Category: Nintendo

Waka waka waka.

After being spotted online at the end of last month, LEGO has today given us our first proper look at the upcoming PAC-MAN Arcade set, and it’s a beauty.

Joining the likes of the Atari 2600 and the much sought-after NES in LEGO’s collection of retro gaming goodies, this arcade cabinet will release to mark the game’s 43rd anniversary on 4th June (available slightly earlier for Lego VIP members on 1st June). It consists of 2651 pieces and will set you back £229.99 / $269.99.

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A Lon Lon time ago…

Never mind Ganon, anyone who has ever been brave enough to look will tell you that the true Dark Beast of the Zelda franchise is its timeline. Up until Skyward Sword, many of us were happy enough to form our own theories about how the games slotted together, or just play blissfully unaware of the intricacies of how one flowed into the next. Then the Hyrule Historia came along in 2011 and shook everything up.

Instead of one cohesive timeline, this official tie-in book suggests that there are in fact three separate strands to keep track of after the events of Ocarina of Time — ‘The Hero is Defeated’ and ‘The Hero is Triumphant (Child and Adult eras)’. And this doesn’t account for any of the games that release after Skyward Sword, so we have only been able to speculate on where the likes of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom slot into the mix. Simply put, it gets really complicated, really fast.

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Downloadable loving care.

Updated with Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Expansion Pass (Future Redeemed). Enjoy!

There was a time, long ago, when games were done when they hit retail shelves. But we’re in the 21st century now, and more often than not, additional post-launch content is released months after a developer’s main game is complete, enriching the experience.

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The other boat one.

Welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl!

Before we dive into this week’s face-off, let’s quickly recap what happened last time when we asked you to pick a favourite design between the two regional cover art options for Beyond Good and Evil. This was a slightly closer-fought contest than we have seen in recent weeks, but the European cover ultimately came out on top with 59% of the vote, while North America took 41%.

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Get ready to obliterate the daemons of Chaos.

If you’re eager for more 90s-style FPS experiences similar to Doom and Quake, one to be on the lookout for next week is Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.

It was announced for the Switch and multiple other platforms last June, and offers up a “hardcore, sprite-based experience” in the boots of a Space Marine. It’s arriving on 23rd May and ahead of the Switch eShop launch, Focus Entertainment and Auroch Digital have released some new extended gameplay footage.

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Update: Wave 2 is available now.

Update :

Here’s your reminder that Wave 2 of the special Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom-themed Switch Online icons are now available. You have until 25th May to grab them!

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He apparently “never felt bored once”.

If you think one playthrough of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is impressive, series producer Eiji Aonuma recently revealed he has already completed the game “about 20 times”.

In part five of Nintendo’s latest ‘Ask the Developer’ series, Aonuma mentioned how there were times when he had to rush ahead and clear the main story from “start to finish” when testing the game. His advice though is to take your time and don’t just rush straight to the ending.

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Up to half of its workforce may be gone.

Canadian indie developer Brace Yourself Games – perhaps best-known within the Nintendo community for its rhythmic hit Cadence of Hyrule – has reduced the size of its workforce.

Brace Yourself Games shared the following statement with PC Gamer, confirming the “incredibly difficult decision”. In addition to this, it mentioned how it would be providing severance packages and support services to assist those impacted.

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Emilia Clarke’s character influenced her performance.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom expands on the story building first seen in the 2017 hit Breath of the Wild with even more cinematic cutscenes and many of the main characters (excluding the protagonist Link) now have even more dialogue.

Speaking to Axios recently about her return to the role of Princess Zelda, the English voice of the character and American Canadian VA Patricia Summersett revealed how she drew from an “amalgam of different inspirations” for Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.

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Update: The Pokémon Company makes a correction.

Update : Well… that was exciting for just over a day, wasn’t it? The Pokémon Company has just revealed that yesterday’s announcement — Pokémon HOME support for Scarlet & Violet will be live next week — was actually a mistake.

On Twitter, the company revealed that didn’t mean to share any news regarding HOME compatibility, and has now issued a correction (via Serebii). That means HOME compatibility will not be available on 23rd/24th May, but it “will come soon”, says TPC.

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