Category: Nintendo

Kanto bright.

On 27th February, Pokémon turns 30. That’s three whole decades of exploring many and various regions to find monsters, battle monsters, and pocket monsters – and we’ve all got our personal favourites.

And they’re not always just our starter, either! Sure, you build up a special relationship with your first Pokémon each generation, but there are usually a half-dozen winners who work their way into your good books as well as your team – and maybe even your heart, assuming you’re not a cold Rock-type (and they can be awesome, too!).

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Nice to C you.

Turtle Beach’s original Rematch Wireless is what I’d call a decent and dependable budget pad, and around what you’d expect for your money. It looked and felt surprisingly premium in its buttons, its responsive D-Pad, and in its many different designs.

Now, Turtle Beach is back with the cunningly-named ‘Turtle Beach Rematch Wireless Controller For Switch 2’, which brings pretty much exactly the same fully-licensed controller back to the table. Except! This time it’s got a flashy new design featuring Mario (never heard of him) and some flash semi-translucent grips. Oh yes. Much more importantly, though, it’s also got itself a ‘C’ button. Yes, that weird little button that I’ve never used. It has one of those!

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Kept you waiting for 60fps, huh?

Ah, love is in the air, folks. Yes, it’s the weekend, and we’re gazing at our stack of games with wistful longing. We can’t let them go unplayed, can we?

Before we dive into what we’re booting up, however, let’s take a look at the last week. Our headline review was Mario Tennis Fever, but we also checked out Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Reanimal. In terms of news, we basically got another mini Direct with PlayStation’s State of Play.

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“Traverse a 3D printed Times Square-like area”.

Apart from a new trailer for Resident Evil Requiem, Capcom’s new IP Pragmata also made an appearance at PlayStation’s ‘State of Play’ this week.

The brand new trailer titled ‘World View’ gives us another glimpse at a recreation of New York, and also adds some backstory about the game’s protagonist Hugh. This trailer ends on a bit of a shocking note, with Hugh and his android companion Diana being chased by an enemy threat.

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Don’t miss it!

Ahead of the release of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie in cinemas this April, Fandango’s streaming service in the US is currently allowing local residents to watch the original Super Mario Bros. Movie for free!

Yes, leading up to the new movie, the first one is now completely “free to watch”. There’s no subscription or membership required, but there are ads. If you haven’t already watched it, here’s what we had to say when the Mario Movie originally debuted in cinemas in 2023:

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AiAi joins the race.

Sega has been bolstering the Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds roster with all sorts of paid and free DLC characters, and the fifth free update is out this week.

Following NiGHTS, who was added as a playable character at the end of last year, this time it’s AiAi from the Super Monkey Ball series. Alongside this, there’ll also be some exciting races taking place in the in-game Super Monkey Ball Festival between 12th February and 15th February.

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Rovio’s performance “fell significantly short of initial forecast”.

SEGA Sammy has published its Q3 2025/26 financial report, and it’s a pretty mixed bag for the multimedia giant, with losses reported in multiple different areas.

But perhaps the biggest piece of news comes from Rovio’s side of the business. Sega acquired the Angry Bird developer in 2023 Sega reports has fallen “significantly short of initial forecast due to rapid changes in the market environment and other factors”.

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Non-canon fodder.

News that Konami is following up the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 with a Master Collection Vol. 2 was very welcome, but hardly the most surprising reveal of the year. Still, seeing MGS4 available for a system other than a PlayStation 3 feels weird, at least for gamers of a certain vintage.

It’s not quite a Sonic-on-Nintendo-level event; it’s more like when Wipeout came to N64. A brilliant game, a very pleasant surprise, but…is this legal!?

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“Oh wait! We’re on PlayStation 3!”.

We all saw it coming, but Konami has now finally confirmed that Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 is heading to Switch 1 and 2, bundling Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, and Metal Gear Solid: Ghost Babel in one package.

I’m especially pleased to see MGS4 finally freed from its PS3 shackles. As the concluding chapter in the chronology (Snake’s chapter, specifically – yes, I see you waving there, Raiden), Guns of the Patriots is an indulgent mess of a game; one that attempts to tie up an overwhelming amount of loose threads. It’s gotten a pretty bad rap as a result, largely thanks to its lengthy cutscenes and numerous scripted gameplay segments.

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Launching next week.

The lovely, heartfelt 2D adventure Neva is getting a paid DLC expansion, and it’ll cost you less than the vast majority of Starbucks’ menu.

Launching on 19th February, Neva: Prologue will set you back a mere £2.49 in the UK and will reveal how the game’s key protagonists, Alba and Neva, first became involved with one another.

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