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Trying to Get an Edge With Kart Racing: We Review PDP's Hyper Drive Wheel
One of the best and worst items to ever come out of the Wii era for Nintendo was probably the Wii Wheel, primarily designed to be used with Mario Kart titles and whatever other racing games came on the console that used the controller's positioning for steering The upside was that you got to feel like[...]
The New Super Smash Bros. Will Be at E3 This Year
for the Nintendo Switch at E3, we finally got an answer today from Nintendo, in a sense Below is a tweet that went up from the official Nintendo Versus account that confirmed a couple different tournaments will be taking place at the event in June, including a Super Smash Bros Invitational. The Super #SmashBros Invitational 2018[...]
hyper light drifter
It's been announced that the excellent Hyper Light Drifter is coming to the Nintendo Switch a little later this year. Yesterday, Nintendo held its Nindies showcase, showing off a bunch of good, smaller games set to come to the Nintendo Switch Mark of the Ninja Remastered was a big announcement, it being the perfect game to take[...]
mark of the ninja
During Nintendo's Nindies showcase it was announced that indie classic Mark of the Ninja Remastered is set to launch on the Nintendo Switch later this year. The Nindies showcases are always great, especially in the age of the Switch The overused phrase "it would be great on Switch!" is bandied most around indie titles[...]
Pokkén Tournament DX blastoise
Before the next DLC pack is released for Pokkén Tournament DX in March 23rd, Bandai Namco and The Pokémon Company have released a new set of images of what's to come, including new images of three Pokémon joining the battle.
Goku Dragonball Z
has slowly been expanding its roster out to third-party games — after all, Bayonetta has been playable for several version of the fighting franchise, and even Final Fantasy VII's Cloud Strife has made it into the game. And now both fans and publisher Funimation want Dragon Ball Z's Goku to join the cast. Fans have wanted Goku to join Nintendo's[...]
Splatfest splatoon sneakers nike
Japan's next Splatfest for hit Nintendo Switch game Splatoon 2 is being sponsored by Nike — which means we've got vaguely Splatoon-themed sneakers coming to the game The announcement was made by the official Japanese Splatoon Twitter account just this week. フェスの開催が告げられた。お題は「どっちが欲しい? 最新モデル vs 人気モデル」。ナイキ様のご協力でお送りする。まだ誰も持っていない最新モデルと、みんなに愛されている人気モデル、手に入れたいのはどっち?期間は3月24日(土)15:00~3月25日(日)15:00だ。 pic.twitter.com/R40StXbxx8 — Splatoon(スプラトゥーン) (@SplatoonJP) March 16, 2018 Alright, so the sneakers aren't quite Splatoon-themed — instead, Splatfest[...]
Detective Pikachu
The game is less than a week away from finally launching in the west and Nintendo has released a new video for the game featuring the star character. The video highlights the character and gives us a glimpse at his grumpy old man persona If you weren't expecting the grizzled, deep voice coming from the tiny[...]
HomeBearStudio's Nairi: Tower of Shirin is Coming to the Nintendo Switch
Indie developer HomeBearStudio has revealed that their first game Nairi: Tower of Shirin will release on the Nintendo Switch as well as Steam. Nairi is a point and click adventure puzzle game fusion, which does not at all sound like it should work, but based on the gameplay we've seen so far, it does kind of work. Nairi[...]
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
When the most recent update for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 hit the Nintendo Switch, it came with a big that's been persistently annoying for fans to the point where they've taken to social media in droves The bug, which also affects the New Game Plus mode that was added in the patch, causes some common blades to vanish[...]
Square Enix Lost Sphear logo
If you've been waiting to purchase one of the latest Square Enix games to be released on the Nintendo Switch and 3DS until they became a little more affordable, the company has decided to help you out a little sooner than you may have expected With very little warning, SE decided to put several of[...]
Nintendo Switch Hot List
Rumors of an updated version of the Nintendo Switch have been swirling since the Switch first hit shelves last March However, the Switch hacking community is still looking for evidence of a version of the hybrid console with updated hardware The latest theory comes from a series of file folders added to Switch firmware update[...]
New Pokémon Job Listing Gives Hints to Nintendo Switch Game
It's no secret that there's a brand-new Pokémon game on the way for the Nintendo Switch, but everything else you could possibly want to know about the game is shrouded in mystery As well it should be, since we're all hoping it will be a proper Pokémon game[...]
