Updates for GO, Unite, TCG Pocket and more…
At the 2024 Pokémon World Championships closing ceremony, The Pokémon Company CEO and President Mr. Tsunekazu Ishihara shared updates for Pokémon GO, Pokémon Unite, the Pokémon Trading Card Game (and Pocket), and also the future World Championships locations. Here’s the full rundown:
Pokémon GO is getting Morpeko and “something big” is on the way…
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Don’t expect news about games or the “Switch successor”.
In some surprise news, Nintendo of America has announced a ‘Nintendo Direct’ tour of the Nintendo Museum this week.
This livestream will take place on 19th August at 3pm PT. You can see your local time and date for this broadcast on Nintendo of America’s YouTube channel and in the video above.
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The weekend is officially here, and we’ve rounded up the best deals you can find! Discover the best deals for Sunday, August 18, below:
Lies of P was one of the most overlooked titles of 2023. Based on the classic story of Pinocchio, this title acts as a souls-like, offering a wide variety of bosses and enemies to face off against. If you’re a fan of RPGs or action games that you can get lost for hours in, this is a great choice.
or Open Box (Excellent) for $420.99
Best Buy is taking $200 off the ASUS ROG Ally Z1 Extreme gaming handheld, now only $499.99.That’s the best price we’ve ever seen for a brand new unit. If you’re willing to get a used model, Best Buy is also offering Open Box (Excellent Condition) units for only $420.99. This is the best Windows-based gaming handheld for those of you who want to play games outside of Steam’s ecosystem.
The recently released Monster Hunter Stories Collection includes both Monster Hunter Stories and Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin. This marks the first time that players can experience the first game with the Japan-exclusive Title Updates, in addition to full voice acting. Jump into the world of Monster Hunter in a new light with this collection!
These are some of the best over-ear headphones on the market, especially in the noise-canceling area. Eight microphones are utilized to ensure you have the best listening experience possible. You can instantly silence all of your surroundings with the press of a button or choose to listen to close sounds like voices, horns honking, etc. Overall, this is one deal you do not want to miss out on.
Walmart has the Timmy & Tommy’s Aloha Edition Nintendo Switch Lite available for $159. This bundle includes a turquoise Nintendo Switch Lite and a free digital copy of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Together, that has a $260 value, which means you can save $100 by purchasing this bundle. If you have not purchased a Nintendo Switch yet, this is an excellent option.
Super Mario Odyssey is still one of the best games available on Nintendo Switch. From the stunning Kingdoms to the numerous new gameplay elements, this is a title any Switch owner should have in their collection. Odyssey is best known for its Capture mechanic, which allows Mario to use Cappy and take over different enemies and objects in the environment. This title doesn’t go on sale too often, so pick up a physical copy at a discount this week! Use code GAMES to get $5 off the $44.99 price.
If you’re itching to start a new series, Kingdom Hearts is one of the best out there to jump into. From Tetsuya Nomura, Kingdom Hearts mashes together the worlds of Disney and Square Enix to tell the tale of light and darkness. This All-in-One package contains a total of ten games, with everything up to Kingdom Hearts III included. Now is the perfect time to get caught up before Kingdom Hearts IV, so pick up the All-in-One bundle today and jump into Sora’s journey.
If you like to collect art books of your favorite video games, this is the perfect deal for you! Amazon currently has The Art of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 listed for $28.49. This book features over 256 pages of key concept art from the game, focused on heroes, villains, locations, and more.
Amazon is offering the 9th gen (2021) Apple iPad 10.2″ Wi-Fi 64GB tablet for only $224. This is the best price we’ve ever seen for this particular model, and right now it’s $70 cheaper than the newest 10th gen model. This is the most affordable iPad model you can get brand new with warranty.
“We know this last minute delay might be frustrating”.
We’ve got some good (and bad) news for anyone who has been waiting for the arrival of Hatch Tales on the Nintendo Switch.
Firstly, Atooi’s Jools Watsham has announced development is finally complete in the latest Kickstarter update. However, there’s been one more “last minute delay”, due to a whirlwind of activity this month. The developer is now “on the cusp” of submitting the game to Nintendo for its “final approval”, so expect another update soon:
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Hello reader who is also a reader, and welcome back to Booked For The Week – our regular Sunday chat with a selection of cool industry folks about books! You know books, right? They’re like RPS articles, but slightly better for piling under a flock mat to make little hills for your plastic spacemen. Fitting, then, that this week it’s plastic spaceman enthusiast, writer on Absolver, Nightingale, Gladius, and Total War: Warhammer 3, and Ten Things Video Games Can Teach Us author, Dan Griliopoulos! Cheers Dan! Mind if we have a nose at your bookshelf?
Issue #15 – August 2024.
Hello there. We’re back once again for another good ol’ rummage through the Nintendo Life Mailbox.
It’s been a relatively quiet few weeks on the gaming front, as people head off on holidays for a break from their inboxes. We, however, are here to check ours!
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Lock n’ load.
Hello everyone, and welcome back to another edition Box Art Brawl!
We had a doozy of a brawl last week as we looked at The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Four Swords for the GBA. You folks really surprised us with this one, though: we weren’t too keen on the Japanese box art for this, deemed it to be fairly busy in comparison to the others, but your votes are the ones that matter, and so Japan won the day with 47% of the vote. Europe came in second place with 29%, and North America managed 25%.
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Square Enix is publishing this enhanced version.
During Nintendo’s June Direct, Square Enix announced an enhanced version of Mistwalker’s turn-based Apple Arcade RPG Fantasian on multiple platforms including the Switch.
FANTASIAN Neo Dimension (from the creator of the Final Fantasy series Hironobu Sakaguchi) has now been rated by the ESRB, and it’s revealed a little bit more about what to expect from this new enhanced release. The game was also previously locked in for a ‘Holiday 2024‘ launch on the Switch – so it seems it’s still on track for this window.
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Here’s what you can expect.
Back in June, it was discovered The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom would include amiibo support. We’ve got a little bit of extra information revealing how exactly amiibo functionality will work in the game.
This information comes from the official Japanese game website, and according to a translation, amiibo will unlock useful items for Zelda’s adventure, as well as different colours of clothing.
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JDM: Rise Of The Scorpion is a free prologue for JDM: Japanese Drift Master, a racing game about – who could guess – drift racing in Japan. It’s got an open world set in rural towns to burn rubber around as well as several story missions to play. You can download it from Steam now.
