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Rock The Dragon | Confused why Nintendo said The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's title was a big spoiler? That's because it had a different name for most of development

That odd comment finally makes a lot more sense.

Sept. 9, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Womp Womp | Wonder where Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom fit in the Legend of Zelda timeline? The answer may frustrate you

Probably not the answer most of you wanted.

Sept. 1, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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The best Apple Arcade games to play in 2024

Here are some pocket-sized games for you to play on the go.

Sept. 1, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

Zelda in blue swordfighter form in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.

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Blue Em Away | Fresh The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom trailer shows the Princess turning blue, da ba dee da ba di, and swinging her sword about

Zelda likes a bit of Hyrule 65, who'd have thunk?

Aug. 30, 2024 Mark Warren

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2 Direct, 2 Furious | Nintendo is double dipping on Directs tomorrow with an Indie World and Partner Showcase - and no, the Switch 2 won't be there

In fact, it's not clear what will be there, but that's the fun part.

Aug. 26, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Guide

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Mystery Gift Codes

Never miss out on a Pokemon freebie with our full list of codes.

Aug. 20, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

Tom's face next to a number of games consoles

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PODCAST | What's the best game on the worst console?

Console wars with a twist.

Aug. 14, 2024 Tom Orry

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Age Concern | Nintendo World Championships might be my favorite multiplayer game in years, but the improvements for a potential sequel are obvious

Ahead of a Nintendo World Championship: SNES Edition, say, Nintendo has got its hooks in me - but there is certainly room for improvement.

Aug. 6, 2024 Alex Donaldson

Zelda in a casual outfit with her hair tied back stood on a bridge near some guards in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.

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Reverb | The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom's latest trailer shows that Breath of the World's influence will spread even to the 2D games

Smoothies! Outfits! Horses! Side quests!

Aug. 5, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

The Big Short themed custom header with Ryu and Mario

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Gold Rings | Capcom, Sega, and Nintendo stocks tumble in Japanese market panic - but why?

We're explaining the current stock market crash through the lens of video games, because of course we are.

Aug. 5, 2024 Connor Makar

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Zelda and Link are stood in a dark cave, a mummified corpse with a hand place on its chest, a glowing light eminating from the hand in Tears of the Kingdom.

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I Give Up | Zelda players have managed to bring back Tears of the Kingdom's unbreakable Master Sword, but the steps to do it are so confusing I think my brain is broken

Better get out your notebook for this one.

Aug. 5, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Key art for Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team showing various Pokemon in a cave.

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What A Mystery | Pokemon's best spinoff is coming to Nintendo Switch Online, though not the best version of it

A win's a win!

Aug. 4, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Mario & Yoshi 71438 Lego set over the top of a slightly blurred Level 1-1 from Mario + Yoshi's Island.

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Economic Block | Goodbye, money: Lego’s latest gaming set will surely open a wallet-emptying can of worms

I’m excited - and fearful - at what Lego and Nintendo's latest collaboration might usher in next.

July 29, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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Splatoon 3 key art for the Grand Festival Splatfest showing the musicians from every Splatoon game all together.

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I Have An Inkling | Splatoon 3's Splatfests are seemingly coming to an end, but at least some incredibly fresh amiibo are on the way

Something fishy is going on.

July 21, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

The cover of Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition.

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Too Retro? | Switch players simply don't understand why Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is missing this crucial feature

Look, all they're asking for is the chance to irreparably ruin some friendships without having to take a picture of the screen.

July 18, 2024 Mark Warren

Key art for Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club, showing three young people in a city street looking surprised and concerned, a man superimposed to the left of them wearing a paper bag with a creepy smile for a mask.

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Happy Faces | It turns out Emio is... the first new Famicom Detective Club game in over 30 years, and the director of Super Metroid is back to make it

Seems like the best possible result, honestly.

July 17, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Biden and George Clooney face off, referee'd by Tom Orry

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PODCAST | What's the best game that could convince Biden to step down?

Sorry, we put politics into games again, sorry, all the best, sorry,

July 16, 2024 Jim Trinca

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Zelda is stood talking to a floating, sentient orb of some kind, a staff floating in front of her in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.

