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Rumour The Brand New Pokémon From Let's Go Pikachu And Eevee Has Potentially Leaked
Pokémon GO files reveal
It appears that a brand new Pokémon has been unintentionally leaked from the network traffic of Pokémon GO, presumably being the new character that has been promised to appear in the upcoming Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! games. Images of this potential new Pokémon have been shared online by @Chrales,...
Rumour CoroCoro Appears To Confirm That Smash Ultimate Actually Has 108 Stages
Five still unannounced?
It would appear that the latest edition of Japan's CoroCoro magazine has given away a previously unknown fact about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, with one page stating that the game will feature 108 playable stages. According to Source Gaming, that particular page - which is completely dedicated to information on the game -...
Rumour Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn Will Apparently Be Exclusive To New Nintendo 3DS
Else stick with the Wii version
One of the highlights of the 3DS showcase during the recent Nintendo Direct was the announcement Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn - a remake of the charming Wii game - would be released in 2019. It'll include new features such as the ability to craft even bigger yarn balls, summon bead-collecting wind, outrun a demon in a new...
Rumour Nintendo Direct To Be Rescheduled For Thursday 13th September
Buckle yourselves in
Update: The official Twitter account for Platinum Train has now confirmed that the tweet posted below is not related to a Nintendo Direct. Our trusted sources still indicate that the Direct will be taking place as explained in the original article, however. Original Article: It's Nintendo Direct rumour time once again,...
Rumour The "Leaked" Smash Bros. Edition Switch Console Might Be Real After All
Given away by the Pokémon edition?
A few weeks ago, a blurry image of a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Switch bundle began to float around the internet, seemingly originating from users on sites such as Reddit and ResetEra who claimed to have found the image on the website of French retailer, Carrefour. Natu
Rumour Yet Another Nintendo Direct To Air Tomorrow, Switch Online Details Incoming?
Update: Nintendo Direct now confirmed
Update: We may have been off by one hour, but it turns out that our sources were indeed correct. Nintendo has now officially announced a Nintendo Direct for tomorrow. Check out the details here. Original Article: It appears that another new Nintendo Direct presentation might be just around the corner,...
Rumour Diablo III For Switch Might Be Released On Day One Of BlizzCon 2018
Hell yes
With the majority of Nintendo Switch games aiming to get their moment in the limelight before the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in December, it's raised questions about when exactly the Diablo III Eternal Collection will arrive. Blizzard has previously stated it should be
Rumour Switch Firmware Update 6.0.0 Is Imminent, Dataminers Uncover The Details
In time for the Online Service?
September is just around the corner and, unless you've somehow managed to miss the news, this means that we're about to see Nintendo's brand new paid-for online service kick into action. The service will be launching in the second half of the month, and you'd imagine that the console would need a pretty substantial...
Rumour Dark Souls II Now In Development For Nintendo Switch
"No word" on Dark Souls III
It's time to put our rumour hats on once again, folks, as reports suggest that a Dark Souls II port could well be in the works for Nintendo Switch. Dark Souls news has been flying around left, right, and centre over the last few days, with the Switch version of Dark Souls: Remastered getting a confirmed release...
Rumour Controller Icons Suggest Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered Could Be Switch-Bound
One small step for man, one giant leap for Switch
Fans of Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered have discovered a collection of Switch controller button icons inside the game, potentially suggesting that it could be on the way to Nintendo's console. The game, which is a remaster of the 2009 third-person shooter title Red Faction...
Rumour New Nintendo Direct Airing Later Today
Update: The rumours were true, in Nindies form!
Update: The rumours were true! A 2018 Indies Highlights presentation was shared by Nintendo of Europe at the time expected. You can check it out right here. Original Article: It appears that a brand new Nintendo Direct presentation is on the way very, very shortly, airing later today to...
Rumour Leak Signals Blizzard's Diablo 3 Will Unleash Hell On Switch This Year
Mounting evidence
Rumours of Diablo 3 coming to the Nintendo Switch have been flying about for some time now. Earlier this year in February, Blizzard tweeted a Diablo-themed night light being 'switched' on and off. Blizzard at the time denied the game's existence and said it wasn't that clever. Now, according to a number of sites including The Verge...
Rumour Has Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Blurry Menu Section Been Figured Out?
Potential spoilers, of course
During the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct which took place on Wednesday, one interesting section towards the end of the show revealed the game's main menu. One section of this menu was blurred out, with Sakurai teasingly saying that we'll have to wait for more news on what it might be, but one fan has been...