Nintendo Switch Sales Save Blossom Tales' Devs from Shutting Down
FDG Entertainment is thanking Nintendo and all of the Switch owners who purchased Blossom Tales in a very public way today, as the company announced on Twitter that the sales from the Switch saved their company According to their post below, the Nintendo Switch sales achieves more in three months than the game ever did on Steam. #NintendoSwitch[...]
Nintendo Teases a New Nindies Showcase Livestream
If you've been enjoying all the indie games that have been coming to the Switch over the past year, it looks as if you're going to be getting a lot more — Nintendo is planning to show off more games on a special Nindies Showcase Today, the company very briefly announced plans that they'll have a[...]
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse will Make it to the Nintendo Switch
Indie platformer Shantae and the Pirate's Curse is going to drop anchor on the Nintendo Switch this month according to the Switch's Australian eShop listings According to the eShop, the game will release on March 20th, and is available for pre-order on the American eShop as well That said, you can only access the listing[...]
Apple Restricts Square Enix and Nintendo Game Updates with New Policy
While there are those who don't appreciate being unable to play the current version of the game, others are applauding the effort by Apple to hold Nintendo and Square Enix accountable so people know exactly what they may be paying for How do you feel about this particular issue? Do you think Apple has every[...]
Nintendo Switch's 5.0.0 Firmware Update Leaked by Parental Controls App
credit//Nintendo The next firmware update for the Nintendo Switch was leaked early thanks to the Nintendo Switch Parental Controls app The app's latest iOS update referenced the Nintendo Switch system version 5.0.0, despite the firmware update not being revealed at the time of the app update. According to IGN's report: The [Parental Controls] app dropped the hint under[...]
Former Nintendo Head Openly Discusses Odd Indie Title Policies
There's a thread on ResetEra today that's been catching everyone's eye today as Dan Adelman (Nintendo's former Head of Digital Content), who has been going into what he refers to as "inconsistent policies" at Nintendo when it came to adding indie titles to the eShop The entire thread is a Q&A session presented in him answering[...]
OPUS: Rocket of Whispers Gets a Release Date for Nintendo Switch
decided to officially announced when OPUS: Rocket of Whispers would be coming to the Nintendo Switch, and the date is a little bit sooner than you think The company released this trailer below along with the info that the game will officially come to console on March 22nd, with pre-orders starting on March 15th with a[...]
Chicken Beats Egg in Latest Splatoon 2 Splatfest
Nintendo is really making an effort at answering life's most problematic questions through the use of ink-filled guns, as their recent Splatfest answered the long-standing riddle of which came first: the chicken or the egg Today the company revealed that Team Chicken won the competition, taking 53% of the solo battles and 56% of the team[...]
Super Smash Bros
logo pop up on the screen for yesterday's Nintendo Direct, many of us assumed this meant we were most likely getting a deluxe edition of Super Smash Bros for the Wii U, because Nintendo already did this kind of thing once with Mario Kart 8 on the Switch Turns out, this is not the case at[...]
Expect To See Mario Kart on Google Maps on March 10th
That's just a special little event Nintendo and Google are partnering up for According to a story on The Verge, the two companies will be celebrating all things Mario tomorrow because March 10th is Mario Day (Mar 10 = Mario Get it? You get it?!? GET IT!!!) Anyway, part of that fun will be that[...]
Nintendo Finally Gives Us A Release Date For Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition
Not a major piece of news but still something significant from the Nintendo Direct video today, we finally got a worldwide release date for Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition on the Nintendo Switch We have a clip of the announcement for you below, but the official date will be May 18th, 2018 It's nice that the speculation is[...]
Undertale is Finally Coming to the Nintendo Switch… Eventually
Now we're finally going to see all of that come to the Nintendo Switch… someday As part of the Nintendo Direct video that happened today, an unexpected chain of events occurred when someone shut off the lights and we saw Sans and Papyrus on our screens, marking the release of Undertale to Nintendo's console and yet[...]
Arms Announces a New U.S. and Canada Online Tournament for Switch
A small addition to the Nintendo Direct presentation that may have been overlooked by many was the inclusion of a brand new Arms tournament, set to be exclusive to the United States and Canada this month Below are some of the details from Nintendo on how to participate and where you can see it live,[...]
Dark Souls Remastered Confirmed for Nintendo Switch Release
The news was kinda already out there, but today, Nintendo confirmed via their Nintendo Direct presentation that Dark Souls Remastered will be coming to the Nintendo Switch on May 25th Below is the trailer for the release along with the official description that came out, including the amiibo figure that will be sold along with the[...]