Power up! The Nintendo Switch 2 delivers a truly next-gen handheld gaming experience, with stunning visuals, faster load times, and smoother performance across the board. But there’s one area where it falls a little short: battery life. Compared to the original model, the Switch 2 just doesn’t go the distance when it comes to extended…
Plus Team NL’s best shots. Mario Kart World is the biggest Mario Kart to date. The map is huge, with Easter Eggs and little secrets hiding under bridges, atop towering buildings, and in the middle of sprawling oceans. Knockout Tour is the most chaotic concoction of multiplayer I’ve ever seen. And I’m still knee-deep in…
“Pokémon fans would be well-advised to check this one out”. Digital Foundry has presented its tech review for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet on the Switch 2, with the latest generation receiving a pretty substantial performance update for Nintendo’s newest console. All things considered, it seems that this has proven to be a pretty positive outcome…
And it’s only week 2. The Switch 2 is still going strong over in Japan, and thanks to Famitsu, we have the lowdown on the week’s physical and console sales. Unsurprisingly, for the second week in a row, Mario Kart World takes pole position by shifting another 134,900 copies in the week of 9th to…
All about that Mario Kart. A new report from Chris Dring’s The Game Business highlights a few sales stats for launch games on the recently-released Switch 2. According to the article, “most third-party Switch 2 games posted very low numbers” at launch, with the vast majority of players understandably gravitating towards Mario Kart World. As…
That really is updating the world. Just under a month ago, Level-5 revealed that it would be releasing free DLC for Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, which has been a huge success for the Japanese developer. The game has sold over 1 million copies across all platforms, and the Switch 2 version…
The best life. I absolutely adored the original Fantasy Life on the 3DS, and thankfully, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time has proven to be a worthy successor, sinking its claws into me all over again. Kate Gray reviewed the Switch 1 version and said, “It’s beautiful, it’s robust, it’s got multiplayer, it’s…
UV not changed. Hideo Kojima has been out and about and doing interviews at the Sydney Film Festival as part of the build-up to the release of his upcoming, Australian-set sequel, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. As shared by GamesRadar, the Metal Gear Solid director openly chatted about a whole bunch of topics, including…
I’m a fan… Get it..? Fan! Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma is out now on Switch and Switch 2, and we thought it was really rather good. In our 9/10 review of the Switch 1 version, we said it’s “a must-play for Rune Factory fans and would be well-enjoyed by newcomers to the series as…
A spy by any other name. Now, you may remember that a few weeks back we reported on Agent 07 – Spy Revenge, a dubious PSN game that appeared to wholesale rip off entire levels and tons of assets from the N64 classic GoldenEye. Indeed, we detailed how the company behind the game, iOrder SRL,…