Month: August 2025

Just your very presence makes everyone happy, happy… happy? Editor’s note. Spoilers for a 20-year-old game inbound… I’ve spent 20 years “awww-ing” over the delightful character of Chibi-Robo despite having never played any of his games. This cute little robot is just joy incarnate – tiny and helpful with gormless black eyes. Whether it be…

“Sup? How’s life? He seems nice.”. Developer and publisher Tribute Games (Marvel Cosmic Invasion, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge) has released a new trailer for the upcoming Scott Pilgrim EX on Nintendo Switch, confirming the addition of two new playable characters. So who might these playable characters be? Surely they’re good guys like Wallace…

Star-crossed lovers. Nintendo’s latest Switch 2 Edition release is almost here. Ahead of the catchily-titled Kirby and the Forgotten Land – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star Crossed World *inhales* arriving on consoles tomorrow, the reviews are in… and they’re looking pretty strong. As a reminder, this is the same base game as the 2022…

Part of the ship, part of the crew. Hello Games is introducing the first major No Man’s Sky update since the game launched on Switch 2, and it looks like a cool one. The big new addition in the ‘Voyagers’ update is the chance to design and build your very own spaceship. These ships (‘Corvettes’)…

Once more, with gear-mouth feeling! Recently, I was back reading over my original Kirby and the Forgotten Land review to get a quick reminder of how I found the base game when it released in 2022 (what is time?) and, yeah, it seems I fairly enjoyed that one, now that I’ve rebooted my brain a…

All will be made available on “new platforms”. Atari and Ubisoft have announced that Atari has acquired the IP rights to five Ubisoft-published games with a view to make them available on new platforms. The games in question are Cold Fear, I Am Alive, Child of Eden, Grow Home, and Grow Up. Notably, none of…

DL-Seen and not DL-Heard. We are quickly closing in on 2025′ next high-profile arcade racer, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, and SEGA keeps adding more and more characters to its rapidly expanding roster. Those loaded up on the game’s Season Pass and DLC will see the likes of Steve and Alex from Minecraft, SpongeBob SquarePants and Persona…

Will focus on expanding Nintendo movie adaptations into other mediums. Nintendo has announced that it is renaming its subsidiary company ‘Warpstar Inc.’ to ‘Nintendo Stars Inc.’ following its consolidation earlier this year. Warpstar Inc. – founded on 31st July 2001 – had previously been a joint venture between Nintendo and Hal Laboratory to oversee the…

80 is the new 50. Niantic’s popular augmented reality mobile game Pokémon GO will be getting an update in October, raising the level cap from 50 to 80. Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Have you tried out these features yet? At the end of July, Nintendo released an update for the Switch Online Super Nintendo app adding Mario Paint. This update included mouse support (for Switch 2 Joy-Con 2 controllers and USB mouse compatibility), as well as the ability to remap buttons. The same update also featured mouse…