Alongside the myriad of announcements this morning from the Switch 2 Direct was the confirmation that certain Nintendo Switch titles would be getting enhanced Nintendo Switch 2 Editions. First up for the enhancement process are two of the Switch’s biggest titles, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and…
Not revealed in today’s Direct, Nintendo has a new wrinkle in store for publishers that opt to sell physical games without the physical component. For anyone looking to sell a “key-in-a-box,” Nintendo has a brand-new option: the Switch 2 Game-Key card. As the name suggests, this will be a Switch…
Mario Kart World, the newest entry in the Mario Kart franchise and the first new console game in over a decade, races on to Switch 2 in just two months! First teased back in January for the Switch 2 reveal, Mario Kart World was the first trailer shown off in…
Did you miss Wednesday’s Direct but not have the 40 minutes on hand to look through the slate of Nintendo news? Worry not — the Big N has you covered with this handy infographic of games covered in the Direct: Click the thumbnail to view the image in its full…
It feels like every time the Pokémon comes up in social media or in a presentation, we learn something new about Alcremie. This upcoming Sword & Shield ‘mon is a Fairy-type delight based on cream, and after its introduction we found out that it goes full layer cake for its…
A few days ago, a mysterious Golden Shovel Knight amiibo appeared at several retailers in North America without a word from Yacht Club Games. Well, it now appears that the gook folks at YCG are ready to break their silence with a detailed look at the new figure. …
It’s been about a month since BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle’s 2.0 announcement that got everyone loving a skull-faced tank, and while the update isn’t due ’til November, we now know when the rest of the nine additional characters will be revealed. According to Arc System Works’ Japanese site, a trailer…
You can pre-order Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition on Amazon today. This week’s Nintendo Direct covered many of the games heading to Switch later this year, but one of the strange omissions was Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition, a bundle of two stylish JRPGs heading to a Nintendo…
Longtime fans of Nintendo were more than pleased to hear that Super Nintendo games would finally be making their way to the company’s Switch Online service during the Direct a few days ago. While we’ve all undoubtedly enjoyed diving into the readily available NES library since the program launched approximately…
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered released earlier this week, letting Nintendo fans experience the full adventure of Squall and his cohorts for the first time. To celebrate, the official Final Fantasy Twitter account has been sharing new artwork from a variety of artists. There’s a bunch of World of Final Fantasy…
In recent months, Nintendo has been more and more open to sharing its IPs with third party developers, whether it be hats for cars in Rocket League or the wholesale indie-developed Cadence of Hyrule. It looks like another huge cross-over could be on the horizon too, as Fortnite dataminers have…
Exciting news for fans of the pinnacle of platforming perfection — Celeste’s 9th Chapter, “Farewell,” has a firm release date at last — September 9th, which is… very fitting. The chapter will be free DLC for everybody who owns Celeste, and accessible after clearing Chapter 8. The new chapter contains…
Teasers are usually innocuous and easy to pull off. Just drop a cryptic name (maybe with a letter or two shaved off) that no other tech company or start-up has ever used (like “Linoleum” or “Rubbr”) — and presto. That said, going the opposite direction — showing the product without…
The recent Nintendo Direct was stocked to the brim with great news — Smash announcements, Animal Crossing details, curry in Pokémon — so much so that everyone waited with bated breath for the last announcement. Now, usually I’m stumped for what will cap a Direct — it has to be…
Mario and Sonic took a few years off from the Olympics, but they’re back to compete in Tokyo, with a few new tricks up their sleeves. A new trailer in Wednesday’s Nintendo Direct showed off the story mode for the new game, which puts Mario, Sonic, Bowser, and Eggman inside…
