Yuji Naka was sentenced to two years and six months in prison with four years of probation. He was fined two million and 171 million yen. SEGAbits, a website and social media account, translated a Yahoo Japan news story to explain Naka’s “4 years suspension” for showing “remorse”. He must pay 173 million yen (over 1 million USD) in fines ...
Read More »Pikmin 4 Sticker Set Available on My Nintendo Store (US)
Nintendo added a new item to its US My Nintendo Store before Pikmin 4’s July 21 release. Order a Pikmin 4 Sticker Set with 200 Platinum Points. Pikmin and Oatchi, two 3″ vinyl stickers, are included. Stick these stickers on anything: “This set of two 3″ vinyl stickers features a variety of Pikmin, an explorer, and space pup Oatchi from ...
Read More »Dredge, Switch’s Sinister Fishing Adventure, Gets Second Free Update
Black Salt’s “sinister fishing adventure” Dredge received its second major Nintendo Switch update. This one adds wildlife events, a “passive mode” for peaceful swimming, a photo mode, a new character, and aberrations. Update 2 for Dredge is now live on all platforms! ⚓ 📸 Photomode🐙 10 brand new aberrations🐳 Wildlife events Plus, experience the game in a brand new way ...
Read More »Mario Kart Tour’s “Pipe Tour” Features Petey Piranha
Nintendo announced that the Pipe Tour will launch on July 12th, marking the end of Mario Kart Tour’s Rome-themed chapter. The last tour introduced Rome Avanti, a new city circuit, and this one adds Piranha Pipe Pipeline, a new course with warp pipes. As usual, a new tour announces the Mii Racing suits. The Pipe Tour will debut the Wiggler ...
Read More »The Pokémon Company Launches ‘Beyond The Pokédex’ on YouTube
The Pokémon Company launched a new YouTube show, “Beyond the Pokédex,” today. Spruce and Maple will “deeply look” at what makes every Pokémon unique from #1 (Bulbasaur) to 1000 (Gholdengo) “and beyond”. Video games, animation, trading cards, manga, and more will examine these pocket monsters. Did you know that Sobble’s tears have the potency of 100 onions? 🧅 ✖️ 💯 ...
Read More »3DS Beat ‘Em Up River City: Rival Showdown Hits Switch This October
Update: Arc System Works has confirmed River City: Rival Showdown will launch worldwide for Switch eShop on October 12. It costs $24.99 USD (or your regional equivalent) and supports English, Japanese, Korean, traditional, and simplified Chinese. A preview Original: On October 12, 2023, Arc System Works will rerelease River City: Rival Showdown on Nintendo Switch in Japan. Unconfirmed western release. The ...
Read More »Marvelous Announces Action RPG Opening Anime Silent Hope
With all the Mario-themed news from June’s Nintendo Direct, it’s easy to forget about some of the smaller Switch titles coming this year. After Marvelous Europe revealed Silent Hope’s opening anime movie, the dungeon-crawling action RPG caught our attention again. Our seven silent protagonists collaborate at base camp before entering the Abyss to fight the creatures below. KAMI WA SAIKORO ...
Read More »NightmareScape is a renamed port of an existing game
NightmareScape is coming to Switch, but it’s not a new game. A brand-new game. It’s a port of PC and PlayStation game In Nightmare renamed for Switch. Why? Our best guess is that the existing game wasn’t well received. PlayStation 5 has a 53 Metacritic score. We’re hoping the game was polished for Switch launch, though. We’re expecting a release ...
Read More »Emile Morel, Ubisoft Creative Director and Game Designer, Died
Today’s Ubisoft Montpellier news is heartbreaking. Beyond Good and Evil 2 game designer and creative director Emile Morel died at 40. IGN found LinkedIn tributes. According to his website profile, Morel began working at Ubisoft in 2009 as a senior game designer on Rayman Legends. An ex-colleague wrote: M. Gabrielle Shrager: “Emile Morel, creative director of BGE2, left us behind this ...
Read More »Pokémon HOME Version 3.0.1 Is Now Available on Mobile: What’s Included
Pokémon HOME is constantly updated, and the latest patch brings the mobile version to version 3.0.1. If you’ve transferred Pokémon from Pokémon Legends: Arceus, this small update fixes some annoying issues. The Switch app is still 3.0.0. Pokémon HOME’s Google Play Store mobile update details: Pokémon HOME, Version 3.0.1 (Mobile) – Fixed an issue in which Spinda would only appear ...
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