Category: Nintendo News

It has been revealed that the Nintendo Switch exclusive Gal Metal will arrive on 2nd November in Europe and 30th October in North America, and a brand new trailer has been released to celebrate.

There are actually two ways to purchase your own copy of Gal Metal. Firstly, the game will be available to pre-order digitally from 18th October, giving metalheads the chance to headbang their way to victory with Joy-Con in hand as soon as the game launches. Your alien invasion-preventing journey can also be expanded further with the ‘Encore Pack’ DLC, adding five new characters to the game, each with their own unique story episode and song. This DLC pack will release on the same day as the main game.

Alternatively, you could wait until the release date to get your hands on even more content via the Gal Metal: World Tour Edition available from selected retail stores. This contains the base game and the Encore Pack DLC, bundled together on the same Nintendo Switch cartridge, along with a previously unannounced exclusive set of ‘heavy metal stickers’. These stickers feature an assortment of in-game characters that are designed for use with your Switch or Joy-Con controllers.

If you want to learn more about this one, or if you’re completely in the dark as to what we’re talking about here, feel free to explore our review of the Japanese version of the game, or our interview with the game’s producer, Tak Fujii. That should hopefully be more than enough to get you going.

Will you be treating yourself to this one? Are drums and aliens your perfect gaming mix? Tell us below with a comment.

If you’re a fan of your physical editions, and just so happen to want a copy of Snake Pass on Switch, then boy do we have the article for you.

Yes, Sumo Digital’s slithery 3D platformer has made its way into a physical edition, and pre-orders are set to go live on Super Rare Games very soon indeed (or have just gone live if you’re reading this a little later on). If you’ve forgotten what this one’s all about, Snake Pass challenges players to think exactly like a snake would as they tackle 3D puzzles to make it through each stage. You’ll be making your way through the long grass, coiling around bamboo, and climbing away from danger in a title which is genuinely unique.

The physical edition includes all of the game’s DLC as standard, and also comes with some extra goodies to make the purchase even more worthwhile.

Each purchase includes the following additional items:
– Interior art
– Full-colour artbook
– Exclusive sticker
– 3 card trading card pack

Alongside the release of the game, there will also be an exclusive 12” vinyl soundtrack available. Only 500 have been printed and it features the award-winning sounds of legendary composer David Wise, famous for his work on the Donkey Kong Country series.

Here’s the link you need to grab a copy for yourself. Pre-orders go live at 6pm BST / 7pm CEST (10am PT / 1pm ET) for $34.99 / £29.99 / €33.99.

Will you be adding this one to your collection?

PowerA has yet another controller option for Switch players on the way, this time releasing a wireless GameCube-inspired design that can work with your latest Nintendo console.

Releasing just in time for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, these controllers have all of the buttons available on the original GameCube controller – which was a dream to use alongside Super Smash Bros. Melee, of course – while adding all of the extras necessary for playing on Switch (the extra left shoulder button, a capture button, and the home button).

Key Features:
– The preferred gamepad for Super Smash Bros Ultimate
– Bluetooth Wireless freedom
– Classic GameCube design plus larger D-pad and added left shoulder button
– Motion controls and system buttons added for compatibility with all Nintendo Switch Games
– LEDs for power, player number and low battery warning
– Includes two AA batteries for up to 30 hours of gameplay
– Official licensed product with 2-year limited warranty – Register at PowerA.com

The controllers come in three different colours – purple, grey, and black.

It’s worth pointing out that the wireless functionality is available thanks to the use of AA batteries, rather than being chargeable via USB or the like, and the controllers don’t support HD rumble, IR, or amiibo NFC. They do offer motion controls, however, which isn’t always the case with third-party offerings.

The controllers are all available to pre-order from PowerA’s official site in the US for $49.99 each; in the UK, the grey model is exclusive to GAME for £39.99, with others seemingly yet to appear online. Of course, there are also official Nintendo GameCube controllers on the way for Switch, but those controllers are all wired.

Are you hoping to pick up a GameCube controller to play Super Smash Bros. Ultimate? Will these new wireless options be the perfect match for you? Let us know with a comment below.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games have shared a launch trailer for the upcoming LEGO DC Super-Villains, showing just some of the chaos players can expect to find in the game.

For the first time in a LEGO game, players will be given the opportunity to unleash their inner bad guy; LEGO DC Super-Villains gets rid of all the nice, decent people to create a world without superheroes – and things seem to be completely out of control. The game allows you to create your own fully customisable super-villain character complete with their own signature superpower – a feature which was actually shown off in another recent trailer.

In the game, the Justice League has disappeared, leaving Earth’s protection to a newcomer group of heroes from a parallel universe called the ‘Justice Syndicate’. However, legendary DC supervillains including The Joker, Harley Quinn, Lex Luthor, Deathstroke, Killer Frost and more, discover that the Justice Syndicate may not be as heroic as they claim to be. Led by your customisable character, this legendary team of wrongdoers must join forces to stop these fake heroes and save the world – but only so that they can rule it for themselves.

