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Circuit Breaker | Following a weekend of tariff tension, Japanese video game industry sees stock price tumble - Sony, Nintendo, Capcom and more impacted

A dark day for the Japanese economy has hit gaming hard, with all major developers and publishers dripped red after a day of trading.

April 7, 2025 Connor Makar

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SPACE PIRATES | Playing Metroid Prime 4 with mouselook and at 120fps feels incredible - and like it should be illegal

On Switch 2, Metroid Prime 4 has modes so silky and control options so alien that playing it feels like you're being very naughty indeed.

April 5, 2025 Alex Donaldson

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Money Talks | Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders delayed in US so Nintendo can "assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions"

Following announcements of widespread US tariffs, Nintendo is holding back to assess the impact.

April 4, 2025 Connor Makar

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Hmmmmm | The Duskbloods is a PvPvE game that seems to have more in common with online shooters than it does Bloodborne

The Duskbloods continues to sound like something entirely new for FromSoftware, so expect a lot of flexing of creative muscles - and a cute level up rat

April 4, 2025 Sherif Saed

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Pay to Playroom | It should be free, but Switch 2’s genius Welcome Tour is nevertheless going to be a must-have game

Complain as I might… I know I’m probably going to buy this. D'oh. And you probably should too. That’s capitalism, baby!

April 4, 2025 Alex Donaldson

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A Nintendo Switch 2 next to Mario and Luigi being attacked by bees in Mario and Luigi: Brothership.

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Oof | Uh oh, Nintendo's Switch 2 Treehouse stream chat is being spammed by narked Ninty fans calling on the console maker to "drop the price"

And also like three trolls cheekily declaring it should "raise the price", because of course.

April 3, 2025 Mark Warren

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Switch 2 console with a cutout of the flying fairy, Airy, from Bravely Default.

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Fairy ‘Nuff | I wasn’t sold on the Switch 2, but then Nintendo promised me a remaster of a game I’ve been hankering to play again for over 10 years

A brave decision for a remake, now I’m defaulting to a Day One purchase.

April 2, 2025 Dom Peppiatt

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Switch 2 Watch | The Nintendo Switch 2 launches June 5 with a bigger screen, more storage and a built-in mic - here's how much it'll cost

The wide-reaching and highly-anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 April Direct has delivered the two pieces of news everyone's been waiting for: price and launch date.

April 2, 2025 Sherif Saed

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Bananarama | Donkey Kong punches his way onto the Nintendo Switch 2 with Donkey Kong Bananza, launching July 17

Donkey Kong is back in a bold new way, punching his way onto the Nintendo Switch 2.

April 2, 2025 Connor Makar

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We ride again | Kirby Air Riders soars onto the Nintendo Switch 2, with none other than Smash Bros’ royalty Masahiro Sakurai leading development

Sakurai returns to Kirby at last, for a sequel to Kirby Air Ride no less!

April 2, 2025 Connor Makar

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Fox Only | Classic GameCube games like F-Zero GX and SoulCalibur 2 are coming to the Nintendo Switch 2, as well as a slick new GameCube controller

At the Nintendo Switch 2 Nintendo Direct, classics were given a second chance at life.

April 2, 2025 Connor Makar

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Switch it up | Nintendo Switch 2 is getting a game that’s Definitely Not Astro's Playroom to help you understand the hardware better

Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is a cute little intro game that'll showcase all the console's features.

April 2, 2025 Connor Makar

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The best Apple Arcade games to play in 2025

Here are some pocket-sized games for you to play on the go.

April 2, 2025 Kelsey Raynor

Mario creepily peeking round a curtain next to the Nintendo Switch 2.

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DIRECTLY | The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct will be about an hour long, big Ninty confirms, and you can watch it here

It's time: strap your DS and life-size Wario plush to your back, we're going in as soon as the countdown hits zero.

April 1, 2025 Mark Warren

Link in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

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DIRECTLY | The Legend of Zelda live-action movie now has a full release date, as Nintendo uses its swanky new app to reveal something directly

The Miyamoto funny hand gesture prophecy has been fulfilled.

March 28, 2025 Mark Warren

Lumiose City at night is seen in the Pokemon Legends ZA trailer from the March 2025 Nintendo Direct

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Z-Ayyyyyyyyy | Pokemon Legends Z-A pops up at Nintendo direct with a look at its intense nighttime Z-A Royale tournament, and it's still coming in late 2025

Also lots of hanging about on rooftops like a dodgy teenager with acne and an addiction to energy drinks.

March 27, 2025 Mark Warren

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Primed to Fire | Metroid Prime 4: Beyond shows up at Nintendo Direct, and shows off Samus' swanky mind-bending psychic abilities

Samus rocked up at today's showcase looking as big and blasty as ever, but still without a full release date.

March 27, 2025 Mark Warren

Some Pals looking downright horrified in Palworld.

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Bolt From The Blue | "It changed a lot of things for us" Palworld community manager says that Nintendo lawsuit was a "shock" to Pocketpair, because "no one even considered" patent infringement

Pikach-who's initiated legal action against us?

March 18, 2025 Mark Warren

Link sliding towards a minotaur statue in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

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Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Lightroot locations and Underground Map

Illuminate the darkness of the Depths and reveal the full underground map with these Lightroot locations in Tears of the Kingdom!

March 17, 2025 James Billcliffe

Link faces a Silver Lynel in The Depths in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

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Take the Lynel | Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Lynel Locations

Here's everywhere you can take on a fearsome Lynel in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

March 17, 2025 James Billcliffe

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Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Yiga Hideout & Base Locations

Take on the Yiga clan and reap the rewards.

