Category: Nintendo

A number of initiatives are planned.

Although Level-5 is busy with a new Professor Layton game for the Nintendo Switch, it’s also found some time to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its spirit-themed game, Yo-kai Watch.

The original game made its debut on 3DS in 2013 in Japan and was followed by a local release here in the West in 2015/16. Since then, it expanded with follow-up entries, spin-offs, anime and more. Now to celebrate a decade, Level-5 has launched a special anniversary website.

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“Don’t sleep on this”.

Last week, The Pokémon Company announced it would be launching its new app Pokémon Sleep in “late July”.

Now, in an update, the “open beta” of this app is now officially available to Android users in select regions around the world. This includes trainers in Argentina, Australia, Brzil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, New Zealand, Venezuela, Panama and Peru.

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Once more, with Fi-ling.

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 gushes over the moment you retrieve the legendary sword in the newest Zelda game…

There were several moments in my playthrough of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom where I would put the controller down, bring my hands to my head, and sit beaming at the screen. The opening dive to the Great Sky Island as the title appears; the music during the Wind Temple boss fight; the first time I bypassed a puzzle by strapping two rockets to a plank of wood and sent Link rag-dolling towards his goal.

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“Even if we had the time to play games, we wouldn’t reuse ideas from them”.

When The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom dropped nearly two months ago (it really has been two months), a few comparisons were drawn between this highly-anticipated sequel and FromSoftware’s 2022 title, Elden Ring, mainly because of one new — huge — area in Hyrule. But it turns out this might actually be a coincidence.

In an interview with Dutch news site RTL Nieuws (translated by TheBrasem for Nintendo Everything), Tears of the Kingdom director Hidemaro Fujibayashi and legendary Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma revealed that the team haven’t even had a chance to play 2022’s multi award-winning game.

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The Dark Brotherhood ended on an unresolved cliffhanger.

BioWare’s DS RPG Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood was always intended to be the first entry in a series, however, the sequel never came to light due to a number of reasons, including BioWare being purchased by Electronic Arts.

Now, however, Did You Know Gaming has uncovered some never-before-revealed story details about the planned Sonic Chronicles 2. In a chat with former lead designer at BioWare Miles Holmes (who is now at Warp Digital), new details have been shared about what the Mass Effect studio’s plans were for the second game.

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But some still work.

Nintendo released its fourth update for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom earlier this week and as usual, a number of issues were addressed to “improve the gameplay experience”.

While Nintendo didn’t go into detail about these extra improvements, it was quickly discovered Version 1.2.0 no longer supported certain item duplication glitches. Yes, to cut to the chase here, Nintendo is still waging war against dupe glitches.

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Sangokushi, from NES to Switch.

It is the third century AD and war rages across the region that would one day become China. To the north, the Cao Wei state has been founded, led by Cao Pi after the death of his father. In the west, Shu Han’s founder, Liu Bei, considers himself the rightful ruler of all of China in the wake of the Han Dynasty’s collapse. Meanwhile, the Wu state controls much of the region’s eastern coastline.

The Three Kingdoms period is one of the most fascinating and dramatic in recorded history and has become fodder for countless stories and games over the years. Koei Tecmo’s Romance of the Three Kingdoms series, named after the 14th-century Chinese novel about the events, puts players in control of these warring states, tasked with uniting a fractured China through a combination of political, economic, and military campaigns.

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The bros are back in town.

It’s time for another edition of Box Art Brawl — let’s get ready to rumbllllllle!

Before we get into this week’s match-up, let’s see how things panned out last time. We took a look at the GameCube’s Donkey Konga, with a whopping three different designs to choose between. It was the Japan cover that walked away with the win, however, taking 48% of the vote, closely followed by Europe with 40% while North America brought up the rear with 13%.

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Limited Run Games is publishing.

Back in October 2021, the emulation specialist M2 released Toaplan Arcade Garage: Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli on the Nintendo Switch in Japan as part of its ‘M2ShotTriggers’ range.

If you’ve been holding out for a Western release, it seems you’re in luck. The ESRB has now rated the Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli Collection for the Switch and PlayStation 4. According to the listing, it will be published by Limited Run Games.

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Download it now.

Following a major update in June, Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak this week received its Version 16.0.1 patch for Switch.

If you want to keep playing the Sunbreak DLC as well as the game’s online component, you’ll need to download and install this latest update. As for what it includes, it’s a much smaller one – fixing some bugs to make the experience just a little bit better.

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