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Feature: Clockwork Aquario Developers On The Restoration Of Westone's Lost Arcade Gem

Posted: 14 Mar 2021 09:00 AM PDT

We speak to the team, including Wonder Boy creator Ryuichi Nishizawa.

For video game fans who have been playing in arcades and at home for several decades now, the topic of preservation has become a pressing one in recent years. As ageing technology inevitably fails and we sadly begin losing the creators who were there at the dawn of digital interactive entertainment, important works can all-too-easily be lost forever. Source code goes unarchived, assets disappear on degrading storage mediums, and pieces of our cultural heritage — once assumed to be safe forever because digital doesn't degrade, right? — become not only unplayable, but unrecoverable.

As preservationists work to save video game history before it's too late, one such piece of software has fortunately escaped oblivion thanks to the combined efforts of passionate developers and publishers, and former Westone staff who worked on the original game. The ill-fated Clockwork Aquario, an arcade platforming gem from the early '90s — a time when fighting games had taken over the world's game centres — was developed for Sega System 18 and tested in arcade locations before getting cancelled in 1994.

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PowerA Celebrates Crash Bandicoot 4's Switch Release With A New Themed Controller

Posted: 14 Mar 2021 08:30 AM PDT

Launching 30th March.

To celebrate the release of Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time on the Nintendo Switch, accessory maker PowerA will be releasing a brand new enhanced wired Pro Controller. It's scheduled to arrive on 30th March and pre-orders are available now.

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'80s-Inspired "Skateboating Game" Wave Break Splashes Onto Switch This Spring

Posted: 14 Mar 2021 07:45 AM PDT

It's a little bit of everything.

What would happen if you mixed Wave Race 64 with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and then added in violent gun-wielding animals and threw them into an arcade-style arena together? You might just get Wave Break.

It's really a little bit of everything, although it's described as a "skateboating game" set in an "80s Miami Vice" inspired world. Developer Funktronic Labs has now announced it'll be coming to the Nintendo Switch and PC "late" this Spring.

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Memory Pak: Looking Into The Light In Super Mario 64

Posted: 14 Mar 2021 06:00 AM PDT

You know, that level where Mario blinds himself?

My dad used to tell me that, when he was young, the world was in black and white. For a long time, I didn't think to question it - after all, every shred of historical evidence we had from the 1950s and before was in black and white, too. Unfortunately, I grew up, and realised that my dad - as all dads are wont to do - was pulling my leg. Still, I could never quite imagine the past as anything more than sepia-toned, even when poring over colourised photos and videos from bygone eras.

I think, if I ever have children, I'll try to tell them that the third dimension was invented in 1996 by Shigeru Miyamoto. Super Mario 64 was one of my first games, and it blew my tiny mind: Mario could walk in almost any direction, and you could even swing the camera around him like some kind of video game Spielberg. Sure, Mario's first 3D adventure wasn't the first 3D game - although exactly which game has that title is debated, so I'll just say that it was some time in the early '90s - but it was the first time many people experienced the all-new Z axis in a video game.

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Switch Is Now Nintendo's Second Best-Selling System In The US, In "Tracked History"

Posted: 14 Mar 2021 05:00 AM PDT

Based on "total lifetime dollar sales".

The latest NPD data has revealed "total lifetime dollar sales" of Switch hardware in the US has now surpassed the Nintendo DS.

This apparently makes the system the second "best-selling" Nintendo platform "in tracked history" within the country. The Wii is still in the top spot. Overall, this supposedly makes Nintendo's latest hybrid system the seventh best-selling video game hardware in the US (no figures were provided).

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New Elder Scrolls: Blades Patch Fixes Minor Switch Related Crash

Posted: 14 Mar 2021 04:30 AM PDT

Download it now.

Bethesda's future might be with Microsoft, but it will still continue to support its older releases on existing platforms. One of these titles just so happens to be The Elder Scrolls: Blades for Switch - which is a slightly enhanced version of the free-to-play mobile title that arrived on Nintendo's hardware in May last year.

Although it wasn't necessarily well received on release, Bethesda has continued to update the Nintendo iteration and even fix some specific issues with this version of the game. In the latest patch, which arrived earlier this week, a Switch crash is addressed when "backing out" of character creation.

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Poll: Box Art Brawl: Duel #78 - Super Mario RPG

Posted: 14 Mar 2021 03:00 AM PDT

Seven-star game.

Welcome back, you lovely lot, to Box Art Brawl — our poll-filled series to find out your favourite regional retro box art variants from two or more contestants. It's been over a month since the last Brawl but following some time off to train up and recuperate, we're back once again to wreak havoc on video game covers of yesteryear with our keen eyes and sharp wit. Huzzah!

If you recall, last time we witnessed a duel between the East and West when the cover of handheld remake Super Mario 64 DS went head-to-head with... itself. Winning over three-quarters of the overall vote, Europe and North America emerged victorious against an interesting but unusually directionless Japanese cover.

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Samsung To "Aggressively Position" OLED Tech In Console Gaming Space

Posted: 13 Mar 2021 11:45 PM PST

Wants to go "well beyond" smartphones.

The hunt for the existence of a new Nintendo Switch continues, so what's the latest? YouTuber Doctre81, who has identified games like Apex Legends coming to Switch years ahead of the official reveal, believes he's uncovered evidence that backs up existing reports of a Switch featuring an OLED 7-inch screen from Samsung.

According to the Doc's latest findings, Samsung may have "quietly" announced its involvement with Nintendo's console in January this year. In a company PR titled "Samsung initiates consumer branding for its OLED displays in 27 Countries" the South Korean tech giant states its intention to go "well beyond" smartphones:

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Hot Wheels Is Releasing A Mario Kart Rainbow Road Raceway Track

Posted: 13 Mar 2021 10:30 PM PST

Super Mario, leading the way.

Following on from the MAR10 Day celebrations this week, a surprise listing on Amazon has now revealed Hot Wheels will be releasing a new Mario Kart track based on the legendary Rainbow Road Raceway. It's expected to arrive on 29th May and will be priced at $119.00 USD.

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Niantic "Testing" Pokémon GO Feature That Reveals What's Inside Its Loot Box-Style Eggs

Posted: 13 Mar 2021 09:25 PM PST

Fair play.

Pokémon GO might not necessarily be an average mobile game, but there are still certain aspects of it that encourage users to exchange real-world money for in-game currency. There are also a number of gacha style elements.

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