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…
Last night’s Marvelous Game Showcase featured not one but two announcements from the world of Rune Factory as well as a theme for both – “East and West”. The first game shown at the 20:50 minute mark in the video below is Rune Factory: Project Dragon. This spin-off will take…
Last night’s Marvelous Game Showcase ended with the surprise reveal of a sequel to 2019’s Daemon X Machina, the third person mech game that remains a console exclusive on Switch, published by Nintendo in the west. While the trailer at the 28:11 minute mark in the video below doesn’t show…
Are you feeling it? Nintendo has announced that the next wave of icon parts heading to Nintendo Switch Online will be coming from the Xenoblade Chronicles series! While they’re under the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 banner, artwork and renders from the first two games will also be included on weeks 2…
Console modding is always fun, fine-tuned, and fascinating, and we have a really bite-sized (but extremely dense) example here: a tiny GameCube, dubbed the GameCube Nano, built with actual Nintendo hardware and laborious care. Made by Macho Nacho Productions, the console utilizes the GameCube tech found in a…
The indie space is a magical one, where stories both in-universe and metatextual sprawl out in countless directions – and this is one of the most fascinating. Sunshine Shuffle, a narrative game about cute animals who were once bank robbers, is supposed to be out today on Nintendo Switch –…
Diversity win! Nintendo isn’t the only company making Wii Us now! Indeed, many years after the console has been discontinued and months after its eShop’s been shuttered, the folks at Sony have heartwarmingly chosen to take up the console’s torch with its own spin on the Wii U GamePad for…
The developers of Gris, Nomada Studio, revealed their next game at last night’s PlayStation Showcase and it looks to be just as moving and evocative as that prior adventure. Neva is set to be an action adventure game where the young woman Alba pairs up with a wolf cub on…
One of the most exciting indie games to release this year got a new trailer yesterday as part of PlayStation’s latest showcase and we got a quick reminder that it’s heading to Switch, too. The Plucky Squire is a game published by Devolver Digital that’s being developed by All Possible…
The past two Legend of Zelda games have been about traversing the wilds, getting to know the lay of the land, becoming one with an expansive world – and therefore it’s only sensible that people seeking to more actively roleplay would strip Link of his armor and look at him…
Who said that video games are unhealthy? Nékter Juice Bar, a health-centric juice bar located across the US, is teaming up with Nintendo this summer for a twofold campaign, releasing vegan “Skoop” frozen treats in one of three renditions based on Nintendo properties, and hosting a giveaway of 25 different…
There’s end of life, and then there’s the true nail in a console’s coffin – when the company that made it stops accepting any service for it whatsoever. And that is now the fate of the long gone Wii U, consigned to memory along with every other Nintendo console pre-Switch…
The Kingdom Hearts series is well known for its style, with Tetsuya Nomura infusing every non-Disney character with a sense of fashion. While these new products from Graniph aren’t recreating any characters’ looks, you can still dress to impress with iconography from the series. First lets take a look at…
