Did your favourite game or series get a mention?
Capcom has shared a bunch of the “most popular” comments from a recent ‘Capcom Town’ survey – revealing what games, series, and things fans are thinking about the most.
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Retro charm aplenty but no purring.
As one of the earliest animated characters dating back to the silent film era, Felix the Cat’s popularity has waxed and waned over the decades. His charm, though, continues to endure beyond his centenary. He may be the only cartoon mascot older than Mickey Mouse to have also tried their hand at the Super Mario Bros. formula in a side-scrolling platformer, too.
Originally published by Hudson Software in 1992, Felix’s foray into video games came relatively late in the Nintendo Entertainment System’s (NES) lifespan alongside a heavily condensed port on the Game Boy. The titles are well remembered by those who played them but have fallen into relative obscurity and now fetch eye-watering sums on the second-hand market.
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“I love these kind of games”.
Masahiro Sakurai is back at it again with another YouTube video, this time looking at games that don’t feature the ‘pull and pull’ or ‘risk and reward’ mechanics that he generally believes make up a games ‘essence’.
As such, he goes on to endorse “work” games such as PowerWash Simulator, Car Simulator, House Flipper, and Cookie Clicker. Basically, games that don’t offer up what many would deem ‘traditional’ game mechanics, but are nevertheless fun to play in their own way.
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Crikey.
Hazelight Studios, the developer behind the charming co-op adventure It Takes Two, has announced that the game has now sold over 16 million copies.
Although it only launched on the Nintendo Switch in November 2022, the game has been out on other platforms since March 2021. It gained significant critical acclaim for its co-op gameplay and touching storyline, winning Game of the Year and Best Family Game at The Game Awards in 2021.
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Keep watching.
Rain World, known for its lush visuals and brutal difficulty, is getting another major expansion soon to accompany last year’s Downpour DLC.
Dubbed ‘The Watcher’, it’s only been confirmed for Steam at the time of writing, but we feel reasonably confident that it will also make its way to Nintendo’s console at some point down the road.
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Victory!
Update :
Here’s your reminder the ‘Beta Test Demo’ of Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road is now available for Switch. You can compete against players from all over the world in the game’s “competition mode” and also provide feedback, impressions, and bug reports via the official website. There’s a survey to fill out as well!
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The first of four chapters is “coming soon”.
Bandai Namco has announced brand new DLC is on the way to the Switch version of Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2.
It’s officially titled “Future Saga” and will be delivered in four chapters, with Chapter 1 “coming soon”. Here’s a tiny bit of PR along with the video above which reveals Vegeta (Super Saiyan God) and Goku Black (Super Saiyan Rosé) will join the roster in their Ultra Supervillain form.
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Bomb Rush Cyberfunk! Pentiment! Bioshock!
After the announcement of the European eShop’s ‘Blockbuster Sale’, we had a sneaky suspicion that North America would be treated to one of its own before long. Sure enough, the ‘Partner Spotlight Sale’ has kicked off on the US eShop today, bringing up to 80% off a selection of tasty third-party titles.
The sale began on 28th March and will run until 8th April so you have a good bit of time to decide what to spend your bucks on.
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Hey, who turned out the lights?
Those who are easily scared might want to look away for a moment because the cult-classic Japanese horror series, Corpse Party, is once again getting creepy on Switch as Corpse Party II: Darkness Distortion brings the chills this Autumn (or ‘Fall,’ if you’d rather).
Published by Marvelous Europe (XSEED in North America) and developed by MAGES, Darkness Distortion looks set to contain all of your standard scares. There’s a creepy old hospital, a spooky legend and a decades-old curse to deal with as you try your best to help three high school friends survive the night.
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“It feels like the start of a new era”.
It has been a whopping three years since we first heard about Earthblade, the 2D “explor-action” game from Celeste developer Extremely OK Games. This pretty pixel art platformer was given a 2024 release window back in late 2022, but now, it seems, things are going to be pushed back a little as the developers have announced a delay.
The news came in the form of a blog post from Extremely OK Games’ R&D Director, Maddy Thorson, in which she thanked fans for their continued support of the project, but confirmed that “this game ain’t coming out in 2024”.
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