#304 Your Nintendo Update — Bayonetta’s low-ball row
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Bayonetta’s voice actor is telling fans to boycott Bayonetta 3 after ‘insulting’ offer — I’ve covered this in my intro above, but here’s a news story bringing it all together. Chris Scullion // VGC ▶ REVIEW No Man’s Sky — A positive review and tech analysis of this Switch version. Here’s another review from Adam Cook for God is a Geek. John Rairdin // Nintendo World Report (YouTube) REVIEW LEGO Bricktales — ” the closest thing in years that a Lego video game has gotten to the actual feeling of playing with Lego “. Mitch Vogel // Nintendo Life Former Nintendo worker wants company president to apologize after alleged firing Sisi Jiang // Kotaku Nintendo settles labor dispute with game tester over unions Stephen Totilo // Axios Nintendo has taken Switch Sports offline due to an update bug — It’s still offline at time of sending this newsletter with no ETA on the fix. Tom Ivan // VGC INTERVIEW How PlatinumGames is betting on Nintendo expertise to shape its future — Note: This interview was published prior to the Bayonetta story . Andy Robinson // VGC Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is a genius JRPG vision that began 25 years ago — ” With his latest JRPG epic, Tetsuya Takahashi has reached the culmination of a profound artistic quest “. Cole Kronman // Kotaku REVIEW Atari Mania — ” best enjoyed by those with fond memories of playing all these games back in the day “. Kirk Hiner // Pure Nintendo REVIEW Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova — ” a straightforward, easy to understand adventure game that does its job of being approachable for a younger audience “. John Rairdin // Nintendo World Report REVIEW Escape Goat — ” it still feels like this precious hidden gem “. Indie Gamer Chick Voicing Mario in a movie is an impossible task Oli Welsh // Polygon NieR: Automata’s performance on Nintendo Switch exceeded my expectations Kelsey Raynor // VG247 Live A Live and its wordless prehistory — Examining the concept of “ludonarrative consonance” ( not a term I was familiar with ) in Live A Live. Vitor M. Costa // Superjump 69% of all physical games sold in Japan last month were Splatoon 3 — Nice . Chris Scullion // VGC Why games criticism never went mainstream Clive Thompson
All releases are digital, Europe & U.S. unless otherwise stated.
⭐️ = Ones to Watch · 📦 = Physical release · 🎮 = Demo available
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