Switch sales hit 143 million, but things are slowing down
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Nintendo announces financial results for first quarter of 2024-25 fiscal year — An almost inevitable slowdown following the boost of Tears of the Kingdom and the Mario movie. The Switch is now 10 million systems behind the DS, and roughly 15 million behind the PS2. Donald Theriault // Nintendo World Report REVIEW Thank Goodness You’re Here is one of the best comedy games ever — I’ve just started playing it, and it’s such a love letter to British humour and quirks. Jordan Middler // VGC INTERVIEW ‘Humor is all we’ve really got’: Championing absurdity in Thank Goodness You’re Here! — A look at how UK studio Coal Supper transplanted their unique brand of comedy into something resembling a video game. Chris Kerr // Game Developer REVIEW Steamworld Heist 2 is a satisfying seafaring romp — ” charming, generous and surprisingly challenging “. Tom Regan // VGC Pokemon’s best spinoff is coming to Nintendo Switch Online, though not the best version of it — Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team lands August 9. Oisin Kuhnke // VG247 The Eternal Life Of Goldman is a gorgeous, nightmare throwback to classic 16-bit platformers Edwin Evans-Thirlwell // Rock Paper Shotgun Why there’s a chance Nintendo Switch 2 could fail Adam Vjestica // The Shortcut INTERVIEW Puns and Legal Prodigies – Capcom devs on finally bringing the long lost Ace Attorney game West Hayes Madsen // Inverse Does videogame history have a “Nintendo problem”? Damien McFerran // Time Extension ▶ Where do Hyrule’s rivers go? — A surprisingly entertaining video looking at the waterways of Tears of the Kingdom. Any Austin // YouTube REVIEW Duck Detective: The Secret Salami takes the hard-boiled detective trope and makes it quack — “a silly little mystery game that leans into the absurdity of it all”. Nicole Carpenter // Polygon REVIEW Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition — A deep dive review if you’re still on the fence. Indie Gamer Chick One way Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is better than NES Remix Andy Goergen // Nintendo World Report Playing Pokémon by ear — A blind gamer kept playing his favorite franchise, until a recent change made that impossible. Stephen Totilo // Game File The story behind Edit Mode, Nintendo’s official T-Shirt partner of 20 years Andy Robinson // VGC The Legend of Zelda The Minish Cap: Small but mighty — “I’d like more Zelda games, in any era and on any format, to be like Minish Cap. A small world filled with big ideas”. Kerry Brunskill // Kimimi The Game-Eating She-Monster That Balatro still has a grip on my very soul is proof it’s the best game of 2024 Alex Donaldson // VG247
All releases are digital, Europe & U.S. unless otherwise stated.
⭐️ = Ones to Watch · 📦 = Physical release · 🎮 = Demo available
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