Category: Nintendo

Fortnite Announces Age Ratings Update, Restricts Cosmetics

Epic says it will enable most of the outfits “next year”.

Epic’s popular battle royale Fortnite has just received an “age ratings” update, but it’s not gone down so well with the community. This update means islands will now display an age and content rating to help guardians and players “make informed play decisions”.

As highlighted by Eurogamer, it’s left some players frustrated, as popular cosmetics are now unusable in certain parts of the game due to these age requirements. Some members of the community have even compared this Fortnite update to the Roblox model.

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Reminder: Splatoon 3’s Greeting-Themed Splatfest Kicks Off This Weekend

Which team are you on?

Update #2 : For obvious reasons, this weekend has been flagged for some Super Mario RPG playtime for a while, but let’s not forget that there is another Nintendo event getting underway that you might want to get involved in. Yes, this is your friendly reminder that Splatoon 3‘s greeting-themed Splatfest (or a dessert-themed one, if you’re in Japan) is getting underway very soon!

The question this time is “What’s your go-to greeting?“, with Team Handshake, Fist Bump and Hug all battling it out for your vote.

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Hands On: KarmaZoo’s Sweet Shape-Shifting Platforming Is All About Sharing The Love

We all need somebody to Lion.

We didn’t really know what to make of KarmaZoo when it was first revealed in this year’s Wholesome Direct. The co-op platformer from Devolver Digital and Pastagames looked sweet, for sure, but pretty pixel-art platforming is hardly a rare species in the jungle that is the Switch eShop. What was going to be the hook to separate this one from the rest of the pack? The answer: Sharing the love.

Of course, helping your teammates get to the goal should be the objective of any team-based platforming (we say, as our mind furiously flashes back to memories of being thrown off cliffs in New Super Mario Bros. U), but Karmazoo takes things up to another level where helping your teammates — and racking up some good karma in the process — is the name of the game.

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Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Persona 5 Tactica

Here’s what the critics think.

It’s another busy week on the release front, with Super Mario RPG and also the arrival of Persona 5 Tactica today.

We’ve already done a round up for Super Mario RPG, so now it’s time for Persona’s turn. In our own review here on Nintendo Life, we gave the game 9 out of 10 stars calling it a thrillingly varied tactical RPG that fans of Phantom Thieves should definitely take note of.

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Bandai Namco Survey Asks Pac-Man World Re-PAC Players To Share Their Experience

“We waka waka want your feedback!”.

Ahead of Pac-Man’s return in early 2024, Bandai Namco has made a survey asking fans about the 2022 release, Pac-Man World Re-PAC.

It includes some basic personal questions and then goes through the usual about how many platforms you own. After this it goes into much more detail asking how many hours you spent in Pac-Man World Re-PAC and how satisfied you were with it using grading scales.

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Japanese Charts: Strong PlayStation Sales Can’t Knock Mario Wonder From The Top Spot

Taking the throne for the fourth week in a row.

The latest Japanese charts are in from Famitsu (via Gematsu) and it has been yet another strong one for Super Mario Bros. Wonder, which once again out-jumps the competition to land in the top spot with another 65,017 copies sold.

While Mario’s latest 2D adventure closes in on the one milly mark in Japan, it has been a noticeably good week for PlayStation with the releases of Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III hitting both the PS4 and PS5 to dominate the top half of the charts. Like A Dragon’s next-gen launch narrowly misses out on the top spot with 63,319 sales, while Call of Duty’s PS5 release lands in fourth with 22,132.

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Flashback 2 Is Out Now, But Switch Owners Will Need To Wait A Bit Longer

It’ll be here in a flash.

Developer and publisher Microids has launched Flashback 2 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, though unfortunately, it looks like Switch owners will need to wait a little longer, specifically until sometime in Q1 2024.

The game, developed with original Flashback creator Paul Cuisset, is a direct sequel to the 1992 Amiga original while presumably ignoring the events of Fade to Black, a 1995 sequel developed by Delphine Software International.

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Video: Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince “Monster Showcase”

Launching next month on Switch.

Square Enix is beginning to ramp up its marketing campaign for Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince ahead of its December 1st release date on the Switch.

Following a gameplay introduction last week, it’s now shared a three-minute monster showcase, detailing some of the wild and whimsical monsters players can expect to encounter on their quest to become the master of monsterkind.

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