives Another Update On Switch - Includes Visual And Performance Optimisations

Plus fixes and more!

The Nintendo Switch version of Tetris Effect: Connected received another update last week - bumping it up to Version 1.2.6. The official support page has now shared the full details - revealing optimisations to the overall visual quality and performance. Apart from this, there are also a number of fixes and new additions. Here...

Switch eShop

Nintendo Switch

Updates

Tetris

Guide Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl: How To Get Eevee, Leafeon And Glaceon

The theory of Eeveelution

For fans jumping into the Sinnoh region in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl , there are a few favourite Pokémon they’ll be keen to pick up straight away. Some Pokémon from generation 4 require a bit more patience, though — Eevee and its various evolutions, for example. Generation 4 introduced us to new...

Guides

Pokemon

BDSP

Guide Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl: How To Get Rotom

Rotom to the core

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl gives eager fans the chance to jump back into the Sinnoh region for the first time since the original Nintendo DS versions, and there are a few favourite Pokémon they’ll be keen to pick up straight away. Some Pokémon from generation 4 require a bit more patience, though — Rotom, a...

Guides

Pokemon

BDSP

Guide Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl: How To Get Cresselia

Oh Cresselia, you're breaking my heart

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl launched for Nintendo Switch in November 2021 and fans eager to jump back into the Sinnoh region have been (re)catching their favourite Pokémon. There are also plenty of Legendary Pokémon to catch, some of more difficult than others. In this guide, we’ll show...

Guides

Pokemon

BDSP

News Rockstar Has Released Its First Update For The Grand Theft Auto Trilogy

Fixes incoming

Following on from its apology message, Rockstar Games appears to have already rolled out its first update for Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition. The post on Rockstar's Support page for Version 1.02 mentions all platforms but the Switch in the title. The patch notes though mention general fixes for "all platforms"...

Nintendo Switch

Grand Theft Auto

Updates

News Kirby And The Forgotten Land Has Been Rated For Nintendo Switch

Learn some more about the pink puffball's next adventure

One Switch release we're definitely keen to get our hands on in 2022 is Kirby and the Forgotten Land - a new 3D platformer that places Kirby in a mysterious setting filled with abandoned structures of the past. With the game scheduled to arrive in Spring 2022, it comes as no surprise that...

Nintendo Switch

Kirby

Upcoming Releases

News This Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Randomiser Moves Everything Around And Steals Your Items

A true game changer

When it comes to Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the modding scene has been nothing short of spectacular. Fans have been busy creating all sorts of takes on Hyrule over the past few years, including entire unofficial DLC packs and all sorts of other

Nintendo Switch

Legend of Zelda

Mods

News Pokémon's Diamond And Pearl Remakes Are Already The 'Best Sellers' On The Switch eShop Charts

Off to a great start

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl arrived on the Nintendo Switch this week, so how are they going so far? While we'll likely have to wait a little bit longer for some proper sales data to surface, according to the charts on the Nintendo Switch eShop, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are already best sellers in the...

Switch eShop

Nintendo Switch

Pokemon

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (November 20th)

Pokémon, back catalogue or another new gem?

It's been another big week in the Nintendo Life, with a significant arrival on the Switch. That's Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl of course, which we naturally reviewed for your reading / viewing pleasure. Elsewhere there was

Talking Point

Nintendo Switch

What Are You Playing

Features

Guide Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl Defog HM - Where To Get Defog

Where to find the Defog HM in Sinnoh

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl on Nintendo Switch let fans head back to the Sinnoh region for the first time in since the original games on Nintendo DS. While the Sinnoh games are famous for a lot of things, the sheer number of HMs that the game offers is certainly one of the most contentious. While...

Guides

Pokemon

BDSP

Guide What's The Difference Between Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl? Which Should You Buy? - All Version-Exclusive Pokémon

And exclusive Legendaries, too!

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl launch exclusively for Nintendo Switch on Friday 19th November and just like all main series games, the first decision players need to make isn't which Starter Pokémon to choose, but which version to actually buy. In these games, which serve as remakes of the original...

Guides

Nintendo Switch

Pokemon

Guide Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl: How To Get Riolu And Lucario

How to get two iconic Gen IV Pokémon

For fans eager to jump back in to the Sinnoh region in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, there are a few favourites they’ll be keen to pick up straight away. Riolu and Lucario, two of the most iconic generation 4 Pokémon, but in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl there’s only one area...

