Category: Nintendo

Please Wrap It Up.

Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Zion speaks about his feelings after attending The Game Awards 2023, and why the show needs to do better at celebrating game developers.

When you first hear the name of the annual awards show known as ‘The Game Awards,’ you think you’d know what it’s all about. You’d expect a ceremonious celebration of video games, a place that brings people together to shine a literal spotlight (looking at your Ben Star) on the best of the industry of that year.

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A feather in your cap.

Turok first appeared in 1954 in Dell Comics, an American publisher notable for World War II-themed fiction and Warner Brothers licenses. Back then, Turok, dubbed Son of Stone, was indeed a dinosaur hunter, using wit and muscle to overcome a clashing of the species. In 1992, Valiant Comics rebooted Turok with more of a sci-fi lean, which is where the original Nintendo 64 games drew inspiration for their characteristic blend of futuristic elements. For American publisher Acclaim, 1997’s Turok on the Nintendo 64 was a certified hit. Even with its terrible draw distance, concealed by a prominent fog effect that limited your vision to mere meters, it was undeniably well-made, highly atmospheric, and full of clever implementations.

Fast forward to the end of the Nintendo 64’s life and the mainline series came to a conclusion in 2000’s Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion. Nightdive Studios, now the go-to for classic FPS restorations, has finally closed the circle four years after its Turok 2 remaster.

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Turnabout Triumph, or Turnabout Tragedy?

They’ve done it again. Capcom has done it again! Only this time, they’ve done it better. Following on from the success of the Ace Attorney Trilogy, which brought the first three games in the beloved series to Switch, PC, and other consoles, Capcom has taken the next three games (Apollo Justice, Dual Destinies, and Spirit of Justice) and bundled them once more into a meaty trilogy – but with a focus on greenhorn lawyer Apollo Justice, rather than Phoenix Wright.

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‘Switchmas Wonderland’ begins today.

You know that the holiday season is well and truly upon us when publisher No Gravity Games rolls out its annual free game giveaway, and 2023 is no exception.

The ‘Switchmas Wonderland’ Christmas giveaway begins today (11th December) and will run through until 21st December with one game being available for free on the Switch eShop each day. As is usually the case, this offer only applies to those with a North American eShop account.

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Update: Officially revealed, but no Nintendo release.

Update :

Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero was officially unveiled by Bandai Namco at this year’s Game Awards show for PlayStation, Xbox and PC platforms. Unfortunately, there’s no mention of a Nintendo release (at least yet). If we hear any developments we’ll let you know.

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The Mimikyus of video games.

Updated with Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince. Enjoy!

When they said “Pokémon! Gotta catch ’em all”, we all assumed that they meant catching all the pocket monsters. But actually, what they were talking about was catching all the Pokémon and Pokémon-like games out there — of which there are many. And now, at last, we have caught them all, and wrangled them into this very article.

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“We love Outer Wilds and we’re thrilled it’s on the Nintendo Switch”.

It’s finally here — Outer Wilds has finally landed on Nintendo Switch, two years after it was originally meant to crash onto the system. And we’ve been champing at the bit to try out this indie darling.

Incredibly immersive and visually arresting, Outer Wilds was critically acclaimed when it launched on PC and Xbox in 2019, going on to win numerous awards in game design, including Best Game at the BAFTA Game Awards in 2020.

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Sh-hoe down.

Howdy folks, and welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl.

Before we get cracking with this week’s battle, let’s take a look at how we got on last time, hm? Well, it was Batman: Vengeance‘s turn to kick up a storm, with the European and North American variants of the GBA game going head-to-head in a duel for the ages. It was remarkably close, too, but ultimately the North American version managed to take home the trophy with 52% of the vote.

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It hopes “at some point” to use Nintendo’s characters.

Fortnite has had just about every crossover at this stage from Dragon Ball and Marvel to LEGO, but the one brand Epic believes could top them all is….drum roll… Nintendo!

Speaking to Axios in Los Angeles this week, the head of Fortnite’s ecosystem Saxs Persson admitted Epic had tried incredibly hard to woo the legendary video game company behind Zelda, Mario and Donkey Kong, but was unable to make any significant progress.

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The Indigo Disk arrives next week.

The second DLC for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero arrives next week, and ahead of this, Nintendo has released some new Switch Online icons.

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