Category: Nintendo

“Please don’t do that!”.

CGI trailers that refrain from showing any actual gameplay have often been a source of discourse in the video game community. On the one hand, they can be pretty effective in building hype – particularly if it’s for a highly anticipated release – but on the other, they often fail at demonstrating what the game will actually entail regarding its gameplay.

In his latest YouTube video, legendary creator Masahiro Sakurai takes a stand against trailers that don’t show any actual gameplay, stating “In some cases, trailers like the ones seen on a game’s Steam page won’t show any gameplay footage at all – please don’t do that!”.

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Times are a-changin’.

Following the departure of Mike Ybarra from Blizzard just last week, Microsoft has announced that Johanna Faries has now been appointed as the new President of the formidable subsidiary.

Faries is currently serving as General Manager for the Call of Duty franchise, with her new role at Blizzard effective from February 5th, 2024. She has also held multiple roles at the NFL for over 11 years before joining Activision Blizzard in 2018 as Commissioner for Call of Duty eSports.

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Following a slight delay.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet for the Nintendo Switch will be getting their next update tomorrow on 1st February 2024.

The release date of Version 3.0.1 was confirmed in a brief post on social media by the official Pokémon account. It was meant to be distributed in “late January”, so this is technically a slight delay. Here’s the translated notice:

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“Celeste 64: Fragments of the Mountain”.

You know how Celeste is currently celebrating its 6th anniversary and the official social media account said it was cooking up something small but cool? Well, it’s now been officially revealed as Celeste 64: Fragments of the Mountain.

It’s a computer game that allows fans to “relive the magic of Celeste Mountain” alongside Madeline in a small, heartful 3D platformer. As you can see this game, created in about a week, draws inspiration from the Nintendo 64 and early 3D era of platformers.

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Oscar Mayer, Huy Fong, and Kool-Aid collabs revealed.

Hyperkin is no stranger to unusual collaborations with its products. Known for creating a range of video game controllers, many of which we’re rather fond of for pairing up with our Switch, the peripheral-based store has revealed not one, but three of the most bizarre collabs yet.

Shown off on Twitter, three brand-new Bluetooth Pixel Art controllers and cases, all of which are perfect for the Switch, showcase the brand teaming up with cold-cut meat company Oscar Mayer, drinks manufacturer Kool-Aid, and condiment company Huy Fong. That’s right — you can get a controller that looks like a hot dog if you really want.

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Can you Diglett?

Get your appropriate ageing GIF at the ready (Matt Damon in Saving Private Ryan, the Tenth Doctor, that Titanic one — the choice is yours) because we have to break it to you that Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen are now 20 years old.

While we let that sink in, let’s run through some facts. Released on the Game Boy Advance on 29th January 2004 in Japan (the games would be released in September and October in North America and Europe respectively), FireRed and LeafGreen saw The Pokémon Company turn to the past for the first time in the series, remaking Gen I’s Pokémon Red and Blue in a similar style that Trainers had seen in Gen III’s Ruby and Sapphire two years prior.

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Piecing it together.

It’s National Puzzle Day in the United States, so the perfect time to revisit and update this selection of Switch’s best puzzlers and brain-ticklers, hmm?

Apparently, it’s also Curmudgeons Day, National Corn Chip Day, and National Bubble Wrap Day, but we don’t have lists for any of those (and no, we didn’t make any of those up).

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Welcome back, Elizabeth Maxwell.

With the release of Slave Zero X on Nintendo Switch fast approaching, we can exclusively reveal that voice actor Elizabeth Maxwell will lend her talents to the upcoming retro slasher.

If the name sounds familiar, then it should. Elizabeth Maxwell is no stranger to the world of video game voiceover work and has previously contributed to games such as The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Riju), Fire Emblem Engage (Sephia), Persona 5 Royal (Sae Niijima), Final Fantasy VII Remake, Horizon: Forbidden West, and many more.

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Here’s your first look at ‘Goku’s Next Journey’.

Update :

At Dragon Ball Battle Hour 2024, Bandai Namco and CyberConnect2 announced the new Dragon Ball Kakarot DLC ‘Goku’s Next Journey’, which will launch in February 2024.

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Reader’s digest.

Updated with Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy and Bahnsen Knights! Hold it (and enjoy!).

The portability of Nintendo Switch makes it a great system to play a wide variety of genres, and while visual novels can be enjoyed perfectly well on your TV, there’s something about playing them on a handheld which just feels ‘right’. Since launch, the console has accrued some great examples of the genre, and the catalogue of great visual novels on Switch is growing all the time. Everyone loves a good book, right?

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