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Master game designer Masahiro Sakurai teased a “special crossover” with a popular YouTube channel. Sakurai tweeted that he will soon play “other” games through the planned collaboration (thanks, VGC), but details are scarce. We assume “other” means titles Sakurai has not worked on during his career. Of course, Sakurai’s YouTube channel, Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games, has mostly advised aspiring ...

Flashback 2, which returns Conrad B. Hart 30 years after his Amiga debut, has a new story trailer from Microids. This long-awaited sequel hits Switch and other consoles on November 16, 2023, and today’s trailer highlights its story. This action platformer rejoins Conrad and his AI-powered weapon A.I.S.H.A. Conrad must fight General Lazarus’ Morph invasion to find his missing friend ...

Borderlands 3 hit the Nintendo Switch today after years of classification board leaks. All DLC is included in the Ultimate Edition. Following online confusion about this version’s file size, the official Borderlands social media account has provided the “exact breakdown” of why the physical packaging’s “62 GB” claim is inaccurate. Full rundown: “Actual file size is 23.5 GB. We had to ...

Super Mario Bros. Wonder is set to release later this month, and Nintendo has begun distributing demos at US retailers. This demo should be available at Target, Walmart, and GameStop Switch kiosks. YouTube has a video of the Target one. According to the footage we’ve seen, you can access the game’s early levels and try the Elephant power-up.

A new mob will be announced at ‘Minecraft Live’ on October 15. Three mobs will be added to the game, but only one. Mobs compete for community votes to win. A crab, armadillo, and penguin mob will appear this year. A look and a bit about each: “The crab has one gigantic claw, which it likes to wave around as it scuttles ...

Telltale Games has joined Epic Games, Crystal Dynamics, and Team17 in laying off employees in a turbulent year for the video game industry. Former Telltale cinematic artist Jonah Huang posted that the studio had laid off “most of” the team in early September and that he could not comment on The Wolf Among Us 2, the sequel to the 2013 ...

On November 14, 2023, Devolver Digital will release KarmaZoo for the Switch, a co-op platformer for up to ten players. It has beautiful pixel-art graphics with lighting effects and bright colors, but the co-op gameplay is the real draw. You’ll be matched with randomly selected online players and must work together to boost your karma by helping teammates overcome obstacles ...

LEGO Animal Crossing was a huge surprise from Nintendo today! Nintendo has confirmed the next LEGO X Nintendo collaboration, which was rumored in August. Nintendo UK released a short teaser of several LEGO Nintendo mini-figures, but no sets or dates have been announced. Tom, Isabelle, Kapp’n, Rosie, Bunnie, Marshall, Fauna, and Julian are depicted. Flowers, buildable trees, fruit trees, and ...

On October 17, 2023, the Nintendo Switch eShop will release a retro collection of A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia and its Game Boy sequel, The Rescue of Princess Blobette. The new collection will retain the original games’ essence while adding modern quality-of-life features like display filters, a music player, and save states (similar to Nintendo’s Switch Online ...

Nintendo announced yesterday that the 3DS and Wii U would lose “online play and other functionality” in “early April” next year. Pokémon Bank for 3DS won’t be affected in the near future, but other parts of the 3DS online service will. As stated in the announcement, this service will continue after other online services end. To raise awareness, the official ...