Category: Nintendo

“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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Countdown to zero.

After a last minute delay on Switch, publisher Ziggurat is now ready to unleash Slave Zero X into the world and we can exclusively reveal that it is scheduled for launch on 11th April, 2024.

Better late than never, of course, and we’re hopeful that the delay means the game can look and perform as best as it possibly can on Nintendo’s console. To give a flavour of what to expect, Ziggurat has shared several Switch-specific screenshots, and we have to say that it’s looking pretty tasty indeed.

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And includes some “Switch specific” fixes.

Mortal Kombat 1 has been steadily growing its roster of characters, and the latest update out now on the Switch and multiple other platforms adds Janet Cage.

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The official shutdown is almost here.

In case you missed it, Nintendo is shutting down online play and other functionality for the 3DS and Wii U early next month.

As we get closer to this deadline, Nintendo’s Japanese social media accounts have been issuing regular PSA. The latest one was posted earlier this week, once again reminding everyone online play for both of these devices will end on 9th April 2024 (that’s 8th April in the US).

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Wanted: Dev ‘fore it’s live.

Welcome to the Wild West of the modern gaming landscape.

Game sales are soaring. Film and TV adaptations are crawling out of the wilderness quicker than they can be counted. All eyes are on the saloon doors of a bar named ‘Nintendo’ as the smell of something tasty wafts from the kitchen and out into the nostrils of hungry customers after some fresh grub.

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Don’t buy it on Switch for the moment.

This year’s edition of MLB The Show has been out for over a week at the time of writing, and some of you may be wondering where our review has gotten to. We’ve taken a look at each previous release of the Sony-helmed series that came to Switch starting in 2022, and you’d be right in assuming we would take to the field with this one, as well.

Unfortunately, we’ve hit exactly the same snag that many Switch owners have, it seems — namely, we can’t access the Diamond Dynasty mode without the game crashing. Sony San Diego Studio hasn’t made any official announcement on the issue, with a brief forum response being the only public acknowledgement we can find:

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Blasting off today.

It has been a little over a month since the ‘Omega’ update landed in No Man’s Sky and Hello Games clearly hasn’t paused for breath as it today unveiled the next new patch.

The ‘Orbital’ update will be blasting off today and while it might not be quite as expedition-focused as some of those that we have seen in the past, it does introduce a couple of new features that are sure to go down well with the ship fans out there.

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At launch it was capped at 30FPS.

Update :

Following an update for the PC version of Penny’s Big Breakaway earlier this month, the same one (with some extras) has now arrived on the Nintendo Switch. It adds “new performance and quality mode options” on Nintendo’s system.

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Standard version and collection announced.

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, which was released on the Nintendo Switch eShop a few years ago, will be getting a physical release on the hybrid system next month.

There’ll be a standalone international release of the gaming coming to retailers on 19th July 2024. Here’s a look:

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Spot the difference.

With Princess Peach: Showtime! now available on the Switch, Nintendo is beginning to turn its focus to the return of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Ahead of its release in May, it’s been sharing pre-order details and other information.

Now, to add to this, it’s released a two-minute story trailer and although there’s no gameplay footage, it seems to have got fans quite excited. As noted by many who played the original GameCube release, this storybook has now been animated. Here’s a comparison, courtesy of ‘PJiggles’ on social media:

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