Rainy Frog announced today that Piczle Cross: Story of Seasons will launch on Switch on February 27, 2024. This Piczle game has lots of nonogram puzzles and a farm-sim twist thanks to the Story of Seasons tie-in. Over 350 puzzles and five collage puzzles require you to line up tiles to form villagers, bachelors, animals, and tools. More to say? ...

If you like relaxing city builders, Awaken Realms’ Pan’orama may be for you. Pan’orama is a puzzle simulation that uses hexagonal tiles to create an abstract landscape. It launches on the US eShop today (December 14th) and in January in the EU. Complete quests and build biomes to earn points and unlock themed tiles to create new areas. The Switch ...

Nintendo revealed a Super Mario RPG “Paratroopa” bug last month and said it was patching. The 1.0.1 update appears to fix this. There are many more game fixes. Nintendo’s support page has the patch notes: Version 1.0.1 (December 12, 2023) of Super Mario RPG Game progression fixes Downloading this update data fixes the following issues. Fixed a bug where Paratroopas ...

Nintendo teased Splatoon 3’s ‘Tournament Manager’ in July. Following an early release in November, it’s now officially launched. Inklings and Octolings can create private tournaments, brackets, and match reports with this service. Splatoon dataminer ‘OatmealDome’ explains how license numbers are now required: Nintendo’s website has guides for creating tournaments. Create, manage, and join a tournament with this guide. This requires ...

If you played the Switch remake of The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening and wanted something more authentic, this unofficial PC port may be for you. Link’s Awakening DX HD, created by ‘linksawakeningdxhd’ for itch.io, adds widescreen support, HD graphics, and 120fps scrolling to the Game Boy Color version. According to Digital Foundry’s John Linneman, you can also zoom out ...

Trombone Champ arrived on Switch earlier this year, and Holy Wow Studios has released a new update to keep the party going over the holidays. Switch version 1.25A has many new features. The addition of two new songs, ‘O Christmas Tree’ and ‘God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen’, will definitely liven up any holiday party. Achievements have been added to the ...

In a recent Digital Foundry Q&A video about Grand Theft Auto 6, the team agreed that Nintendo’s next major hardware won’t get the game. Although the ‘Switch 2”s official specs haven’t been confirmed, Digital Foundry has previously provided a comprehensive look at how the console may perform based on Nvidia chip rumors. Richard Leadbetter said it would be “very, very ...

Mickey Mouse returned this year in Disney Illusion Island, a stunning 2D platformer. In a recent update, Disney Games and Dlala Studios announced that Switch exclusive owners will receive free new content. The “fast-paced new experience” ‘Keeper Up’ launches this week on December 13, challenging players to beat the clock and show off their parkour skills with new challenges from ...

If, by some freak accident, you haven’t bought Mario Kart 8 Deluxe yet (and its continued presence in the weekly UK charts shows that there are still some), Nintendo’s latest trailer may persuade you. This is circuit-focused. All of them. With the full six waves of DLC tracks, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has 96 courses to race around, and Nintendo ...

Pre-order the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Sora amiibo from My Nintendo Store UK. This Kingdom Hearts amiibo, the last in the Smash collection, costs £12.99 and releases on February 16, 2024. We expect this little guy to leave soon, based on previous releases. If you’re a Kingdom Hearts fan or want to finish your Smash amiibo collection, now is the ...