December 7: Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet will be wrapping up The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC next week, and to celebrate, fans can get their hands on new Nintendo Switch Online icons.
Characters, backgrounds, and frames are up for grabs. You can nab character icons for 10 My Nintendo Platinum Points each. The backgrounds and frames go for 5 Platinum Points each. All icons you redeem now are yours to keep forever – even if your Nintendo Switch Online subscription expires.
Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age are coming to Nintendo Switch Online via the Expansion Pack tier next week, Nintendo has announced. Both are due out on January 17, 2024.
Golden Sun originally released on the Game Boy Advance in 2001. It was followed by Golden Sun: The Lost Age in 2002 (2003 in the west).
A couple of new videos have come in for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown ahead of next week’s launch. Along with the launch trailer, we have a graphics comparison courtesy of GameXplain.
As noted in the technical analysis post, the Switch version of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown turned out very well. It’s a bit downgraded compared to other platforms, but not in an overly significant way.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet’s new Mochi Mayhem epilogue is now available, and we’ve put a post together outlining how to start it. We also have a brief list of tips and information regarding the new Mythical Pokemon. This event is roughly an hour long and lets players obtain a brand-new Mythical Pokemon.
To initiate the event, you’ll need the Mythical Pecha Berry item. It’s currently being distributed via Mystery Gift through the Get via Internet option. Once you have the item in hand, visit the Peachy’s store in Kitakami (directly east of the Community Center) and interact with the purple object on the table. To access Mochi Mayhem at all, you’ll need to have cleared Pokemon Scarlet and Violet’s base story as well as both the Teal Mask and the Indigo Disk’s respective campaigns.
Original: Switch 2 speculation won’t stop until Nintendo makes an official announcement, and the rumor hill is heating up again with Ai Shark claiming that the console will launch in September 2024.
The news is tucked away in a press release about another matter, which is that Altec Lansing is the first licensee of Ai Shark’s gaming software. Furthermore, Ai Shark will be bringing back the GameShark brand in a different way. As old-school gamers will remember, GameShark is a series of cheat code devices. But now with Ai Shark, it’s AI-enhanced software that is designed to aid “individuals in improving their gameplay over time.”
System: Switch
Release date: January 18, 2024
Developer: Ubisoft
Publisher: Ubisoft
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown came as something of a surprise when it was announced during Summer Game Fest last year. The series had been in an odd state of partially suspended animation up to that point, with the last mainline entry on consoles being 2010’s The Forgotten Sands, and the only other activity being largely ignored mobile spinoffs and the vague promises of a remake of the first game in the series. A brand new 2.5D entry was probably the last thing anyone expected, and while The Lost Crown won’t be the game that many fans were asking for, it nonetheless stands out as a fantastic entry in the series that is more than worth your time.
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is almost here, and we’ve got insight into the game’s frame rate, resolution, and more courtesy of a technical analysis from Digital Foundry.
The easiest way to break everything down here is that the Switch version turned out very well. Both frame rate (during gameplay) and resolution max out what’s possible on the system.
Abylight Studios and Dummy Dojo are working together on the new game Ninja Chowdown: Glaze of Glory, they announced today. It’ll be heading to Switch later in 2024.
Ninja Chowdown: Glaze of Glory is a 2D runner in which players collect donuts and defeat members of the evil food clans. For further details, read up on the following overview:
An eShop listing has provided the final release date for Hitman: Blood Money Reprisal on Switch. According to the official page, it’s slated for January 25, 2024.
Hitman: Blood Money Reprisal, which is an updated version of the 2006 game, was announced for Switch back in October. Feral Interactive committed to a winter launch window at the time.
Here’s the official eShop description:
