Category: Nintendo

Part Two: “How the f*** am I going to write music for a Mario game!?”.

Last week, in celebration of Banjo-Kazooie‘s 25th anniversary, we published the first part of our career-spanning interview with Mr. Grant Kirkhope, composer extraordinaire and the man responsible for some of our favourite music ever, video game or otherwise.

Part One covered his journey from the cornet in the school band through music college, a career as a successful jobbing band member rubbing shoulders with the likes of Van Halen, Billy Idol, and Bon Jovi before trying his hand at composing video game tunes on the recommendation of his friend and fellow legendary Rareware composer, Robin Beanland.

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Shed those Tears yet?

It’s the weekend! Hooray!

Before we dive into our gaming plans for this weekend, let’s check back on some of the top stories for the week, shall we?

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Receive a mushroom and sword.

Nintendo released a new update for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom earlier this week, bumping the game up to Version 1.2.0.

The main feature in this update was a feature that allows users to redeem items from Switch’s news channel. Provided you’ve updated your game, you can now redeem a mushroom and broadsword. Here are the steps:

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How does the Switch version hold up?

The new wrestling game AEW: Fight Forever has been out for just over a week now, and the tech experts at Digital Foundry have now released their own review of the game, detailing the performance on the Nintendo Switch.

This game is running on Unreal Engine 4 and in docked mode has a resolution of 720p. As for portable mode, wrestling fans can expect “around” 480p.

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Featuring “behind-the-scenes insights” into Pokémon Horizons.

The Pokémon Company International is going to be at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con International, and it will be holding a panel on 20th June all about the anime.

Comic-Con’s schedule, which was updated yesterday, shows that TPCi will be holding a panel titled Pokémon: Bringing Iconic Animation to Global Audiences and will be giving the audience a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most beloved media franchises. The panel kicks off at 11:45am local time and finishes at 12:45pm.

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Pre-orders are now open.

2K has today announced that pre-orders for NBA 2K24 are now open, revealing Kobe Bryant as this year’s cover athlete.

The game is set to release on 8th September, with Switch owners getting the option of the standard Kobe Bryant Edition or the bulkier Black Mamba Edition which includes bonuses such as extra VC, various MyTEAM packs, MyCAREER skill boosts and much more.

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So mushroom in our hearts (not our stomachs).

Food, glorious food~

Pikmin 4 is just around the corner, and with all three previous mainline Pikmin games now available on the Nintendo Switch, it got us reflecting on a particular aspect of the plucky RTS-like series. No, not the freaky fauna and flora of the world, or even the adorable little Pikmin themselves. It’s the fruit. Have you seen the fruit in these games?

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Annual report also reveals gender pay gap in Japan.

According to Nintendo’s annual report published earlier this week, only 4.2% of company managers in Japan are women. This is a number that has remained unchanged since 2021, when the company formed its ‘Nintendo Women and Allies’ initiative, pledging to “promote women’s careers” (thanks, Axios).

On top of this small percentage of female managers at Nintendo Japan, the 2023 annual report was also the first to offer a complete pay breakdown, highlighting a gender pay gap between its employees.

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“Live on all platforms”.

Black Salt’s “sinister fishing adventure” game Dredge has just received its second major update on the Nintendo Switch.

This latest one adds new wildlife events, a “passive mode” – allowing you to swim about the sea in peace, a photo mode, a new character, and new aberrations.

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Get it while you can.

Ahead of the launch of Pikmin 4 on 21st July, Nintendo has adding a new item to its My Nintendo Store in the US.

If you happen to have 200 Platinum Points, you can now order a Pikmin 4 Sticker Set. It contains two 3″ vinyl stickers featuring the explorer, Pikmin, and the new rescue pup Oatchi. These stickers can be applied to anything and everything, here’s the description:

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