Category: Nintendo

Dual-screen dilemma.

This week saw the Nintendo DS turn 20. Naturally, such an anniversary has got us thinking about the unstoppable passage of time delightful dual-screen once again, and more than a few of us have dusted off our old clamshells for a quick blast through some of our favourites.

But, being the needy gamers that we are, ever desperate to pay £50 for a quick hit of nostalgia, the week’s replays have reminded us just how many classic titles are still trapped on the handheld of days gone by. The original Professor Layton trilogy, Rhythm Heaven, Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks, a boatload of Mario & Luigi RPGs, the list of DS-locked titles goes on. Heck, even Nintendogs is stuck on the DS, and that was one popular puppy!

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“No matter what you put in a game, it will get found”.

Who the heck spends seven years making a video game about animals — literally, just animals?

The game in question, Animal Well, isn’t a farm game, it’s not a virtual pet game, it’s not even some kind of cosy simulator. On top of that, if you were only handed the back-of-the-box descriptors — “Metroidvania,” “pixel-art,” “retro-inspired” — it might quickly slide out of your brain, given how it sounds indistinguishable from most rank-and-file indie games.

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No luck Questing those Dragons, then?

The weekend is finally upon us, so it’s time to share what we gamers are all up to in our downtime. Before we get into it, though, let’s take a look at what went down this week.

The big news this week was the 20th anniversary of the Nintendo DS. Yes, twenty. To celebrate, we asked you for your top five DS games, shared some of our own, looked back at the ugly prototype, and put our knowledge to the test with a quiz.

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Update: New sales data has been shared.

Sega this week released Sonic X Shadow Generations on the Switch and multiple other platforms. It’s a remaster of the 2011 title Sonic Generations and includes a brand new campaign starring Shadow the Hedgehog.

It seems the game has got off to a solid start with Sega revealing it’s surpassed one million sales in its opening weekend:

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Featuring posable arms!

The Game Boy Color classics Pokémon Gold And Silver are now officially 25 years old!

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Here’s everything included.

Level-5 returned to the West in a big way earlier this year with the release of Megaton Musashi W: Wired. Eight months on, the mech battler is landing a beefy new patch, with the ‘Megarobo Batroseum’ update scheduled to come to Switch on 26th November.

As detailed in the new trailer (above) the headline addition of this one is a new online PvP mode — fittingly called ‘Megarobo Batroseum’ — where you’ll select a mech from a limited number of pre-sets and get right into a battle. You can either invite friends or hop into a room with other fighters based on your match rule preferences. Nice.

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Un-bee-lievable.

If, during the late 2010s, you were pining for a new Paper Mario game, you may well have picked up Moonsprout Games’ Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling, a fantastic paper-themed turn-based RPG. It came to Switch half a year after its PC release (in May 2020), and has proven popular.

However, five years after its PC release, Moonsprout Games has dropped a surprise free update for the game. What a treat!

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Feline fine.

We got our first peek at Nautilus Games’ Everdeep Aurora in the 2023 Wholesome Direct before going hands-on with it at BitSummit earlier this year. We’ve liked what we have seen so far, so it’s exciting to hear the cute cat adventure now has a release window: Q3 2025.

Admittedly, that does feel like a long way away, but we’re hopeful that 2025 will bring plenty of exciting drops before then (please), so we’re sure it’ll fly by.

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Blasting onto Switch eShop this December.

Antonblast is arriving on the Switch in just a few weeks and before we blast off, Summitsphere has released an explosive final trailer.

This Wario Land-like platformer is filled with fast-paced action, and in case you missed it, there’s a demo available on the Switch eShop right now. The developer has also lined up a physical release with Fangamer, and it’s scheduled to arrive at some point in 2025.

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Including “various graphical improvements”.

Star Wars Bounty Hunter was certainly faithful but a few things also needed fixing here and there. Fortunately, Aspyr is still providing regular updates and today it’s released the second major patch for all platforms including the Switch.

Switch users can expect multiple fixes. Some are tied to Jango getting stuck, button input problems and more. Notably, there have also been “various graphical improvements” for all platforms! Here’s the full rundown, courtesy of Aspyr’s official support page:

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