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News Top Racer Collection Hits The Brakes On Switch, Delayed To March 2024
False start for the classic SNES racing series
After being revealed last October, publisher QUByte Interactive has today announced that the Top Racer Collection will no longer be coming to Switch later this month, but will instead be returning to the pit lane until 7th March 2024. The collection comprises the three SNES titles in the Top Gear...
News Jungle Book-Meets-The Apocalypse Platformer 'The Cub' Leaps Onto Switch This Month
The strength of the wolf is the pack
Originally revealed in the Future Games Show Spring Showcase back in 2022, publisher Untold Tales and developer Demagog Studio have today announced that the apocalypse-set 2D platformer The Cub is set to pounce onto Switch on 19th January. Framed by the publishers as a "Jungle Book meets the armageddon fusion,"...
News GBA-Inspired Horror Adventure 'The Bunny Graveyard' Hops Onto Switch This Year
What's up, Doc?
Publisher and developer Pichon Games has announced that the gorgeous but gory horror adventure The Bunny Graveyard will be making the jump (heheh) over to Switch at some point in 2024. Originally released on Steam last September, the game sees you playing as a mouse cursor on a computer (yes, really) and setting out to help a bunny...
News No Gravity Games Wraps Up Winter Giveaway With Final Two Free Switch Games (North America)
Hang on, 11 days of Christmas?
Update: If you have been following the No Gravity Games giveaway over the past week, you may be slightly shocked to read in the headline that today is the final day. Yep, despite the company describing 'Switchmas Wonderland' as "an annual Holiday event where you can get up to 12 Switch games for free", it seems that,...
News The Pokémon Company Outlines Fixes For Scarlet & Violet's Next Update
Catch it in late January 2024
Last week, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet was updated to ver. 3.0.0 in preparation for the release of its Indigo Disk DLC. That patch came with some problems of its own, so now the Pokémon Company has shared some of the fixes that it is working on for the games' next update (thanks, Serebii.net
News Pocket iRecatcher Will Reconnect Your Pokémon GO 'Auto Catch' Device For Uninterrupted Play
Also featuring Auto Tap
Ever since the release of the Pokémon GO Plus wristband, there have been a handful of 'auto-catching' imitators keen to bring something new to catching 'em all. But many of these (including the catchily named Pokémon GO Plus +) have suffered from the same issue: after a while, they will disconnect from the game. For the...
News New Pokémon Scarlet & Violet 7-Star Tera Raid Battle Event Revealed For This Weekend
Plus, the Walking Wake/Iron Leaves event returns
The Pokémon Company has announced the next 7-Star Tera Raid Battle event for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, heading our way from 22nd-24th December (thanks, @SerebiiNet). This weekend's event will star Gen IX's Iron Bundle — yep, the robot bird. The mechanical menace will come with an Ice Tera Type...
News Score 50% Off Radiant Silvergun And Other Select Shmups In Live Wire's Christmas Sale
Pew pew
Publisher Live Wire has today revealed a handful of shmup titles that are seeing tasty discounts throughout the holiday season of up to 50%. The publisher's Christmas sale is now live on the Switch eShop and will be running until 3rd January 2024 — plenty of time to pick up any of the ones that catch your eye, we'd say. Chief among the...
News SaGa Emerald Beyond Slashes Onto Switch In April 2024
Two new character trailers reveal all
Initially announced in the September Nintendo Direct showcase, Square Enix has today revealed that the next entry in the SaGa series, SaGa Emerald Beyond, will be landing on Switch on 25th April 2024. This release date came directly from Square's SaGa Glimmerfest 2023 livestream, where the publisher was...
News Nintendo Launches 'Festive Offers' Switch eShop Sale, Discounts On Over 3,000 Games (Europe)
Anyone would think it's the end of the year...
What's that? You thought that the discounts were over because Black Friday is finished? Ohh no, no, no. It is December in Nintendo land, and if that means anything, it means that the discounts are never over. Yes, that's right, Nintendo has today launched its Festive Offers sale on the Switch eShop,...
News Dave The Diver's Dredge DLC Arrives In New Update, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Something fishy's going on here
The diving/restaurant management roguelike Dave The Diver had us hooked (heheh) when it swam onto Switch earlier this year, but now things are set to get a whole lot more spooky as its collaborative Dredge DLC (yes, the Lovecraftian fishing game) has sailed into view today. Enough nautical puns for you? We've got...
Reminder Tetris 99's Super Mario Bros. Wonder Event Is Now Live
Unlock a Wonderful new theme
2023 has been quite the year for Mario, huh? Nintendo's prize plumber has had his own movie, a brand-new 2D platformer and an RPG-make thrown in for good measure. Just to put the icing on the cake, he's now appearing in a handful of Tetris 99 crossover Grands Prix too, with the Super Mario Bros. Wonder event now...
