Category: Nintendo

“While supplies last”.

To celebrate Halloween, The Pokémon Company has announced a special GameStop distribution event for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

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Here’s what the critics think.

Sonic Superstars launches next week and in case you missed it, we’re still waiting on a Nintendo Switch review code.

While we wait for the Nintendo Life review, we’ve put together this round up featuring a range of different opinions and scores. Our colleagues at Push Square have already delivered their verdict, so we’ll start there:

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“Thanks to Nintendo for inviting me into the Flower Kingdom!”.

Mario’s new voice actor in Super Mario Bros. Wonder has publicly shared his thanks on social media.

The new voice has been revealed to be Kevin Afghani, whose most famous role to date is that of Arnold in Genshin Impact, an event-exclusive NPC. Afghani has confirmed that he is playing both Mario and Luigi in Wonder.

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It’s done, says Mr. Frodo.

Well, that’s that, folks. After Microsoft initially announced its intention to acquire gaming giant Activision Blizzard on January 18th, 2022, it’s only bloomin’ gone and closed the deal.

The news comes after the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) approved the proposed acquisition following Microsoft’s amendment to the deal, foregoing cloud rights to Activision Blizzard’s portfolio and handing them over to Ubisoft.

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It’s-a what?

Yes, you read that headline correctly. We are not surprised to see the Super Mario Bros. Wonder marketing campaign step up a gear before the game’s release in a week’s time (20th October, if you’re wondering), but the wording of this one caught us slightly off guard. Mario is riding an Inchworm Pipe.

The latest in Nintendo’s range of short adverts for the game (you might remember Bowser wooing Elephant Peach earlier this week) sees Mario setting off on one of Wonder’s newest modes of transport: a crawling pipe. As it turns out, this thing is actually called an Inchworm Pipe (yes, really) and while it seems to be a cool way to get around, it clearly isn’t the fastest method…

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“Stay tuned for more information”.

Following the surprise anniversary update for Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 earlier this week, Bandai Namco has now announced “Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour” will be returning next year on 26th – 28th January at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Dragon Ball fans can expect Dragon Fighter Z, Dragon Ball Super Card Game, Dragon Ball Legends and Dragon Ball Dokkan Battle to all feature at the event. Bandai Namco teases that there’ll also be “more”, and to stay tuned for more information.

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Get racing.

The new battle royale hit F-Zero 99 has received an update, bumping the software up to Version 1.0.2.

This latest patch appears to contain some fixes related to ‘Ranks’. Several other issues have also been resolved to improve the overall experience. Here are the patch notes, courtesy of Nintendo’s support page:

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You can’t be groundbreaking without leaving a few cracks.

Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Andy looks back at a pivotal juncture in the Pocket Monster series which hinted at the path it would take over the following decade…

Like its eponymous creatures, the Pokémon series has undergone many changes throughout its evolution. A major one graced our 3DS screens 10 years ago today with the global release of Pokémon X & Y.

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Slated.

It’s that time of year when video game anniversary enthusiasts can enjoy the birthday of a significant game or console nearly every day of the week. It’s the turn of Pokémon X & Y which turns 10 today (look out for a feature on that coming up a little later), but it’s also a decade since one of Nintendo’s lowest-key console launches.

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Don’t get your hopes up yet.

Hideki Kamiya has officially left PlatinumGames and has now launched his very own YouTube channel, appropriately titled ‘Hideki Kamiya Channel’.

Presented with Kamiya’s signature sense of humour, the debut video delves into his departure from his role as Vice President at PlatinumGames and what his plans are going forwards.

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