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An extension of last year’s ‘Teraleak’. Pokémon Legends Z-A may have already leaked online, but that apparently isn’t devastating enough for Nintendo and The Pokémon Company. Now, the alleged hacker behind last year’s ‘Teraleak’ – in which huge amounts of data had leaked online – has now supposedly returned and released Legends Z-A’s source code,…

Part 11 – Playing catch-up. Annnnd welcome back, lovely people, to our ‘Games We Missed’ series – we’re up to part 11! Every six months for the past several years, we’ve been sending out the call for reader recommendations that flag Switch games we’ve missed in the eShop flood. The sheer number of releases coming…

Appa Cut. Well here’s something that we weren’t expecting. Fresh out of New York Comic Con 2025, we got our first peek at Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game (working title), an upcoming one-on-one fighter heading to Switch 2 in Summer 2026. We don’t know all that much about what this one will have in store…

It’s pretty much why you think. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is out now on the Switch, but with sub-optimal performance, many fans are eagerly awaiting its eventual release on the Switch 2. In a new interview with Traxion, series producer Takashi Iizuka explained why the game needed more time before launching on the Switch 2, and…

One Battle(field) after another. We’ve got our latest look at the UK physical charts and, unusually, there’s no Nintendo presence on the podium this week. Battlefield 6 has arrived on the scene with a bang, claiming the top spot in its debut week and pushing last week’s champ, Ghost of Yotei, down into third. EA…

It takes two (consoles). When the original Little Nightmares was released in 2017, it won praise for its fresh take on puzzle platforming horror. Its sequel upped the scare factor even further, earning critical acclaim while deepening the series’ mythos. With a new developer at the helm of its threequel, the question on everyone’s minds…

Fly away on my zephyr? Trinket Studios (Battle Chef Brigade) and Outersloth revealed their brand new and rather tasty-looking card-battler, Battle Suit Aces, a little while back, and it’s out right this very moment on the Nintendo Switch Entertainment System. Now, if you’re feeling in any way like this particular writer, you may have just…

Update: Take your pik. Nintendo has released a surprise new short film called ‘Close To You‘ and it’s… not what we expected from the House of Mario. Initially shared on the Nintendo Today! app before cropping up on YouTube and socials, the short follows a baby that learns to take its first steps via the…

Capital B here now. 11 (!) years ago, a bunch of ex-Rare staff formed a studio called Playtonic to make Yooka-Laylee, a spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie that promised to skillfully carry the 3D platforming torch. Yet when the actual game launched in 2017, following an incredibly successful Kickstarter campaign, it didn’t fully deliver on that…

If it’s more than two, you’re in the minority. If you’re a die-hard Nintendo fan (and, if you find yourself here, then you probably are), you’ve more than likely questioned whether you’re buying too many games. It’s a thought that’s crossed all of our minds, and new Circana data suggests that if it’s any more…