News New Shiren The Wanderer Trailer Showcases The Upcoming Roguelike's Fresh Features
Rescue, Parallel Play and Monster Dojo all detailed
Thanks to confirmation from Spike Chunsoft back in October, we know for sure that Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island (catchy little title, huh?) is heading West on 27th February. But what will the latest entry in the roguelike RPG series have in store? What new
News Spike Chunsoft's Latest Sale Offers Up To 80% Off Select Switch eShop Titles (Europe)
Discounted Danganronpa
Hot on the tail of Black Friday discounts, publisher Spike Chunsoft has snuck into the 'Festive Offers' eShop sale for 2023, providing some pretty meaty savings on select titles. There is a fair selection of games included this time around with series like Danganronpa and AI: The Somnium Files scoring discounts of up to 80%...
News 'Piczle Cross: Story Of Seasons' Plants More Nonogram Puzzles On Switch Next Year
Seeing the bigger picture
Publisher Rainy Frog has today announced the next title in the nonogram puzzle series Piczle Cross: Story of Seasons, which will be laying down roots on Switch on 27th February 2024. As you might expect from the Piczle series, this one is packed with nonogram puzzles galore, all with a farm-sim twist thanks to the Story of...
News Streetdog BMX Brings Tricks, Flips And Killer Combos To Switch Next Year
Totally tubular!
Publisher Null Games and indie dev Yeah Us! Games have announced Streetdog BMX, an extreme sports game that aims to pedal its way onto Switch next year. The developer has compared this one to Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater and Dave Mirra BMX — titles to prick up our ears, for sure — though the colourful urban environments look to...
News Trombone Champ Lands Two Festive Songs In New Holiday Update, Here Are The Patch Notes
Achievements also come to Switch
Trombone Champ tooted its way over to Switch earlier this year and now developer Holy Wow Studios has brought us a new update to keep the good times going over the festive period. Ver. 1.25A is now available on Switch, and there are a good number of newly added features to keep an eye out for. Perhaps the most...
News Devolver's Chill Environmental Strategy Game 'Terra Nil' Blooms On Switch Next Week
Planting the seed
Publisher Devolver Digital and developer Free Lives have announced that the environmental strategy game-meets-city builder Terra Nil will be laying down roots on Switch on 18th December. Described as a "chill, meditative twist on the city-builder genre," Terra Nil will see you tasked with transforming a series of...
News Surprise! Smash Bros. Ultimate Sora amiibo Is Now Up For Pre-Order (UK)
Low-KEY
The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Sora amiibo is now available to pre-order from My Nintendo Store UK. The final entry in the Smash collection, this Kingdom Hearts amiibo is currently listed for £12.99 and is set to release on 16th February 2024. If previous releases are anything to go by, we imagine that this little guy wo
News New Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Trailer Showcases All 96 Circuits
A whistle-stop tour
If by some freak accident, you somehow haven't picked up a copy of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe just yet (and its continued prevalence in the weekly UK charts shows that there are still some out there who haven't), then perhaps Nintendo's latest trailer can sell you on the idea of picking up a copy. This one is all about the circuits...
News The Super Mario Bros. Movie Lands Three Nominations At The Golden Globes 2024
Let's-a Globe
Right off the back of The Game Awards 2024, Nintendo is in the running for yet another batch of prizes as The Super Mario Bros. Movie has landed itself not one, not two, but three nominations at this year's Golden Globes. The Nintendo and Illumination production is up for Best Motion Picture - Animated, Cinematic and Box Office...
News Jet Set Radio's Original Creators Are "Involved" In The Reboot, Says Sega Of America CEO
"its time is now"
We'll admit it, we are more than a little excited to see what SEGA is cooking up. During last week's Game Awards, the studio announced that it would be reimaging and expanding on a bunch of its fan-favourite franchises, with Jet Set Radio being but one of the series to receive the 'surge' treatment. The amount that we actually...
News Nintendo Is Still Trying To Fix Splatoon 3's Big Run Reward Bug
Update: Previous patch did not fix the problem
Update #2 [Fri 8th Dec, 2023 17:15 GMT]: Earlier this week, Nintendo announced that it was aware of a bug in Splatoon 3's latest Big Run event which resulted in players receiving the incorrect reward for their efforts. A patch was released earlier today to fix this problem, but it looks like the bug...
News Zelda Timeline Is Only Considered "To An Extent" During Development, Says TOTK Director
It's all about the theories
Prior the release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom earlier this year, our heads were full of theories about where Link's latest adventure would fit on the much-discussed timeline. We knew that it would be taking place directly after Breath of the Wild, but where does that put it compared to, say, Ocarina of...
