Category: Nintendo

“like if Golden Sun met Illusion of Gaia”.

You might remember Deneos’ adorable Save Me Mr Tako! from a few years back. The definitive edition on Switch is now celebrating its two-year anniversary (how time flies) and the developer has today revealed that there is more to come from the Tako saga as it provided a first look at Tako no Himitsu: Ocean of Secrets.

This game will see you playing as a group of six heroes who set out on a journey to defeat the shadow monsters that have plagued the land. In the process, truths will be exposed, shining a light on some tough themes in the characters’ lives up until this point. Deneos has cited a number of inspirations for this one including Eastward, CrossCode and Undertale, and has even gone as far as to say that the game is “like if Golden Sun met Illusion of Gaia” — no pressure then, eh?

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Hy-what now?

With the news of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom reaching an incredible 10 million copies sold within its first three days of sale, key members of Nintendo itself are naturally keen to acknowledge the milestone.

Indeed, Nintendo of America’s President, Doug Bowser, took to Twitter to thank fans for their unwavering support, but in doing so managed to make a rather amusing mistake in the process. Whether a result of autocorrect being a little too strict at the time or a genuine mistake from Mr. Bowser himself, his tweet mentioned ‘Hyland’ instead of ‘Hyrule’. Check it out:

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Ultra handywork.

It was in the second official trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (the one that closed out the February 2023 Nintendo Direct) where we first got a snippet of Link driving around on what appeared to be a hand-made vehicle. We couldn’t make sense of it. Are these cars dotted around Hyrule? Will someone make them for us? Is this just Zelda: Nuts and Bolts?

Some of these questions were answered in the 10-minute gameplay demonstration, in which Eiji Aonuma showcased a small amount of what the new Ultrahand ability would be capable of. We were amazed at the thought of being able to stick two logs together and whack a fan on the back. Maybe two or three. “It can’t get more creative than this”, we thought.

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“We would like to review the prices of titles”.

Sega Sammy has suggested that it may join other major publishers in raising some of its game prices up to $70.

In a recent Q&A session (thanks, VGC) with President / Group CEO Haruki Satomi and Senior Vice President / Group CFO Koichi Fukazawa, it’s been confirmed that the company will be reviewing the price of its titles in the wake of $69.99 games cropping up in the past year or so.

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The fanbase had a bit of a different reception to his new look…

When Nintendo originally revealed Ganondorf in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the fanbase got rather excited about his new look.

If you were wondering how the redesign came about, Tears of the Kingdom director Hidemaro Fujibayashi recently revealed how this task was assigned to staffer (and huge Ganondorf fan) Satoru Takizawa, who has been involved with the series since The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

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The game hasn’t even been out for a week yet…

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom hasn’t even been available for a week yet and already players are crafting some absolutely mind-blowing creations with the new toolkit in the game.

While we’ve seen Gundam and all other sorts of fancy vehicles and weapons so far, someone has now gone and made an “orbital strike laser cannon” and it’s gone viral on social media. It literally launches into the sky and fries whatever is in its sights on the ground. Here’s a look (warning: possible spoilers):

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Offline mode will still be accessible.

Nintendo has announced Bandai Namco’s Switch Online title PAC-MAN 99 will be shutting down on 8th October 2023.

While you will no longer be able to play online against other players, you’ll still be able to enjoy the game in offline mode – including any additional paid content you purchased. Here’s a rough Google translation of the announcement (via social media):

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Sheik it up.

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 dives into that opening…

Despite having been counting down the days until The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom‘s release over the past four years or more, nothing could have prepared me for the game’s opening. Confident, eerie, cinematic. It does everything that a Zelda opening should do, but in a way that no other game in the series has. Sure, there may be a certain amount of recency bias at play here, but this might just be the series’ — if not Nintendo’s — best opener of all time and I can’t stop thinking about it.

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Robert Eggers would be proud.

If you’re a fan of the utterly fantastic Robert Eggers movie The Lighthouse, then this upcoming first-person horror might well be up your street.

No One Lives Under the Lighthouse is a slow-burn horror in which you take on the role of a lighthouse keeper, tasked with keeping the lights on every night. Hallucinations might cause your sanity to slip as you explore the creepy PS1-inspired environments.

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We’re still working on kickflips.

Nintendo has really gone all out with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. With the new Ultrahand and Fuse mechanics, the world is your oyster. Anything you can possibly think of, you can probably either build with Ultrahand or stick together with Fuse; the possibilities are seemingly limitless.

Indeed, one player has discovered a rather novel way to travel the land of Hyrule, and it’s not even remotely difficult to achieve, either. As you’ll no doubt already know from Breath of the Wild, you can use your shield as a kind of makeshift snowboard, allowing you to surf down slopes with ease.

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