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Paper Mario Thousand-Year Door Switch improvements Nostalgic Tunes badge

New details have come to light about improvements planned for the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Switch remake, including additions like the Nostalgic Tunes badge that lets players experience the music from the GameCube original.

Nintendo previously teased new features for the upcoming release, but didn’t go into detail. Thanks to hands-on previews that went live today, we have a better idea as to what’s planned.

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door overview trailer

April 24: A new overview trailer just dropped for Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. As often tends to be the case, Nintendo has thus far only put out a Japanese version – an English equivalent will likely follow later.

It’s time for the newest North American Nintendo Download report for the week of April 25, 2024. The latest releases include Another Crab’s Treasure, El Shaddai HD Remaster, SaGa Emerald Beyond, and more.

Here’s the full roundup:

Nintendo Switch OLED

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows:

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Isekai Chronicles

Bandai Namco is preparing That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Isekai Chronicles for Switch, the company just announced. The game launches on August 8, 2024.

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Isekai Chronicles is the first action RPG based on the fantasy light novel series. Players will be able to experience content from the anime as well as new adventures.

Here’s the first details:

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble preview

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble has a relatively complicated road ahead of it. It is the first brand new game in the series in nearly twelve years, and trying to balance its new content on top of reconnecting the series to its roots. Based on my recent one-hour preview, it seems to be living up to the task.

Dokapon: Ikari no Tekken

Another Dokapon game is coming to Switch with Dokapon: Ikari no Tekken having now been revealed for the platform. Biccamera, a retailer in Japan, just put up a listing for the title.

Dokapon: Ikari no Tekken originally released for the PlayStation at the end of 1999, but only in Japan. New features are planned for the Switch version of the board game RPG hybrid.

Switch Online Extreme-G, Iggy's Reckin' Balls

Two more N64 games are joining the Nintendo Switch Online service with Extreme-G and Iggy’s Reckin’ Balls. Both are now immediately available.

Both of these titles are being made available as part of the Expansion Pack tier of Nintendo Switch Online. That membership also includes access to SEGA Genesis games.

Here’s some information about both titles:

Switch update 18.0.1

Nintendo just started distribution of the latest Switch firmware update, version 18.0.1.

If you were experiencing issues finding an access point for the internet, we’re happy to say that this has now been addressed. It wasn’t a universal issue as it only impacted certain access points. Also, the usual stability improvements are included.

Here’s the full rundown:

Samus Aran Metroid Fortnite

Samus Aran and the Metroid series could have been represented in Fortnite, and while Nintendo and Epic discussed the idea, that ultimately didn’t come to be.

That news comes from Donald Mustard, the former chief creative officer of Epic Games. Mustard chatted about his time working on Fortnite with Game File, including discussions that were held with Nintendo.


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