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Animal Crossing-Inspired ‘Earthlock’ Spin-Off Announced For Switch

Say hello to ‘Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure’. Snowcastle Games, the developers behind the RPG Earthlock, has revealed a follow-up to the successful indie title — Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure. But this is quite different from its predecessor. Taking cues from the Animal Crossing series and Stardew Valley, Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure throws […]

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Pocky & Rocky Reshrined Available To Pre-Order Now

With a limited edition to follow later. Natsume has announced that you can now pre-order the newest entry in the beloved multi-directional shooter series, Pocky & Rocky Reshrined, in America and the UK! Controlling Shinto shrine maiden Pocky and her tanuki companion Rocky, this is the first new entry in the Kiki Kaikai series in […]

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Adios, A First-Person Game About A Pig Farmer, Comes To Switch Soon

That’ll do, pig. Publisher Mischief is bringing its ‘cinematic first-person’ game Adios to the Switch on March 17th for $17.99. Originally released on Steam on March 16th, 2021, the game casts you as a pig farmer who doesn’t quite fancy letting a bunch of gangsters use his pigs to dispose of bodies. Yeah, we wouldn’t […]

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Wordle Clone ‘Words With Freds’ Is Free On Switch If You Own Certain Games

We’re not sure who Freds are and why they have words. Heard of a game called Wordle? It’s the little web-browser game that could, bringing daily word puzzles to millions of players across the world. Naturally, such a phenomenon is bound to inspire a few clones to pop up here, there, and everywhere (even a […]

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Monster Hunter Digital Event Takes Place Next Week

20 minutes of reveals, gameplay and more! Capcom has announced that a Monster Hunter Digital Event will take place next week, and will last around 20 minutes. The broadcast will focus on the new Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak expansion, and will include “exciting reveals of new monsters, gameplay info, and more”. Read the full article […]

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Xbox Celebrates International Women’s Day in Support of Women in Gaming

In honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month 2022, Xbox will celebrate the important role of mentorship — to uplift and support the next generation of women in gaming. As a champion and member of the fellowship of the Women of Xbox UK initiative, I had the opportunity to help connect the community […]

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You Can Now Read The Official Mother Novels In English

Thanks to a fan translation. If you’re a Mother/EarthBound fan and are hungry for more stories set within this weird and wonderful universe, you might be interested in checking out this fan translation of the Mother and Mother 2 novel by Nyaasu. Read the full article on nintendolife.com

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Nintendo Hypes Pokémon Scarlet And Violet’s Rich Open World As An “Evolutionary” Step In The Series

It’s not just another entry. Pokémon’s 9th Generation is coming to the Nintendo Switch later this year, and instead of more of the same with only a few minor changes here and there, it’s already promising to be a significant jump in the series compared to previous mainline entries. Nintendo’s even boarded the hype train […]

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Mario Strikers Datamine Shows Off Unused Character Models, Including A Full Team Of “Human Mario Brothers”

And a Paper Mario character as well. Ahead of the release of Mario Strikers: Battle League on the Nintendo Switch this June – dataminer, “Mario historian” and Twitter user ‘Dogon McBanana’ has been sifting through the back end of the original GameCube entry, Super Mario Strikers. While “digging through the game’s files” they’ve stumbled across […]