An existential crisis courtesy of the Game Boy. I recently started playing Metroid II: Return of Samus for the first time. I’m not sure why. Maybe it was a way of staving off my intense cravings for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, which as of writing still doesn’t have a launch date more concrete than the…
RV there yet? There’s usually a number of a certain type of game that drops when a brand new console arrives on the scene. You know the ones, the quirky ones, the ones that utilise new tech and features — such as the Switch 2’s camera and game-sharing abilities — to give us something we…
Huge gainz. Nintendo’s share price is continuing to skyrocket following the early success of the Switch 2. According to the latest data from Google Finance, the company’s share price currently sits at a staggering ¥14,355. For context, this is now double Nintendo’s value at the height of the Wii era. Read the full article on…
Is that a UFO? Ahoy, there! The weekend is here, so it’s time to kick back with some games. But first, let’s quickly recap the week, hm? We had a pretty banging Indie World showcase, so that was pretty cool, with lots of really neat announcements and shadow drops. Elsewhere, Nintendo announced a new range…
Including fighters from the Year 2 and 3 DLC. When Capcom released Street Fighter 6 on the Switch 2 in June, it also launched three new amiibo as well as an amiibo card starter set containing 22 cards. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
The ‘Global Jam’ online demo gets underway. The Drag x Drive ‘Global Jam’ demo event gets underway for Switch Online subscribers this weekend, and as part of this, Nintendo has announced the developers will be joining in on the fun. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Vol. 5 and 6 launched this week. Alongside the release of SNK’s ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 5 and 6 in Japan this week, Vol. 7 and Vol. 8 have now been announced for the Switch. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
“Today we are less”. Bithell Games, the developer behind John Wick Hex, TRON: Identity, and TRON: Catalyst, is sadly making “eleven jobs” at the studio redundant. Studio founder Mike Bithell shared a message on Bluesky earlier today stating that his studio — which he founded in 2013 following the release and critical success behind Thomas…
Compared to the GameCube and PS2 release. Pac-Man World 2: Re-Pac — which was announced last week in the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase — looks pretty darn good. And just in case you’ve forgotten what the game looked like on GameCube (or PS2), then Bandai Namco has you covered. The publisher put out a comparison…
I like big books and I cannot lie. If you’re a self-proclaimed bookworm like me, then chances are you’ve probably fantasised about packing everything away, moving to a quaint seaside town, and starting up a cute little bookshop (don’t worry, NL, I’m not going anywhere!). Well, with Tiny Bookshop, that’s exactly the pitch. Developed by…