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The Legend Of Who? | Zelda might be the star of the show in Echoes of Wisdom, but it turns out Link will be playable after all

At least for a little bit, anyway.

July 14, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A man in a trench coat and paper bag with a creepy smiling face on it is stood ina dimly lit room, the image is covered in a film grain effect.

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Important Questions | Nintendo wants to know who Emio is, and we're assuming until it's stated otherwise that they're just Mario's strangest villain yet

Seriously, who the hell is Emio?

July 10, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Key art for Pokemon Go's eigth anniversary showing all manner of Pokemon, including a giant Wartortle in the background.

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To The Dynamax | You might have hated it in Pokemon Sword and Shield, but Pokemon Go has teased a much-disliked feature for its 8th anniversary

They're going big with this one.

July 7, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Peanut Butter the speedrunning dog alongside Shohei Ohetani in MLB The Show 2024.

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Clutch Canine | Stop what you're doing, a speedrunning dog just won a game of NES baseball by slamming a walk-off home run at SGDQ 2024

Peanut Butter the Shiba Inu just did one of the best baseball things since the Bautista bat flip.

July 5, 2024 Mark Warren

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The master sword in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

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Against The Hyrules | Man jailed for carrying Legend of Zelda Master Sword replica in public, prompting suspicions that Ganondorf runs the Warwickshire fuzz

Seriously, though. Assuming this is all he did, four months in the slammer seems maybe a bit harsh.

July 3, 2024 Mark Warren

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Jim and Connor having emotions in a British Pub

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PODCAST | Which games have aged like a fine wine, and why is everyone so mad at our guest host?

There's nothing graceful about the Best Games Ever podcast episode 104

July 2, 2024 Jim Trinca

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Supply and Deplanned | Nintendo has a cunning plan to beat the inevitable Switch 2 scalpers - make an absolute buttload of consoles

With component shortage problems sorted, prospective hardware overchargers should be in for a bad time.

July 1, 2024 Mark Warren

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Yes | Nintendo reveals its Kong Dong in court documents

Good lord, put it away Nintendo! We'll never be able to see poor DK in the same light again!

June 27, 2024 Mark Warren

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The boxed version of Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition over a blurred screen of available levels in the title

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World Class | Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition feels like far more than nostalgia bait, it could be a multiplayer classic

At £25, Nintendo's latest retro throwback feels like an ample replacement for Mario Party in some ways (and that's a good thing).

June 26, 2024 Alex Donaldson

Gameplay and Albert Wesker in the intro of the original Resident Evil.

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Resi Returns | The 90s version of the original Resident Evil is now easily grabbable on modern PCs, with 2 and 3 coming soon

Ring your dad! Watch the endearingly cringey live-action intro again!

June 26, 2024 Mark Warren

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Some Pals aiming machine guns in Palworld.

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Radio Silence | Remember The Pokemon Company saying it was going to investigate Palworld? It seems nothing's come of that yet

PocketPair's CEO says everything's been quiet behind the scenes.

June 25, 2024 Mark Warren

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The eyes of Joanna Dark in Perfect Dark.

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Perfect Timing | After Perfect Dark's reboot rocked up at the Xbox showcase, the original drops on Switch today

Now, that's what I call corporate synergy.

June 18, 2024 Mark Warren

A close-up of Samus in her classic spacesuit in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.

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Welcome Back, Samus | Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is real, and it's coming to Nintendo Switch in 2025

But will it be on Switch 2, too?

June 18, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Wise Decision | It may have taken Nintendo 37 years, but Zelda finally gets her own game in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

Just ignore the CDI game.

June 18, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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New Ninty News | Watch today's Nintendo Direct here

No Switch successor mentions, no problem.

June 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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Switching Things Up | Nintendo wraps Not-E3 up with a summer Direct tomorrow, and no, the Switch 2 won't be there

What's the Switch got left in it?

June 17, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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The billiards table in Wii Play, next to some Miis celebrating.

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A Wii Miracle | After 17 years, Wii Play's billiards finally has its first ever perfect game, thanks to an impossible shot

The fabled nine ball break, it's here and it's glorious.

