TodayFri, 25th Jan 2019

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  4

  News Dragon: Marked For Death Physical Edition Arrives In The West This March

  Digital version launches on 31st January

  Dragon: Marked for Death by Inti Creates was first announced during the 2017 Nindie Summer Showcase. Since then, its release has been repeatedly pushed back. Fortunately, the digital version was locked in for 31st January 2019 not long ago (in both Europe and North America) and now the publisher has Nighthawk...

  • 2 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
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  22

  News WRC 8 Brings Realistic Rally Racing To The Nintendo Switch This September

  Speed demon

  You could argue Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the only racing game you need to own on the Nintendo Switch, but admittedly, the system could use with some more realistic racing titles. There’s already been quite a few in recent times, and soon there’ll be another one speeding onto the system. This next one scheduled to tear it up is the...

  • 4 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  31

  News Nintendo Files Patent For "Eye-Tracking Enabled 3D Viewing" Technology

  Is 3D making a return?

  The glasses-free 3D technology contained within the 3DS was arguably ahead of its time. Eventually though, Nintendo decided to focus on the more accessible and affordable 2DS line. Since then, it has shifted its attention to the Switch. So, will 3D gaming ever make a return? If a recent eye-tracking patent is anything to go...

  • 6 hours ago
  • Nintendo
  • 3D
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  31

  Rumour Netflix Is Reportedly Working On A Resident Evil Television Series

  Dead serious

  Capcom’s Resident Evil franchise has seemingly peaked, with countless games and an entire run of movies released over the past three decades. Deadline Hollywood is now reporting the long-running survival horror series is set to become a Netflix Original television series. According to the source, the German production and...

  • 8 hours ago
  • Rumour
  • Resident Evil
  • Capcom
  • Netflix
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  119

  News Sorry North America, You’ll Also Have To Download Final Fantasy X-2 HD Remaster

  Unless you’re willing to import

  If you are located in North America and happen to be a fan of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy series, it looks like you’ll also miss out on a physical copy of X-2 HD Remaster. Following the news last weekend European copies of Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster would include a single-use download code for the second...

  • 9 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Final Fantasy
  • Square Enix
  • North America

YesterdayThu, 24th Jan 2019

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  43

  Reminder You Have Just One Week To Claim Piranha Plant As Free DLC For Smash Ultimate

  Here's how...

  Attention all lovers of free DLC and angry, bitey plants! You have just one week from today to claim your free Piranha Plant DLC character for Super Smash bros. Ultimate. Yes, because 74 lovely characters just aren't enough, Piranha Plant is scheduled to arrive as the first bonus character "around" February - that's next month! If you...

  • 23 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Super Smash Bros
  • DLC
  • Piranha Plant
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  42

  News SteamWorld Quest Won't Release Physically At Launch Or At All On 3DS, No Loot Boxes Or Microtransactions

  More details shared

  Perhaps one of the most exciting reveals during yesterday's Nintendo Indie Highlights presentation was Image & Form's latest project, SteamWorld Quest. Taking the SteamWorld universe we already know and love, and steering it in a completely new card-based RPG direction, this one looks like it could be a real winner. Details...

  • 17 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Switch eShop
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  31

  Nintendo Download 24th January (Europe)

  Mario & Luigi! Atari Flashback Classics! Cursed Castilla EX!

  The latest Nintendo Download update for Europe has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch Retail - New Releases: Atari Flashback...

  • 18 hours ago
  • Nintendo Download
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Europe
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  43

  Video The History Of The Super Mario Land Series

  The first Mario without Miyamoto

  Mario has had a long and illustrious career, from 1985's Super Mario Bros. - in which Mario must save Princess Toadstool from Bowser - right up until 2018's New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, where things are almost creepily familiar. One short stint of this career, lasting from 1989 to 1994, was the Super Mario Land...

  • 22 hours ago
  • Game Boy
  • Nintendo
  • Retro
  • Super Mario Land
  • Video
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  41

  Nintendo Download 24th January (North America)

  SMITE, Pikuniku and Goat Simulator!

