Category: Nintendo

Move over, 3DS XL.

There’s a huge scene online invested in modding and recreating Nintendo’s past systems in all sorts of weird and wonderful ways, and the latest video doing the rounds is a “Wii XL” project. Yes, move aside 3DS XL, because there’s a new and much bigger system on the block.

Modder and YouTuber Jon Bringus (Bringus Studios) thought the Wii “could be improved” by simply making it bigger. The end result is a system that’s apparently “12 times larger by volume” than the original model and is fully functional – meaning it can still play both Wii and GameCube titles. It also comes with some improvements such as HDMI support.

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It’s all about bucks, kid.

When you think back to being in middle school, staying up all night with your friends playing video games, what games are you playing? Is it Mass Effect? Maybe some iteration of Smash or Mario Kart? The big one when I was that age was Street Fighter II in all its iterations. But there’s another game that brings back the most vivid memories, and it’s incredibly stupid: Wall Street Kid for the NES.

My friend Russ and I loved JRPGs, and Wall Street Kid fit the bill, I guess. After finishing another playthrough of Final Fantasy II (now properly known as FFIV) on our brand-new SNES, we’d switch over to the older Nintendo system to engage in raw casino capitalism. This game was, frankly, much more challenging than levelling up Cecil, Rosa, and Kain, and I vividly recall tossing my rectangular controller when I failed to make a million dollars to buy a starter home, inadvertently toppling a two-litre bottle of Pepsi. It was three in the morning.

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Farmhands-off.

Being a farmer is a big job. You’ve got to water your fields, rotate your crops, and keep an eye on the market prices to make sure you’re able to pull a decent profit. If you’ve ever dreamed of trying your hand at this noble profession but don’t have hundreds of acres of land to play with, Farming Simulator 23: Nintendo Switch Edition is here to provide you with the realistic farming action that might be missing from games like Stardew Valley and Story of Seasons.

Simulator games are a tricky lot; they don’t necessarily need to have the best graphics, but they need to have a realistic feel when you’re behind the wheel of these machines. Farming Simulator 23 goes to a lot of effort to recreate farm equipment for you to ride around in. The tractors, tills, and plows all feel like something you might have been stuck behind while going down a country road. While we might not have driven them personally, most of us have seen them in action before and the vehicles in this game do a good job of replicating how they move and handle.

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Is there any game other than Zelda?

Welcome one and all to another edition of What Are You Playing and with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom still firmly set in our minds, we think you can see where this week might be going… again…

Over on Nintendo Life, the Zelda content has been coming thick and fast. We dived deep into the game’s disappointing lack of accessibility features, laid out some amazing shield Fuse combinations for you to try, explained how the game’s shrines make us feel like geniuses, and took a look at those all-important playtimes so far — some of us have really not been getting enough sleep.

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Celebrating 25 years.

In some surprising news, Square Enix has today announced a “new adventure” in the Dragon Quest Monsters spin-off series for the Nintendo Switch.

It’s part of the 25th anniversary of the Dragon Quest Monsters series. Beyond this, and some anniversary artwork, no other information has been revealed just yet.

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The team promises to patch and improve the game.

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum has already become the “worst-reviewed game” of 2023 – with our own sister site Push Square calling it a “broken mess of a game”, so what now?

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Top tear.

Welcome to our Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Full Walkthrough Guide hub!

This Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Walkthrough — which includes All Shrine Locations, All amiibo Unlocks, All Korok Seed Locations, plus maps, Beginner’s Advice, tips on Where To Go First, how to conquer Bosses, where to find the Best Armour and Weapons, and much more — will guide you through the Surface, Sky, and other regions of Hyrule on your quest to vanquish evil from the kingdom.

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We owe the Beasts an apology.

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 spreads some love for the modern-day Zelda dungeon.

Be aware that he discusses Tears of the Kingdom below (not in detail, but he references a specific dungeon), so bookmark this and come back at a later date if you’re still on a media blackout…

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Update: Download the second part now.

Update : After dropping part one last week, PlatinumGames has today released the second section of its stretch goal DLC for The Wonderful 101: Remastered titled, ‘The Wonderful One: After School Hero’.

The latest expansion carries the same side-scrolling gameplay as its predecessor (which still directly contrasts what we would expect to see from The Wonderful 101), continuing Luka’s story as he strives to become a fully-fledged superhero. Just like part one, this expansion is also completely free.

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Event will also be livestreamed.

Do you love Pokémon music as much as us? Yeah? Well good, because a special Pokémon-themed concert will be held in Japan on August 10th, 2023 by the NHK Symphony Special Orchestra (thanks, Serebii).

Taking place at the Pacifico in Yokohama, Japan, tickets will be priced at 3,000 JPY with all proceeds going to the Pokémon With You charity organisation, which works to provide disaster relief activities for children. Obviously, most of our readers won’t be in Japan and will be unable to attend, but the good news is that the concert will also be livestreamed on YouTube.

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