Category: Nintendo

You’re gunna hear me Rauru.

Remember earlier this year when Nintendo revealed its range of controller button fidget toys, sold exclusively in the gacha machines of its Japan stores? Well, it looks like there’s a new collection in town to get us envious all over again.

As spotted by a whole host of people today on Twitter and BlueSky, it appears that the Tokyo Nintendo Store is home to a new gacha collection, one that contains miniature magnetic Zonai devices from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Oh, be still, my beating heart.

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Just stop.

It’s no secret that the Switch eShop is home to a ridiculous amount of utter slop alongside the genuinely good games, but what’s baffling us is just how unwilling Nintendo seems to be to improve anything.

Just this week, we highlighted a game that blatantly copied Witch Beam’s homework with Unpacking, and now it seems as though Pokémon is once again in the firing line. Specifically, following the success of Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket on mobile, a new game has cropped up for pre-order on the eShop called TCG Card Shop Master.

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Aaand, relax.

If you’re rebounding off a day of Thanksgiving turkey (or just a regular Thursday, for those outside the US) and are looking for something to relax and unwind to, the singer behind Xenoblade Chronicles‘ ending theme, Sarah Àlainn, has you covered.

Over the course of this week, the musician has dropped a trio of new tracks inspired by the worlds of gaming and anime, all of which are now available on a host of streaming services including YouTube Music, Spotify and Amazon Music — and we’ve linked them in throughout this article, because we’re kind like that

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See what the locals of Steam Bison have to say.

Remember the new Professor Layton and the New World of Steam trailer that was shared in August? Well, Nintendo UK has now shared a slightly different one.

While it’s the same footage and gameplay, and the voice work and voiceovers are still in Japanese, the in-game text is now displayed in English. So you can actually see what some of the characters are saying to Layton and Luke. Menus and the game map are now also in English!

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The paid version replaces it next month.

Earlier this week, you might have seen how Isabelle and the villagers said their goodbyes in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp on mobile devices. Well, in an update, the online service for the free-to-play game has now officially ended.

The game’s social media account shared the following message and artwork to mark this occasion, while also noting how it hopes to see players return in the paid version of the game Pocket Camp Complete.

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Samsung Flip Switch.

A new patent from South Korean tech giant Samsung suggests that the company may be tinkering with a potential handheld gaming console.

That’s not all, though. The patent suggests that such a device may follow in the footsteps of the company’s Z Flip and Fold phone lines and boast its own foldable screen. As reported by 91Mobiles (thanks, Tom’s Guide), the patent was registered earlier this month via the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), showcasing some pretty clear cut images of a device that closely resembles the Switch in design, but with a few obvious differences.

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The same but different.

So here we all are, waiting. For all the rumours — all the supposed prototype casings and talk of electromagnets and back buttons — the only things we can say for certain about ‘Switch 2’ are that it’ll be revealed sometime in the next 123 days (before the end of the fiscal year on 31st March 2025) and that it’s backwards compatible with current Switch software.

Not a whole lot to go on, but that backwards compatibility nugget essentially confirms that the new console’s form factor has to be a touchscreen tablet with detachable controllers. No doughnut screens, no pyramids that project holograms – as expected, Nintendo is sensibly sticking with what works and plans to deliver ‘another’ Switch.

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Another big one for Square’s latest.

Famitsu is back with our latest look at the physical software sales chart for Japan, and it’s another week in the top spot for Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake.

Square Enix’s latest pulled in an additional 91,362 copies between Switch and PS5 this week, which is far from its debut’s 821,770 total, but it’s still enough to keep the Nintendo version in pole position. Meanwhile, the PS5 edition slips to third after another strong week from Super Mario Party Jamboree.

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DUNCAN.

Nightdive Studios has released a new patch for Killing Time: Resurrected on Switch, bringing the game up to version 1.1 and adding a wealth of new features and improvements.

The highlights here include the ability to toggle low and high res weapons and actors independently of one another, the ability to burn enemies to cinders with fire attacks, and a new ‘Duncan Chase’ mode that can be activated by setting your player name to “DUNCAN” at the beginning. We’ve yet to test this out, so we can’t comment on what it does, exactly, but we’ll give it a whirl shortly and update this article with the details.

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Sailing the high seas.

Following Nintendo’s recent investigation into the Switch “pirate” James ‘Archbox’ Williams, the video game giant is now reportedly seeking “new targets”.

As highlighted by Stephen Totilo of Game File, the company doesn’t appear to be done with the SwitchPirates subreddit just yet:

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