Nintendo has announced an early November release date for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, remade with overhauled visuals, fully voiced cutscenes, expanded character dialogue, symphonic orchestral music, reworked camera and movement controls, and more. The first physical print run will celebrate the release with special foil packaging.…
Nintendo dropped a massive amount of information during today’s Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Direct. Details on the protagonists, the Heroic Games, what lies beyond Dagsion, classes, combat, and more were all included. I’m in awe that they got so many details into a 22-minute presentation!…
We finally have the version of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 that Monolith Software…
Here’s the problem with playing a single-player spinoff from a multiplayer property:…
Nintendo has announced an early November release date for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, remade with overhauled visuals, fully voiced cutscenes, expanded character dialogue, symphonic orchestral music, reworked camera and movement controls, and more. The first physical print run will celebrate the release with special foil packaging.…
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Nintendo dropped a massive amount of information during today’s Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Direct. Details on the protagonists, the Heroic Games, what lies beyond Dagsion, classes, combat, and more were all included. I’m in awe that they got so many details into a 22-minute presentation!…
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We finally have the version of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 that Monolith Software intended. The original release on the Nintendo Switch was an exceptional game with some truly ambitious scope, but that came at the expense of frame rates, and even I, a person who doesn’t usually care for frame rates,…
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Here’s the problem with playing a single-player spinoff from a multiplayer property: If you don’t particularly care about the multiplayer that the franchise is built on, the single player, where developers will almost always double down on the various in-fanbase jokes, aesthetics, characters and themes, is really not going to…
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The origins of the Rhythm Heaven series are noble. One of the legends of Japanese music, Tsunku, got involved with Nintendo and produced the first game in an effort to develop the player’s rhythm skills. You might assume that all rhythm games do that, but in reality, most rhythm games…
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Lylat Wars (as Star Fox 64 was known in Australia) was a pioneering game, and people who bought into the Nintendo 64 early on probably ended up buying a copy of it. It helped that it came with a Rumble Pack, though. Remember the days when rumble was a really…
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It was originally a Wii title that, famously, fans had to fight really hard to get localised. Then it had a 3DS port because Nintendo needed something to showcase the power of a more powerful edition of the console. Then it got a port to the Switch. Now it’s enhanced…
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Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. Here, I bring you the best news you may have missed from last week. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news anchor, Dee Dee)!…
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When I think about the correct term to describe Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, I find myself alternating between “whimsical”, “playful” and “twee”. It’s also saccharine, and that will make it polarising to an extent, but then if you’re not open to Yoshi melting your heart, I would argue that…
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Fox McCloud recently showcased his skills in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and now he’s coming back for more! In a surprise Nintendo Direct presentation, Nintendo announced the action-packed adventure Star Fox. This cinematic take on Star Fox 64 features new gameplay modes and a complete visual overhaul. The game…
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