Rumour A Hidden VR Settings Menu Appears To Have Been Found On Switch
Is it on the way?
The topic of virtual reality on Switch seems to reappear in conversation every few months or so, with new rumours or speculation giving slight hope to the idea actually coming to fruition. While there are several reasons why a Switch VR setup doesn't seem entirely plausible - with the weight of the system being one - this new find...
Rumour Change To Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Medley Points To New Fighter
Potential spoilers inside
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was revealed at this year’s E3 as a completely new entry in the popular fighting series. As previously confirmed, it sees the return of every character in the history of Smash Bros. That’s potentially the biggest roster in a video game, ever. When Nintendo recently announced a Smash Direct...
Rumour Foul-Mouthed Platformer Rad Rodgers: World One Listed For Switch
Radical!
According to a listing on GameFly, THQ Nordic and Slipgate Studios' ‘90s inspired platform game Rad Rodgers: World One will be making its way across to the Nintendo Switch at some point in the near future. If you haven’t heard about this title before, it’s a game with plenty of attitude, humour and hardcore platforming fun. What...
Rumour This Year's FIFA Release Will Include Chinese League For First Time Ever
The complete experience
Part of the allure of the FIFA video games is the licensing of real-world clubs and leagues. As EA has already publicised, this season's game will include the UEFA Champions League - the most prestigious club competition in European football. Now, the latest news to emerge is in regards to a new league that will be...
Rumour Free-To-Play Switch Games Won't Be Impacted By Paid Online Service
Fingers crossed
When Nintendo Switch Online goes live in September, games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Splatoon 2 and eventually Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will essentially be behind a paywall. How this will impact each respective community remains unknown at this point in time. Beyond the big-name Nintendo IP, there hasn’t been much discussion...
Rumour Luigi’s Mansion For 3DS Is Out In October, According To Best Buy
A spooky premonition?
With all the games being released on the Nintendo Switch right now, it’s easy to forget the 3DS is still receiving new releases. One game coming to the handheld that hasn’t received as much spotlight as the likes of WarioWare Gold is the remake of the 2001 GameCube launch title, Luigi’s Mansion. Since its initial...
Rumour LEGO Harry Potter Collection Could Magically Appear On Nintendo Switch This November
You’re a wizard, 'Arry
The wizarding world continues to expand with the sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them due out this November. If you’ve been craving some magical video game action set in the same universe, it appears you might also be in luck. A grainy photo of the latest Argos catalogue - originally appearing on Reddit -...
Rumour Spyro: Reignited Trilogy Website Lists Nintendo Switch In Pre-Order Section
The worst kept secret?
Back in April, we reported a remaster of the original Spyro The Dragon PS1 trilogy would be arriving this September. At the time, the game was only announced for the PS4 and Xbox One, with no mention of the Nintendo Switch or even PC. This announcement followed with a listing on Nintendo’s s
Rumour Fortnite Dataminers Find Evidence Of Future Vehicle Customisation
Everyone likes dune buggies
The insanely popular battle royale game, Fortnite, continues to grow at a rapid rate, with Season 5’s arrival last week bringing a whole host of changes including the introduction of vehicles in the form of all-terrain karts. As with all updates, it’s no surprise to discover that dataminers have been inspecting...
Rumour IMDb Lists Rhythm Heaven's The Chorus Kids For Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Could it be?
The news it out - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will feature every single character that has ever been present in the franchise before. It's an amazing fact, and will no doubt make for an amazing character roster to choose from, but will it end there? Well, if this IMDb listing is anything to go by, perhaps not. As you can see in the...
Rumour Pokémon Might Be Getting Its Own Range Of Funko Pop Figures
Yet another bank balance drainer
It would appear that a new line of Funko Pop Pokémon figures could be on the way to stores very soon, and we can already hear the painful cries of our poor wallets. The images below come from a Reddit user who seems to have discovered a Pikachu Pop at a Target store in America (although the post has since been...
Rumour Revised Switch Units With Homebrew Bug Fix Are Now Appearing At Retail
Nintendo is fighting back
As you may well be aware if you regularly read these pages, the Switch has been subject to a number of concerning hacking attempts that could not only harm Nintendo itself thanks to emulation software, but - in some cases - have also been harming other users. It would appear that Nintendo may have taken one crucial step in...
Rumour Your Super Smash Bros. Ballot Votes Might Not Have Been Used For Smash 4's DLC
Bombshell
You may remember that, back in 2015, Nintendo asked fans of Super Smash Bros. to vote for characters that they'd like to see appear in-game in a ballot; lasting for six whole months, this gave players the chance to get their personal favourites added as DLC to Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS. As it turns out, recent...
