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Activision CEO Bobby Kotick testified on day four of the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard acquisition trial, expressing regret for not supporting the Nintendo Switch more. Kotick told Tom Warren at The Verge that “I made a bad judgment” in not bringing its flagship franchise Call of Duty to the Nintendo Switch, saying that when he saw a prototype, he thought Nintendo was ...

WayForward, developer of Shantae, will release the “classic action-sports-RPG” Xtreme Sports on the Switch eShop on August 10 to celebrate its anniversary. North American-exclusive Game Boy Color game Xtreme Sports debuted in 2000. In 2014, the 3DS Virtual Console re-released it in PAL regions. “It’s an XTREME anniversary: Xtreme Sports, featuring five XTREME events including surfing, skyboarding, and street luge, ...

Nintendo announced a Pikmin 4 demo last week during its Direct broadcast. The Switch eShop now has the demo for this game. It needs 4.8 GB. Pikmin 4 can be pre-ordered on the Switch eShop. Nintendo’s game voucher offer includes it. The demo includes story, co-op, and Dandori Battle. Pikmin Bloom’s “special rewards” await if you finish it. The full ...

Microsoft v FTC yielded many juicy quotes and documents for Nintendo. Exclusiveness briefly dominated the latest courtroom battle. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadalla testified that he would “love” to eliminate “exclusives on consoles,” but Sony, “the dominant player,” has changed the market, forcing Microsoft to compete. “If it was up to me I would love to get rid of the entire ...

The Pokémon Company and Nintendo updated Pokémon Scarlet & Violet for Switch to Version 1.3.2. This patch references tournament adjustments and is the smallest. Dataminers may reveal more. Nintendo’s support page has the details: Ver. 1.3.2 (Released June 28, 2023) “Mechanic adjustments have been made for upcoming live tournaments.” Serebii.net provides additional information about this update: “This patch includes a ...

Nintendo updated Switch to Version 16.0.3 in early May. This was followed by a month-end update. Another one has arrived for the same patch. According to dataminer ‘OatmealDome’, this is another “rebootless update”. The system’s “bad words list” was updated again in this change. [Nintendo Switch Firmware Update] A rebootless update for version 16.0.3 is now out. Rebootless updates do ...

Nintendo’s limited edition physical releases are hard to get, but it appears to be restocking The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s as often as possible. Wario64 helped the Zelda creator restock Tears of the Kingdom Collector’s Edition on the US Nintendo Store. The game, steel book, poster, pin set, and art book cost $129.99 USD. Orders over $50 ...

Fashion Dreamer, an upcoming Marvelous XSEED fashion game, was absent from last week’s Western Nintendo Direct. It was shown in the February Direct and will release in Japan on November 2, 2023, if the Switch’s release schedule wasn’t already full. This is just Japan’s date, but localization should follow soon. Fashion Dreamer will release worldwide in 2023, according to the ...

Nintendo hasn’t announced the Switch’s successor, despite rumors. Company president Shuntaro Furukawa has provided details about the transition from the hybrid platform to the “next-generation machine” without making an announcement. Furukawa stated during Nintendo’s shareholder Q&A that the Nintendo Account system will be used to ease customers’ transition to the next generation. Genki’s Twitter translation of Nintendo’s president: Shuntaro Furukawa: ...

We got to play Pikmin 4 a month before its July 21 release to see what Nintendo has been working on for eight years. We enjoyed it, especially the new features. There are too many additions to discuss here (you can find our full thoughts in the hands-on preview at the bottom of this article), but one that deserves a ...