June 4, 2024 Mark Warren

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Hyrule Warriors key art showing Link with the Master Sword and his shield, dodging to the side, Prince Zelda fighting with a sword, a blue haired character using some kind of spell.

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A NEAR MISS | Hyrule Warriors is good fun, but once upon a time Nintendo reportedly thought it would hurt the international Zelda brand

The original game first launched almost 10 years ago.

June 3, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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TEARS OF THE ECONOMY | My wallet is currently weeping over The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom soundtrack that costs £230

The bank will surely give me a loan for something like this, right?

June 2, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

The Legend of Zelda Great Deku Tree set showing Breath of the Wild's Link and Zelda stood around the tree.

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BRICKING IT | Lego finally reveals its Legend of Zelda set as money mysteriously vanishes from my bank account

I don't need it...

May 28, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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PERFMANENT RECORD | A Xenoblade Chronicles X speedrunner set a world record no one will ever be able to beat, and it's all Nintendo's fault

Maybe a Switch port could mean someone else could try set a new record? Hint hint?

May 27, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Suicune stood in a grassy area in the Pokemon anime.

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CHOICES, CHOICES | One simple question made localising Pokemon Crystal a lot more difficult than you would think

It's probably a bit easier these days though.

May 27, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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PAPER CRAFT | Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door review: a worthy new version of a must-play classic

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door is a richly-deserved, lovingly-crafted redo of a classic.

May 23, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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Key artwork from multiple Pokemon games is shown. From left to right: Pokemon Ruby, Pokemon Diamond, Pokemon White, Pokemon Sun, and Pokemon Sword

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CATCH ‘EM ALL | The best Pokemon games, ranked

We’ve ranked the mainline Pokemon games, and their remakes, from best to worst.

May 22, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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SWITCHING PORTS | Nintendo acquires the latest studio to depart Embracer's lovely, hunky-dory friendship group

Shiver Entertainment, known for its ports, will be continuing to deliver those for platforms like the Switch.

May 21, 2024 Mark Warren

A 2D drawing of Link from The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening remake. He looks in awe at something, hair blowing in the wind, cheeks slightly rosey.

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MY UNCLE SAID | Sony says it's working in "close collaboration" with Miyamoto on the Zelda movie, a sentence I never thought I'd write

"The Legend of Zelda is going to be huge for us."

May 20, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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TOTEMIC | Pokemon fans are facing a serious dilemma following the end of Nintendo 3DS online features

Totem Pokemon were special in Sun and Moon, but may loose their sheen if transferred over.

May 20, 2024 Connor Makar

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THE SHAPE OF YOU | Turns out the Triforce might have, sort of, been hiding in plain sight in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom all along

Scales off a dragon's back.

May 19, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Danny DeVito and Charlie Day in Always Sunny in Philadelphia, they're stood in a bar talking to someone offscreen, Wario and Luigi hats Photoshopped into their respective heads.

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OH YEAH | So, Danny DeVito wants to be Wario – but is he really the best fit for Mario’s gassy counterpart?

And who should play the rest of the cast from the Mushroom Kingdom?

May 17, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Switch Online Games - Game Boy - May 2024

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RETROTASTIC! | Nintendo's celebrating 35 years of Game Boy with Super Mario Land, Alleyway, and Baseball added to Switch Online

Relive Mario’s first Game Boy adventure.

May 16, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

Chai from HiFi Rush sits in front of a PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, looking shocked

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LOVE HURTS | It’s all very sad, isn’t it - where does the games industry go from here?

It's hard to love an industry that is seemingly always in chaos.

May 15, 2024 Tom Orry

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Key art of Link from both Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild superimposed over landscape shots of Hyrule.

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COME AGAIN | One year on, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom still doesn't feel like a sequel – it's a second act

Breath of the Wild was just the beginning.

May 12, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A PowerA wireless Nintendo Switch controller with Mario artwork design.

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Mario fans will love this discounted controller for Nintendo Switch

Now the cheapest it's been in over a year.

May 8, 2024 Mark Harrison