Category: Nintendo

Mario Kart once again appears twice in the top ten.

The latest UK Charts data is in, and there’s honestly very little change in the top ten this week, with EA SPORTS FC 26 once again claiming the top spot.

In fact, the top eight games have all played a bit of a switcheroo, while the latter two spots in the top ten are taken up by Battlefield 6 and Just Dance 2026 Edition. Meanwhile, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond continues its descent down the charts to land at number 17, though with sales skewed heavily in favour of the Switch 2, this perhaps suggests that the hardcore crowd are still picking it up in droves.

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Mega Gyarados and Charizard Y join the fray.

A major game update for the free-to-play Switch and mobile title Pokémon Unite was released earlier this month.

Now, before we get to the end of the year, the development team has added Mega Charizard Y. This follows Mega Gyarados, which joined the fray earlier this month. Before this, trainers got Mega Charizard X and Mega Lucario.

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It’s now sold over six million copies.

Square Enix released the HD-2D RPG Octopath Traveler 0 on the Switch and Switch 2 earlier this month.

Now, following this, it has provided an update about the lifetime sales of the series – revealing it has now sold over six million copies worldwide. This follows a sales update in December last year, when it hit the five million mark.

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A String Between Worlds.

When you start up a top-down Zelda game, you usually know how things will start. You’ll get some scrolling exposition text setting up the events of the game, and you’ll either be plonked in the middle of a room or a field, ready to save the princess, or wake up after a dream or a shipwreck or something. I’m generalising, but there’s something intimately familiar about how an old-school Zelda game often stands out. It’s cosy, it gets you asking questions, and it’s very fantasy.

Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo doesn’t do all of that. After your obligatory context dump, protagonist Pippit is sitting in the back of a taxi, yapping away at the driver. He’s talking about his family – whom he’s going to visit – and his yoyo skills. And he really loves his yoyo. He’s confident, chatty, but far away from your typical hero with an attitude and a lack of direction.

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‘Tis the season.

Ho, ho, ho, everyone! Welcome to a particularly festive edition of Box Art Brawl!

Last week saw two covers for Mega Man 6 going head-to-head, and it was a little closer than we expected. The yellow Japanese variant (this writer’s favourite) just clinched it, however, taking 54% of the vote and leaving the North American design with the remaining 46%.

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Must resist…

Skyrim didn’t exactly launch in the best state when it got shadow-dropped on the Switch 2 earlier this month, and Bethesda has this week released a patch to address input latency issues.

If you are considering giving the game a look (or a second chance) now that this update has been rolled out, there’s currently a sale taking place in the UK, Europe and some other locations around the globe such as Australia and New Zealand.

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A wild GOTY appears!

Just a reminder that we’ll be publishing our 2025 GOTYs soon — both yours and ours! If you haven’t rated the Switch 1 & 2 games you’ve played yet (or if you’ve played something new in the last couple of weeks), feel free to read on and have your say.

And if you’ve rated them already? Nicely done, lovely person! As you were.

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Back of the net.

Editor’s note: This game launched in North America on 11th December, but won’t hit European eShops until 13th January.

For some, football is something to play; for some, it’s something to watch; for others, it’s something to be scared of in the playground. But in 2001, in Ecuador, football meant just about everything to just about everyone. At least, that’s the story told by Despelote, a game that conjures the magic of childhood and football fever and makes it captivatingly relatable.

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Ho, ho, ho!

Ah yes, the weekend. Not just any ol’ weekend either! No, it’s the weekend before Christmas, which means it’s time to start preparing your stomachs for an avalanche of food and chocolate.

This week in the world of Nintendo, it seems that there may be an alternative to those ruddy Game Key Cards after an announcement from ININ Games. We also received a lovely new Switch 2 Edition of Divinity: Original Sin 2 from Larian Studios, so hopefully this is a little precursor of things to come from the acclaimed developer.

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Update: Capcom shares ‘Part 2’.

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Capcom yesterday announced its new sci-fi action adventure Pragmata, starring Hugh and his android companion Diana, would be coming to the Switch 2 in April 2026.

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