Category: Nintendo

Two retro collections announced with Limited Run Games.

Limited Run Games and Konami have teamed up to bring back two classic series’ from the Japanese developer’s back catalogue — Felix the Cat and Rocket Knight Adventures.

Felix the Cat will contain the 1992 NES original and the 1993 Game Boy adventure, while Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked will include Rocket Knight Adventures, Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2, and the SNES-exclusive spin-off Sparkster. A release date hasn’t been announced for either collection, but we know they’re coming to Switch.

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The original Fresh Prince returns.

Way back in 1989, Jordan Mechner’s original Prince of Persia represented one of the first and best examples of what’s become known as the ‘cinematic platformer’. It’s a traditionally challenging genre, one that combines strong art, fun storylines, and fluidly animated protagonists to bring us adventures that test reflexes and puzzling abilities to their limits. You know the sort of thing, stuff like Flashback and Another World; y’know, the classics.

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is the latest rebirth of sorts for the franchise — following on from The Sands of Time and 2008’s Prince of Persia revamp — one that takes the established lore of past entries and ditches them in favour of a tangentially-related new lead character, and a bit of role-switching fun. Yes, this brand-new tale sees you play as Sargon, a member of The Immortals (crime-fighting hero types), and a man who meets all the criteria required of a bonafide action hero.

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Prince of Persia! Frogsong! Legend of Grimrock!

The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy!

Switch eShop – Highlights

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Ubisoft, 18th Jan, $49.99) – Prince of Persia returns in this action-adventure platformer! Meet new characters, uncover mysteries and explore an engaging narrative set in a mythological Persian world in this new installment of the legendary franchise.

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Sonic Vs. Nine.

Netflix is cranking out new seasons of Sonic Prime seemingly faster than the ‘Blue Blur’ himself, with Season 3 now available to watch in its entirety.

It doesn’t seem that long that we were first reporting on the animated show and speculating what it would all be about, but now the story is kicking into high gear with Sonic going head-to-head against an alternate reality version of Tails called ‘Nine’. In fact, he even brings on some unlikely alliances in this new series to ensure the protection of the ‘Shatterverse’.

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Multiple other Nintendo games also nominated.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom had an incredibly successful launch when it arrived on the Switch last year and since then it’s been receiving a bunch of Game of the Year nominations and awards.

Its latest ‘GOTY’ nomination comes from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, with the winners of each award to be revealed on 15th February 2024 at the 27th annual D.I.C.E. Awards. In the Game of the Year category, Tears of the Kingdom is going up against the usual line up including games like Baldur’s Gate 3, Alan Wake 2 and Spider-Man 2. Cocoon also features.

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Update: Originally releasing 11th January.

Update : Just a day before its expected release on 11th January 2024, publisher Headup has announced on Twitter that the Switch release of Laika: Aged Through Blood has been delayed.

The upcoming Motorvania, which launched on PC last year to very positive reviews, will be skidding onto the Switch eShop on a now-unspecified date. Headup has given a vague reason, saying that the team wants the game to be “in the best possible shape” for Switch.

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After less than a year.

Mojang has announced that support for Minecraft Legends, the RTS spin-off of the open-world block-building phenomenon, is ending after less than a year.

In a post shared on the official Minecraft website, senior creative writer Cristina Anderca shares details on the now “final” Lost Legends update, Snow vs Snouts. But later on in the post, the writer details just what’s happening with Minecraft Legends in the future, stating that the team at Blackbird Interactive is going to be taking “a step back from development.”

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“Like a river’s flow, it never ends”.

Here’s a little fact that made us choke on our Cornflakes this morning, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D is old. Okay, maybe not old-old, but older than the original N64 release was back in 2011.

Yes, the time between today (10th January 2024) and the release of OOT 3D (16th June 2011) is now one day longer than the time between the N64 original (21st November 1998 in Japan) and the 3DS remake. Or, as @SapphireSenatrx nicely worded it on Twitter, “Ocarina of Time 3D is now as old as Ocarina of Time was when they made Ocarina of Time 3D”.

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What have you got, 2024?

Nintendo shares have hit a record high of 7,823 yen (roughly $54.14) as of Wednesday, as reported by The Wall Street Journal.

While increasing steadily over the last year or so, shares have recently spiked with WSJ citing ‘solid earnings’ and the expectation of new hardware from the firm to succeed the current Nintendo Switch. It’s no secret that fans have been clamouring for new hardware, and the general expectation is that Nintendo will finally reveal its upcoming plans at some point this year.

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Quan-Chi was the latest DLC fighter.

Mortal Kombat 1 continues its fight in the new year with the announcement Khameleon will be coming to the game as a DLC fighter next week.

Yes, a date is now officially locked in, with the game’s social media account confirming she’ll be arriving on 16th January 2024. Khameleon is the latest release alongside the newest playable fighter Quan Chi, who was made available at the end of last year.

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