No wake, no bake? We’ve been putting a procession of 8BitDo controllers through the review process since Switch 2 launched. I’ve covered their excellent Pro 3 controller, whilst Ollie has been all over the new Arcade Stick for Switch + Switch 2 and the Ultimate 2C, which is the budget-friendly version of what I’m taking…
Including an icon change. UFO 50, the excellent retro compilation for Switch, has received a fresh update to bring it up to version 1.7.8.30. There are a couple of notable additions and changes here, including a new ‘pixel perfect’ scaling option, and a revamp of the icon for the Switch home menu. Let’s be honest,…
Bloomin’ heck! London’s Trafalgar Square will play host to some interactive Nintendo-themed fun this September 21st when Pikmin arrive as part of the capital’s Japan Matsuri, an annual celebration of Japanese culture in the UK. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Phar too hard? The original Hollow Knight was no pushover, but it’s safe to say that its sequel is hitting a whole new level of difficulty. You only need look on social media to see that some folks have been struggling with their journey through Pharloom. A few are even going so far as to…
What could possibly go right? When the Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection was announced, the news received hundreds of thousands of shares and millions of cumulative views. This, friends, is a stark reminder of the strength of nostalgia, an evocative sensation that can stir the heart and cloud the memory. Let’s be clear: Bubsy the…
It might be proving too much for some. Team Cherry has announced the first patch for Hollow Knight: Silksong, bringing a solid selection of fixes and improvements to the newly-released game (thanks, Eurogamer). Due for launch “mid next week”, one key aspect of the patch is that it will actually nerf the game’s difficulty in…
Y’know, only seven years after its announcement. Forever Entertainment has announced that Panzer Dragoon Zwei: Remake will be playable at this year’s Tokyo Game Show 2025 event. The game was originally announced all the way back in 2018 alongside the remake of the first game. The latter launched in 2020 and wasn’t quite the slam…
Who’s the boss of Uranus? We’ve spent a whole big chunk of time reviewing and playing through Daemon x Machina: Titanic Scion over the past month or so (let this writer tell you) and we thought — we genuinely absolutely thought — we’d seen it all. However (and thanks to Forbes for the hot tip),…
Genki advertised its products well before the official reveal. At the start of the year, as the hype around Switch 2 was beginning to reach fever pitch, accessory manufacturer Genki began to prematurely advertise its products for the then-upcoming console. Perhaps most notably, it showcased 3D-printed mockups of the Switch 2 during CES 2025 before…
Listen to Camelot’s RPG sequel. Nintendo’s weekly update for the Nintendo Music app has arrived, and this time it adds the soundtrack from the RPG Golden Sun: The Lost Age. Nintendo and Camelot released this sequel on the Game Boy Advance in 2002/03. The album contains 94 tracks and has a runtime of 3 hours…