Category: Nintendo

Multiple other Nintendo games also nominated.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom had an incredibly successful launch when it arrived on the Switch last year and since then it’s been receiving a bunch of Game of the Year nominations and awards.

Its latest ‘GOTY’ nomination comes from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, with the winners of each award to be revealed on 15th February 2024 at the 27th annual D.I.C.E. Awards. In the Game of the Year category, Tears of the Kingdom is going up against the usual line up including games like Baldur’s Gate 3, Alan Wake 2 and Spider-Man 2. Cocoon also features.

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Update: Originally releasing 11th January.

Update : Just a day before its expected release on 11th January 2024, publisher Headup has announced on Twitter that the Switch release of Laika: Aged Through Blood has been delayed.

The upcoming Motorvania, which launched on PC last year to very positive reviews, will be skidding onto the Switch eShop on a now-unspecified date. Headup has given a vague reason, saying that the team wants the game to be “in the best possible shape” for Switch.

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After less than a year.

Mojang has announced that support for Minecraft Legends, the RTS spin-off of the open-world block-building phenomenon, is ending after less than a year.

In a post shared on the official Minecraft website, senior creative writer Cristina Anderca shares details on the now “final” Lost Legends update, Snow vs Snouts. But later on in the post, the writer details just what’s happening with Minecraft Legends in the future, stating that the team at Blackbird Interactive is going to be taking “a step back from development.”

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“Like a river’s flow, it never ends”.

Here’s a little fact that made us choke on our Cornflakes this morning, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D is old. Okay, maybe not old-old, but older than the original N64 release was back in 2011.

Yes, the time between today (10th January 2024) and the release of OOT 3D (16th June 2011) is now one day longer than the time between the N64 original (21st November 1998 in Japan) and the 3DS remake. Or, as @SapphireSenatrx nicely worded it on Twitter, “Ocarina of Time 3D is now as old as Ocarina of Time was when they made Ocarina of Time 3D”.

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What have you got, 2024?

Nintendo shares have hit a record high of 7,823 yen (roughly $54.14) as of Wednesday, as reported by The Wall Street Journal.

While increasing steadily over the last year or so, shares have recently spiked with WSJ citing ‘solid earnings’ and the expectation of new hardware from the firm to succeed the current Nintendo Switch. It’s no secret that fans have been clamouring for new hardware, and the general expectation is that Nintendo will finally reveal its upcoming plans at some point this year.

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Quan-Chi was the latest DLC fighter.

Mortal Kombat 1 continues its fight in the new year with the announcement Khameleon will be coming to the game as a DLC fighter next week.

Yes, a date is now officially locked in, with the game’s social media account confirming she’ll be arriving on 16th January 2024. Khameleon is the latest release alongside the newest playable fighter Quan Chi, who was made available at the end of last year.

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Amusement machines & toys under one banner.

Sega Sammy, the company behind Sega, has announced an organisational restructure which will see the formation of a new corporation known as “Sega Fave”.

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Celebrating the game’s fifth anniversary.

Last month, Nintendo announced it would be celebrating the fifth anniversary of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with a special event as well as brand-new spirits. Now, in an update, the Japanese company has revealed the new spirits.

These spirits will be up for grabs for five days and will be made available this week on 11th January 2024. Included in the lineup are characters from Splatoon 3, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Pikmin 4.

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(But in a good way).

Stop right there! We know what you’re thinking. You’re expecting a long list of games that we wish we had never played. The stinkers that took up 20 hours we’ll never get back. Well, you’re wrong!

We are not about to be a negative Nancy and dunk on some bad games just because we wish we could wipe them from our minds. This is about positively forgetting games.

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Back to Smash?

Super Smash Bros. creator and video game developer Masahiro Sakurai has been riding the waves of YouTube fame over the last 18 months or so. But the channel, Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games, will be ending sometime this year.

This is straight from Sakurai himself, who shared the news over on his Community tab on the YouTube channel (via Stealth and BigRedN on Twitter).

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