Category: Nintendo

I’ll be back… I need to change my pants.

Following a rating toward the end of 2024, Publisher Reef Entertainment and developer Bitmap Bureau have revealed the debut trailer for Terminator 2D: NO FATE, a new retro-inspired title based on the 1991 movie Terminator 2: Judgement Day (a.k.a. the best one, and we won’t hear any different, thank you very much).

Bitmap Bureau is known for its work on titles such as Xeno Crisis and Final Vendetta, and the team certainly seems to have done its homework for this latest project. NO FATE looks remarkably faithful to the James Cameron-directed movie, allowing you play through scenes from the ‘present day’ and the apocalyptic future.

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Mega or mediocre?

Well folks, another Pokémon Presents has come and gone, and it pretty much delivered exactly what we were expecting.

The biggest draw was obviously Pokémon Legends: Z-A, where we got a good look at some gameplay along with confirmation that Chikorita, Tepig, and Totodile will be the game’s starter Pokémon. Not only that, but Mega Evolutions will feature, battle arenas appear to be larger than ever, and you’ll be meeting one of two possible human allies: Urbain or Taunie.

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“It was a bit hurtful”.

In a recent interview with VGC, Mario + Rabbids director Davide Soliani recalled the moment when the team received word from Ubisoft regarding the sales performance of 2022’s Sparks of Hope.

In short, the game didn’t meet Ubisoft’s internal expectations, with CEO Yves Guillemot even mentioning that Ubisoft should have waited for the Switch 2. But given the passion from its development team and the positive critical reception from players, Soliani and the rest of the staff felt somewhat demoralised by the announcement.

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“Tetris Forever now includes 21 playable games!”.

If you’re still not sure about Tetris Forever, now might be the time to reconsider with the game rolling out its “biggest-ever update” today with the addition of two new classic MS-DOS games.

This includes the 1991 “cult classic” Super Tetris and the 1988 title Tetris (AcademySoft) v. 3.12. Here’s the official description for both of these titles:

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The official reveal takes place next month.

Remember last year when The Pokémon Company teamed up with Japanese vehicle manufacturer Toyota to create a real-life Miraidon motorbike?

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Steam Deck has sold roughly 4 million units.

As the Steam Deck turns three years old, and many of us laud its praises for allowing accessible PC gaming on-the-go, market research firm IDC has estimated that the handheld console has shifted roughly around 4 million units since its arrival in February 2022.

The Verge spoke to the IDC, which uses supply chains to estimate the amount of gaming systems have been shifted worldwide in order to create spending forecasts (via Push Square). According to IDC, roughly 6 million handheld units — which includes the Lenovo Legion Go and Asus ROG Ally, among others — have been sold, not consoles such as the Ayaneo or GPD, which are manufactured in China.

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“Our priority remains delivering on past commitments”.

With plenty of physical game lovers resisting the shift to digital distribution, the world of boutique, limited-press publishing is booming, with multiple options for anyone desperate to have smaller-scale releases on disc or cartridge rather than a hard drive or SD card.

It’s a risky business, though, with even the biggest players having some major blots on their record, and companies frequently overpromising and underdelivering – if they deliver at all. COVID caused major disruption across all industries five years ago, and while the pandemic may be a distant memory for some, the after-effects are still rippling through the games industry. Pandemic-related issues aside, with small press game companies often relying on overseas production and distribution facilities — not to mention developer issues and other factors — it’s easy to appreciate how a run of physical product can get held up by one issue, and how that issue can clog the entire pipeline.

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Drag me to Skell.

We have a little under a month to go before Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition flies onto Switch on 20th March and Nintendo has today released a new overview trailer, giving us our best look yet at the upcoming remaster.

Fittingly titled ‘Everything you need to know about Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition’, the new trailer dives into the RPG’s story, mechanics and world, providing a fitting introduction to Mira for those who never played the Wii U classic (or a reintroduction, for those that did).

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Though key features are missing.

Given the immense popularity of Balatro since its launch last year, it was really only a matter of time before it was unofficially ported over to other systems via homebrew modding.

Well, that time is upon us, folks. Thanks to Haynster over on Github (via GBATemp), Balatro is now available to play on the Nintendo DS. Installation instructions are available, and you’ll need to make sure you have the MicroLUA homebrew development software.

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Welcome back, Ninja Five-O.

The Switch has a growing library of Game Boy Advance titles and Konami has expanded this with its latest eShop release.

It’s the GBA action-platformer Ninja Five-O (also known as Ninja Cop). This Switch version was originally announced last month and you can download the title right now for USD $24.99 / GBP £19.99 (or your regional equivalent). Physical copies were also announced, but have already sold out.

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