Category: Nintendo

All things must come to a GAME OVER.

It’s hard to say goodbye, but sometimes, it’s for the best. Some of the more memorable and touching stories we’ve witnessed in games throughout the years have been the ones that ended tragically, or culminated in a bittersweet conclusion — there’s a reason Shakespeare’s most-loved plays are Hamlet and Romeo & Juliet, after all! We’re just suckers for an unhappy ending.

But not all of the games on this list of best endings are tragic. Some are heartwarming, some are fitting for the characters we’ve come to know and love, and some are just straight-up beautiful. We’ve narrowed it down to Switch games only (including Nintendo Switch Online games), because there are a lot of brilliant endings out there in games, but even then, we found it hard to narrow down — so make sure to head to the comments to suggest your own.

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Completing the set.

The elusive shiny version of Heart Trim Furfrou, a Valentine’s Day exclusive in Pokémon GO, is now able to be transferred from the mobile game into Pokémon HOME!

The Valentine’s Day event started earlier today, and Serebii shared the news that — for the first time — the shiny variant of this exclusive form can, at last, be stored in HOME. Shiny Furfrou was only added to the game last September as part of the Fashion Week event, so while all other shiny variants could be transferred to HOME, players would need to wait until the next Valentine’s Day event to get their hands on this unique look.

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Dropped by 7%.

Nintendo’s share price has dropped on the Tokyo Stock Exchange following yesterday’s Q3 FY2023 Financial Report (via VGC). The company’s price dropped by around 7% since yesterday’s report, and at the time of writing, it currently sits at ¥5,226, which is down from ¥5,624.

This drop doesn’t come as a huge surprise due to the company’s slightly disappointing results, where Nintendo revealed that it’s cutting sales forecasts after a decline in year-on-year sales in hardware and software. Other than reducing its year-end forecast for Switch sales again, from 19 million to 18 million, Nintendo is still staying quiet about a successor, despite the console about to enter its seventh year on the market.

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Three versions to choose from!

One eShop gem that’s already been released this year is Vengeful Guardian: Moon Rider – a homage to classic 16-bit action platformers like Shinobi III and Hagane: The Final Conflict. If you’ve been holding out for a physical copy of this one, the good news is pre-orders are now live.

There’s the option of a standard edition (34,90 €), collector’s edition (69,90 €), and a deluxe edition (149,90 €) – note: European pricing:

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Furukawa: “It’s important for our long-term growth”.

Despite a downturn in sales and profits for Nintendo in its third quarter, it’s reportedly raising the base salaries of its employees by 10% in its homeland.

A report by Reuters reveals the Japanese video game giant is taking action to secure the “long-term growth” of its workforce. It follows calls from the country’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida – asking local companies to increase pay for workers to combat inflation.

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Zelda! Pikmin! …Metroid..?

What’s that, you say? There’s going to be another Nintendo Direct? Great Scott! This is heavy…

Yes, Nintendo is back with another showcase focusing on games launching in the first half of 2023. Well, mostly… Hi there, Metroid Prime 4. Hi… Please show yourself. Please?

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New quests and items available.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that at some point in each of our lives we will become a playable character in Fortnite. The crossovers have covered everything from Black Adam to John Cena and now it is the turn of Geralt of Rivia to take up the sword as The Witcher crossover leaps from the Battle Bus today.

There are a selection of quests that you Battle Pass owners will have to complete in order to unlock the Geralt outfit, all of which are available in the game right now. From defeating bosses and completing bounties to doing emotes in specific locations, details of the quests were shared in the latest Fortnite blog post, but you can also check out each of the tasks below:

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Update: Release date announced.

Update : We all got collectively freaked out by the initial trailer and demo footage for Bramble: The Mountain King back in December last year and now Merge Games has announced that the title will be crawling its way onto Switch on 27th April.

This news was shared alongside a new release date trailer which gives a closer look at the kind of chills that will be coming our way in a couple of months. This trailer does come with a warning that it may be inappropriate for some users, so take care when watching (if you’re old enough, that is).

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Kicking down the competition.

Bayonetta 3 is the latest Switch exclusive to join the 1 million club. In Nintendo’s latest financial report, the company reports that the long-awaited sequel from PlatinumGames just squeaked over the line with 1.04 million units sold.

Launching early-ish into Q3, those sales figures are pretty decent for the Umbra Witch’s third outing. The Switch version of Bayonetta 2 managed to hit 1.04 million units by December 2021, while it struggled to even reach 400k on the Wii U. The first Bayonetta has seen multiple releases, first launching on the PS3 and Xbox 360, and managed 2 million copies between those systems.

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Slim pickings..?

As part of its nine-month earnings report, Nintendo has reconfirmed the release dates for its major upcoming Nintendo Switch titles.

As usual, there are no major surprises with this announcement; if you’re anything like us, you’re probably counting down the days to the launch of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, but we appreciate Nintendo reiteratig the information regardless.

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