Category: Nintendo News

Dark Souls-inspired action RPG Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption is receiving a new, free update next month, bringing with it a whole host of new content including a giant armoured chicken boss. Yep.

As well as this giant chicken beast (which you can experience in all its glory in the GIF below), you can also expect to find additional game modes and two new weapons to try out. A recent press release contains all the details you need:

New Game+ will add three new challenges for the ultimate tests of skill. The Trial of Speed will grant Adam swiftness in exchange for losing invulnerability during dodge rolls, Trial of Consequence will make death permanent and Trial of the Sinner will combine both modifiers for the most challenging experience yet.

The haunting action RPG’s arsenal of bosses will expand with the addition of Cowardly Modic, the fowl-est boss yet, a giant deadly armored chicken. Defeat the brutal bird to unlock two weapon sets based on other bosses’ kits, twin swords and a sword and shield combo, to complement Adam’s already powerful arsenal.

We had mixed feelings on the game in our review last year, saying that “Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption is a valiant attempt to cut away some action-RPG fat in order to get to the meat of its boss battles, but a lack of consistent quality makes this boss-rush concept a frustrating experience at times”. Hopefully, this new content will go some way towards making it a more enjoyable experience overall.

The update is scheduled to go live on 19th February and will be free to all players.

Have you played this one on Switch? Will you be checking out this new content next month? Let us know in the comments.

The Walking Dead: The Final Season has been on an incredibly bumpy ride over the last few months; original developer Telltale Games sadly closed its doors last year, putting the game’s future in doubt, before Skybound Games saved the day by promising to complete it. Things are definitely looking up now, though, as the entire final season is now coming to Switch in physical form, too.

The season’s third episode launched digitally on Switch earlier this month, with the fourth and final episode also being dated for a 26th March release on the eShop. This newly-announced physical version is scheduled for a release just after that date on 29th March, as shown in this tweet below from Spanish video game distributor, Meridiem Games.

While no other publishers have confirmed the release just yet, we’d expect to see the game appear across other countries, too – especially in other territories in Europe at the very least. A listing for the physical copy also appeared on the US version of Amazon several days ago, despite no word on the matter from official sources.

Meridiem Games has confirmed that the physical edition will include all four episodes of the final season in one package.

Have you been playing The Walking Dead: The Final Season episode by episode? Or are you more tempted to give it a go with this physical release? Tell us below.

CIRCLE Entertainment has revealed that its upcoming action shooter Solstice Chronicles: MIA will be firing onto Switch early next month.

Developed by Ironward, Solstice Chronicles: MIA is a sci-fi action shooter that features “smart mechanics and skills” which aim to give you multiple ways of tackling the game’s challenges. It takes place in a dead colony on Mars, where a corporate marine has been left far behind enemy lines. With the unlikely help of an insurgent drone, this marine faces a battle for survival against an army of murderous, mindless mutants and more.

Features:
– Fluid and exciting twin-stick combat against fiendish foes on Mars.
– Key tactical decisions to be made with your accompanying drone.
– A variety of weapons, each with fantastic effects for killing enemies.
– Develop your skills in Assault, Demolition, Hellfire or Terminator classes – find the style that suits you best!
– Re-designed for Nintendo Switch, including local co-op to share the battle!

As noted in the feature list above, you’ll be able to team up with a friend in local co-op in both the Story and Survival modes; players can use just one Joy-Con each when out and about. The story mode is set to contain 20 levels of “intense action and entertaining cutscenes”, while Survival has you battling wave after wave of enemies.

The game will launch on 7th February for $14.99 / €14,99 / £13.69. A 10% launch discount price (so that’s $13.49 / €13,49 / £12.32) will be available during its first week on sale.

Do you like what you see in the trailer? Will you be giving this one a go when it launches next month? Let us know in the comments below.

If you’ve been loving Sonic and Thunder Force IV on your Switch lately, you might be interested to learn that 8Bitdo – makers of many a fine controller – are releasing a Sega-inspired pad which will no doubt become the interface of your dreams.

Based on the design of the fantastic 6-button Genesis / Mega Drive pad, the M30 isn’t a ‘new’ product as such – we already know it’s launching alongside the forthcoming Analogue Mega Sg – but the confirmation that this pad is also compatible with Switch is welcome.

The M30 launches on February 28th, and is available for pre-order now, with a price of $29.99. It’s also compatible with PC, Mac and Android, and comes with ‘Home’ and ‘Screenshot’ buttons, and a battery (charged via USB-C) which lasts for 20 hours. Not too shabby, eh?

