Category: Nintendo News

Path to Mnemosyne, a “hypnotic independent adventure” developed by DevilishGames, is launching on Switch on 16th April, it has been confirmed.

The game first arrived on Steam last year, receiving positive reviews from players and being selected for multiple indie festivals thanks to its quirky style and narrative. We’ve got a description and a feature list for you to check out below:

Immerse yourself into Path to Mnemosyne, a hypnotic adventure created within an infinite zoom! Walk the path, explore your mind and recover all lost memories by solving dozens of imaginative puzzles.

A mysterious story, a minimalist script and disturbing sounds and graphics, will make Path to Mnemosyne a bizarre and memorable gameplay experience for any player.
Will you be able to reach the end of the path?

Features:
– Overwhelming graphic style.
– Atmosphere that plays with your senses.
– Dozens of puzzles to solve.
– Simple controls, challenging challenges.
-Open narrative.

As noted above, the game arrives on Switch in Europe and North America on 16th April. You’ll be able to pick it up for $9.99 / 9.99€.

What do you think? Has the trailer given you the creeps? Share your thoughts with us in the usual place.

A new poster for the upcoming Detective Pikachu movie has been released today, and as you can see for yourself, it gives us a great look at some of the Pokémon set to feature.

The poster comes alongside confirmation that the film will release in China on the same day as the rest of the world (thanks, Serebii). Take a look for yourself.

We still think it’s looking pretty great; we can’t quite believe it, but we’re genuinely excited to go and see a live action video game movie. What’s going on?

The film releases worldwide on 10th May. Will you be going to your local cinema to watch it?

Ninja Theory’s critically-acclaimed Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice has finally got a release date for Nintendo Switch.

The port – which is being handled by Polish studio QLOC – won’t add any new content, but it will support motion controls, which is nice.

The award-winning title will hit Nintendo’s console on April 11th as a digital-only release. It will cost £24.99 / €29.99 / $29.99. It’s worth noting that Ninja Theory is now owned by Microsoft, so this game – along with Cuphead – marks an exciting period of collaboration between Microsoft and Nintendo.

The game was previously exclusive to PlayStation 4, but also saw release on the Xbox One and PC.

If you enjoy watching the Pokémon anime series from time to time and happen to have a subscription to Netflix, you’ll be pleased to hear every episode of the Pokémon: Sun and Moon “Ultra Adventures” series is now up on the popular streaming service.

In Sun and Moon, Ash and Pikachu visit the Aloha region on vacation. Here’s a description of Ultra Adventures from the official Pokémon website:

Ash’s Alola adventures continue, with the legendary Pokémon Cosmog leading him and his friends to the Island Guardians, Ultra Space and beyond.

If you’re an older viewer, you might prefer one of the past seasons, such as Pokémon: Indigo League. Or if you don’t want to fork out for a subscription, you can always opt with the Pokémon TV app, which is receiving season two of the anime series on 5th April. Here are the details:

Catch up with some of Ash and Pikachu’s earliest travels when the second season of Pokémon the Series arrives for a limited time on Pokémon TV starting April 5. Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands follows Ash’s continued journey through the Indigo League in the Kanto region and his further travels to the Orange Islands. In addition to the new locale, Ash will have plenty of incredible Pokémon to discover and tough challenges to overcome! You’ll also get to see the first major shakeup in Ash’s traveling party when Brock leaves the team. Don’t worry, though—Ash and Misty aren’t alone for long. They’re soon joined by intrepid Pokémon watcher Tracey Sketchit for a whole new series of adventures.

Do you still watch the Pokémon anime? Did you use to watch it? Tell us down below.

Last August, around the time of QuakeCon, id Software Studio Director Tim Willits said Rage 2 was being considered for the Switch. In February this year, Willits provided an update, explaining how id and Bethesda were “still investigating” a potential Switch release.

