Category: Nintendo

Jump up, jump up and get down.

Updated with the… well, you know what word we’d use here: Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

With so many excellent platformers available on Switch, picking something out from the overwhelming selection can be hard. The genre has a very strong pedigree on Nintendo systems going all the way back to the original Super Mario Bros. on NES (which you can find on Switch along with several of its celebrated sequels via the Nintendo Switch Online NES and Super NES games).

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Our favourite Switch eShop games in October.

The fireworks have started. The spooks are over. We’re approaching winter. And… it’s eShop Selects.

We’re in November and closing in on the end of 2023, but while you sit around all wrapped up warm watching the fireworks for Bonfire Night (in the UK at least), why not look at the best the Switch eShop had to offer in October at the same time? That’ll warm you up. For those of you in the US? We hope you got to sleep in a bit what with Daylight Savings and all…

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They… they’re multiplying!

It’s time for another edition of Box Art Brawl, are you ready to judge a game by its cover(s)?

Before we dive into the proceedings of today’s match-up, let’s check out what happened last time. It was a good old one-on-one duel for The Lion King on the SNES, with Europe and North America going head-to-head. After you lovely lot submitted your votes, it came out pretty close, though Europe just edged it with 56% of the vote compared to NA’s 44% — hey, that’s (the circle of) life.

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“Drop in”.

The free-to-play battle royale Fortnite has announced it’s going back to the beginnings with the launch of “Chapter 4 Season OG”.

This new season sees players drop into the “original” Fortnite Island. Throughout this season, each major update will evolve the experience – bringing in new weapons, vehicles, and much more:

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Also known as ‘kross-play’.

Mortal Kombat 1 didn’t have the best start on the Nintendo Switch, but it’s slowly improved over time with some patches fixing up all areas of the game.

It seems Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon also wants to enhance the game’s online mode, with the industry veteran recently sharing a poll on social media asking fans what online features they would “like to see the most” and before anything else.

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As ranked by you.

Metal Gear..?!

The Metal Gear franchise stands as one of the most iconic and influential of all time, largely thanks to its indulgent storylines and original gameplay mechanics from series creator Hideo Kojima. It’s been a long time coming, but now that Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 is out on Switch, Nintendo fans new and old have access to several titles from the Metal Gear franchise.

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Gotta go play.

The weekend is here once again, so it’s time to find out what games we’re all planning on diving into over the next couple of days. Before we do so, however, let’s take a look back at what’s been going on this week…

First up, Toby Fox shared another tantalising update on the status of Deltarune, which continues to intrigue. We also got three new games on Nintendo Switch Online, including the much-maligned Castlevania Legends on Game Boy. Finally, SanDisk launched a new micro SD card with a whopping 1.5TB of storage; perfect for digital Switch enthusiasts.

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“It hurts us to have to let you down”.

Just months after arriving on the Switch eShop and other platforms, the free-to-play online “footbrawler” Omega Strikers will be wrapping up development after it ships its next update. The team at Odyssey Interactive is making this tough decision in order to guarantee the future of the studio.

In a video update, Odyssey mentions how servers and matchmaking for the title will stay online, and balance updates will continue to be released in the foreseeable future. The custom games tool will also be polished up, but beyond this, there won’t be any new strikers, passes, skins or maps.

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Limited to 3000 copies.

Super Rare Games, Spooky Doorway, and Akupara Games have announced that they are collaborating to launch a physical version of The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark on Nintendo Switch.

Limited to 3000 copies, the game will go on sale via the Super Rare Games website on November 9th at 6pm GMT / 11am PDT / 2pm EDT with shipping estimated to commence in January 2024.

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Woah-oh-oh Geno-o.

Today saw the launch of the long-time-coming Princess Zelda and Ganondaddydorf amiibo for Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Did you get them? Against his better judgement, this writer caved and pre-ordered both. How else are you going to get those absolutely vital paraglider fabric unlocks in TOTK, eh?

Yes, the toys-to-life craze may have been a fad in the mid-2010s, and Nintendo’s line of NFC figures (and cards) was essentially an experimental side project as the firm sought to diversify and distract while regrouping during The Lean Wii U Years™, but amiibo, somehow, are still going in 2023.

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