Rumour Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Will Soon Allow Players To Fully Customise Difficulty Parameters
Game changer
Dataminers have been chipping away at Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and it appears that the game is set to receive a very different approach to difficulty selection. Potential spoilers ahead. Posted over on Reddit, new datamined info has been provided thanks to folks at the Xenoblade Discord datamine channel. It appears that an...
Rumour Was Monster Games Working On A Sequel To Diddy Kong Racing?
Even in 2018, the rumour persists
Diddy Kong Racing remains one of the most beloved kart racers of all time - no mean feat considering it shared a platform with Mario Kart 64 - so there's always been rumours and unfounded whispers that the title has a long-gestating sequel in development. One of the most infamous has only just come to our attention...
Rumour Google Is Creating A Gaming Platform To Rival Switch, PS4 and Xbox
With a plan to acquire dev studios
While the Switch is still relatively new to the gaming scene, the PS4 and Xbox One have both been around since 2013; if recent console generation trends are anything to go by, this means we could be seeing replacements for those consoles within the next couple of years. Interestingly, though, Sony and Microsoft...
Rumour Dragon Quest XI On Nintendo Switch Could Feature Extra Content
Can we have the actual game first?
While we wait patiently for Square Enix to bring Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age to Nintendo Switch - a project that's clearly going to take quite some time to complete as the publisher determines the best approach - one little tweet suggests
Rumour New GameStop Listing Reveals Wolfenstein: Youngblood For Switch
Certainly seems plausible
During Bethesda's mammoth E3 conference, which revealed a couple of Switch goodies in the form of Fallout Shelter and The Elder Scrolls: Legends, a new follow-up to Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus was revealed with no specific p
Rumour Even More Evidence For Fortnite On Switch Arrives In New eShop Server Datamine
Theoretically releasing tomorrow
The Fortnite rumours have been growing and growing over the last few weeks, with lots of evidence suggesting that game will be launching on Switch during the Nintendo E3 Direct taking place tomorrow. This latest datamine of upcoming software for the Switch's eShop shows a 12th June release date for the...
News Hellish Sequel Doom Eternal Announced By Bethesda
Platforms unconfirmed
Bethesda have today announced that a direct follow up to 2016's DOOM, titled DOOM Eternal is currently in development. The publisher has promised double the number of demons and a whole lot more action. Unfortunately for Switch owners, the platforms this game will be released on have not yet been revealed, and so begins...
Rumour Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Might Receive A Bonus Level On Switch
'Future Tense'
It appears that Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, which is arriving on Switch at the end of this month, may contain a brand new level that is not available on the already-released PlayStation 4 version. In a game listing from RBS Import Games, a distributor of video games in Brazil, the trilogy is said to be receiving one "bonus...
Rumour Hastily Updated Amazon Listing Suggests Fallout 76 Will Arrive On 31st July
Vault into action
Bethesda knows how to get itself making headlines, and with E3 set to kick off later this week, of course we're all talking about Fallout 76. Is it another single-player Fallout? Is it an MMO in the same vein as The Elder Scrolls Online? Whatever it's going to be we should hear more about it on Sunday during the Bethesda keynote...
Rumour Charles Martinet Will Be Voicing Mario In The Wreck-It Ralph 2 Movie
Breaking the internet
It’s already been confirmed by Nintendo and Illumination that Mario will be making his grand return to the silver screen in his own outing at some point in the near future and now according to a listing on IMDB, the voice behind Nintendo’s well-known mascot – Charles Martinet – will voice the iconic character in...
Rumour Leaked E3 Document Suggests Fortnite, Dragon Ball FighterZ And More Are Switch-Bound
Who needs surpises, eh?
While Wednesday was the day for seemingly every official game announcement on the planet -including a ton of new Pokémon games - Thursday followed suit with a megaton of leaks and swiftly unveiled secret games. While the next Assassin's Creed was revealed by a keyring, a document has surfaced that suggests some heavily...
News Team Sonic Racing Leaked By Walmart Before It Leaves The Garage
Take one for the Team
SEGA has been teasing the return of Sonic Racing for a while now - as have plenty of toy makers at trade shows - but it looks like North American retailer Walmart has rained on the publisher's parade with what appears to be a new entry in the series, Team Sonic Racing. According to the details leaked with the images and box...
