If there’s one thing fans know about Nintendo, it’s that the company focuses on gameplay over story. This even applies to The Legend of Zelda, which does have more of a plot compared to some of the company’s other major series like Super Mario.
On the topic of Zelda, series producer Eiji Aonuma has weighed in on how Nintendo approaches the story for the franchise’s games. The plot only comes about after the game design has been settled upon. That’s something we recently heard about with Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, where the gameplay was nailed down first and the story was more of a late addition.
Another addition to the Pokemon Build-A-Bear line was just made available with Riolu.
The plushie can be purchased online now – we assume that it will make its way to stores in the near future. For now though, only an online bundle is being offered, which is Riolu itself, a hoodie, and a 5-in-1 sound chip.
October 29: Warner Bros. and NetherRealm Studios have set a release date for the Ghostface DLC in Mortal Kombat 1. The character goes live on November 26, 2024. If you have early access, the release date is November 19.
Ghostface is one of a few characters featured in Kombat Pack 2. The others are Conan, Cyrax, Noob Saibot, Sektor, and T-1000.
In Stars and Time, which was already made available digitally on Nintendo Switch, is now taking the physical route. Limited Run Games confirmed plans for production today.
The company appears to be working on just a standard version at this time. There don’t appear to be any special editions happening, but we’ll keep you updated if we hear otherwise.
October 24: Heaven Seeker The Savior of This Cruel World is making its way to Switch, publisher Success Corporation revealed today. The company did not provide a release window.
Heaven Seeker The Savior of This Cruel World is a twin-stick roguelite shooter. The game features a dungeon with a different structure that changes each time you enter.
Further details about the project can be found in the following overview:
October 8: Despite a recent report that made the rounds over the weekends that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) could increase its stake in Nintendo, its holding has actually decreased.
A regulatory filing in Japan shows that the PIF has pulled back to 7.54 percent. Previously, the stake was at 8.58 percent.
While Xbox did this previously, 2024 marked the year when the company made its biggest push yet regarding releasing its games on other platforms. Nintendo Switch benefited from the approach in the form of Grounded and Pentiment on the console.
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has now briefly weighed in on Microsoft’s approach going forward. In an interview with Bloomberg, while discussing bringing more games to Nintendo and PlayStation, he said that there are no “red lines in our portfolio that say ‘thou must not.'” He added that no decisions have been made about the next Halo given how early in development that game is.
It’s been a few years since we first reported on Loco Motive, but the game just received a release date. Chucklefish and Robust Games will have it ready to go for Nintendo Switch on November 21, 2024.
Loco Motive, a point-and-click comedy adventure, was originally revealed for the platform at the very end of 2021. You may remember that it was planned for the following summer – but it’s clear that much more development time was needed.
After the patch started to make its way out yesterday, the new 1.112 update for GTA Trilogy (technically called Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition) is live on Nintendo Switch. We can confirm that all three games in the collection have been spruced up on the console.
Rockstar has shared its official patch notes, which note various fixes and improvements. Also, probably the biggest thing here is the lighting. Players can now select Classic Lighting mode to more closely emulate the look of the original games.
