Category: Nintendo

Fan-favourite monster results arriving in March.

Capcom has been gearing up for the 20th anniversary of Monster Hunter for a while now and today’s New Year’s video message from series producer Ryozo Tsujimoto gives some indication of what’s in store for 2024.

To be clear, the message is not packed with information on anniversary plans, though Tsujimoto does confirm that the results of the fan-favourite monster voting will be revealed to mark the occasion this March. We can expect to see a new piece of artwork featuring the three most popular monsters too.

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Winners to be revealed at the New York Game Awards.

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom received a lot of nominations last year, and now to top it off it’s been nominated for another ‘Game of the Year’ award, this time by the New York Videogame Critics Circle.

The main event will take place on 23rd January 2024 where the winners of the 2024 New York Game Awards will be announced. Apart from a ‘Game of the Year’ nomination, Tears of the Kingdom has also been nominated for “best music” and “best kids game”.

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Available next week.

To celebrate the new year, Bandai Namco has announced its next wave of songs coming to Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival.

These songs will be made available to Taiko Music Pass users and are timed in with the Winter Season. This service is available to subscribers only. Here’s what’s arriving next week on 11th January:

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“Accessible design is good design”.

One of the first major releases this year is Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, the first brand-new console game in the series since 2010’s The Forgotten Sands (yes, really!). And recently, developer Ubisoft has unveiled the upcoming release’s frame rate, resolution and accessibility options on Switch.

And it’s good news for Switch owners for this upcoming Metroidvania-style take on the legendary franchise. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown will run at 60fps on the Switch, both handheld and docked. This was stated by The Game Awards’ host Geoff Keighley way back in the summer of 2023, but it’s good to get the official word. Handheld, the resolution will be at 720p while docked it’ll be 1080p — standard stuff, then.

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*shrugs*.

The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy!

Switch eShop – New Releases

4×4 OffRoad Collection (Boomhits, 25th Dec) – Experience the thrill of Trials Driving! Make it through the rock mazes, bumpy terrain “test tracks”, through mud paths and rivers, over incredible log bridges, hill climbs and cross-country races! Control the power of your cars to make it around in one piece. You’ll have to summon the skills required if you want to be the Ultimate Off-Road Driver!

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Before the day breaks.

The Trails / Kiseki series might be one of the biggest RPG franchises around right now — at least, in terms of size and scope.

This storied JRPG saga takes place on the continent of Zemuria and follows different interlinking arcs, characters, and stories. Everything is carefully interconnected, with events affecting other storylines and characters frequently reappearing in future games. And with a staggering 12 mainline games to follow — with a 13th coming out in Japan later this year — its reputation is nothing short of prolific.

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The strength of the wolf is the pack.

Originally revealed in the Future Games Show Spring Showcase back in 2022, publisher Untold Tales and developer Demagog Studio have today announced that the apocalypse-set 2D platformer The Cub is set to pounce onto Switch on 19th January.

Framed by the publishers as a “Jungle Book meets the armageddon fusion,” this one will see you returning to the dystopian world that the developer previously set out in Golf Club: Wasteland, parkouring your way through the landscape to escape the ghosts of your past.

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Plot twist!

A new flash cart marketed as “the only back-up and development device” for all Switch consoles was recently teased and in a surprise plot twist, it’s now led to the infamous Nintendo hacker Gary Bowser denying his involvement with the project.

The former Team-Xecuter member, who was previously jailed and fined $10 million in damages, rejected these latest allegations doing the rounds online, claiming he’s “not involved” with this new device known as ‘MIG Switch’.

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“I want to get a job making games”.

Last year, the famous Japanese video game developer Hideki Kamiya decided to leave PlatinumGames, mentioning at the time how he felt the company was heading in a different direction from his own beliefs as a developer.

If you’re wondering what’s next for the developer of series like Bayonetta, he’s now provided an update – mentioning how he hopes to return to the games industry in 2024. Here’s what he had to say to Japanese outlet Famitsu:

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The usual suspects.

Nintendo recently shared a list via the Switch news channel featuring the system’s ‘most played’ games in Europe last year.

As you might have already guessed, a lot of major first-party releases are included along with some of the biggest third-party and free-to-play titles. This includes games like Zelda, Super Mario, Fortnite, Pokémon and Minecraft.

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