News Pikmin 4 Picks Up Best Sim/Strategy Game At The Game Awards 2023
PikWIN
The Game Awards 2023 turned out to be a pretty big night for Nintendo, with Switch announcements coming left, right and centre (you can find them all in our round-up). It was also a big one for wins. We have covered a few of those on the site already, but let's all give a big cheer for Pikmin 4, which managed to take home the award for Best...
News Nintendo Live 2024 Tokyo Has Been Cancelled
Splatoon and Mario Kart events postponed too
Nintendo has today announced that the first Nintendo Live event of 2024, which was set to take place in Tokyo, has been cancelled. Alongside this, several competitive events including the 'Splatoon Koshien 2023 National Finals,' the 'Splatoon 3 World Championship 2024' and the 'Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online...
News New Sea Of Stars Update Sails Onto Switch "Very Soon", Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Spoilers ahoy!
It has been a good few months since Sea of Stars first dropped anchor on Switch and stole our hearts in the process (enough to score it a 9/10 in our review, no less), and now developer Sabotage has announced that a new update is on the horizon and will be floating onto Nintendo's hybrid "very soon". The catchily-named ver. 1.0.46981...
News Vampire Survivors' Upcoming DLC Features An Out Of This World Among Us Collaboration
"bullet hell... in space!"
Revealed as a "one more thing" announcement at today's Day of the Devs digital showcase, Poncle announced that Vampire Survivors will be landing an all-new DLC package, featuring a collaboration with... wait for it... Among Us. We don't know all that much about what the DLC will have in store at the time of writing apart...
DLC deets
The Pokémon Company has announced that it will be sharing more information on Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's upcoming DLC chapter, The Indigo Disk, on 7th December at 14:00 GMT / 09:00 EST / 06:00 PST (that's tomorrow)! As for what exactly the presentation will contain, we're not quite sure just yet. With a little over a week to go before...
News "Street Fighter With Pillows"? This Family-Friendly Fighter Swings Onto Switch Next Year
Pillow the belt
The Switch isn't short of fighting games; if you want to duke it out as adorable animals, heroes in a half shell or beloved Nintendo characters, the console has got you covered. But what if you wanted something a little softer? Something that has all the hallmarks of your favourite fighting games, but without the intense violence...
News Suika Game Is The Next Free Trial For Nintendo Switch Online Users (Europe)
Lining up later this week
Nintendo has announced its next free game trial for NSO subscribers in Europe, confirming that Suika Game will be lining up for some payment-less playtime from 7th-11th December. Of the many, many games that have made a big splash in 2023, Suika Game is right up there. Complexity takes a back seat in this fruit-based...
News Vampire Survivors Gets New Story Mode In Upcoming 'Adventures' Update
Coming to Switch "soon"
Just when we thought that we had freed ourselves from the unrelenting pull of Vampire Survivors, developer Poncle makes an announcement that has us ready to grab our Garlic and dive into the bullet-hell roguelike all over again. That announcement is that a new 'Adventures' update is on the way. That's right, we're getting a...
News Geoff Keighley Reveals "Hype Trailer" For The Game Awards 2023
A mash-up of the year's best
The Game Awards 2023 are right around the corner and, just like clockwork, host and Mr Games himself, Geoff Keighley, has revealed this year's "hype trailer" to get us all, well, hyped. As is usually the case, Keighley takes to the editor's seat to showcase some of the year's best games (according to TGA, that is), over...
News Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Is Now Being Playtested, Says Series Creator
Could a 2024 announcement be on the cards?
When we last heard word about the Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, series creator Yuji Horii said that the development was "progressing quite steadily". It was hardly the info dump that many of us were after, but hey, at least it was something (let's not forget that
News Charming SRPG Wargroove 2 Lands New Update On Switch, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Adds multiplayer ranking and more
2023 has been quite the year to be a tactics fan with the likes of Fire Emblem Engage, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp and Persona 5 Tactica all landing on Switch. One of the year's very best in this genre though (if you ask us, that is), is Wargroove 2, a gorgeous sequel that we described as a "must-play" in our...
News Cute Cat RPG 'Cattails: Wildwood Story' Snuggles Onto Switch Today
Good mews!
Back in the days before the Switch eShop was awash with cat-based indie games, there was Cattails. This feline RPG — where you play as an actual cat, we might add — provided us with a good way to while away the hours back in 2018 and we went on to reward it an 8/10 in our review. Well, the cat's out the bag now, as its sequel,...
News Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Will Bloom Onto Switch In Summer 2024
New trailer shows even more gameplay
Featured in today's Level-5 Vision Showcase, we got another look at Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time and a release window of summer 2024. This long-awaited sequel to the 3DS classic, Fantasy Life, looks to contain all of the same features that we loved so much about the former game — life sim-meets-RPG...