Guides

Pokemon

BDSP

Guide Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl: How To Get Mew And Jirachi

How to get two mythical Pokémon in BDSP

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl has a special treat for fans who’ve been loyal to the series on Nintendo Switch, with a special bonus available if you have save data from other Pokémon games on your console. Once upon a time they were two of the hardest Pokemon to obtain in the history of the...

Guides

Pokemon

BDSP

Guide Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl: How To Get Manaphy And Phione

How to get two mythical Pokémon in BDSP

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl launched for Nintendo Switch in November 2021, and fans who picked up the games early are in for a special treat. For a limited time, two mythical Pokémon originally found in the Sinnoh region, Manaphy and Phione, are free to anyone who purchases the games, and...

Guides

Pokemon

BDSP

Guide Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl Best Starter - Which Starter Pokémon Should I Choose?

Turtwig, Chimchar, or Piplup

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl on Nintendo Switch have had many players around the world starting their journey back to the Sinnoh region. Like all mainline Pokémon games, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl feature three starter Pokémon that players that you’ll get to choose from early in your...

Guides

Pokemon

BDSP

Guide Animal Crossing Happy Home Paradise Unlocks - When Do Features Unlock In The New Horizons DLC?

Partition walls, pillars, parties and promotions!

Having fun with the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Happy Home Paradise DLC? Or are you seeing other people's designs and thinking, "when do I get to do that?" In this Happy Home Paradise unlock guide we'll detail how and when you unlock everything in Happy Home Paradise! How to unlock everything...

Guides

Animal Crossing

Nintendo Switch

Happy Home Paradise

DLC

Guide Animal Crossing Happy Home Paradise Facilities - How To Unlock All Facilities Explained

How to unlock the school, café, restaurant, hospital, and apparel shop!

The Animal Crossing: New Horizons Happy Home Paradise DLC has a lot of new stuff to discover, but most of it gets parcelled out over several days of playing the game. If you're wondering how you can get all the fancy facilities that other people have, we're here to help!...

Guides

Animal Crossing

Nintendo Switch

Happy Home Paradise

DLC

Guide Animal Crossing Happy Home Paradise Ranks And Grades - How To Increase Your Happy Home Rank Explained

It's more complicated than you think!

In the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Happy Home Paradise DLC, your pay, your uniform, and even your abilities are all tied to your "Grade" — the title Lottie gives you after you've done a certain number of houses. However, later Grades also rely on a secret number — your Rank. Thanks to an in-depth...

Guides

Animal Crossing

Nintendo Switch

Happy Home Paradise

DLC

News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update 2.0.2 Patch Notes - More Fixes For The Main Game And Happy Home Paradise

Download it now!

Last Friday, Nintendo release Version 2.0.1 of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and now this week it's released Version 2.0.2. This update includes fixes related to both the main game and the new DLC released, Happy Home Paradise. Here are the full patch notes, courtesy of Nintendo's official support page: Ver. 2.0.2 (Released...

Nintendo Switch

Animal Crossing

Updates

DLC

Guide Where To Buy Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl On Switch

Shine on you crazy Diamond

Back at the end of February 2021, news that classic DS Pokémon adventures would be coming to Switch in the remade form of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl came as a delightful surprise to millions of Pokénthusiasts, and this pair is now available to buy on Switch — check out

Guides

Pokemon

Nintendo Switch

Random This $10 Nintendo Switch eShop Game Has Suddenly Shot Up To A Whopping $250

But why?

With all the Black Friday sales going on at the moment, our eyes have become well drilled in spotting great deals and discounts both at retail and on the Switch eShop, but we didn't expect to stumble across this. Membrane, an excellent physics-based puzzle platformer that launched on the eShop back in 2018, has gone in the com

Switch eShop

Nintendo Switch

Random

News Pac-Man Museum+ Brings 14 Games In The Series To Switch

And a customisable Pac-Man arcade

Celebrating the character's 40-year history, Bandai Namco has announced PAC-MAN MUSEUM+ for Nintendo Switch and other systems. The game is a compilation of past titles (14 are included in total), many of which haven't been available for years. You can see it in action in the new trailer above, but here's a complete...

