Mario is officially a plumber again

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News

Last year the very foundation of our global society was shaken to its very core by a shocking revelation – Mario was no longer a plumber. The news came from an edited Nintendo of Japan hub site for the video game icon, where his 30-year occupation was said to be…

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Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp’s Mario event teased

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Mobile

Datamines told us it was coming and now it’s official, with the Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Twitter accounts giving not-too-subtle hints that Super Mario furniture items are heading to the mobile app.   Some VERY exciting things are coming our way, campers! Let's take a peek… Hmm, I'm sure I've…

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Kirby Star Allies demo live in North America

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: News, Switch

UPDATE: Good news, Kirby fans! The Kirby Star Allies demo is now live in the North American Switch eShop. Just like the European version, this demo includes two stages, amiibo support, and a boss fight with the buffest Dedede you’ll ever see. Have fun! It looks like that bizarre Google…

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Nintendo posts new art for Breath of the Wild’s first anniversary

Author: Jaxson Tapp
Categories: Wii U, News, Switch

In a tweet posted earlier today, Nintendo’s official Japanese Twitter account for the Zelda series posted a brand new piece of art commemorating the first anniversary of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. 1 year anniversary pic.twitter.com/1Ju1V967kE — ゼルダの伝説 (@ZeldaOfficialJP) March 3, 2018 The piece features Zelda focusing…

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Nintendo of America aware of Switch play activity issue

Author: Jaxson Tapp
Categories: News, Switch

Following this morning’s report that Switch user’s play activity for titles they played on Switch launch day was being erased as the anniversary rolled around, Nintendo of America has acknowledged the incident with a somewhat-vague tweet, embedded below: Some Nintendo Switch owners’ play activity information is displaying incorrectly. We are…

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Pixel Noir to bring JRPG-infused sleuthing to Switch

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Switch

In 2015 indie developer SWDTech successfully got funding for Pixel Noir, a pixel-art filled adventure that fuses detective story tropes with JRPG gameplay. Now it’s been confirmed that the game will head to the Nintendo Switch sometime this year. Check out the announcement trailer:     Unfortunately the team had…

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Blizzard potentially teasing Diablo for the Switch

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Switch

UPDATE: Blizzard has revealed to Polygon that the tweet was simply meant to be a “fun community engagement piece” rather than a tease for Switch. The wait continues! While Blizzard has briefly talked about porting its games to Switch before without confirming anything, it’s looking like an announcement may be…

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