News Professor Layton And The New World Of Steam Is Now Set To Release In 2025
Hold onto your hats
Despite having been revealed in the February Nintendo Direct earlier this year, it looks like we are going to have to wait a while before we get our hands on Professor Layton and the New World of Steam as Level-5 has today revealed that the title is now scheduled to release in 2025. Featuring in today's Vision Showcase, the...
News Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road Kicks Off Switch Beta Testing In March 2024
He shoots, he scores
After a number of delays and enough title changes to fill an 11-man roster, Level-5 has today finally revealed that Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road will be bringing the football RPG series to Switch in 2024. The game's beta testing phase will kick off in March, with a full release planned for later in the year The release date was...
News 'FrostyFest' Is Returning To Splatoon 3 With A Festive Splatfest And Free Gear
"Stay tuned for deets on this special Splatfest!"
There's no hanging around between events in Splatoon 3. With this year's Splatoween out of the way, things are taking a festive turn as it has been announced that FrostyFest will be making a comeback in the upcoming Chill Season 2023. This event last popped up for the "Fam vs. Friend" Splatfest in...
News Fashion Dreamer's Free Winter Collection Update Unfolds On Switch Next Week
New items, features, patterns and more
We found that there was some fun to be had in the Switch-exclusive title Fashion Dreamer when it hit the console catwalk earlier this month, though we felt that it was very much lacking in depth at the time of launch. It looks like more content is on the horizon, however, as publisher Marvelous Europe has today...
News Is Dave The Diver An Indie Game? The Game Awards' Host Weighs In
"Independent can mean different things to different people"
Earlier this month, we got our first look at the nominees for The Game Awards 2023. While we were pleased to see Nintendo getting some much-deserved love (including two titles in the GOTY category), much of the conversation online in the ensuing days has been around the Best Indie Game...
News Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 Lands New Update, With "Minor" Switch Fixes
Here are the full patch notes
Another week, another update for Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1. The latest patch bumps things up to ver. 1.3.1 which doesn't seem to be all that big of an upgrade on Switch. The tweaks listed below cover those made on all consoles, and the eagle-eyed readers out there might just notice that only one point...
News Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy Is Seemingly Going Physical In North America Too
New listing suggests physical is not import-only
Earlier this year, we were excited to hear that even more courtroom drama would be heading our way in 2024 with Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy. A physical was later announced for Japan and while a multi-language version would be available to import, it looked like the collection would be...
News Super Mario RPG's Useless Cheat Code Is Included In The Switch Remake
Code was previously a Japan exclusive
We weren't messing around when we called Super Mario RPG on Switch "one of the most faithful HD adaptations we’ve ever played" in our 9/10 review. Everything that made the original game so weird is right here almost 30 years on, including the sections that give us nothing more than a good laugh. One such...
News New 'South Park: Snow Day!' Gameplay Trailer Is All About Co-Op, Combat And Cartman
Battle starts next year
Initially showcased in the THQ Nordic Digital Showcase 2023 presentation, we have today got a better look at the upcoming 3D battler South Park: Snow Day! which is set to be thrown onto Switch in 2024. We didn't get all that much about the game from the initial reveal (apart from a sense of dread at seeing another 3D South...
News New Front Mission 2: Remake Update Blasts Onto Switch Today, Here Are The Patch Notes
Drop in today
Front Mission 2: Remake dropped onto Switch just last month and it was... fine. The rough edges on this one were a little too distracting to us when we got to grips with it on release, but developers Storm Trident and G-Craft have been working on a range of updates, the latest of which is available to download today. A fair few of the...
News Nintendo Is Launching An 18+ N64 Switch Online App In Japan
GoldenEye and Jet Force Gemini will debut on the new app
Earlier today, we learnt that Rare's Jet Force Gemini would be headed to the N64 Nintendo Switch Online service next month. While Western audiences will be able to play the game via the normal app, Nintendo has revealed that things will be slightly different in Japan, as the region will soon...
News Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed Lands Crossplay In New Switch Update, Here Are The Patch Notes
Who you gonna call?
It has only been a few weeks since the 4v1 co-op title Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed slimed its way onto Switch and now developer Illfonic has brought a brand-new update our way, one that makes it even easier to team up with your pals. Yes, ver. 1.7.1 introduces crossplay to the Switch version of the game, so your...
News Nintendo Switch Online's Next Free Game Trial Lays Down Roots Tomorrow (Europe)
Find Fae Farm for free
Nintendo has revealed its next free game trial for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers in Europe: Fae Farm. It will be ripe and ready for picking tomorrow from 22nd-28th November. We had a great time with this one when it bloomed onto consoles earlier this year, finding particular enjoyment in the gorgeous visuals, lengthy...