Category: Nintendo

Pokémon games were in second and third place.

It’s now the time of year when websites round up their overall stats for 2023, and the latest one to share something is Yahoo! Japan. In case you didn’t realise, it’s still going, and in Japan, it’s quite the following.

The search engine has rounded up its “most searched” game of 2023 in Japan and this year The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom took out the top spot. It was followed by Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Pokémon Sleep in third, Pikmin 4 in fourth place, and the miHoYo title Honkai: Star Rail.

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John Cena’s Peacemaker also teased!

Just months after the launch of Mortal Kombat 1, NetherRealm Studios is well underway with the delivery of its Kombat Pack.

Following the launch of Omni-Man recently, the next fighter joining the roster is the Mortal Kombat representative Quan-Chi. He’ll be made available in “early access” starting next week on 14th December. He’ll get a full release on 21st December.

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But it’s got stiff competition.

We all know that The Game Awards 2023 is coming on 7th December and that the hotly-contested Game of the Year crown has two Nintendo reps in the top six. But one of those representatives is also duking it out for the Players’ Voice award.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has made it to the final round of the player-voted award alongside four other heavy hitters — Baldur’s Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, and last year’s winner, Genshin Impact.

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Tanjiro Party.

SEGA has announced a Western release date for the next Demon Slayer game, which is a take on the Mario Party formula. Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Sweep the Board! launches on Nintendo Switch on 26th April, 2024, one day after the game lands in Japan.

We’ve also got a brand new trailer to commemorate the release, as well as the reveal of two more boards. Board Two will showcase Tsuzumi Mansion and Mount Natagumo, while Board Three features the Mugen Train.

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Just rosy.

Balloon Studios is finally opening the doors to Botany Manor on Switch next year. Revealed back in 2022, publisher Whitehorn Games has given us a release window for when we can visit retired botanist Arabella Green’s home — Spring 2024.

Botany Manor is a relaxing puzzle-exploration game where you’ll get to explore an old, dusty manor in the 19th century, which is full of unusual plants and objects. You’ll need to tidy, inspect, and arrange things to your liking to solve many puzzles while also finding out about Arabella’s life.

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“Widescreen mode doesn’t scale correctly”.

Jet Force Gemini made its debut on the new Japanese Switch Online service 18+ app earlier this week, and apparently, the widescreen mode is “broken”.

Nintendo World Report explains how the original N64 release supported a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio, but activating it in this latest digital version of the game “does not properly scale the image”.

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The match-up Gotham deserves.

It’s time to dive into another edition of Box Art Brawl — welcome back, everybody!

Before we dive into this week’s caped covers, let’s first take a look at what happened last time. We went waaay back to compare the box art for Donkey Kong on the NES, and boy, was it a close one. The North American cover just secured the win with 33% of the vote, our bonus Donkey Kong Classics cover came in second with 32%, while Europe and Japan caught 19% and 17% respectively.

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Build, race and perform.

Ahead of The Game Awards next week, we’ve got some more announcements, this time for the popular battle royale Fortnite.

Epic has announced it’s teaming up with LEGO for LEGO Fortnite (launching 7th December). In addition to this Rocket League developer Psyonix is releasing Rocket Racing in the game (8th December) and last of all is Fornite Festival from the Rock Band team at Harmonix (9th December).

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What do you think of it so far?

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince is now available on the Switch and various player impressions are already doing the rounds online.

It’s already received a score of 36/40 from Famitsu, matching the scores of games like Super Mario Bros. Wonder, but what do the fans think of it so far? Well, on Metacritic, the game is sitting on 8.6 out of 10 based on a handful of user scores.

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“New Era New Energy”.

Sega apparently has some sort of announcement planned for The Game Awards, which takes place next week on 7th December.

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