“the Switch didn’t age as gracefully as we’d hoped”. iFixit, one of the world’s leading online repair communities, has nerfed the original Switch’s ‘repairability score’ following a recent reassessment. Upon launch, the team had originally scored the console a pretty health 8/10, noting that the modular design of the system makes a lot of components […]
They do look mighty similar to the old ones, mind. Well, it doesn’t take people long, does it? The Switch 2 has only just been released (heck, this writer hasn’t even got one yet) and early adopters are already taking apart their brand new Joy-Con controllers to see just what’s in there. Read the full […]
“I offer this story once again”. With the excellent news that Final Fantasy Tactics is to receive a revamped and re-energised outing on both Switch 1 and Switch 2 on 25th September, the game’s creator and director, Yasumi Matsuno, has taken to the internet to share some personal thoughts. Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles […]
I’m all full up, thanks. If you’re old enough to read this, you’re likely old enough to remember that, at its launch, the Switch provided us all with a few giggles as we learned that its cartridges, tiny as they are, had been coated in a yummy-tasting sauce that keeps silly animals and the like […]
GameStop, just stop. So, there you are, in the midnight launch line to collect your brand-spanking-new Nintendo Switch 2. It’s been a bit of an ordeal getting your pre-order in, but none of that matters now – you’re here, you’ve made it, you’re about to get your first taste of Mario Kart World on pristine […]
According to a Japanese consultancy firm. Game-Key Cards for the Switch 2 have proven to be a monumentally controversial move from Nintendo, with many fans upset at the potential implications for game preservation and ownership. However, according to a short quote from Kaoko Kino, president of Japanese video game consultancy firm Kyos Inc, publishers are […]
It’s finally here! Happy Switch 2 Day, everybody! While many of us are impatiently waiting for the postie to arrive, Nintendo is ensuring that the hype train doesn’t pause for one second. That’s right, it’s launch trailer time, folks. It feels like a lifetime ago that we last got a console launch trailer from the […]
Jack of all trades. Monolith Soft, the developer behind the Xenoblade Chronicles series, has confirmed that it helped to develop Mario Kart World for the Nintendo Switch 2. Speaking on X (and highlighted on Reddit), the team provided a notice to mark the release of Mario Kart World and confirmed that it had been contracted […]
Update: It’s Home screen & UI tour time! With discoverability on the bloated Switch eShop causing headaches for players and devs alike, you can sometimes forget how slow the shopping experience on Switch can be. Likewise, though Nintendo hasn’t bogged down the main system menu with ornamental additions, navigating the system menus is hardly a […]
Update: Check out our Link’s Awakening S1/S2 comparison. VGC has shared its first look at The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and Link’s Awakening running on the Switch 2. Both titles are fairly notorious for their performance issues on Switch, but judging from this early look, it seems that they have been improved drastically […]