Category: Nintendo

Pyra & Mythra join the battle in limited supply.

Nintendo has mentioned on a number of occasions how it wants to improve stock and reduce supply shortages, and while it’s an ongoing effort, sometimes there’s a lot more demand for certain products.

Last week, it released amiibo for the Xenoblade Chronicles characters Pyra and Mythra. These also happen to be some of the final amiibo for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Unfortunately, in some locations in certain parts of the world, it seems these figures have been made available in limited supply and to top it off, scalpers are at it again – reselling the same product on websites like eBay at a higher price.

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London and Lisbon and Trains, oh my!

Developer Dinosaur Polo Club is today celebrating the 10-year anniversary of its delightfully relaxing puzzler with an all-new ‘Miniversary’ update, adding three crossover maps into both Mini Metro and Mini Motorways.

Each game has received three maps from the counter title, with Mini Metro gaining Tokyo, Warsaw and Lisbon levels and Mini Motorways getting London, Mumbai and New York City. The latter game will also see new train station buildings added as a part of the update, throwing an extra challenge into the traffic-management mix.

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Poaching the poachers.

There are a whole lot of beat-em-up games out there to sink your teeth into, but how many of them circulate around rescuing helpless animals from hoards of evil poachers? Taito’s Growl is one such game and it is making its way to the Arcade Archives this week from 27th July (thanks, Nintendo Everything).

Originally released in Japanese arcades in 1990 (later on the Genesis in 1991), Growl sees you playing as one of four rangers who set out on a mission to take down a group of poachers that are hunting the local wildlife. HAMSTER has uploaded an announcement trailer for this one (above) which shows the kind of all-explosive action that this beat-em-up is all about — because nothing soothes an afraid lion like the sound of four rocket launchers, right?

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Gather ’round, kids!

There’s really nothing quite like a child’s imagination, is there? Before the dire reality of adulthood robs them of any shred of innocence, children are able to completely alter almost every facet of their lives, including their personality, their surroundings, and the people around them. It’s really quite remarkable.

Parents in Japan have clearly cottoned on to this and have decided to utilise the Pikmin franchise to keep their children from misbehaving. As spotted by the folks over at Automaton, parents essentially allow their children to pretend to be Pikmin, thus ensuring that they remain close when out and about.

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Mewsings.

Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Kevin remembers a time when getting your hands on a legendary involved going on a real-life journey…

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Puzzling.

It’s time to witness another clash of the covers as we dive into this week’s edition of Box Art Brawl!

Last time, things got medieval as we matched up two different covers from the DS’ Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia with North America facing off against the combined forces of Europe and Japan. Holy smokes was this a close one! NA just managed to seal the victory with 55% of the vote, while EU/JP took home 45% — that’s some classic Box Art Brawl action right there.

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Starring Johnny Cage.

Mortal Kombat is gearing up for a new game launch this September, and if that wasn’t already enough, it’s also getting a new animated movie titled Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match.

Johnny Cage – an up-and-coming action star – goes on a bloody journey to locate a missing co-star and finds himself facing off against a secret society. Below is the full description and if you want to see a higher-quality version of the trailer, head over to YouTube (note: contains mature content).

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“Players can look forward to that”.

Forever Entertainment – known for remaking Panzer Dragoon and The House of the Dead – has teased there’s more to come.

In a recent Famitsu interview, it seems there is more on the way now that the Front Mission 1st: Remake is done. Here’s what the company’s president CEO Zbigniew Dębicki had to say (via Nintendo Everything):

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Find out how these classics compare to the OG versions.

Set aside Pikmin 4 for a brief moment because Digital Foundry has just released its technical analysis of Pikmin 1+2 for the Nintendo Switch.

Yes, in case you missed it, Nintendo actually made these classic titles available in June ahead of the fourth game’s release. So how do the HD versions of these games compare to the original experiences on the GameCube?

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Throwing down the gauntlet.

The DS remake of Final Fantasy IV turns 15 today in North America – can you believe it? If the copious social media posts earlier this week about Nolan’s The Dark Knight didn’t make you feel old, then perhaps this will.

Regardless, it still stands to this day as one of the most impressive remakes we’ve seen. Granted, the DS visuals probably aren’t the most striking you’re ever going to lay eyes on, particularly 15 years after its debut, but it was nevertheless a remarkably faithful adaptation that managed to retain everything that made the original so great while adding a few new bits and bobs.

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