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Video: Side-By-Side Comparison Of Pokémon's Diamond And Pearl Remakes Running On Every Switch

Posted: 26 Nov 2021 08:30 PM PST

What Switch are you playing on?

If you're still trying to decide the Nintendo Switch that's right for you, perhaps this side-by-side...by-side comparison of the new Pokémon Diamond and Pearl remakes can help.

YouTube channel 'Open Surprise' has uploaded a video showing what the latest Pokémon Switch releases look like on each of the different models, and the side-by-side results are quite interesting to see. The game actually looks quite impressive on the Switch Lite, in particular.

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Former Metroid Prime Engineer Admits He Was "Disappointed" With The Wii's Specs

Posted: 26 Nov 2021 07:30 PM PST

Remaining with Nintendo would have meant staying "a bit behind".

The Nintendo Wii is arguably one of the innovative video game consoles ever released, but when it comes to raw power - at the time, it was well behind the competition. This led to some third-party developers completely skipping the generation, and even certain Nintendo teams were forced to rethink their approach to next-generation games after being caught off guard by the hardware's technical limitations.

In an interview with podcaster Reece Reilly – AKA: Kiwi Talkz, the former Metroid Prime technical lead engineer, Jack Matthews (who worked on the first three Prime games) admitted part of the reason he moved on from the studio was not just fatigue, but also because of Nintendo's underpowered "next-generation" hardware. For Matthews, remaining with Nintendo at Retro Studios would have meant "staying a bit in a box" and "a bit behind" the times.

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River City Saga: Three Kingdoms For Switch Launches This December (Japan)

Posted: 26 Nov 2021 06:00 PM PST

Celebrating 35 years of Kunio-kun.

Update : Following on from this week's 35th Kunio-kun celebrations, Arc System Works and APlus Games have now locked in a Japanese release date for River City Saga: Three Kingdoms. It'll arrive via the Nintendo Switch eShop on 16th December for 3,740 yen.

A bonus mode has also been revealed - taking on the form of a traditional belt-scroll action game with "simple controls and exhilarating battles". Players will defeat swarms of enemies followed by boss battles. It will also include leaderboards, 10 stages and 12 playable characters (source: Gematsu).

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Random: There's A Really Neat Dino Detail In The Animal Crossing Happy Home Paradise DLC

Posted: 26 Nov 2021 12:00 PM PST

Dem bones, dem bones, dem tall bones.

The new handheld camera has been revealing a lot of tiny little details about Animal Crossing: New Horizons, like the new museum posters, and how awesome the aquarium exhibits look in first-person.

But here's something extremely cool that really shows how much attention to detail the developers put in:

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'90s Puzzle Platformer 'Time Loader' Will Bring The Past To The Switch In The Future

Posted: 26 Nov 2021 11:30 AM PST

(next year, that is).

VHS tapes! SNES controllers! Affordable homes! Yes, the '90s were a great time, but they are dead. Long dead. We can relive them through video games, though.

Time Loader has been out for a couple of weeks on Steam, GOG, and the Epic Games Store, but now it's also heading to PS4, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch next year.

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Feature: 10 Pokémon That Deserve A Hisuian Evolution In Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Posted: 26 Nov 2021 10:00 AM PST

Scyther shouldn't get all the love.

With Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl releasing last week, we're now all aboard the Pokémon Legends: Arceus hype train, and we don't expect it to stop chugging along until the game drops early next year. From the Pokémon Presents last August, where we learned of new evolutions for the oft forgotten Basculin and Stantler, to the trailer drop which revealed Kleavor, the continued promise of new evolutions for old Pokémon means we couldn't get off the hype train even if we wanted to. It's a choo-choo.

As of these three reveals, there are 901 Pokémon in existence, not including regional variants and different forms. Of these hundreds, it's hard to deny that some Pokémon are outright underwhelming — whether because they're underpowered, do not evolve, or are of questionable design (looking at you, Bruxish).

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Random: Animal Crossing Fan Shares LEGO Character Designs That You Can Build At Home

Posted: 26 Nov 2021 09:15 AM PST

Parts and cost all detailed.

The hunger for Animal Crossing-themed LEGO remains as high as ever, and even though the company did sadly reject an Animal Crossing set proposal last month, fans are still hard at work coming up with great designs.

Take these, for example, shared online by a Rebrickable user named iprice. With around 40 designs under their belt already (and they've promised us there are more to come), iprice has been busy putting together designs for a number of non-playable characters from the Animal Crossing franchise. The best bit is that each design uses bricks that you can get – or perhaps already own – yourself.

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"Vocal 2D Platformer" One Hand Clapping Is Warming Up For Its Switch Release

Posted: 26 Nov 2021 08:00 AM PST

You'll need a microphone / headphones to play.

If we say "there's a 2D puzzle platformer coming to the eShop" we'd understand if the response would be yeah, along with a hundred others. But One Hand Clapping is aiming to be a little different when it arrives on 14th December as you solve puzzles by singing, with the pitch of your voice being key.

