Category: Nintendo

Everyone is (finally) here.

With today’s release of the Sora amiibo for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the collection is complete. Every fighter now has a corresponding figure (excluding alternate costumes), Sakurai has announced that development is over, and Nintendo has put together a neat image to mark the occasion.

Shared in a post on Twitter, Nintendo highlighted all 94 Smash Ultimate amiibo in one beefy graphic. We wouldn’t have thought that a collection of plastic figures could look quite so epic, but we’d be lying if we said that we didn’t want to see this released as a poster.

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And Super Mario Bros. Wonder wins family GOTY.

Update :

The 27th annual DICE Awards has just ended and (unsurprisingly) Baldur’s Gate 3 took out the game of the year award. On the Nintendo front, Super Mario Bros. Wonder won “family game of the year” and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom won “adventure game of the year”. F-Zero 99 missed out on the racing award, with Forza Motorsport taking out the top spot. Koji Kondo was also inducted into the AIAS Hall of Fame.

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Would like Kirby with that?

McDonald’s will be running a new Happy Meal promotion in Japan featuring a bunch of new plush-like Kirby toys. This promotion will begin later this month on 23rd February 2024 and features two waves, with four Kirby in each.

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The final major update arrived yesterday.

It’s been a long development cycle for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with the team not only celebrating the initial launch of the game but also multiple updates and DLC fighters over the past five years.

Now that the Sora (Kingdom Hearts) amiibo has arrived, the game’s director Masahiro Sakurai has taken to social media to thank the team for their hard work on this latest amiibo, and acknowledge the fact this is the last of his work on Ultimate. It’s officially the end of an era!

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It’s a pinball Shodan.

Zen Studios has teamed up with retro specialists Nightdive Studios to bring us an unexpected collaboration — System Shock Pinball. This is the latest DLC table for Pinball FX and Pinball M on the Switch eShop, and it’s available today.

The M version will give you the complete gory experience, while the FX table is a little more age-appropriate. Regardless of which version you’re grabbing, the DLC will cost you USD $5.49 / GBP £4.99 on the Switch eShop.

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Platforms also haven’t been confirmed.

After weeks of rumours, Xbox has finally confirmed that it will be bringing more Xbox exclusives to other consoles. What consoles, and what games, is anyone’s guess.

During today’s Official Xbox Podcast, the Head of Xbox and CEO of Microsoft Gaming Phil Spencer confirmed that four titles that are currently exclusive to Xbox and PC will be coming to “other consoles”. Weirdly, the games haven’t been named, and Spencer is leaving it up to the developers behind those games to make the announcements.

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Everything we’ve scored 9/10 or higher.

What’s that? Another Switch eShop sale, you say? Oh why not, let’s have it.

Yes, Nintendo’s back with another sale, and this time it’s knocking off up to 70% from a whole bunch of eShop games (though we’ve spotted quite a few higher discounts) . Dubbed the ‘Play On Sale’, it’ll last until 25 February, 2024, so you’ve only got ten days at the time of writing to make the most of some awesome bargains.

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Check out the launch trailer.

Whitehorn Digital is bringing the narrative mail simulator Lake to Nintendo Switch — and it’s out today, 15th February for $19.99 / £17.99 on the eShop.

Lake focuses on Meredith, a woman in her 40s who takes a well-deserved vacation from her big city job and returns to her hometown of Providence Oaks in Oregon. To help her pass the time, Meredith fills in for her father’s mail carrier job, which allows her to reconnect with friends and form new relationships in the beautiful lakeside town.

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Pre-orders are now open.

After being revealed at the end of last year, SelectaPlay has today announced that the stunning Collector’s Edition physical of Blasphemous 2 will be slashing our way on 29th May.

Pre-orders for this beefy bundle are now available through select retailers (including Amazon) for £86.99. Yes, this does seem like a pretty hefty price tag, but there are a lot of goodies included in this one.

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And there’s also some new DLC.

The sandbox game Minecraft continues to expand and the latest reveal is a new hostile mob. It’s called “The Bogged” and is a new poison skeleton mob that will be added in the upcoming 1.21 Update. It’s available now in testing as well.

Here’s a bit about it from the official announcement, along with a look in the video above:

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