“No to blame but myself”. Professional Smash Bros. player Joseph ‘Mang0’ Marquez has today been dropped by his main sponsor ‘Cloud9’ due to “inappropriate conduct” at a recent Mario Kart World “Beerio Kart” tournament hosted by streamer and internet personality Ludwig Aghren. This 11-year sponsorship marks the end of “one of the longest partnerships” in…
Go on, tell us. Apart from the new free roam mode in Mario Kart World, Nintendo’s latest kart racing outing also brings a new racing mode known as ‘Knockout Tour’. In case you’re not familiar with it, it’s basically Mario Kart’s take on the battle royale genre, where it’s the last kart standing as racers…
Available on Switch, too. One of the many games to launch alongside the Switch 2 earlier this month was Toby Fox’s Deltarune game. Although there’s still more to come, a new patch update has now been rolled out for Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 on Nintendo’s new hardware. This also includes fixes for the Switch…
“This game is broken”. Whilst most of us gamers will make do with cheering loudly to ourselves when we (accidentally) come first in an online race in Mario Kart World, or maybe have an extra spoon of delicious Gamer Gruel™ as a reward for getting gold in Mirror Mode, some others prefer to…well, they prefer…
Still not ready to Switch 2 something else. We are back with the latest look at the UK physical charts, and, what do you know, Mario Kart World has found itself in pole position for the third week running. The Switch 2 biggie may be leading the pack once again, but its supporting cast still…
“a similar situation to the OG Switch”. As we all know by now, the Switch 2 has been off to a rocket of a start in terms of its hardware sales, however, with regards to its current games lineup — and with a particular eye on its indie offerings — there’s certainly been quite a…
Play with pride. Happy Pride month, everyone! Yes, it obviously began a few weeks back when a certain console launch was occupying our every waking moment (so please forgive the tardiness!), but we’re updating and republishing this list of some of Switch’s best and most inclusive games in celebration. Enjoy! The games industry has not…
Bricking it. As we reported last week, Nintendo has been banning Switch 2 consoles from using online services if it finds them to be using MiG carts, effectively ‘bricking’ the new consoles by denying them any online access whatsoever. Nintendo has seemingly decided to come down tough on this issue for its new generation of…
Mysterious dimension. Over the weekend, a Yahoo Japan interview (geo-locked) with Smash Bros. lead and game dev extraordinaire Masahiro Sakurai has blown up in the West, with reports suggesting that the Kirby creator is advocating for generative AI. However, it seems the nuance of his comments have gotten a little lost in translation. Translated quotes…
Missing Link. There’s no denying that Mario Kart World packs a pretty impressive roster of racers (come on, 50 characters, plus costumes ain’t bad), but we’d be foolish if we didn’t pour one out for the familiar faces that were lost along the way. We’re talking, of course, about the Koopalings wider Nintendo characters that…