The game launches on Nintendo Switch on 16th October.

Will you be teaming up with DC’s worst to wrong some rights? Let us know if you plan to pick up a copy of the game in the comments below.

Yo-Kai Watch 4 – the next entry in the Yo-Kai Watch series and the first to appear on Switch – has seen a delay in Japan, it has been confirmed.

Originally, the game had been scheduled to arrive in winter 2018, but the latest issue of Japanese magazine CoroCoro has revealed that it has now been pushed back to spring 2019. Of course, apart from this entry, the Yo-Kai Watch games have all released on 3DS, with this latest instalment likely being the biggest step up the franchise has seen to date. We expect that this new development territory and larger project scale are to blame.

This delay does help the west in its bid to catch up with the series, however; Europe and North America are only getting the previous entry – Yo-Kai Watch 3 on Nintendo 3DS – over the coming months, so this might help to bridge the gap between western and Japanese releases just a little. Even if this delay has a knock-on effect for the localisation of the new Switch title, at least we’ll be able to play Yo-Kai Watch 3 just before the fourth entry comes out.

Are you looking forward to Yo-Kai Watch 3 releasing this winter? Or are you more excited for the prospect of a new Yo-Kai adventure on Switch? Feel free to share your thoughts with us down below.

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If you’re not sure what games have been added to the Switch Online NES library recently, Nintendo’s YouTube channel has released a clip showing off each one in action. For the month of October, the releases include Solomon’s Key, Super Dodge Ball and NES Open Tournament Golf.

This appears to be the same trailer as the Japanese one from last week when the release date for the three games was originally announced. Not on display is the “souped-up” version of The Legend of Zelda – Living the life of luxury!, giving players access to a ton of rupees and items.

As always, you’ll need to have a subscription to access and play these NES games including the special version of The Legend of Zelda. Next month’s releases include Metroid, Mighty Bomb Jack and TwinBee.

What do you think about the latest games that have been added to the NES online library? Do you like the special version of the original Zelda game? Have you been using Nintendo’s new online service since it was launched? Tell us below.

Rare’s beloved 1997 Nintendo 64 classic GoldenEye 007 might be stuck in licensing limbo, but that won’t stop the modding community from trying to revitalise the iconic first-person shooter. For years now, GoldenEye: Source – a fan mod available through Valve’s Steam service – has allowed players to live out their old-school multiplayer fantasies online. As brilliant as this mod is, the single-player element of the game was never included due to the potential legal risks.

Now, a new fan-made game – known as GoldenEye 25 – is attempting to recapture the single-player magic of the retro N64 shooter. The aim of this PC-exclusive project is to “port and remaster” GoldenEye 007 to the Unreal Engine 4 in time for the original game’s 25th anniversary in August 2022.

Project founder Ben Colclough – who formerly worked on GoldenEye: Source – is joined by the mod’s music composer Yannick “GoldenZen” Zenhäuser. The new game was inspired by the cancelled GoldenEye XBLA remaster and the plan is to update the single-player story missions, add modern graphics and perhaps even make a few additional gameplay tweaks.

Originally, Colclough intended to port the Nintendo 64 version of the game across to UE4 until he realised how overwhelming the task was, so he decided to remake everything from scratch instead. He’s also drawing ideas from the film during this phase. The creator’s development time on the project is limited to a few hours a day, due to the fact he works as a commercial 3D artist. This is the other reason why development is expected to take so long. In the meantime, you can view actual footage of the game above and take a look at the concept art below:

Are you a fan of the original GoldenEye 007 game on the Nintendo 64? Have you ever played the Source mod before? Will you be keeping an eye on Goldeneye 25? Tell us below.

In February, Frictional Games – the developer behind the Amnesia Collection – said it was interested in creating a Switch port. Although nothing has been announced since then, a recent interview with GameSpot has revealed the developer is still hoping to bring its series to the Nintendo Switch.

Creative Director Thomas Grip said the team was looking into it, and that he would personally love to do a Switch version of the survival horror games:

I grew up with Nintendo being the big platform, so it’s like, ‘Wow, we’re actually doing video games for real now if we can get it on Nintendo! And it would just be cool to get it on a handheld as well, because I think that should work for Amnesia and other games as well. We’re looking into it and seeing what can be done. We’re hoping–if everything goes as we hope–we hope we’ll have it [on Switch].

The Amnesia games would no doubt be a great addition to the horror library on Nintendo Switch, which already includes games such as Layers of Fear: Legacy and the Outlast series. The Amnesia Collection is comprised of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and its expansion, along with the sequel A Machine for Pigs.

Would you like to see the Amnesia games make their way across to the Switch? Are you a fan of the horror genre. Tell us below.