  The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Nintendo Switch retail: Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy (THQ Nordic,...

  • 18 hours ago
  • Nintendo Download
  • Nintendo Switch
  • North America
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  18

  Review Legrand Legacy: Tale of the Fatebounds - A Beautiful JRPG That's A Little Too Stuck In The Past

  Legacy issues

  The JRPG has changed much over the years (or very little, depending on the developer), but back in the mid-to-late-’90s this very niche of genres produced a spate of classic instalments that helped define so many of its integral elements. The pre-rendered backgrounds. The polygonal character models. Interesting and layered characters...

  • 13 hours ago
  • Reviews
  • Switch eShop
  • Legrand Legacy
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  65

  News Sega AGES Development Team Might Localise Games That Have Never Been Translated

  Also looking into multiplayer

  The Sega AGES line might seem like it is made up of quick and simple ports based on the classics of yesteryear, but there's a lot more work that goes into each of these Switch releases than you might think. Website GearNuke was recently fortunate enough to speak to Yosuke Okunari, one of the staff behind the modern...

  • 1 day ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Sega
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  18

  Hands On Hacking Into The Cyberpunk World of Observer On Switch

  With Blade Runner's Rutger Hauer, no less

  Recently we were invited down to Kraków, Poland, to have a bit of an old hands-on with Observer, courtesy of its creator, Bloober Team. After Layers of Fear scared the nonsense out of us, we had high hopes for this new game, based on the promise that it builds heavily on what Bloober's previous Switch game...

  • 14 hours ago
  • Features
  • Hands On
  • Preview
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  21

  Review Cursed Castilla EX - A Worthy Love Letter To The Side-Scrolling Classics Of Old

  Knight life

  Ports are nothing new on Nintendo Switch - in fact, a good proportion of the games that have arrived on the system over the last two years have been re-releases from other platforms - but sometimes a game getting another chance at success on another console is a cause for celebration. Cursed Castilla EX is one such example. It’s...

  • 21 hours ago
  • Reviews
  • Switch eShop
  • Cursed Castilla EX
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  24

  News Smash Bros. Ultimate Recognised As Best Fighter At New York Video Game Awards

  Nintendo Labo takes out kids award

  Nintendo has received some extra recognition at the 8th annual New York video game awards, with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate being awarded the title of 2018's best fighting game and the Labo Variety Kit scoring best children's game. The Motion Twin title Dead Cells took out the best indie award

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Super Smash Bros
  • Labo
  • US
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  20

  News An Epic Bullet Glitch Has Been Discovered In The Switch Version Of Fortnite

  Oh no...

  If you enjoy a round or two of Epic's free-to-play battle royale multiplayer game Fortnite on your Nintendo Switch, you might have noticed a slump in your own performance in recent times. This has nothing to do with your own abilities, according to an in-game test Digital Foundry recently ran in each version of the game, there's a glitch...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Epic Games
  • Fortnite
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  13

  Review Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics - Mixing Strategy And Horror To Mostly Good Effect

  For the Love of the Craft

  If there’s one group of historical nasties you can always rely on to invoke some of literature’s most eldritch nightmares, it’s the Nazis. From the pages of Hellboy to just about every Call of Duty in recent memory, those militarised fascists love dabbling in the occult, so it’s no great shock to see them teaming up...

  • 15 hours ago
  • Reviews
  • Switch eShop
  • Achtung Cthulhu Tactics
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  19

  News It Looks Like Johnny Turbo Is Entering The Shmup Business On Nintendo Switch

  "Gues whats next"

  If the Nintendo Switch is your system of choice for shoot 'em up games, you'll be glad to hear another retro one is making a comeback. Johnny Turbo - one of gaming's worst mascots - and now the face of Flying Tiger Entertainment's classic line recently hopped on Twitter to tease another old school Data East title coming to the...

