“It’s entirely the leadership here, internally”. Pokémon GO has been in the headlines a fair amount recently after Niantic sold off its gaming division to Saudi-owned mobile specialist Scopely. But in some good news for fans of the AR game, the developers have announced that they’re doubling the number of daily remote raids players can…
Park it. We haven’t really gone a day without some kind of controversy in the Switch 2 world. And this time Mario Kart World is back in the spotlight, as Nintendo has responded to claims that some of the game’s billboards appear to be created with AI. In a statement to Eurogamer, a spokesperson for…
“Nintendo was very supportive”. When Cyberpunk 2077 first launched back in 2020, it had more than its fair share of issues. Nevertheless, largely thanks to CD Projekt Red’s excellent Witcher 3 port, there was a part of us that thought, “Man, it would be great to play this on a Switch one day.” This feeling…
“Let me handle Viewtiful Joe too”. Clovers founder and creator of Bayonetta, Okami, and Viewtiful Joe Hideki Kamiya is a pretty talkative person, sharing his thoughts on everything from Switch 2 to leakers. Many of his opinions come from his YouTube channel, where he regularly answers fan questions in Q&A-style videos. Well, in the latest…
“we feel that it is a very Nintendo-like product”. Nintendo has released its latest Q&A transcript off the back of its financial results for FY2025. In it, president Shuntaro Furukawa defended the Switch 2’s perceived lack of innovation, with one investor questioning whether the Switch 2 is a “bridge” to a more innovative next-gen console…
You can (not) Resist. We know. We’re pretty late with this one, but this bears talking about. Cast your mind back to 9th May 2024 and “Indie Game Day”, with multiple outstanding games dropping simultaneously, demonstrating the variety, beauty, and necessity of independently-owned game studios. We covered several of them at the time, but this…
I whip my hair back and forth. Back in July 2023, we heard that developer WayForward was returning to a previously cancelled GBA entry in the Shantae series, Risky Revolution, for a release on both the classic hardware and modern consoles. While we’re still waiting to hear a solid launch date, the dev has finally…
“this one will be well worth it”. Professional skater Bam Margera has been officially confirmed for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 on the Switch and Switch 2. Margera’s involvement had been in question following a string of legal difficulties in recent years, but a recent report suggested that Tony Hawk himself was responsible…
Offenders may find their Switch bricked. Nintendo has recently updated its Account User Agreement to provide a more severe warning to those who “bypass, modify, decrypt, defeat” or “tamper with” their games. In short, if you happen to hack your Switch or run emulators, you may find that it winds up getting bricked entirely. This…
Enjoy improved resolution and frame rate. Level-5 has confirmed that Fantasy Life: The Girl Who Steals Time will be making its way to the Switch 2 (thanks, Gematsu). It’s yet another ‘Nintendo Switch 2 Edition‘ to add to the growing list, with Level-5 promising improved resolution and frame rate with the next-gen version. There’s no…