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Here’s A Nice Nintendo Switch Controller
Xenoblade Chronicles 2’s overdrawn (over eight minutes!) showcase on today’s Nintendo Direct was agonising. To make up for that, the game is also getting this very pleasant Switch Pro Controller. I appreciate, as a fan of pink controllers but not Xenoblade Chronicles 2, how there’s no obtrusive branding for the game plastered all over it,…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 13, 2017 -
A sequel to Dillon’s Rolling Western is coming to 3DS in Japan. The Dead Heat Breakers continues the original 2012 game’s combo of armadillo-rolling action and tower defense, and will also turn your Mii into a furry character in the game. Spring 2018 in Japan, digital and physical, no overseas announcement yet.
By Chris Kohler Published September 13, 2017 -
Japan Gets All The Best 2DS Colors
Nintendo announced a few new colours for the 2DS XL today. Some were given release dates in the West, but as is becoming custom, the best ones were not. In October, the US isfinally getting the white/orange model first shown off in Japan in April: And in November, there’ll be this Pokeball one: Which is…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 13, 2017 -
Yes, Please Inject Nintendo Switch RPG Octopath Traveler Directly Into My Veins
The team behind Bravely Default is making a Nintendo Switch exclusive called Octopath Traveler. It looks beautiful, and there’s a demo out tonight. Octopath Traveler is just the working title, although this is Square Enix, so anything goes. It was originally announced at the Switch reveal event in January, and Nintendo showed off more details…
By Jason Schreier Published September 13, 2017 -
Super Mario Odyssey will get a snazzy Switch bundle on October 27th, Nintendo announced today.
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 13, 2017 -
Doom and Wolfenstein II Are Coming To Switch
Hope you like the idea of taking Bethesda games with you on the go, Switch owners. During today’s Direct event, Nintendo announced that portable versions of two their biggest games would make their way to the hybrid console. Soon, you’ll be able to kill Nazis in the subway, and fight back against the forces of…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 13, 2017 -
Suda 51 Thinks Nintendo Switch Is Punk AF
“The Switch is a punk console,” says game director Goichi Suda, aka Suda 51. “I was shocked by it. I thought, whoever made this must have something wrong with them. In a positive way. This guy must be messed up in the head to think of something like this.” “It’s kind of like a challenge…
By Chris Kohler Published September 12, 2017 -
Nintendo Bringing Back The NES Classic In 2018
After disappearing from store shelves, the NES Classic is returning next year. But that’s not all: the Super NES Classic will continue to be shipped through 2018. In Japan, the Super Famicom will still get shipped after October, and the Famicom Mini is going back into production. Hot damn. The SNES Classic was slated to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 12, 2017 -
CultureZelda Speedrunner’s New ‘World Record’ Was Actually Done With Hacking Tools
Two days ago, dragonbane0 set a new speedrun world record for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD. It was his first time running the game outside of practice. He’s now revealed that the speedrun was achieved using WiiU modding tools that he’s releasing to the wider community. Update—11:05 p.m.: We have changed this article’s…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 11, 2017 -
24 People Can Now Play Super Mario 64 Online Together
Super Mario 64 was released in 1996 as a singleplayer video game. Recent mods have let two people play together, but a new romhack allows up to 24 to jump online and play through the game, kicking and punching each other all the way through. SM64 Online is a project by Kaze Emanuar, Melonspeedruns and…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 10, 2017 -
Hands On With Nintendo Switch’s Big Holiday RPGs
The Switch is such a familiar part of the gaming landscape now that it’s strange to consider that Nintendo’s hybrid device is about to head into its first holiday season. What’s even stranger is that for Baby’s First Christmas, Nintendo’s lineup is overloaded with deep single-player fantasy adventures: role-playing games Skyrim and Xenoblade Chronicles, and…
By Chris Kohler Published September 7, 2017 -
Monster Hunter Stories Is The Best Pokémon Game I’ve Ever Played
Monster Hunter Stories takes the popular hunting series and mixes it up into an adorable roleplaying game all about hatching cool critters. Players take the role of a “rider” who befriends monsters instead of chopping them into bits. The main Monster Hunter games focus on sprawling locales and multiplayer monster hunts. Monster Hunter Stories is…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 7, 2017 -
Don’t let the shoddy console-grabbed screenshot fool you. Lego Worlds is out on Nintendo Switch this week, and it looks and plays as well as the other console versions, with the added benefit of portability. Exploring is great on the go, but I’d recommend TV mode for precision building.
By Mike Fahey Published September 7, 2017 -
Engineers Are Trying To Save The Miiverse Before It’s Gone Forever
With the impending demise of Nintendo’s Miiverse, some users are resorting to manually saving their images. Others, though, are looking for a solution that’s a little more comprehensive. Drastic Actions (aka Tim Miller), an engineer, began work the other day on an archiver designed to trawl the Miiverse and save it before it’s lost forever.…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 6, 2017 -
Nintendo Designer Explains Why Salmon Run Isn’t Always Available
It’s super annoying that Splatoon 2‘s maps rotate, or that you can’t play Salmon Run all the time. One of the two Western designers at Nintendo says it comes down to the vastly different ways the Japanese developers approach game design. Jordan Amaro is a game designer at Nintendo’s Kyoto studio, and, “one of only…
By Gita Jackson Published September 6, 2017
