Category: Nintendo

A fresh take on the DS RPG puzzler.

The Might & Magic series may have somewhat fallen by the wayside since Ubisoft acquired the rights to the franchise back in 2003, but Dotemu is striving to bring the RPG puzzler back as it’s developing a remaster of the 2009 DS game in Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes – Definitive Edition.

Announced today by publisher Ubisoft, the game is set to release this summer and provide all of the adventuring and puzzling that the DS original did, but with a fresh lick of paint and a good number of quality-of-life improvements thrown in for good measure.

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Always on duty.

Publisher Microids has today announced that Inspector Gadget – Mad Time Party will be flying over to Switch this Autumn.

Developed by Smart Tale Games and based on the popular TV series of the same titular protagonist, Mad Time Party will see you taking on the role of Inspector Gadget and exploring various locations from the show in an attempt to thwart the plans of Dr. Claw (no surprises there).

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An early tech analysis.

As you have probably seen by now, the first impressions of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom have officially gone live. Nintendo’s already shown a lot of select footage from the game, but one thing that hasn’t been confirmed just yet is the sequel’s performance and resolution.

Fortunately, it seems previews have been able to get an idea of how the new entry runs thanks to directly captured footage. As highlighted by Nintendo World Report, this build of Tears of the Kingdom ran at 30fps with a resolution of 1600 x 900 (900p) in docked mode. It was also mentioned how the game was “consistently” running at this frame rate in most cases, but there were drops during more heated moments.

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Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Global Challenge 2023 III has been announced – giving trainers the chance to get their hands on an Ultra Ball Canvas Backpack.

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Here’s your second chance to collect them all.

Ahead of the release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom next month, Nintendo is giving Switch Online members a second chance to collect the Zelda: Breath of the Wild Switch Online icons. The first wave is available now and will be offered until 3rd May and the second wave will be available until 10th May. Here’s a look at what’s up for grabs:

If your mind is more focused on Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom at this point, be sure to check out our Nintendo Life hands on by the lovely Alex Olney. So far the game is shaping up to be something special!

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Hit play in May.

Bytten Studios and Raw Fury have announced that the Pokémon-inspired monster-fusing RPG Cassette Beasts is coming to consoles, including Switch, on 25th May. You’ve only got a month to wait until you can get funky with some unusual, adorable pixel art creatures.

The game is out today on PC via Steam and the Microsoft Store, and the reviews have been pretty darn glowing for this new take on the monster-taming genre. Our friends over at Rock Paper Shotgun call it “a smart, evolutionary offshoot” (but go read their review right now if you want to know why), and we can’t wait to dive in next month.

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A closer look at Fuji and Pirilika.

We still don’t know much more about the Western release date of Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless besides that it is coming our way at some point in ‘Autumn 2023’, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t get clued up on the game’s protagonists, Fuji and Pirilika, in the meantime.

Fortunately, a new character trailer (found above) released today gives us a taste of what we can expect from our heroic pairing.

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This just in: Bokoblins hate apples.

To say there’s been hype surrounding The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom would not just be an understatement, but a fairly poor opening line to any sort of hands-on feature.

On an unrelated note, Nintendo recently invited us to go and have a go at The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom at their European headquarters in Frankfurt. We got a whopping 70 minutes with the game, which felt like no more than ten with all the stuff we wanted to proverbially bathe ourselves in, so how did it hold up? Has this so-called hype been justified?

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You have my sword.

The countdown to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is very much on, and in the run-up to the game’s release Nintendo is taking a look back at Link’s journey with the Master Sword throughout the series.

From what we have seen of Tears of the Kingdom so far, it’s fair to say that the legendary blade has seen better days and, fortunately, all of those ‘days’ are showcased in a recent video published by @NintendoUK on Twitter.

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“Beginning Friday, April 28”.

If you’ve already been to see the Mario Movie a dozen times and are looking for a fresh way to enjoy this animated movie, read on… Illumination and Nintendo have announced there’ll be special screenings in Japanese from 28th April. These special US and Canada screenings line up with the film’s release date in Japan.

GoNintendo points out how these screenings will apparently be “Japanese without English subtitles” but it could also be on a case-by-case basis, depending on the cinema.

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