  • 1 day ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • shmup
  • Flying Tiger
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  21

  News JRPG Asdivine Hearts II Launches On Nintendo Switch Today

  Set two years after the original

  If you're in the mood for a new slice of JRPG action, you might just be in luck, as Asdivine Hearts II has just plonked itself onto the Switch eShop. Yep, it's available today. The game picks up two years after the events of the original game, Asdivine Hearts, with Zack and friends finding themselves heading off on...

  • 20 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Switch eShop
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  11

  Video Get To Know The Basics Of SMITE On Switch

  You SMITE just enjoy yourself

  SMITE is bursting onto the Switch eShop today, so we thought it might be a good idea to take you all through the way the game works, in case you've never played it before. It might seem a lot to process if you just boot up the game and dive in, so instead you might do well to check out the video above which explains the...

  • 16 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • SMITE
  • Guide
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  18

  Random Become Peachette With Your Very Own Papercraft Super Crown

  Super gamers deserve a super crown

  New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe allows new and old gamers alike to experience New Super Mario Bros. U and the expansion New Super Luigi U with a few extra features on the Nintendo Switch. In addition to 164 courses and multiplayer for up

  • 1 day ago
  • Random
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo
  • Peachette
  • Mario
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  12

  News Explore, Craft And Battle In Thea: The Awakening, A Turn-Based Strategy Game Coming To Switch

  Available next week

  The Nintendo Switch is about to get another dose of turn-based strategy goodness as Thea: The Awakening gets set for launch on the console next week. Thea: The Awakening combines its turn-based strategic survival ways with Slavic myth and monstrosity, with events set after an apocalyptic force known as 'The Darkness' has...

  • 21 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Switch eShop
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  17

  News My Memory Of Us Brings A "Heart-Melting" Story Of World War II To Nintendo Switch Today

  Inspired by true events

  Among the collection of games launching today on Nintendo Switch is My Memory of Us, a 'heart-melting" story inspired by true events from World War II. The game follows the friendship between a girl and a boy as they experience life in The City - a place inspired by pre-Second World War Warsaw. Conflict breaks out, forcing...

  • 17 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
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  12

  News Airheart - Tales Of Broken Wings Flies Onto Switch Next Week With Exclusive Content

  Pirates and furious bosses await

  Next week sees the launch of Airheart - Tales of broken Wings on Nintendo Switch, a game full of airplanes, action, and a whole lot of battling. The game is described as a "dieselpunk airplane action game", all set in the world above the clouds. As you can see in the trailer up above, every level is built on top of...

  • 15 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Switch eShop
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  17

  News Cytus Alpha Physical Release Brings Rhythm To North America This April

  Includes a special CD

  Last July, Japanese magazine Famitsu revealed Flyhigh Works would publish a port of the mobile rhythm game Cytus on the Switch, under the new name of Cytus Alpha (or 'Cytus αあるふぁ'). It has now been confirmed the title will arrive in North America this April in both physical and digital formats. The initial release of the retail...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Switch eShop
  • North America
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  18

  News X-Morph: Defense Is A Top-Down Shooter, Tower Defence Hybrid Blasting Onto Switch Next Month

  Role reversal

  X-Morph: Defense is just under a month away from blasting onto the Switch's digital scene, and its premise and gameplay certainly look intriguing. Blending top-down shooter gameplay with classic tower defence, this one has players taking control of an alien race, unleashing hell upon humans and conquering the Earth for a change...

  • 19 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Switch eShop

Wednesday23rd Jan 2019

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  128

  Video Watch The Nintendo Indie Highlights Presentation January 2019

  Nindies everywhere!