Nintendo Switch

Pac-Man

Upcoming Releases

News Activision Blizzard Employees Stage A Walkout Calling For CEO Bobby Kotick's Resignation

Update: Over 1300 employees sign a petition calling for Kotick to go

Update: More than 1300 Activision Blizzard employees have signed a petition demanding that CEO Bobby Kotick resign in the wake of this week's Wall Street Journal report alleging his failure to act on knowledge of misconduct at studios within the company. At the time of writing,...

Activision Blizzard

Industry

News Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl Are Out Today On Switch, Which Version Are You Getting?

Get ready to return to Sinnoh

Today sees the arrival of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl on the Nintendo Switch. They're remakes based on the classic titles released for the Nintendo DS in 2006/07. Many trainers around the globe will be picking up one or the other - or perhaps even both, and we're curious to know what exactly the...

Nintendo Switch

Switch eShop

Pokemon

Polls

News Rockstar Apologises For GTA Trilogy Issues, First Of Multiple Updates Due In 'Coming Days'

"The games will reach the level of quality that they deserve to be"

Rockstar is a company that, for the most part, has enjoyed near constant success and extraordinary sales. As you're no doubt aware, though, the recent launch of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition was met with plenty of criticism, which will have no doubt been...

Nintendo Switch

Update

GTA Trilogy

Rockstar

News Nintendo's American Branch Didn't Like The Idea Of GameCube Being Purple

"we pushed for black and silver"

Xbox isn't the only one celebrating 20 years this week. The GameCube - which ended up selling about 21 million units worldwide during its lifetime - is currently reliving its North American launch from two decades ago. While purple might seem like a fitting theme for the system, prior to its launch in 2001, there...

Nintendo

GameCube

Anniversary Zelda: Twilight Princess Is Now 15 Years Old (That's 105 In Wolf Years)

Wolf Link is going grey

The Wii is 15 years old this week. That's not too bad, right? It feels like it came out around a decade and a half ago, right? For context, here are some other things that happened in 2006: The first Cars movie, the first Daniel Craig Bond movie, Casino Royale, and we met Dr Kawashima in the very first Brain Training game...

Anniversary

Zelda

Wii

Nintendo

Random Want A Switch This Christmas? Let's Hope You Don't End Up With One Of These Clones

Imposter!

The Switch is likely to be one of Christmas 2021's most desirable items, which means we could see it selling out everywhere – despite the fact that it's approaching its fifth birthday. When there's high demand for something, it usually means that other companies try to cash in, and that's certainly true in the burgeoning Chinese-made...

Random

Nintendo Switch

Mini Review Klang 2 (Switch) - A Noisy But Satisfying Rhythm Adventure

Pitch please

There isn’t exactly an abundance of rhythm games available on the Switch (certainly not recently), so it goes without saying that Klang 2 sticks out a bit from the pack simply by catering to this oft-overlooked genre. We’re not sure why Tinimations decided to bring Klang 2 over to the Switch before its predecessor, but from what...

Mini Reviews

Switch eShop

News Nintendo Announces "First-Ever" Officially Licensed Smash Bros. Championship Circuit For North America

The battle begins in 2022

DLC for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate may have come to an end, but that doesn't mean Nintendo is done with its all-star brawler. In 2022, it's partnering with the Esports team 'Panda Global' to launch the "first-ever" officially licensed championship circuit in North America for Smash Ultimate and the GameCube classic, Super...

Nintendo Switch

Super Smash Bros

North America

News Empire Of Sin Gets A New Expansion And Major Update

Never stop fighting 'til the fight is done

Empire of Sin had a lot of attention when it launched last year, with major publisher Paradox and developer Romero Games giving cause for optimism. The 1920s gangster-era tactics game disappointed in various respects, unfortunately, with our tagline of 'Eliot Mess' giving you a good idea of what we thought...

Switch eShop

Update

DLC

Soapbox Wii Sports Wasn't Just Waggle, It Was An Important Gateway To Gaming

Mii Masters

The Wii is 15 years old, words to make this writer feel a little bit old. It was an era when HD was a bold new frontier in gaming, and Nintendo decided 'nah, we'll just do something fun instead'. It's extraordinary to consider that the Wii and DS shared the market, creating a boom for Nintendo that even the current Switch success can't...

Features

Soapbox

Wii

News Nerf Legends Is Out Today On Switch, Here's The Launch Trailer

Discounted on the eShop today only

If running about and getting hit with real-life Nerf pellets sounds a bit too exhausting, you might want to check out Nerf Legends, a new first-person shooter that lets you shoot things to your heart's content while staying firmly seated on your sofa. Something that should be a selling point of any video game,...

