Points taken. We’re about six weeks away from Nintendo’s Switch 2 Direct in April, and the company presumably preparing furiously for the full reveal of its upcoming hardware. Until then, we’re left to analyse statements around its financial results and other little announcements for clues about the Switch successor beyond its form factor. The firm’s…
See ya, savings! Nintendo has announced that its Nintendo Switch Game Vouchers saving service will not extend to Switch 2 exclusives (thanks, VGC). The vouchers initially cropped up in 2019 as a way to make a small saving on first-party Switch titles. Nintendo Switch Online subscribers can buy a voucher for £84/$100 and use it…
Noooo, don’t do it! Nintendo has announced that it is discontinuing the My Nintendo Gold Points program, stating that it will no longer be possible to earn points from 24th March 2025. Platinum points, however, will remain unchanged. Gold points were rewarded through the purchase of both digital and physical Switch games, allowing you to…
Including its famous ‘Seal of Quality’. As Nintendo gears up for its big Switch 2 Direct broadcast in April, it’s still got plenty of other things as well as its day-to-day operations going on behind the scenes. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Here’s every song included. Nintendo’s weekly ‘Nintendo Music’ app releases continue and the latest one to join the collection is the StreetPass Mii Plaza soundtrack, which originally debuted on the 3DS. This album includes 39 tracks and has a runtime of 1 hour and 23 minutes in total. You’ll be able to listen to the…
Arriving June 2025. The trading card market is booming and Magic: The Gathering has been driving sales in recent years with all sorts of iconic crossovers based on a variety of series including video game-themed ones. if you’re a fan of characters like Cloud Strife, this next one might be of interest. Read the full…
The good, the bad, and the ugly. It seems like an absurd notion these days, but after Tomb Raider made its debut in 1996, developer Core Design pumped out six mainline entries over the next eight years – six. It’s true that teams were able to turn projects around much more quickly in those days,…
Now that’s some packaging! The Switch itself often comes across as a fragile little device. The Joy-Con will drift, the stand will break, the rails will wobble. But never again will we say a bad word about the console’s game cases; those resilient little guys can fend off the elements. At least, that’s what Reddit…
Expects minimal financial impact. Earlier this month, the current U.S. administration implemented an additional 10% tariff on all goods imported into the country from China. While the full effect of this increase is yet to be seen, it poses a potential price hike for consoles and accessories developed in China, which, naturally, is a cause…
Not Abyssmal. During Sony’s February 2025 State of Play presentation, the big shadow drop was Koei Tecmo’s Warriors: Abyss, which offers a low-budget, roguelite take on the popular Warriors hack ‘n’ slash formula. The good news is that this genre hybrid feels like both halves fit perfectly together—the mindlessness of the combat mixed with the…