Enlarge / This is what can happen if you don’t secure your wrist strap before playing Nintendo Switch Sports . (credit: Reddit / Equivalent_Actuary_6 ) When you’ve covered the game industry for as long as I have, you tend to see the same types of stories appearing over and over. Still, new reports that Manufacturers […]
Enlarge / Are we looking at an official Game Boy Advance emulator made by Nintendo? (credit: @TrashBandatcoot / Twitter ) In most cases, the release of yet another classic console emulator for the Switch wouldn’t be all that noteworthy. But experts tell Ars that a pair of Game Boy and Game Boy Advance emulators for […]
Enlarge / The new OLED Switch above its predecessor. (credit: Sam Machkovech) Your Nintendo Switch is loaded up with precious game save data, not to mention your prized screenshots and gripping gameplay recordings. You don’t need to upgrade to the new Switch OLED, but if you are—or you just need to swap from one console […]
Fig. 1: The PS5 is among the quickest consoles ever to reach 10 million worldwide sales. When Sony announced Monday that it had sold 10 million PS5 consoles to consumers, it trumpeted the system as “the Fastest Selling Console in Sony Interactive Entertainment History.” The certainly sounds impressive, but it lacks the specificity we’d like […]
A labeled mock-up of the new model shows where everything goes. [credit: Nintendo ] The recently announced “OLED Model” of the Nintendo Switch will retail for $50 more than the $300 standard model when the upgrade goes on sale on October 1. But the new model is estimated to cost Nintendo only about $10 more […]
A labeled mock-up of the new model shows where everything goes. [credit: Nintendo ] Where is my 4K “Switch Pro” upgrade? The most surprising thing about the Switch’s newly announced “OLED Model” might just be what it’s missing. Namely, it’s missing a new chipset that bumps up the processing power above what’s available on existing […]
Welcome to a blank, empty world that you get to fill. The idea of a video game that lets you build other video games is nearly as old as the medium itself, dating back at least to 1983’s Pinball Construction Set. More recently, series like Little Big Planet and Dreams have shown just how powerful […]
Your gateway to the skies. The July release of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD on the Switch will include an expanded fast-travel system that removes the need for players to trudge to specific save points before taking to the sky. But Nintendo is locking that helpful new feature behind an Amiibo figurine the […]
Congratulations! It’s a bouncing, baby gaming console! [credit: Nintendo ] In the last year, Nintendo sold roughly 5.8 million Switch units to households that already had at least one Switch. That’s according to a recently translated investor Q&A in which Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said that “household demand for multiple systems accounted for roughly 20% […]
Enlarge / That Android Note Ultra 20 (with removable controller) at the top of the image is the closest you’re gonna get to a Switch-like xCloud streaming experience. (credit: Reddit / AS Empire) For years now, there have been rumors that Microsoft and Nintendo were planning a major partnership to bring the xCloud game streaming […]