Nintendo Switch

Switch eShop

News F2P Shooter Warface Now Allows Switch Players To Toggle Crossplay 'On' And 'Off'

"crossplay is turned off by default"

The free-to-play shooter Warface has turned off the crossplay feature in the Nintendo Switch version of the game. Some fans apparently weren't happy about crossplay being enabled by default, so the developer has now turned it off and added an option to turn it on or off. In a message on the game's official...

Switch eShop

Nintendo Switch

Video Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl's Launch Trailer Is Here

Gen 4 remakes confirmed?

Fans have been waiting years and years for Pokémon's fourth-generation remakes and the day is finally here. Yes, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are available right now on Nintendo Switch. A reimagining of the adventure found within the original Diamond and Pearl on Nintendo DS, the new games take fans back to...

Nintendo Switch

Pokemon

Videos

News Nintendo Releases Four Charming New Switch Commercials For Japanese Market

Play together

While Nintendo of America has been leaning into celebrity appearances in recent commercials promoting the Switch, in Japan the focus is a bit less glitzy. Like in previous years adverts for the Japanese market are emphasizing multiplayer fun with family and friends, with quite charming results. Featured games include the likes of Ring...

Nintendo Switch

News Mundaun Is The Next Switch Physical Edition From Super Rare Games

Pencil in the date

For those that are filling a room (and then probably another room) with lots of limited edition and collectable Switch physical releases, there's now news on release #60 from Super Rare Games - it's Mundaun which was developed by Hidden Fields. This is a first-person adventure / horror title with an interesting hand-drawn pencil...

Nintendo Switch

Super Rare Games

News The Past Within Looks Like A Clever Multiplayer Point And Click

Or point and tap, on Switch

If you blend point and click puzzling with asynchronous multiplayer, the result could be the rather intriguing upcoming release The Past Within. Rather like the multi-screen approach you see in something like The Jackbox Party Pack, players team up across devices to work together and tackle puzzles with their own...

Switch eShop

Upcoming Releases

News Melancholic Point-And-Click Game 'Unreal Life' Is Finally Coming To Europe

Over a year after its launch in US

Unreal Life, a point-and-click adventure game from Japanese developer hako life, is making the leap to the European eShop on 3rd December, it's been confirmed. The game, which launched in Japan and the US a year ago today, is finally heading to Europe thanks to Selecta Play; the company has helped to get English,...

Switch eShop

Nintendo Switch

Upcoming Releases

Guide Animal Crossing Cooking Recipes - How To Cook In New Horizons, Full Cooking Recipes List

Updated with new recipes!

Cooking has been a long requested feature in Animal Crossing and it's now a feature of Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Switch. In this guide we'll take you through the basics of cooking and give you a full list of all cooking recipes in New Horizons. We're digging into all of the delicious recipes and ingredients added in...

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News The Pokémon Diamond And Pearl Remakes Have Been Updated To Version 1.1.1, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

And they're not even out yet

Last week, Nintendo released a patch for Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl that added a lot of the games' content, including opening and ending title sequences as well as post-game data. While we're still technically a day out from release, Nintendo has now rolled our Version 1.1.1 - which optimises Version...

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News Wii U's Getting A New Game, And This Will Probably Be The Last

Today is the console's ninth anniversary

Don't throw that Wii U away just yet, folks, because something new is headed our way very soon indeed. Ultra Dolphin Revolution, an indie developer that's been busy keeping the Wii U alive since the arrival of the Nintendo Switch, has announced that it plans to celebrate Wii U's ninth anniversary (which is...

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News MultiVersus From Warner Bros Is A Free-To-Play Platform Fighter, Skipping Switch

Back to Smash Bros. we go

Over the past few weeks there have been leaks and teases for a Warner Bros platform fighter, a genre very much defined by Super Smash Bros., of course. It's now been officially revealed as MultiVersus, above, with the previous leaks being pretty much bang on the money. The

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Random This Shin Megami Tensei V Unboxing Video Is As Wholesome As They Come

Meet Food4Dogs

Food4Dogs discussing Shin Megami Tensei V in her latest video. We all know that gaming is a hobby suited to anyone and everyone from all walks of life, but with the majority of successful streamers and gaming internet personalities being young, trendy 'influencers' these days, it's nice to see some different representation...

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