Ninjas on standby. Nintendo’s president, Shuntaro Furukawa, has stated that the company will “take all possible measures” to help combat scalpers and resellers from impacting the upcoming Switch 2 launch. Speaking with press as Nintendo released its latest financial data, Furukawa was asked how the company would adequately prepare for the Switch 2 launch in…
But remain tight-lipped otherwise. With last month’s Nintendo Switch 2 reveal, Nintendo teased something we’d all been waiting for (well, following weeks of leaks) — a potential ‘mouse’ mode. A little sneak peek at the optical laser, the Joy-Con swiftly rolling along a surface like a mouse. There are a few obvious candidates for games…
About 15 pounds per square inch at sea level. Developer G.Rev may not be all that familiar to those who weren’t fully immersed in the shoot-’em-up scene of the early noughties. A boutique independent, it was assembled by former Taito employees who previously contributed to the likes of RayStorm and G-Darius. G.Rev’s most famous work,…
Including Bayonetta 3’s director. Following reports that PlatinumGames — the studio behind the Bayonetta series, Astral Chain, and who helped Square Enix on NieR:Automata — had lost several key directors and creators back in December 2024, former vice president Hideki Kamiya appears to have confirmed that at least five directors have left the company. Earlier…
Le brick, c’est chic. Atari has announced that the 1976 brick-breaking arcade classic Breakout is making a comeback. Breakout Beyond is being developed by Runner3 team Choice Provisions and sees the classic’s vertical orientation getting flipped on its side. As you can see in the reveal trailer above, the Pong-like paddles now slide up and…
A monster move. Ex-PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida recently took part in an interview with MinnMax in which he described the “scariest moment” for Sony during his lengthy career (thanks, Push Square). According to Yoshida, the moment in which Nintendo announced that Monster Hunter 4 would launch exclusively for the 3DS stood as the most shocking…
Sobering sales, analyst angst, obvious answer. Nintendo has lowered sales forecasts for Switch hardware sales for the second time in a row with the publication of its Q3 results for FY2024/5. With a 30.6% year-on-year drop in console sales across the Switch range, the platform holder now forecasts 11 million unit sales for the year…
Worthy of a jamboree. Nintendo has revealed that Super Mario Party Jamboree has shipped a total of 6.17 million units since its launch on 17th October 2024. This not only makes it the best-selling game of the financial quarter for Nintendo, but it’s also now the fastest-selling Mario Party entry in franchise history (thanks, Pierre485)….
The top dogs. Nintendo has released its latest financial data for the third quarter of FY2025 ending on 31st December 2024. As part of that, the company has provided an update to its top ten best-selling Switch games list. There’s no change in the order this time, with each title merely receiving a slight bump…
… and the Switch 2! Nintendo has released its latest financial data covering the third quarter ending 31st December in FY2025 and, as per tradition, the company has reconfirmed release windows for its major upcoming Switch software. It’s slim pickings, all told, but the games on offer here are sure to be absolute bangers. We’ve…