News Datamine Reveals 26 Potential Characters For Mario Tennis Aces
Spoilers ahead
Mario Tennis Aces, the next big first-party Switch game from Nintendo, is a mere month away so we're naturally in full-on rumour mode. One of the big questions doing the rounds right now concerns the as yet unconfirmed full roster for the game, but one datamining effort could have the answers. As always, the names listed below might...
Rumour Ridley, Ice Climbers And Simon Belmot To Join The Super Smash Bros Roster
Ridley me this
The rumour mill is working overtime once again, this time churning up reports that three new additions will be joining the ranks for Super Smash Bros. on Nintendo Switch. Said rumour claims classic Metroid baddie Ridley, the Ice Climbers and Castlevania slayer Simon Belmont are bound for the franchise. So are these rumours really to...
Rumour Fresh Details Of Star Fox: Grand Prix Suggest It's Not Like F-Zero At All, Thanks Very Much
So there
While it's a long way from being confirmed as solid fact, there seems to be an almost unstoppable momentum behind rumours that Retro Studios is working on a racing game set in the Star Fox universe. Dubbed "Star Fox: Grand Prix", this rumoured title broke cover earlier this week, immediately triggering some hoots of derision from...
Video Can This Star Fox: Grand Prix Rumour Become a Reality?
Captain Falco
Rumours come, and rumours go, but some are just a little bit meatier than your average lump of hearsay and warrant a little more attention and analysis. The idea that Nintendo would produce another Star Fox game so soon after the lukewarm reaction to Star Fox Zero does seem a little odd, but there's more to this idea that initially...
Rumour Retro Studios Has Another Project In Development Alongside Star Fox
Though it may be in danger of cancellation
One of the hottest pre-E3 rumours on the internet over these past few days has been the discussion over Retro Studios working on a Star Fox title that aims to play closer to a hybrid of F-Zero and Diddy Kong Racing. Indeed, this alleged Star Fox: Grand Prix sounds like a bit of an outlandish possibility,...
Rumour Retro Studios Is Working On A Secret Star Fox: Grand Prix Title For Switch
F-Zero meets Star Fox?
When it was revealed developer Retro Studios wasn't working on Metroid Prime 4 (it had, after all, made the previous three) we were left wondering what the Texas-based outfit would do next - apart from handling the Switch port of
Rumour Datamined Images Provide More Evidence That Overwatch-Clone Paladins Will Come To Switch
It's all stacking up
New images found during a datamine of the latest Paladins update appear to provide even more evidence that the game will one day make it to the Switch. The game, a free-to-play hero-shooter that has often been described as an Overwatch-clone, has already been the subject of Switch-based rumours in the past, with various...
Rumour Super Mario Odyssey Is Getting Some Snazzy New Snapshot Filters
Let's take a selfie!
If you're still playing through Super Mario Odyssey, then there's a good chance you're still stopping to grab a perfect photo opportunity in the easy-to-access Snapshot mode. When you do capture that memorable moment, you can apply a snazzy filter for added snazziness. And it looks like Nintendo might be adding in a few more in...
Rumour The SNK Neo Geo Mini Is A Tiny Arcade Cabinet With 40 Built-In Games
A retro treasure trove
Last month SNK confirmed it was working on a 'Neo Geo Classic Edition' to mark its 40th anniversary, but bar an image showing 'something' draped mysteriously beneath a cloth we were left to wonder what such a throwback machine could be. YouTuber Spawn Wave may have potentially lifted the lid on these hotly-anticipated project,...
Rumour Capcom Has Listed An Unnamed 'Action/Adventure' Game For E3 2018
One that seemingly isn't coming to PS4, either
E3 2018 is fast approaching, and with Switch performing so well, we're expecting plenty of big news when it comes to the world of handheld gaming. One rumour suggests we'll be getting one of those megaton announcements from Capcom, which has purportedly listed an untitled game it plans to unveil at the...
Rumour Fortnite Could Be Headed To Nintendo Switch With Exclusive Content
Possibly shown at E3
The rumours are flying in thick and fast at the moment, but this one has certainly grabbed our attention. If the rumblings are to be believed, we could soon see the hugely popular Fortnite on Nintendo Switch, with a reveal expected to be shown at the Nintendo Spotlight: E3 2018 presentation in June. The news comes...
Rumour The Brawling Action Of Yo-Kai Watch Busters Could Be Headed To The West
Is a new 3DS localisation on the horizon?
It was way back in 2015 that we got news that the Yo-Kai Watch franchise was getting another spin-off in the form of Yo-Kai Watch Busters, but sadly the open-world brawler never made its way out of Japan. Well, if a tidbit of information is anything to go by, this 3DS gem could finally be getting localised...