Category: Nintendo

Looks like meat’s back on the menu, lads!

In the month since its launch, players have found a variety of different glitches in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to make filling up the inventory that bit easier. With each patch that Nintendo has implemented, more of these glitches have been fixed, but that hasn’t deterred some brave souls from finding newer and easier methods.

One such glitch, lovingly called the ‘frozen meat glitch’ (don’t worry, you’ll see why) is quickly proving to be a speedy way of getting yourself a boatload of rupees with very little effort required (thanks, Kotaku). We have tested the method at Nintendo Life Towers and can confirm that it works as of ver.1.1.2 — but who knows whether it will make it through the next patch…

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“To some extent, all of the characters in the game reflect the theme”.

Nintendo’s 2023 started off with a bang. Fire Emblem Engage launched in January and brought the series back to its combat-focused roots, forgoing the relationship-sim elements that had worked so well in its predecessor, Three Houses, for a game where the action came thick and fast.

We loved it. Engage provided a sleek and visually stunning take on the franchise’s combat mechanics offering up some sweet turn-based tactical action. And this has continued over the ensuing months, with developer Intelligent Systems and Nintendo putting out a whopping four separate waves of DLC, culminating in April’s ‘Fell Xenologue’ story add-on.

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Splash splash.

Developer Crema Games has today announced a brand new update for the Pokémon-inspired MMO Temtem. This one brings the game up to version 1.4.0 and kicks off its fourth season, ‘Splash Up!’.

The new season’s theme looks to be all about the summer with pools and beaches galore. Alongside a long list of improvements, the update also introduces easier access to competitive play, adjustments to Dojo Wars and quests, a new Pride event and much more.

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“The more we learn…the more it fuels our creativity”.

History fans love to ask a good ‘what if?’ question. A completely hypothetical situation to explore how small changes could impact the course of world events. Video games that explore these kinds of questions usually fall into the grand strategy genre, putting players at the head of a faction with the aim to dominate their enemies either through political manipulation or brute force, and seeing what might have happened if some grand historical engagement had gone the other way.

One developer that has always been at the heart of the grand strategy genre is Kou Shibusawa, a division of Koei Tecmo that has been producing some of the best and most celebrated historical strategy titles out there, dating back to the original NES. We had a chance to talk to some of the heads of this celebrated studio to discuss their history in the genre and what keeps players coming back for more.

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Was that Ariana Grande shooting Spider-Man?

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 returns to Fortnite to celebrate the Switch port’s fifth anniversary, and he’s not sure what he’s dropped into…

When Fortnite first made the jump to Switch five years ago, I couldn’t get enough. The online shooter had gone portable in early 2018 with the mobile version, but my chunky thumbs and out-of-date phone meant that was never going to cut the mustard. The Switch version, however, hit the sweet spot — portable enough to play it on the go, but just large enough that I could pour a good few hours into it without hand cramp setting in. And I really did pour those hours in.

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Chain reaction.

WHAT’S UP EVERYBODY, WELCOME TO ANO…. *cough cough, splutter*

Sorry… We had to try the whole YouTube thing. Yeah, it’s not for us. Welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl, folks!

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Devs realise “many people might associate” new game with PQ.

Persona 5 Tactica is a new spin-off featuring a completely different experience (and look) to the main game.

If you’re getting Persona Q vibes from the art style, you’re admittedly not alone. In a recent issue of Weekly Famitsu, P Studio general producer Kazuhisa Wada revealed that during the testing phase of the new turn-based strategy game, the team actually applied “character designs directly from the Persona Q series”. In the end, the team decided to redraw everything (via Persona Central).

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“Sorry” to all the Shadow fans out there.

One Sonic character that will be returning in the future, but won’t be featured in the upcoming release Sonic Superstars is Shadow the Hedgehog.

During a chat with Shacknews earlier this week, Sonic Team’s Takashi Iizuka was asked about the possibility of Shadow appearing in Sega’s upcoming multiplayer platformer. Although this new entry has 3D visuals, it’s apparently all about the “classic” characters.

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“So please look forward to it”.

Splatoon 3 is well worth a look on the Switch, but if you do need an extra reason to check it out or just return to Splatsville, there’s actually a second wave of Expansion Pass DLC coming at some point “in the future”.

During an interview with Famitsu recently, Splatoon producer Hisashi Nogami teased a bit about what players could expect from the mysterious update “Side Order” – mentioning how the gameplay in this “single player campaign” will be “completely new and different” (translation via Nintendo Everything).

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Alchemical Origins.

The Atelier series has, believe it or not, been with us since 1997 back when Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg was first released on the original PlayStation in Japan. In the years since, we’ve seen a pretty staggering number of additions to the franchise, with 25 mainline entries alongside a smattering of spin-offs. There’s a lot to dig into here if you’re interested, and a whole host of memorable protagonists to get to know along the way.

What started off as a quite fan-servicey simulation in its earlier years, has now blossomed into a full-on RPG affair that balances turn-based combat with an in-depth alchemy system that’s garnered a large following of enthusiastic fans, and rightly so. On Nintendo Switch, we’ve been treated to the best entries in the franchise, with the Atelier Ryza trilogy seeing developer Gust really step up to take the series to the next level.

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