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Limited Run Republishing Another Two Game Boy Titles, Pre-Orders Open This Friday

StarHawk and Metal Masters return. Physical distributor Limited Run Games has announced it will be republishing not one, but two Game Boy classics. The first is StarHawk and the second one is Metal Masters – both titles will be available for pre-order this Friday over a four-week period. Read the full article on nintendolife.com

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Random: Someone Turned A Nintendo GameCube Into A Flower Pot

It looks great alongside Pikmin. We’ve seen a lot of weird and wonderful GameCube conversions over the years, and the latest design that’s got the attention of social media is one that’s been transformed into a flower pot. Read the full article on nintendolife.com

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Nintendo Switch System Update 12.0.1 Is Now Live

Fancy some stability? Earlier this month, Nintendo rolled out a new firmware update for the Switch. While many expected the 12.0.0 update to be something significant, according to the patch notes – it fixed an issue tied to the save data backup feature. Now that it’s done with this, it’s released Version 12.0.1, and with […]

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Paper Mario Tribute Bug Fables Scores A Limited Run Games Release

Pre-orders open this Friday. The Paper Mario style RPG Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling originally arrived on the Nintendo Switch last May. As much as we loved it, one thing missing at the time was a physical release. As you might recall, Limited Run Games confirmed a hard copy of the game a few months […]

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Talking Point: Is “Cheesing” A Legitimate Strategy?

It’s a gruyere-ea. I find absolutely zero shame in telling you all here today that I am a cheeser. I cheese whenever possible. Tactics? Strategy? No thanks. I’d rather hide behind a pillar and take potshots for half an hour than do things the “right way”. Hold up, dial it back. I know you like […]

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‘Super Mario 64 Plus’ Is An Unofficial PC Port With 60FPS And A Permadeath Mode

Kill Mario! For real! Super Mario 64 is a classic, but if you’ve ever wished that Mario would die in the game for real, your wishes are about to come true. A fan-made PC Port called Super Mario 64 Plus came out earlier this month, and has since hit 30,000 downloads, showing that there’s a […]

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Celeste’s Creators Are Working On A New “2D Explor-Action Game” With Secret Of Mana Vibes

It’s called “Earthblade”. It’s been three years since Celeste, the pixel-perfect platformer, first came out. Since then, the people who made it have banded together to create a whole new studio — Extremely OK Games — and have been hard at work on what comes next. Today, that question finally has an answer: Earthblade, a […]

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Feature: ‘Breaking’ Shrines Was Maybe The Coolest Thing About Zelda: Breath Of The Wild

A new approach to puzzle design. To celebrate the 35th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda, we’re running a series of features looking at a specific aspect — a theme, character, mechanic, location, memory or something else entirely — from each of the mainline Zelda games. Today, Mitch discusses goofing around with puzzles in one […]

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Tactical RPG Empire Of Angels Heads To Consoles For The First Time This Year

And it’s going physical, too. Eastasiasoft is bringing Softstar’s long-running Empire of Angels series to Nintendo Switch this year. The franchise began its life in 1993, but Empire of Angels IV is the first instalment to reach consoles. It’s also coming to the PS4 and Xbox One, but the Switch is the only system that’s […]

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Video: Here’s Zelda: Twilight Princess Running On An Xbox Series X

Because why not? The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess has already been given the remaster treatment thanks to its HD Wii U port, but that hasn’t stopped fans wishing for a Switch version this year as the series celebrates its 35th anniversary. Until such a thing exists (if it ever exists), we’ll just have to […]