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Video Learn About The Making Of GoldenEye 007 In This "Leaked" Rare Replay Documentary
Seen it already? Watch it again
The iconic first-person shooter GoldenEye 007 returns today after a 25 year wait. If you're not familiar with the game's history or are just curious to know more about this legendary N64 title, don't worry - Rare has got you covered. Back when it released its Rare Replay collection on the Xbox One in 2015, it...
Video GoldenEye 007 Side-By-Side Graphics Comparison (Switch & N64)
Spot the difference
GoldenEye 007 is arguably a timeless classic, but visually speaking it's looking a little dated. Fortunately, the re-release is getting a facelift. The new version for the Switch Online Expansion Pack service is certainly looking sharper and smoother, and to see just how much it's improved, the YouTube channel GameXplain has put...
Video We've Played SteamWorld Build - Is It Any Good?
A solid foundation?
As part of its SteamWorld Telegraph Special Broadcast on January 23rd, Thunderful revealed a brand new entry to the SteamWorld franchise: SteamWorld Build, a city builder and dungeon crawler that Thunderful states is a cross between SimCity and Dungeon Keeper. For more information on the new title, check out the full...
News Nintendo Shares New 8 Minute Fire Emblem Engage Overview Trailer
"Fire Emblem for all"
While Fire Emblem is quite easy to jump into as a tactical RPG veteran, for others it can be a bit intimidating. With this in mind, Nintendo has released yet another overview trailer - this time introducing newcomers to the basics of Fire Emblem Engage. It covers the role-playing elements, relationship building, and of course...
Video Watch This Splatoon 3 Pro Team Collect 241 Golden Eggs In A "World Record" Salmon Run
Mr. Grizz must be happy
Splatoon might be primarily known as a competitive shooter, but since the release of the second game, Nintendo has expanded upon the original concept with its cooperative wave mode Salmon Run. If you do enjoy putting in a shift for Mr. Grizz, you might want to check out the above IGN video. It's a detailed breakdown of a...
Video Check Out This New Fire Emblem Engage Nintendo Switch Gameplay
Five minutes of direct footage
Nintendo's first major release of the year Fire Emblem Engage is due out on the Switch next week. If you're eager to see more, you've come to the right place, as our lovely video team has uploaded some brand-new gameplay footage. For anyone wondering, this new entry runs in docked mode at around 972p, and in portable,...
Random It's Now Been 6 Years Since Zelda: BOTW's 'Switch Presentation' Trailer Released
Now bring on Tears of the Kingdom!
It's set to be a massive year for the Zelda series with the sequel to Breath of the Wild launching this May. As excited as many fans are about the future, many can't help but reflect on just how long it's now been since the original game's iconic reveals. In fact, this week actually marks six years since the...
Video Does The Switch Actually Feel 'Old' Yet?
Nearly six years have passed since its launch
The Nintendo Switch is almost six years old... Can you believe it? The console first launched worldwide on March 3rd, 2017 and it's now 20-ruddy-23. Understandably of course, there are whispers and speculation surrounding Nintendo's next piece of major hardware, but really, does the Switch actually feel...
Video What's Going On With Kirby Right Now?
Will the little guy ever get full?
We have a little over a month to go before Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe flies onto the Switch. This is bound to be an exciting time for those of us who love Kirby and are a fan of the 2011 Wii game, but there will also be many out there who can't help but think, "wait, didn't we only just get a new Kirby...
Random Twitch Chat Beats "Every Single Sport" In Wii Sports
It even got a home run in baseball
We've seen Twitch chat beat games like Pokémon and even The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, but how about a more active game? Over the holiday break, Twitch and variety streamer GappyV decided to invent the ultimate test - creating code that converted basic messages into Wii Remote and Nunchuk inputs to see...
News The Pokémon Company To Share Special 'Pokémon 1008 Encounters' Video Today
Different to PokéDoko's plans
The Pokémon Company has dropped a YouTube premier for tomorrow, 12th January, which looks to celebrate the entire Pokédex — which has now reached 1008 Pokémon following the release of Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. Shared by Serebii on Twitter, this is the second celebratory video to be revealed, following...
News New SpongeBob SquarePants Trailer Introduces The Cast Of The Cosmic Shake
"Meet the Bikini Bottomites"
It's quite a busy start to the year for the Switch with games like Fire Emblem Engage and classic Persona titles releasing next week. One other game to be on the lookout for towards the end of the month is SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake. To help build some excitement around this new adventure, THQ Nordic and...
