Category: Nintendo

Expect some news this weekend.

Although we’ve already had a massive dose of Pokémon news this week, it seems there’s more on the way. The Pokémon Company reportedly has some news to share at the Pokémon 2023 World Championships this weekend.

According to Serebii.net, fans can look forward to some news for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet as well as the Pokémon Trading Card Game at the end of the event’s closing ceremony, which takes place this Sunday on 13th August.

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Available now on Nintendo Switch.

Following ongoing rumours, Quake II has finally made its debut on the Nintendo Switch as an “enhanced and complete version” of id Software’s 1997 first-person shooter classic.

While everyone can access the game on the Switch eShop and multiple other platforms right now for a small sum if you’re not already playing it, you might be curious to know how it compares and what it’s like on the Switch – so we’ve rounded up some early “hands-on” impressions.

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Receive a free Gastrodon.

The Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Mystery Gift giveaways won’t be slowing down any time soon it seems, with The Pokémon Company kicking off its latest distribution event.

This time trainers around the globe can receive a Gastrodon, based on the one used by the 2022 World Champ last year. The code you’ll need is 23WCSGASTR0D0N and it can be redeemed until 14th August. Here’s a look at this prize Pokémon, courtesy of Serebii.net:

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“Yes, my body is ready to deliver the keynote at #PAXWest”.

PAX West 2023 is fast approaching, and the convention’s opening keynote will be kicking off proceedings on 1st September. Today, show organisers ReedPop and Penny Arcade have revealed that one Reggie Fils-Aimé — former president of Nintendo of America — will be delivering this year’s keynote.

Reggie will be delivering a “fun and personal keynote speech celebrating his career” to open up the long weekend. There will also be a Q&A session, and you can submit your questions to the former NoA President through a form on PAX West’s website.

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Lightning in a bottle.

Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Jim sings the praises of one of Tears of the Kingdom’s later-game areas…

I will preface all of this with a thank you to every Zelda fan on social media. As I worked my way through The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom‘s ‘Regional Phenomena’ quest, I had no idea where the game might take me next, nor that what would come would introduce me to one of my favourite new areas in this all-too-familiar Hyrule. This would have been an easy thing to spoil online, especially in the game’s early weeks, so thank you, fellow Hylian explorers, for keeping it under your (Minish) caps.

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Don’t deal with the dove.

Enchanted Portals, a 2D platformer heavily inspired by Cuphead, finally has a release date, four years after first being announced. Publisher Perp Games revealed that the game will be heading to Switch (including PC and other consoles) on 6th September 2023.

Initially gaining a bit of a reputation for looking a fair bit like its inspiration, Enchanted Portals has recently brought in a variety of art styles and level designs which hope to move away from the comparisons a little bit more. But in today’s release date trailer, you can certainly see the throughline, with similar jumping and shooting animations along with that handdrawn-esque art style.

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“We’ll let you know as soon as we have an ETA”.

Developer SloClap has announced its martial arts-inspired brawler Sifu will be getting its “final title update” later this year.

Unfortunately, Switch owners will have to wait just a little bit longer:

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“Legends never die”.

At EVO last year, SNK announced it had greenlit a new Fatal Fury / Garou: Mark of the Wolves game.

Apart from some artwork, there was nothing else revealed about the “long awaited sequel” at the time. Now, during EVO 2023, SNK has revealed the official title and also shared a teaser trailer.

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“Our Pikmin aren’t going to die.”.

While having a strong and deservingly passionate fanbase, it’s fair to wonder if the Pikmin series has ever received the commercial success it deserves. Yet, Shigeru Miyamoto-san and Nintendo continue to nurture these little fellas and let them bloom however they like.

The Nintendo Switch has just given us the long-awaited Pikmin 4 which has broken series sales records in Japan, so it’s beginning to get there. Not only that, but the console is also now home to the entire mainline Pikmin series (Hey! Pikmin would like to have a word), and the little Pikmin have cleverly found their way into the Mario-centric theme park, Super Nintendo World.

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Top Piks, as ranked by you.

It’s now a decade since Pikmin 3 first sprouted on Wii U in its non-Deluxe form, and with the release of Pikmin 4 and the previous mainline entries in Shigeru Miyamoto’s garden-inspired real-time strategy series on Switch, it seems like the perfect time to look back at all the variants of Pikmin that have bloomed over the years.

The original game launched on GameCube back in 2001, and since then we’ve seen three mainline sequels and a couple of Pikmin spin-offs, not to mention re-releases and remastered versions with different control options and other features.

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