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Nintendo made many Switch announcements at the Game Awards 2023 (see our roundup). Winning was also important. We’ve covered a few of those on the site, but let’s cheer for Pikmin 4, which won Best Sim/Strategy Game! Geoff Keighley’s award floods reveal multiple winners at once, and the win came in one. Nintendo won this one without an acceptance speech ...

Many timeline theories existed before The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s release earlier this year. It follows Breath of the Wild, but how does it compare to Ocarina of Time or A Link to the Past? TOTK did not answer well. In this Hyrule, references to other games are vague. We wanted the game’s producer and director, Eiji ...

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s development may have ended, but Nintendo is still releasing DLC fighter amiibo figures. Nintendo announced in September that Kingdom Hearts’ Sora would get a figure in 2024. He’ll be released on February 16, 2024. In July, Pyra and Mythra (Xenoblade Chronicles 2) were released. Sora will follow. Along with this release date,

Nintendo announced Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s 5th anniversary and Sora’s February amiibo. In January 2024, new spirits will commemorate this milestone. The translation says these spirits will join amiibo tag tournaments where players can challenge their raised amiibo. Special events begin tomorrow and end December 13. This event offers 5 x EXP, SP, and “Snack L” for five days. Here’s ...

After the “Final Horizon” update in September, Sega has released a new patch for Sonic Frontiers, bringing it to Version 1.41. It tweaks “Easy Mode” balance and controls for new characters Amy, Knuckles, and Tails. The full list is on Sega’s patch notes page: Sonic Frontiers, Patch 1.41 (7 December 2023) Update 1.41 for Sonic Frontiers is now available. We ...

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince launched on Switch last week and is sold out in many Japanese stores. Square Enix now recommends the digital version if they can’t get a retail copy. Translation by Ryuji of Noisy Pixel: “Due to the popular demand for Dragon Quest Monsters, the physical version is currently sold out in many stores. If you ...

After months of stealing our hearts with Sea of Stars (we gave it a 9/10 in our review), developer Sabotage has announced that a new update will be coming to Switch “very soon.”. The intriguingly named version 1.0.46981 is now live on Steam, and while we’ll have to wait for it on Switch, the patch notes let us see what ...

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince hit the Nintendo Switch last week. If you’re one of the many playing it, Square Enix has posted a brief message on social media asking fans not to ruin it for others. Players are asked not to post content “that takes place after the final battle in the Conqueror’s Keep, including the game’s ending ...

The Kombat Pack may lead to another Aftermath-style story expansion for Mortal Kombat 1. Series co-creator Ed Boon confirmed this last week at CCXP23 in Brazil. Despite not providing details, he promised a “big surprise” after this. According to IGN, he said: “Just like we did with MK11, we’re going to release a second part with more story and we ...

Tomorrow, December 7th, at 14:00 GMT, 09:00 EST, and 06:00 PST, the Pokémon Company will reveal more about Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s upcoming DLC chapter, The Indigo Disk! We don’t know what the presentation will cover. With less than a week until The Indigo Disk releases on December 14th and a DLC overview already out, we can’t imagine it will ...