It's an interesting idea, and of course to play you'll need a microphone and headphones - so a Switch-compatible headset is probably the way to go. The game also promises that you don't necessarily need a strong singing voice to play.

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Nintendo Shares Classic Legend Of Zelda Art In Celebration Of The Zelda Game & Watch

Posted: 26 Nov 2021 07:30 AM PST

Official art from Zelda, Zelda II and Link's Awakening.

Earlier this month saw the launch of Nintendo's second modern Game & Watch system, this time inspired by The Legend of Zelda series.

It's a cool little collectable to keep on your shelf at home, and aside from the odd little secret that it hides, one of its biggest selling points is the fact that you can actually use it to play three classic Zelda games – the original Legend of Zelda, its sequel Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, and the 1993 Game Boy title Zelda: Link's Awakening are all included.

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Step Aside, Switch Pro - The Orion Upswitch Wants To Turn Your Switch Into A Handheld TV

Posted: 26 Nov 2021 07:00 AM PST

For, erm, bigger portable play?

The Switch OLED model's arrival gave us a bit of a bump in screen size, which is useful both for the quality of the screen and to make games / UI text a little easier to see. Yet we've stumbled across a quirky product that goes to the next level, and then some – Switch Pro, anyone?

The video above is a pitch video from August, though an Indiegogo campaign only launched last week and has attracted around 60 backers. It's also popping up on retailers like GameStop with shipments expected in early December, though it's actually less expensive via the Indiegogo page.

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Adorable Animal Crossing Dodo Airlines Reusable Bag Appears On My Nintendo Europe

Posted: 26 Nov 2021 06:45 AM PST

Update: It's been restocked!

Update (Fri 26th Nov, 2021 14:45 BST): If you missed out last time, you might just be able to snag one of the lovely Animal Crossing Dodo Airlines bags that appeared on My Nintendo in Europe last year. Nintendo has announced another restock...

Original Article (Wed 5th Aug, 2020 12:15 BST): We often find ourselves lamenting the days of good old Club Nintendo and its physical gifts, but the My Nintendo store has given us reason to smile once again with the addition of this adorable Dodo Airlines reusable bag.

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Random: Did You Know That Link Can Get Sunburned In Zelda: Breath Of The Wild?

Posted: 26 Nov 2021 06:30 AM PST

Lobster Link.

Another day, another thing that we didn't know about this almost-five-year-old game: Breath of the Wild has a sunburn mechanic.

Unlike real sunburn, the slight blush upon Link's body is a little hard to notice: it's a very subtle reddening of his shoulders, nose, cheeks, and collarbone, which is to say the most raised areas on his body. He'll get this sunburn if he spends too long in an area of extreme heat (the Gerudo Desert) without clothes on, but Nintendo didn't want us to worry — so the sunburn layer is capped out at 4%.

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Review: NASCAR Heat Ultimate Edition+ - An Ugly, Unremarkable Racer

Posted: 26 Nov 2021 06:00 AM PST

Racing to leave you cold.

By now, Nintendo fans must be used to drawing the short straw when it comes to multi-platform games. With the Switch containing objectively weaker innards than its closest competitors, many third-party devs will need to cut a few corners in order to allow their games to run on the hybrid console. This might come in the form of lower resolution, cut assets, or even the bold decision to bypass a conventional release in favour of the cloud.

Historically across platforms, racing sims have always been spectacular visual showcases. With less to worry about when it comes to complex animation or AI, a lot more focus can be put into making the games look slicker than Fonzi's hair-do. With this in mind, it brings us great pain to declare that NASCAR Heat is one of the worst looking racing games we've seen on the Switch in some time. So much so, in fact, that we'd wager the game would comfortably run on the GameCube or the Wii. It's 2021, man.

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Shin Megami Tensei V Is Getting Its First Update, Here Are The Patch Notes

Posted: 26 Nov 2021 05:40 AM PST

New settings, bug fixes and more.

New Switch-exclusive Shin Megami Tensei V will soon be treated to its first post-launch update, Atlus has announced.

A date for the update hasn't yet been revealed, but the company has shared the patch notes ahead of time (Japanese). You can check them out for yourself below, with thanks to Final Weapon for the translation:

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The Wonderful 101 Kickstarter Rewards Continue To Face Delays

Posted: 26 Nov 2021 04:30 AM PST

Around 18 months after the game's launch.

The Wonderful 101: Remastered on Nintendo Switch and other current-gen platforms had a surprising (at the time) Kickstarter campaign, which was also the first time that PlatinumGames was self-publishing a game. Though it's been excellent to see a hugely fun title get a second chance in the spotlight after its previous life as a Wii U exclusive, issues around the Kickstarter campaign have lingered.

The key issue relates to physical rewards that have endured a number of delays, especially when you consider that the game has been out in the wild since May 2020. Today Yetee, which has handled large parts of the production and distribution for PlatinumGames, addressed the remaining rewards and their status in an update sent to backers.

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A Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl Statue Distribution Has Begun

Posted: 26 Nov 2021 04:00 AM PST

Here's the Mystery Gift code you need.

Only a week has passed since the release of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, but here we are with the games' first post-launch distribution event.

The distribution is offering players a set of special in-game statues of Turtwig, Chimchar, and Piplup, the games' three starter Pokémon. These statues can be used to decorate your Secret Base (once you've unlocked that feature, of course), so they're well worth picking up if you've been enjoying making your Base as perfect as can be.

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Mario Kart Tour Gears Up For Its Holiday Tour

Posted: 26 Nov 2021 03:30 AM PST

There's a Santa Bowser, that is all you need to know.

Mario Kart Tour is still rolling along with frequent changes in theme, but on 30th November it'll shift into an extended Holiday Tour (the equivalent of three tours) to guide players through the festive season.

As you can see in the teaser trailer there'll be cute festive versions of characters to try and obtain, quite a few of which have been available in the past but may have passed you by. By the looks it'll be light in terms of new content, perhaps with the game ramping up again in the new year.

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Forget Black Friday, Animal Crossing: New Horizons' 'Nook Friday' Sale Has Begun

Posted: 26 Nov 2021 02:15 AM PST

Don't miss out.

If all the real-world Black Friday sales have left you staring at your bank balance in dismay, never fear! Another important sale is taking place today that doesn't use any of your real money.

We're talking, of course, about the Nook Friday sale currently taking place inside Animal Crossing: New Horizons. As we sneakily discovered ahead of time earlier this month, this special in-game event offers 30% off all items found inside Nook's Cranny for the next few days – perfect for any expensive purchases or for filling up your catalogue.

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Another Namco Title Has Joined Hamster's Arcade Archives On Switch

Posted: 25 Nov 2021 10:05 PM PST

Download it from the eShop today.

This week's Arcade Archives release on the Switch eShop is the 1983 Namco release, Phozon. It's described as an action game where the player controls a nucleus called 'chemic' and must merge with molecules to complete specified formations.

"Control a nucleus called CHEMIC and merge with MOLECULES to complete specified formations. The formations get increasingly complex, but that only makes completing them more satisfying."

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New Tale In Pokémon's Diamond & Pearl Remakes Might Be Teasing Something

Posted: 25 Nov 2021 09:05 PM PST

Visit Canalave library to learn more.

Although Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are remakes, there is new stuff to uncover in the Switch releases.

One thing you might have noticed yourself is a new hidden tale located within Canalave library. As explained by IGN, this text wasn't featured in the original game and can be located on the second floor of the building. It's titled "The Sea's Legend" and was apparently "only recently discovered" and so its "ancient letters" have only just been decoded. Here is the tale in full:

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Random: YouTuber Offering 10K To Anyone Who Can Create A Multiplayer Mod For Zelda: Breath Of The Wild

Posted: 25 Nov 2021 08:05 PM PST

Think you've got what it takes?

There have been all sorts of mods created for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild since it was released in 2017, but one thing we're yet to really see is one that supports multiplayer. Can you imagine running around the game world with other players - fighting enemies, discovering shrines and climbing mountains together?

Well then, you're not alone - a YouTuber, streamer, and modder known as 'PointCrow' is offering anyone who can make a Breath of the Wild multiplayer mod that supports four players and fulfills a number of other conditions (as detailed in a Google document) $10,000 USD. Yep, that's quite the payout, but it's not exactly an easy task, either. Admittedly, we're not sure how Nintendo might react.

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Gallery: Square Enix Shares New Screenshots Of Dragon Quest X Offline, Coming To Switch In 2022

Posted: 25 Nov 2021 06:35 PM PST

It's Japan only, for now.

Earlier this year, Square Enix celebrated the Dragon Quest 35th anniversary with multiple announcements, and one of them was Dragon Quest X Offline. As the title reveals, this is a completely "offline" version of the MMO Dragon Quest X featuring updated chibi visuals.

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Here's How Diamond & Pearl Remake Sales Compare To Pokémon's Past Switch And 3DS Launches In Japan

Posted: 25 Nov 2021 05:30 PM PST

The 3DS titles are still out in front.

Yesterday, Famitsu released its latest game charts - revealing Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl for Nintendo Switch got off to an amazing start in Japan, shifting 1,395,642 copies in just the first three days.

This figure was based on in-store purchases alone and means these titles are now officially the second largest Switch game launch in Japan. They've even managed to outdo Pokémon Sword and Shield on release, which sold 1,364,544 million units on release in Japan.

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Random: It Took A Year To Build This Scale Model Of Star Fox's Great Fox In Minecraft

Posted: 25 Nov 2021 01:00 PM PST

Location confirmed. Sending supplies.

Ever wonder what Fox McCloud and his animal fighter pilot friends get up to when they're off-duty? Your questions may be answered in the form of a Minecraft build, because within berg_'s gigantic, to-scale recreation of the Great Fox mothership from Star Fox Zero, we can finally peek into the lives of Slippy, Falco, Peppy and Fox.

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