Fast forward to the month of April and Willits has now made another comment about the possibilities of Rage 2 coming to the Switch, during an interview with DualShockers at PAX East 2019. According to the id Software Studio Director, there are some challenges with the technology, but there are “no plans” for Rage 2 on the Switch at the moment.

“Well, we’ve been looking into it. It’s just the technology, there are some challenges, but we’re always looking for future platforms and future people to work with. So, we like to investigate, but we have no plans for that right now.”

Compared to his previous statements, at least it’s no longer a case of wondering if this game will be announced for the Switch in the near future.

Was Rage 2 a title you were hoping would make the Switch? Is DOOM and Wolfenstein enough? Tell us down below.

Yooka-Laylee‘s Nintendo 64 mode is finally available on Nintendo Switch. You can see how it looks for yourself in the new trailer above.

Originally teased as a Kickstarter stretch goal when the project was still in its infancy, this visual demake – known as the 64-Bit Tonic – has been a much-wanted feature for fans of the game. We saw glimpses of it last July, and then again in October, but it’s finally here for real now.

The graphical overhaul (or underhaul?) is available right now as a free download for owners of the game on Switch and PC. The update will also arrive on PS4 and Xbox One at “a later date”.

Have you been waiting for this to arrive? What are your thoughts on the style shown in the video? Let us know in the comments below.

A very strange little game has popped up on the Switch eShop that has us wondering what exactly is going on over at Nintendo’s certification department. From the looks of the pictures, it seems like you’re controlling Mr Game and Watch’s lewd, drunken uncle.

No, it’s not an April Fools’ prank – the game’s called Safety First! and it debuted on Steam in 2016. Described as a twin-stick physics puzzler, it appears that you must repair broken electrical cables using your (ahem) ‘Magical Yellow Repair Liquid’. The thumb sticks control your feet and you press ‘A’ to deposit said liquid from…, well you can see for yourself.

As the screen shots show, little is left to the imagination when it comes to the appendage used to apply the ‘MYRL’ – to such an extent that we wonder how this got past Nintendo’s cert process. Sure, it’s nothing explicit… but then again, it is relatively explicit, no?

With 69 levels to get through, we think we understand what Headup Games is going for here. Regardless of the quality of the game itself, it certainly grabs your attention. Being somewhat of a stealth release, we couldn’t find a Switch trailer, so here’s the original launch trailer from 2016.

Hmm, interesting. How long do you think it’ll be before this comes down? Let us know below…

A brand new Nintendo Direct presentation has aired today, 1st April 2019, revealing that ‘everything’ is coming to Nintendo Switch.

Of course, if you’ve been paying attention to what day it is today, you’ll probably have figured out that this isn’t actually the case. In what is by far our favourite April Fools’ prank we’ve seen so far this year, IGN has shared a fake Nintendo Direct presentation that’s absolutely worth a watch.

Playing on the common act of port-begging, which we see on a near daily basis from fans who want literally everything on Switch, the video goes through just some of the great games coming to the console. The presentation style, graphics, transitions, and everything are spot on. Bravo, IGN. Bravo.

Let us know your thoughts on the video in the comments below and feel free to check out more April Fools’ day gaming pranks we’ve spotted today.

The friends of Ringo Ishikawa is just days away from release on Nintendo Switch, bringing beat ’em up action to a console near you on 4th April.

From CIRCLE Entertainment and developer yeo, the game is said to blend “stylish pixel-based visuals, beat ‘em up action, surprising gameplay and imaginative storytelling”. It all plays out in an open world setting and even features some school-sim elements for good measure, with players guiding the protagonist through his final term at high school.

It seems to have quite a lot going on, with a town to explore, a day-night cycle, NPCs on schedules, battle grinding, school grinding, mini-games (such as ping-pong, billiards, and a videogame console with one game) and more. Feel free to check out these screenshots below.

As noted above, the game launches later this week (on 4th April) for $14.99 / €14.99. A 10% discount will be available for its first week on sale, taking that price down to $13.49 / €13,49.

Do you like the look of this one? Will you be giving it a go later this week? Tell us below.