News PokéDoko Teases Special "World Premiere" Video To Celebrate 1,000+ Pokémon
Airing on the Japanese variety show later this week
The Pokémon series has come a long way and as of the ninth generation (Pokémon Scarlet and Violet), there are now more than 1,000 Pokémon. As part of this milestone, the Japanese variety show PokéDoko apparently has a special "world premiere" video scheduled to air during its upcoming episode...
Random Masahiro Sakurai Says He Prefers To Buy Video Games Digitally
Are you team digital or team physical?
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate creator Masahiro Sakurai has tackled a hot topic in his latest YouTube upload - discussing the pros and cons of digital and physical game collections. Sakurai admits he's "team digital all the way" and doesn't really consider himself to be a collector. Rather than focusing on the...
Video Digital Foundry's Technical Analysis Of Mortal Shell: Complete Edition On Switch
What's the verdict?
At the end of last year, the Souls-like title Mortal Shell: Complete Edition got a surprise release on the Nintendo Switch. If you've been wondering how this particular version of the game compares to the rest, Digital Foundry has got you covered with its latest technical analysis. So, how does it hold up? Its ambition comes at...
Random YouTubers Taste Every Sandwich From Pokémon Scarlet And Violet
Fancy some kiwi, avocado, and horseradish?
One of the biggest and surprisingly engaging new features in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is the ability to create sandwiches when setting up for a picnic in the world of Paldea. There's an awful lot of sandwiches to choose from once you've got all the relevant ingredients together (and for a full breakdown...
News Fire Emblem Engage Gets A Nine Minute Overview Trailer
Take a look
Nintendo's marketing campaign for Fire Emblem Engage is now well and truly underway. Following previews going live, it's now released a brand new overview trailer that runs for close to nine minutes. One catch is it's only been uploaded to Nintendo's YouTube channels in Japan, so you'll have to watch the whole thing in Japanese. It...
Video Digital Foundry Provides A Technical Preview Of Fire Emblem Engage
"A much better looking game versus Three Houses"
Fire Emblem Engage is just a couple of weeks away from its release and we're definitely excited to get stuck into the full game. We've already provided our own initial thoughts based on our hands-on time with the tactical RPG, and now Digital Foundry is back once again to provide some technical...
Video 8 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In January
Fire Emblem Engage, Persona 4 Golden, and more
It's a new year, folks! 2023 is here and if there's one thing we're sure of, it's that January is generally a pretty quiet month for gaming in general. Well, this year, the Switch has said "errr no thank you" and gifted us a whole bunch of awesome new releases that we should all be getting excited...
Video We Hereby Declare That 2023 Will Be The Year Of 3DS StreetPass
But we'll need your help
2023 is going to be a pretty big year for the Switch. It's only the start of January, but we already know that we're going to be playing the likes of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Fire Emblem Engage, Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, and Pikmin 4 within the next 12 months, and that's all while being fully...
News Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak's Fourth Free Title Update Is Out February 2023
Will be followed by another update in Spring
It's been another huge year for Monster Hunter Rise with the arrival of Sunbreak in June. To celebrate 2022, Capcom has now released a short trailer reflecting on the past 12 months and highlighting the many updates along the way. As part of this, it's also revealed the fourth free title update for the...
News Level-5 Shows Off Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road Of Heroes Gameplay & New Character
And talks about the year ahead
Just weeks after the World Cup, Level-5 has shared another look at its upcoming title Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road of Heroes (previously known as Inazuma Eleven: Heroes’ Great Road). The latest teaser artwork shows off a new character. His name hasn't been revealed just yet, but he's apparently an extremely talented...
Video What Were Your Top Five Switch Games Of 2022?
Go big or go home
Another year has come and gone and, as per tradition, it's naturally got us thinking about which games struck a chord with us over the past twelve months. We've already taken a good look at some of the best games according to the editorial staff, and we've also compiled a reader-ranked list of the top fifty Nintendo Switch games...
Video Join Us As We Celebrate 'The MOTHER We Share: Our EarthBound Story'
Now screening at PAX West
It's the second Sunday in May, which means it's Mother's Day in a great many countries around the world (although not in the UK, where Mothering Sunday falls in March). We're celebrating Mother's Day this year in a very special way and looking back fondly on one particular Mother that Nintendo fans around the world are...
News Platinum Teases Brand New Wonderful 101: Remastered DLC Update
Take a sneak peek
PlatinumGames has finally shared an update about the next DLC update for The Wonderful 101: Remastered. As you might recall, Luka's Mission was one of the stretch goals on the Kickstarter. Platinum has now provided a sneak peek of this upcoming content. This will take on the form of a classic 2D side-scroller, with Luka as the...
