More Eeveelutions are on the way.
The free-to-play Nintendo Switch and mobile MOBA Pokémon Unite continues to expand its roster with new fighter selections.
The latest ones announced are some Eeveelutions. This includes the dark-type Umbreon and the grass-type Leafeon. Umbreon arrives tomorrow on 25th May, and Leafon will be added to the game next month on 7th June.
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Try it out while you can.
As part of the release of Puzzle Bobble Everybubble! this week, a free limited-time trial has been made available to Nintendo Switch owners.
This “Special Demo” is playable from now until 30th June and can be played as many times as you like during this period. It gives players access to the game’s online VS mode global match.
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In 2023, we should expect better from Nintendo.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has been a critical and commercial success, garnering glowing reviews across the board (including from this here outlet) and making a lot of Switch owners very happy in the process. All that praise is thoroughly well-deserved, but with several AAA developers and publishers slowly but steadily upping their game when it comes to including thorough accessibility options, we wondered how Nintendo’s latest hit ranks in those terms.
We’ve previously looked at various Nintendo titles from an accessibility perspective, and now it’s TOTK’s turn. Over to Hilliard…
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Tears of the competition.
After a brief delay, we now have the week’s charts for boxed sales in the UK and surprising absolutely nobody, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has held onto the top spot after debuting in first place last week.
According to GamesIndustry.biz, Link’s latest outing has seen a 73% drop in sales week-on-week (though that is not unusual for a game which receives so much hype around its opening) and has now overtaken both Link’s Awakening on Switch and Ocarina of Time 3D to become the sixth best-selling Zelda title in UK history. All of that ain’t too bad after only two weeks on the market.
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Psychoactive.
Nightmare Reaper’s procedurally generated stages are as rawly aggressive as the thrash metal motifs that drive it. Coined a looter-shooter, it’s a roguelite that revels in retro visuals, blazing speeds, and the ensuing spectacle of its bloodbath.
In a novel move, it procedurally generates levels, meaning each time you die or start over, things have changed. The aesthetic alters by chapter, shifting from watery pits and spiky tombs to hospital wards and cities; and, if you can find them, space stations where pets can be purchased that help you uncover secrets. The layouts are mostly unique with each new playthrough, but hitting switches, finding keys, or locating suspicious walls to kick through is a constant. At its best, the procedural element generates levels that feel deliberate, which is impressive considering its layering. That said, it’s not perfect, with sections occasionally recycling, dead ends cropping up, and on one occasion, an impassable early jump that forced us to quit the stage.
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Get booked in soon.
Nintendo’s Japanese support service has announced that it will be ending repair support for the Wii U. When exactly? Well, that really depends on when its current parts inventory runs out.
The announcement was made on the Japanese Nintendo Support Page, confirming that the period of holding repair parts for the Wii U has now passed. As such, customers requiring a repair will need to book in sooner rather than later. Nintendo is unable to provide guidance as to when the repair support will end as this is contingent on remaining stock.
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The pipe has backfired.
At the end of last year, Nintendo removed the gacha elements from its mobile racing game, Mario Kart Tour. It replaced this system where players would “fire” a pipe to receive a random item with a ‘Spotlight Shop’.
Although the item system has already been updated, Axios reports a young gamer (with approval from his father) has filed a lawsuit in the US against the video game giant over supposed “immoral” microtransactions within the mobile racer.
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Ultra stable.
Nintendo has issued a surprise update for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. This bumps the system up to Version 11.17.0-50. As usual, it’s another “stability update” – with improved system stability to further enhance the overall user experience.
Dataminer ‘OatmealDome’ also notes how the system settings, eShop app and internet browser on the system were also updated. And in the US region specifically, the Home Menu has received an update.
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Pooey!
We’ve often found ourselves wondering a lot of things about the Legend of Zelda franchise and, more specifically, its main protagonist, Link. Which Link is the strongest? What does he do in his spare time? Just how long does he really sleep?
What we’ve never really considered, however, is which Link is perhaps the stinkiest. We’re almost certain that no version of Link smells absolutely perfect – consider the strenuous exercise he puts himself through in each game, for one – but as for which is the absolute stinkiest? That’s frankly lost on us.
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I did it, mum!
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Ollie wants to share his love for Tears of the Kingdom’s shrines and the newfound freedom they afford players…
I’m really not a very clever man. Okay no, that’s not entirely true; when it comes to useless information like who was the second Pharaoh of the First Dynasty of Egypt or what Queen Victoria liked to eat, then I’m surprisingly clued up. Throw a reasonably tricky video game puzzle at me, however, and there’s a good chance I might just wind up curled up in a corner, shaking back and forth.
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