Category: Nintendo

You’re gonna have to sleep sometime (we recommend the second half).

Here’s the thing about The Thing: Remastered; it’s still very much 2002’s The Thing. Which is either a good thing or a bad thing, depending on how much you like your The Thing.

2002’s The Thing, you see, which was developed by Computer Artworks and based on the intensely sexy Kurt Russell movie, The Thing — itself based on a novella that isn’t called The Thing — is a real mixed bag of a game, truth be told. It sets its stall out impressively, digging into the creeping fear and slowly rising paranoia of the classic movie, giving you some light squad control and an intriguing fear/trust system, whilst presenting its tale in environs that, whilst certainly now aged, still absolutely nail the vibe of the thing (didn’t even mean that one). But! It also falls apart quite badly for the second stretch of its slight running time.

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Hyper Light Breaker! inKonbini! Demon Tides!

Day of the Devs returns for its second showcase of the year, The Game Awards Edition. Taking place the day before the big ceremony, Double Fine Productions and iam8bit return with their non-profit to show us the very best of the indie game scene.

And what a selection we have this time around, ranging from highly-anticipated sequels, sandwich-based musicals, and shop simulators — no, you didn’t misread that middle one.

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It’s almost a month away!

Nintendo isn’t holding back on Donkey Kong Country Returns HD details this week, with a second trailer drop arriving… today!

The ‘barrelful of details’ trailer (below) is essentially just an overview trailer, just like every other Nintendo first-party game gets. This runs down all of the things you need to know about the HD rerelease of Retro Studio’s Wii platformer.

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Second time’s the charm?

A few years ago, Gust Studios—the popular Atelier RPG factory—decided to do something a little different by putting out a licensed RPG adaptation of the Fairy Tail anime and manga. It wasn’t a particularly great game, but it wasn’t too bad either, and it obviously did well enough with its audience that a sequel was greenlit. With Fairy Tail 2, we’re pleased to say that Gust has crafted an overall stronger RPG, although it also makes many of the same mistakes its predecessor did.

Fairy Tail 2 picks up shortly after the events of the first game, and centres mostly on an adaptation of the climactic Alvarez arc. We say ‘adaptation’ here because the developers took a lot of liberties in changing the story from its original telling—fans may be divided over the tweaks and omissions here, but it overall still feels like a consistent and interesting story, albeit one that will appeal most to longtime fans.

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“Set in a nostalgic world where action figures come to life”.

The former Kickstarter fighter Knock Off: Battle for Imagination is apparently on its way to the Nintendo Switch in Q4 2025.

This information was shared during the Latin American Games Showcase, with the game’s aesthetics already drawing some comparisons to old school fighting game releases such as ClayFighter. As you can see, it brings together a bunch of toylike fighters inspired by cartoon series and franchises of the ’80s and ’90s.

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Here’s what critics and fans had to say.

Although Sonic the Hedgehog 3 isn’t officially out in cinemas until later this month, the blue carpet premiere got underway this week and the first impressions are now rolling in.

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One is for “Switch Online members only”.

Ahead of next year, the My Nintendo Store is offering two new themed calendars. One is available to regular members and the other is a Switch Online exclusive.

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Preparing for a cosy 2025.

With The Game Awards just two days away, we’re getting a deluge of new game announcements and showcases, and one of today’s headliners is the Wholesome Snack: The Game Awards Edition.

The 35-minute presentation showcased tons of cuddly, cosy games, alongside a couple of tearjerkers and some surprise DLC announcements.

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But will it be a critical success?

Thanks in no small part to Baldur’s Gate 3 last year, D&D appears to be very much in at the moment (finally). We have seen a few games take advantage of this new-found interest on Switch in recent months and developer Ludogram Games looks to be joining them with Worlds of Aria.

This fantasy co-op adventure launched on Steam back in September but will be making the jump over to Switch on 23rd January 2025. It looks to offer a more accessible entry point into the world of D&D, but it still has all the hallmarks of choose-your-own-adventure dice rolling to ensure that no newcomers miss out too much.

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Manual labour.

Uncle Chop’s Rocket Shop is a roguelite fix-’em-up that combines the frantic buttons-and-levers work of Space Team and the chaotic manual-flipping of Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes with the repetitive, greasy work of car mechanics. You are the sole useful employee of the titular Rocket Shop, a podunk space garage that looks like it would serve roaches in the instant coffee and use spit to polish headlights, and it is your job to fix the spaceships that come into the shop each day.

Every ship has a bunch of broken modules. Some are easy to understand, like Fuel, Oil, Headlights, and Star Maps, and some take a turn into absurdity, like Tomfoolery, VR, and the Rebreather, which sounds like it might be straightforward but is actually full of snails and pancakes.

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