News Nintendo Shares Final Day Of Festive Indie Game News And Switch eShop Shadow Drops
Update: Sports Story and Sea of Stars headline
Update #4 [Fri 23rd Dec, 2022 17:08 GMT]: It's here, folks! Sports Story is the headliner of Nintendo's final day of its festive House of Indies. Boy, if we found something like that in our Advent Calendar, we'd be very happy. The long-awaited follow-up to Golf Story, after being teased for a December...
Video Digital Foundry's Technical Analysis Of Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII Reunion On Switch
"Surprisingly this is an excellent build"
Zack Fair's story made its Switch debut last week in Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII Reunion, an impressive remaster of the 2007 PSP favourite and prequel to Final Fantasy VII. The game launched on multiple platforms, and many were concerned that the Switch version would suffer thanks to the incredibly...
News Nintendo Minute Videos Are Being Set To Private On Nintendo's YouTube Channel
"It’s a shame people won’t be able to watch these"
A year ago, subscribers of Nintendo of America's official YouTube channel got quite a shock when 'Nintendo Minute' hosts Kit and Krysta uploaded their final video after more than 8 years and over 400 episodes. If you've ever wanted to go back and relive the journey, you might want to hurry up...
Video Super Mario Movie Trailer Gets Reimagined With N64 Graphics
Super Mario 64 Movie
We've seen quite a bit of the upcoming Super Mario Bros. Movie now, but it's still not enough for some fans out there. In fact, one individual known as King Bob Gaming on YouTube has gone to the extent of recreating the second trailer using Nintendo 64 graphics. The result is something that looks similar but different to the...
Video A Closer Look At The Aya Neo Air, A Powerful Alternative To The Switch
How powerful? "Rather"
One of the most common complaints thrown at the Switch (at least in the last year or so) is that it's starting to look slightly antiquated when compared to the likes of the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, or even Valve's Steam Deck. The easiest thing for most people (this writer included) is to simply stick it out and wait for...
News Nintendo Announces New Child-Led YouTube Series, 'Kids Play!'
Headphone warning
Fans of piercing noise might be pleased to hear that Play Nintendo - the official kid-led YouTube channel for all things Switch - is starting a new series called Kids Play! (no prizes for guessing what it entails). Just in case you were wondering, the Kids Play! series will see different groups of children going head to head in a...
Video What's It Like Attending The Game Awards In Person?
Time for another preview
As far as our expectations for Nintendo content go, last week's The Game Awards was not half bad. We got first word of Bayonetta Origins, had a sneak peek at Hades II and Earthblade and much more besides (we broke it all down in our full round-up). But what was it like attending the event in person? Fortunately,
Random Here's Every Game Music Reference In The Latest Super Mario Movie Clip
Da da da da da da, DAAAAH!
At last week's The Game Awards show, Nintendo and Illumination unveiled a new clip from the upcoming Super Mario Bros. Movie, showcasing the main guy himself exploring Mushroom Kingdom alongside Keegan-Michael Key's character, Toad. Something that long-time fans of Mario will have immediately noticed was the lovely...
Video Our Latest Shopping Haul Is Incredibly Spicy, Literally
Hot Ones' got nothing on this
Our lovely video producer Zion is back once again with a hefty shopping haul, showcasing his uh... let's say varied taste in games. At the top of the pile is a rather curious Japanese titled released in 2020 called Tabe-O-Ja, which is essentially a cooking game in which you summon creatures called "Tabe-Gami". The...
Video Super Mario Bros. Movie "Mushroom Kingdom" Official Reveal
A Game Awards exclusive
We've already seen a few trailers of the Super Mario Bros. Movie, and now at the Game Awards, the show's host Geoff Keighley has given Mario fans their very first look at some "direct" footage of the upcoming film. It was a brief scene showing off Mario's introduction to the Mushroom Kingdom as he makes his way up to...
News Celeste Creator Shares "First-Look" At New Title Earthblade
"Coming 2024"
At The Game Awards earlier today, the team behind the award-winning indie hit Celeste, gave fans a first look at its new 2D platformer Earthblade. Platforms and a specific release date have not been announced yet, but it won't be out until 2024. "NEW game by EXOK Games, the creators of Celeste! You are Névoa, an enigmatic child of...
News Never Played Mario + Rabbids? Nintendo's Video Guide Is Here To Help
Sparks of inspiration
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope came out a little over a month ago now and was instantly met by high praise indeed (scoring 8/10 in our review). If the first game in the series is anything to go by, then we can see this sequel being something of a sleeper hit thanks to some nice eShop discounts in the coming years. If, however,...