  The Nintendo Indie Highlights video is now live in all its glory and you can watch it for yourself right here! As promised yesterday, the video showcases just "some" of the indie games scheduled to arrive on Nintendo Switch in 2019. From the brilliant and the unique to the utterly bizarre, Nindie games have been a huge part of...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Switch eShop
  • Nindies
  • Video
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  47

  News Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games Of 2018 In The US

  We all know number one

  Fascinating sales data has been flooding in over the last few hours, giving us a detailed insight into how Nintendo performed in the US last year. We already know that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was the fifth best-selling game of the year across all platforms, and that Switch was

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Sales
  • North America
  • US
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  79

  News Mario Kart 8 Is Now The Second Best-Selling Racing Game Of All Time In The US

  Based on lifetime dollar sales

  Mario Kart 8 is now reportedly the second best-selling racing game of all time across the US, and everyone's favourite red hat-wearing, moustachioed plumber has only been beaten to pole position by his older self. The game has boosted and drifted its way to some seriously impressive levels of success, now just one...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Mario Kart
  • Sales
  • North America
  • US
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  75

  News SteamWorld Quest Officially Revealed For Switch, A Turn-Based RPG In The SteamWorld Universe

  A roleplaying card game

  Revealed as part of today's Nintendo Indie Highlights presentation, SteamWorld Quest has been officially confirmed for Nintendo Switch. Developed by Image & Form - the studio behind SteamWorld Dig, SteamWorld Dig 2, and

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Switch eShop
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  99

  News Surprise! Goat Simulator: The GOATY Is Available On Switch Right Now

  Be the goat you've always wanted to be

  Among the surprise announcements during today's Nintendo Indie Highlights presentation was Goat Simulator: The GOATY. It's available to play on Switch as we speak. That's right, everyone's favourite game about possessing the body of a goat, exploring an open, suburban world, bashing into everything in sight,...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
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  82

  News Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster Are Both Included On The One Game Card In Southeast Asia

  No download codes required

  Last weekend, listings on the Square Enix website and Amazon revealed Europe would be receiving physical releases for Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster and Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age - just like

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Final Fantasy
  • Bandai Namco
  • Square Enix
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  54

  News CrossCode Brings Its SNES-Style Action-RPG Goodness To Switch With Exclusive Content

  40-80 hours of gameplay

  Today's Nintendo Indie Highlight presentation brought with it a nice little collection of promising titles, and joining that list is none other than CrossCode. CrossCode eventually arrived on PC last year after an Indiegogo crowdfunding project and a lengthy early access beta, and now it's making the jump to Switch. It...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Switch eShop
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  32

  Nindie Round Up Clock Simulator, Neko Navy, Momodora, Stellar Interface And Hive Jump

  Some clocks, some cats, some gems

  The wonderful thing about the indie gaming scene is that it allows game developers to embrace their bizarre, deep-seated desires for game ideas, seemingly with no creative limits. Thus, we have Clock Simulator, a rhythm game that literally has you take the role of Father Time in an array of odd minigames. We also...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nindie Round Up
  • Switch eShop
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Features
• 

  88

  Japanese Charts New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Knocked Off Top Spot In Its Second Week

  Still secured second, though

  Japanese chart figures are now in for 14th - 20th January, revealing that New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe has been knocked off top spot in its second week on sale, unlike its continued dominance in the UK. The newly released Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown takes the honours this week, with the PS4 version of the game...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • 3DS
  • Super Mario
  • Charts
  • Japan
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  32

  News Switch Network Maintenance Could Impact Online Gaming This Week, 3DS And Wii U Also Affected

  Here are the times just in case...

  Nintendo has shared a newly-updated maintenance schedule for the Nintendo Network, revealing multiple sessions which could have an impact on online play across Switch, 3DS, and Wii U. There are three sessions taking place in total, each lasting for just a handful of hours. The information provided says that...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • 3DS
  • Wii U
  • Nintendo Network
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  63

  News Switch Tactical Epic WarGroove Marches Into Battle Next Week

  And it looks worth the wait

  It has been confirmed that Chucklefish's highly-anticipated turn-based tactical game WarGroove will hit the Switch eShop on February 1st – that's next Friday, in case you were wondering. You can pre-order it now. Initially announced quite some time ago, WarGroove takes inspiration from the likes of Advance Wars and...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Wargroove
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  40

  News Hideki Kamiya Shows Off Potential PlatinumGames Merchandise, Asks Fans To Share If Interested

  Retweets make the dream work

  It looks like a lovely collection of Platinum Games-inspired merchandise could well be on the way to an online store near you (and then instantly to your home via a cardboard box, we imagine). Or at least, it will be if fans show enough demand to make it happen. The studio's game designer and director Hideki Kamiya has...

