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Pikmin 3 Deluxe Arriving on the Switch

One of the Wii U releases that has been high on people’s list for a Switch port is Pikmin 3. The Pikmin franchise hasn’t seen much love in a few years and aside from The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD remaster,…

Nintendo’s Reluctance to Return to What Works

Paper Mario: The Origami King is selling well and reviewing well too. Most people who play it have better things to say about it than most Paper Mario games released in the past 20 years. Still, it doesn’t quite feel the same. I’m in…

Nintendo President Issues Joy-Con Drift Apology

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa is making headlines today, as a recent Q&A brought up the issue of Joy-Con drift. For the uninitiated, Joy-Con controllers for the Nintendo Switch have a major joystick flaw that causes the stick to input movement without the…

Jump Rope Challenge – Nintendo’s Free Fitness Game

While games like Ring Fit Adventure and Fitness Boxing help gamers stay active while using their Switch, they cost a good amount of money. A new free fitness game, Jump Rope Challenge, is perfect for the stay-at-home society we find ourselves living in. Here are…

Best Strategy for the New Horizons Wedding Event

One of the exciting parts of Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the fun, timed events. Across the calendar, players can look forward to different challenges and adventures centered around seasons and holidays. A current event at the moment celebrates Wedding Season and the…

Paper Mario: The Origami King Revealed

Mario RPGs have been in a bit of a slump. The last few Mario & Luigi games have just been remakes and its developers, AlphaDream, filed for bankruptcy last year. The state of the Paper Mario series has also been turbulent post-Thousand-Year…

Three Tips for Finding a Nintendo Switch

It’s tough finding a Nintendo Switch right now. There are plenty of places selling the console online but for hundreds of dollars more than the MSRP. That’s because console production is low due to the Coronavirus. The pandemic shut down factories across…

Animal Crossing New Horizons is a Great Fashion Simulator

Like millions of other people, since the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons I have been playing daily. In fact, I have found that my island is the perfect way to de-stress after a long day. There are complaints I have with…

AC: New Horizons Meets Lifetime Sales Goal

If there’s one company benefiting from people staying inside and at home, it’s Nintendo. By no means is anyone happy that we’re dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, but Nintendo is showing impressive sales numbers nevertheless. A huge part of that is the…

Deadly Premonition 2 Release Date Announced

There are a lot of games I can’t really believe ever became Nintendo Switch exclusives. One example is Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, which really did a great job of making the originals feel like they had a current-gen successor. Now, the Deadly Premonition series…