That’s not all; 8Bitdo is also releasing a new Retro Receiver for the Sega Genesis and Mega Drive. Costing $19.99, this Bluetooth adapter slots into the 9-pin controller port on your original 16-bit console and allows you to use the M30 – as well as your PS4, Xbox One, Switch Pro, Wiimote and Wii U Pro controllers, as well as all other 8Bitdo pads. It also ships on February 28th.

Will you be investing in either of these products? Let us know with a comment.

Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! have been out in the wild for just over two months now, giving us yet another excuse to explore the magical world of Kanto and catch ’em all. Of course, being one of the Switch’s biggest games (or two biggest, we guess), these new Pokémon adventures are still being treated to advertising campaigns and new trailers, one of which features someone very famous indeed.

That’s right, in a move that’s actually very unusual for the Pokémon franchise, anime hero Ash Ketchum has been drafted in to promote the games. Speaking directly to viewers, Ash tells us how cool it is that we now have a Pikachu like him (to be fair, he’s absolutely spot on), before explaining how our bond with our Pokémon will get stronger as we journey with them.

We don’t usually see the games and anime collide in quite the same way, although the Pokémon: Let’s Go games arguably lend themselves to this type of marketing more than most in the series. Despite his fame, the character of Ash has never been used as the protagonist of a core series game, instead being created specifically for the anime by Ken Sugimori and Atsuko Nishida.

Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! are available on Switch now, with another main series entry expected to arrive later this year.

Would you like to see Ash star in a main series game? Are you a fan of both the games and the anime? Let us know in the comments.

Splatoon 2 has been subject to much more than its fair share of hacking issues since its release on Switch around a year and a half ago, and the problem doesn’t seem to be going away any time soon.

As reported by OatmealDome, a data miner well-known within the Splatoon community, some players are entering League Battles and manually forcing their opponents to disconnect from the game to win matches and reach Rank 1 on the leaderboard.

It is believed that hackers are achieving this by performing denial-of-service attacks on other players, directly attacking their internet connection linked to the game and forcing a disconnect. If you get disconnected from a game, you’ll automatically forfeit that match to your opponent, giving hackers an easy way to beat others to the top.

This follows a series of hacking problems faced by players last year, in which culprits forced unreleased content onto other players amongst other things. One user actually hacked the in-game leaderboards to send Nintendo a message, expressing their concerns about the game’s vulnerability.

As always, if you fall victim to any hacking attempts in the game, we’d urge you to report offending users via the SplatNet 2 app on mobile.

Here’s hoping Nintendo puts a stop to this as soon as possible.

One of several upcoming Switch games which has really grabbed our attention over the last few weeks is Observer, a psychological horror heading to the console later this year. We were lucky enough to be invited to Kraków, Poland for a quick snoop around the Bloober Team office (and by “we”, we mean Alex – the lucky so-and-so) and to have a good chat about the game and its development.

We sat down with Bloober Team lead designer, Wojciech Piejko, and brand manager, Rafał Basaj, to find out exactly how a game like this becomes a reality. The team tells us how, after its experience with Layers of Fear: Legacy, the studio believes it can really focus on horror titles going forward, before giving us a lovely insight into the technical strategies used to truly bring the game to life.

It’s well worth a watch if we do say so ourselves, so we’ll stop waffling and let you enjoy it for yourself. If you want to read all about our impressions from our hands-on time with the game, feel free to check out our preview right here.

Are you looking forward to this one? Make sure to share your thoughts with us in the comments below.

Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo has revealed a brand new lineup of Nintendo t-shirts for both the Mario and Splatoon series.

Uniqlo has been offering various Nintendo-based designs for a while now, often featuring a nice range for people of all ages. This is still the case here, with options available for adults and children alike for both series; you can see some of the designs for yourself below.

First up, here’s a look at the Splatoon line courtesy of 4gamer (‘Men’ options at the top, ‘Kids’ at the bottom):

The Mario collection is considerably larger, with 30 different designs split across ‘Men’, ‘Women’, and ‘Kids’ categories. Here are some of our favourites:

The Mario and Splatoon collections are launching on 1st April and 22nd April respectively; you’ll be able to snap them up directly from Uniqlo’s site here (Mario) and here (Splatoon).

Do you like wearing shirts featuring your favourite gaming characters? Have any of these caught your eye? Tell us below.