  • 2 days ago
  • PlatinumGames
  • Merchandise
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  17

  News Rocket League Introduces Cross-Platform Friends List And Party System Next Month

  All inclusive

  Earlier this month, Rocket League joined the latest trend in gaming by supporting cross-platform play across all major consoles and PC. The service is incredibly welcome, of course, but the lack of a friends list and customisable matchmaking options left a little to be desired. At present, players are randomly matched with or against...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Rocket League
  • Updates
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  27

  News Obtain Multiple-Character Spirits In The Next Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Spirit Board Event

  Gotta beat 'em all

  The weekly Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirit board events don't appear to be stopping any time soon. Starting on 25th January, the next three-day spirit board event "The More The Merrier" will highlight multiple-character spirits. Below is the announcement tweet from the Nintendo Australia and New Zealand Twitter account along...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Super Smash Bros
  • Nintendo
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  47

  News Nintendo Switch Was The Best-Selling System In December And Throughout 2018 In The US

  Sales success

  The success of the Switch surged to new heights in 2018. Throughout the year we heard about the ongoing sales of Nintendo's hybrid system and how a number of first-party titles broke records and sold out at launch. According to data from industry-tracking firm The NPD Group, the Switch was officially the best-selling games platform in...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • North America
  • US
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  41

  News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Was The Fifth Best-Selling Game Last Year In The US

  Five other Nintendo exclusives featured

  Super Smash Bros. Ultimate dominated in the month of December last year and has also placed fifth in the top 20 US software sales of 2018. According to The NPD Group, it was a record year for the video game market in general within the US - with the industry generating $43.4 billion in revenue. This is an 18...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Super Smash Bros
  • North America
  • US
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  45

  News Pokémon Ultra Sun Was The Best-Selling 3DS Game In The US Last Year, Top Ten Revealed

  Followed closely by Ultra Moon

  It has been well documented that the Nintendo 3DS is really starting to slow down, with the number of new releases for the platform almost dwindling to a complete standstill. Having said that, a handful of new games did just about manage to find their way to store shelves last year, and the console's fantastic...

  • 2 days ago
  • 3DS
  • Nintendo 3DS
  • Sales
  • North America
  • US
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  23

  News Smash Bros. Ultimate Dominates The US Game Charts In The Month Of December

  Unstoppable

  The main reason the Nintendo Switch was able to outsell rival platforms within the US in December last year is linked to the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which placed in the top spot on the charts. According to The NPD Group, Nintendo had six other titles in the top twenty best-selling games list to help increase Switch sales...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Super Smash Bros
  • Nintendo
  • North America
  • US
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  62

  News Nintendo Power Podcast Wants To Know The Switch Games You're Most Looking Forward To In 2019

  Tell 'em

  As the first month of the year slowly draws to a close, company operations after the busy holiday period are beginning to return to normal. For example, Nintendo has officially announced it will be airing an indie-focused presentation tomorrow on its UK YouTube channel. Looking further ahead, Nintendo of America's Twitter account has...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
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  6

  News Bad Dream: Coma Brings Dark Adventure To Switch Tomorrow, And Every Decision You Make Is Vital

  "One wrong move and you're doomed"

  Tomorrow, Forever Entertainment is bringing indie developer Desert Fox's point-and-click adventure Bad Dream: Coma to Nintendo Switch, and it all looks pretty creepy. The game has been designed in such a way that, while all of your in-game decisions are essential, none of them are obvious. As you progress through...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Switch eShop