Video 11 Exciting New Games Coming to Nintendo Switch In December 2022
Mario Kart 8 DLC Wave 3, Crisis Core & more
We've made it to the final month of 2022, everyone! It's been another action-packed year of gaming, and while we didn't get everything we necessarily wanted, it was still a fun ride on the Nintendo Switch front. So, what's there to look forward to in December? Well, apart from Inscryption, which is...
Video Here's A Look At Pokémon Scarlet & Violet's Performance (Version 1.1.0)
New update apparently "improves the performance"
Following Nintendo's apology yesterday about the tech issues and bugs in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, the new entries have now been updated to Version 1.1.0. In the official patch notes it was mentioned how "select bugs" would be fixed, and now that this update has been released, there are already...
Video Nintendo Switch Sports' New Golf Update Is Exactly What You'd Expect
More golf than you can golf golf
The new golf update for Nintendo Switch Sports is out now after a bit of a delay, and our lovely Video Producer Alex has been checking it out over on our YouTube channel. He's not alone, though, as our brand new Pure Xbox Video Producer Craig "Good Boy" Reid has joined in the fun to see what all the fuss is about...
Video You Can Improve Pokémon Scarlet And Violet's Performance Yourself
Just don't expect any miracles
Yes, we're back talking about Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's performance, again. Look, if the game had shipped in a better state, then we wouldn't have to, but for now, let's just crack on. It turns out that, yes, you can actually improve the games' performance yourself. Granted, the actual end result will likely not...
News Overwatch 2 Reveals Gameplay Footage Of New Tank Hero
Coming December 6th
Update [Sun 27th Nov, 2022 02:55 GMT]: Blizzard has now released gameplay footage of Ramattra. He'll make his debut in Season 2 on December 6. Original article [Wed 23rd Nov, 2022 02:05 GMT]: If you're still playing Blizzard's free-to-play title Overwatch 2 on a regular basis, you might be interested to know there's a double...
Video Nintendo Land Will Likely Never Come To Switch, But That's Okay
Catching up on the Wii U launch title
The Wii U had a pretty dull launch line-up, all told. There, we said it. Between the likes of New Super Mario Bros. U, ZombiU, and Mass Effect 3, there was a general consensus that while all of these games are undoubtedly good, they didn't exactly set the world on fire and justify the Wii U as a "must-have"...
News Unused Beta Island Found In Sonic Frontiers' Switch Files
Putting the 'open' in 'open zone'
We think it's fair to say that the huge dust cloud which followed Sonic Frontiers' launch has finally settled. Clocking in mixed reviews across the board, one topic that seemed to divide us all was the game's approach to the 'open zone' concept with some believing that it was a great leap forward for the Sonic...
Video Digital Foundry's Technical Analysis Of Pokémon Scarlet And Violet
A full tech rundown
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet have been out for less than a week now, quickly becoming an internet sensation - just not in the way that we would have expected. Despite receiving large amounts of praise across the board for their ingenuity and ambition, the games have been ridiculed both in reviews and on social media for their poor...
Video Here's An Extended Look At Fire Emblem Engage For Nintendo Switch
Update: English trailer now available
Update [Wed 23rd Nov, 2022 13:30 GMT]: Previously available in Japanese only, Nintendo has now published the new five minute trailer for Fire Emblem Engage in English, titled 'Engaging With Emblems'. The trailer gives us a little more information on how the series' returning characters will play a part in...
News Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Scores New Gameplay Trailer For Season 2 & Bardock DLC
"Coming soon" to a Switch near you
Back in September, Bandai Namco announced Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot would be receiving a fourth DLC based on Goku's Saiyan father, Bardock. In case you missed it, it's officially titled Bardock: Alone Against Fate and is the first of three DLC in a brand new Season Pass. Bandai Namco has now released some new...
Soapbox How To Improve Pokémon Scarlet And Violet's Open World
We have some ideas
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, our video host Alex Olney has some ideas on how to make Pokémon Scarlet and Violet better... The Pokémon series is slowly, painfully evolving its games into open-world...
Video Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Wave 3 DLC Side-By-Side Graphics Comparison
New vs old
Nintendo yesterday announced the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass Wave 3 content would be delivered next month on December 7th. The courses included in this third wave include Maple Treeway, Rainbow Road, Boo Lake, Berlin Byways, Rock Rock Mountain, Peach Gardens, London Loop and Merry Mountain. If you're curious to see how these...
Video Remembering 10 Years Of Wii U
Looking back on the console's launch and legacy
The Wii U is now ten years old. Crazy, right? The successor to the WIi launched back in November 2012 to - shall we say - lukewarm reception. Nevertheless, for fans of Nintendo, it remains a quaint and beloved entry to the company's console line-up, introducing the likes of Splatoon, Xenoblade...