The Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi franchises have both been around for a long time. Various games have been released across different generations of Nintendo hardware. Paper Mario has mostly seen a fairly consistent lineup of games, but it was the future of Mario & Luigi that was in doubt after developer AlphaDream shuttered several years back. Now development duties of the series have shifted to Acquire, the company who worked on the Octopath Traveler titles.
Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi are often compared (we’re not forgetting Mario RPG, but there’s just one game for that IP). Some fans prefer one of these series over the other. With Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door came to Switch earlier this year and Mario & Luigi: Brothership having just released, we wanted to ask where you stand. If you had to choose, are you Team Paper Mario or Team Mario & Luigi? Let us know in the comments.
Playstack and Color Gray Games put out a launch trailer for The Rise of the Golden Idol. The game, a follow-up to The Case of the Golden Idol, arrived this week.
Learn more about it in the following overview:
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted 2 was previously announced for Nintendo Switch, and it turns out that you can grab the game right now.
The title was confirmed for the platform during the Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase in August. At the time, we had a winter launch window. No release date was ever provided, but it turns out that the game made its digital debut this week.
It’s been a while since we last heard about Ratatan, TVT’s rhythm action/strategy title. Publisher Game Source Entertainment have announced that they have made an agreement with the developer and will be bringing the title to Nintendo Switch next year. A Reveal Trailer for the game has been released during the WePlay Expo 2024 in Shanghai, giving us a closer look at the gameplay of the title.
For some more information about Ratatan, check out the overview below:
Ravenage and 9FingerGames are giving a final look at Heretic’s Fork with a launch trailer. The title landed on consoles this week, including Nintendo Switch.
We’ve got plenty of information about it in the following overview:
Aspyr has revealed that Photo Mode will be returning to Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered, which is set to launch on Nintendo Switch next year, on February 14. The feature is set to include all of the poses and outfits from Tomb Raider I-III Remastered alongside new ones, and an extensive amount of customization to allow players to capture the moment how they choose.
Get some further details below:
Throughout its lifespan, Nintendo released a lot of different 3DS models. You had the original 3DS, 3DS XL, New 3DS, New 3DS XL, the standard 2DS, and New 2DS XL – and that’s not even counting all the special editions of each individual console. With Nintendo’s next hardware on the horizon, we figure today is as good a day as any to go over all of the major 3DS revisions and determine which one is the best.
The Switch is certainly Nintendo’s most popular console, but the 3DS has seen something of a small resurgence lately. This is in spite of its online play shutting down earlier this year – indeed, a fair number of players are either discovering the 3DS’ library for the first time, or reliving their nostalgia from over ten years ago.
Tons of gameplay has surfaced for Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake showing the RPG on Nintendo Switch. Square Enix brought it out this week after announcing the game a few years ago.
Thanks to the eShop listing, we have the following information about the title:
