With Pokémon Violet and Scarlet, it feels like Game Freak has come full circle. What the company set out to achieve with the original Red and Blue, way back on the Game Boy, is effectively exactly the same as what the team has looked to do with this game. It’s…
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Nintendo’s Indie World Showcases have quickly become one of the best ways to learn about indie games coming to Nintendo Switch. Today’s showcase proves that the Switch is still the place to publish indie games aside from PC, which is one of the reasons I love the console so much.…
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Nintendo, Platinum and SEGA have joined forces once again to give us the biggest of big action, and we’ve had a chance to get hands-on with it. Here’s the thing – you probably already know this, but you should be *really* looking forward to this game. Here are our initial,…
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It’s time for a very chunky Nintendo Direct! This one is set to be about 45 minutes long, and will (mostly) feature game announcements for titles releasing in the next six months or so. Ideally, we’ll see an announcement for Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters coming to Nintendo Switch, but I’m…
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One thing I can say in Splatoon 3’s favour right from the outset is that I’m finally not being struck down with migraines while playing the game. With both Splatoon 2 and the original, the extremely busy, bold, messy and overwhelmingly bright colours seemed to trigger something in my brain…
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You’d think we have learned all there was to know about Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet by now, considering the amount of information divulged over the last few months. Alas, that is not the case! Today, The Pokémon Company brought us news about the game’s “Treasure Hunt,” a Let’s Go!…
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Announced a mere month ago, Kirby’s Dream Buffet basically came out of nowhere, and very little information was actually revealed. Today, Nintendo released a new overview trailer that explains the game more thoroughly, from game modes to customization options. It reminds me a bit of Mario Party, just with colourful…
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There are a lot of big, world-shattering things that go on in Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and yet the best parts of it are the interactions between the small, close-knit group of characters that form the core of the story. This was much the same with the two immediate predecessors, but…
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Nintendo has finalised an agreement with Dynamo Pictures for 34.5 million yen (USD$245,000) that will see the house of Mario acquire the Tokyo-based CG company. As part of the deal, Nintendo will be renaming it Nintendo Pictures, and integrating it into the vast Nintendo group by October 3 of this…
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I’ve barely started with Xenoblade Chronicles 3, but I already know two things: firstly, this is a game that I want to take my time and savour, and secondly, it’s probably going to be a pretty thinky game. It’s already thinky, and I’m only one chapter in. Related reading: You…
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