March 14, 2025 Alex Donaldson

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Barging Onto Market | A Nintendo Switch 2 may set you back $400 or more, boffins predict, but Ninty "will sell boatloads" anyway

The phrase "the biggest console launch ever" is being chucked around assuming everything goes right - so seemingly some big boats.

March 14, 2025 Mark Warren

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Mario Kart Lego header; a red Lego kart over the top of a slightly blurred race track from Mario Kart 8.

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Kart Eyes Emoji | Lego Mario Kart captures the magic of Mario way better than the rest of his brick-built adventures so far

Mario Kart translates well to Lego, and it's nice to see how successful these sets have been.

March 6, 2025 Alex Donaldson

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Pika Wheelie | I'm not Valentino Roserade, but Pokemon and Honda's "almost life-size" motorbike is a Koraide I reckon I could win a MotoGP title on

Look, all those plastic fins and other Koraidony bits have to add at least an extra 100 horses on the straights.

Feb. 27, 2025 Mark Warren

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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Mystery Gift Codes

Never miss out on a Pokemon freebie with our full list of codes.

Feb. 27, 2025 Kelsey Raynor

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Coming back around | Pokemon Legends ZA is coming late 2025, and is adding sort-of real-time action battling to the gentrified Luminous City

We're going back to Luminous City, where the rent is no longer cheap and Pokemon battles are a tad more action-y.

Feb. 27, 2025 Connor Makar

Link, a young boy with blonde hair wearing a green tunic is sat on a horse holding a mask, other creatures surrounding him in key art for The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.

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Built Different | "I didn't think of them as scary at all" One of Zelda: Majora's Mask lead designers must be braver than all of us, because he didn't think the moon or titular mask were nightmare fuel in the slightest

"People on the team were like 'whoa!'"

Feb. 23, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

Charizard, a large, orange, dragon-like creature is flying through the air in the Pokemon anime.

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Dangerously Cheesy | I think you're all a bit too obsessed with Pokemon, because what do you mean a Charizard-shaped Cheeto is selling for thousands of dollars

Like at least spend that money on Pokemon cards or something.

Feb. 23, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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Switching It Up | As the Switch 2 looms, Nintendo wants you to know Switch Game Vouchers won't net you the new console's exclusives and that it's ditching eShop Gold Points

Don't worry, though, you won't be cut off from your existing Gold Point horde right away.

Feb. 18, 2025 Mark Warren

Phil Spencer says he wants to "just allow more people to play" Xbox games, though the "70% that we make on games on other platforms is helpful" too

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This Is An Xbox | Phil Spencer says he wants to "just allow more people to play" Xbox games, though the "70% that we make on games on other platforms is helpful" too

Spencer isn't interested in trying to move players "all over to Xbox anymore."

Feb. 17, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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Time To Die | Nintendo reveals the exact time of its upcoming Switch 2 direct, so you can set your Alarmo up to remind you with the sound of Pikmin drowning

Nothing says 'Wake up, Switch 2 alert!' like the sweet melody of bunch of little guys meeting their demise.

Feb. 5, 2025 Mark Warren

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Make The Switch | Nintendo Switch 2 "cannot come soon enough", analyst says for sales-related reasons, rather than just being desperate to play things on it like the rest of us

While it's now cleared the 150 million mark, sales of the current Switch are slowing up faster than Nintendo predicted.

Feb. 4, 2025 Mark Warren

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Stunt Casting | We have Phil Spencer to thank for the idea to bring Team Ninja and PlatinumGames together for Ninja Gaiden 4

Uniting two of the most respected action game makers to create the next Ninja Gaiden once sounded like a dream, and we now know who came up with the idea.

Jan. 28, 2025 Sherif Saed

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Sorry, physical game collectors, but a digital only future looks more likely than ever as US physical sales have apparently halved since 2021

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Down The Middle | Sorry, physical game collectors, but a digital only future looks more likely than ever as US physical sales have apparently halved since 2021

Better hold on tightly to your collection.

Jan. 27, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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The Nintendo Switch 2, its Joy-Cons separated from it about to attach themselves.

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Not Boxed In | Hoping those rumours about Xbox titles on Switch 2 are true? Some recent comments from Phil Spencer certainly lend some credence to them

"I just always applaud the moves that they make."

Jan. 26, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

On the left, a Nintendo DS. On the right, a Nintendo Switch 2.

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Sharing Is Caring | I know Nintendo won't do it, but I really hope the Switch 2 brings back the DS' best feature

In another world we're all still enjoying the DS.

Jan. 21, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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A docked Nintendo Switch 2 with an untitled Mario Kart game playing on a TV behind it.

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Forward Thinking | Nintendo says Switch 2 backwards compatability was the "best direction" for players, even if it's still staying quiet on which games won't work

You'll have to wait until that April Direct.

Jan. 19, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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Keeping Count | One industry analyst says that the Nintendo Switch 2 is "exactly what people wanted and expected", but it might not be enough to beat the first one's sales

"There may be more revelations that no one has thought of."

Jan. 19, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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Mario's big winking face over an image of the Switch 2

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Cry Me a River | Give it a rest, killjoys: Nintendo doesn’t need a new hardware gimmick to surprise and delight

After 35 years of Nintendo consoles, several of which have been pretty iterative, you’d hope people would know better than this bizarre pre-release FUD.

Jan. 17, 2025 Alex Donaldson

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