Final Fantasy VII comes to Switch 2 this week
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INTERVIEW Nintendo's new Mario Kevin Afghani is the video games' voice — "there's just a part of me that can't help but get teary-eyed when I talk about this" Charles Runnells // USA Today Lego's new Legend of Zelda set revealed, up for pre-order Michael McWhertor // Polygon REVIEW Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch 2 Edition — "If it were free, I don’t think anyone could reasonably complain, but even at the relatively low price, it’s only just scraping by to be worthwhile. It’s far from an essential purchase". Alex Olney // Nintendo Life Rhythms of the everyday in Animal Crossing — Thoughts on the changing seasons of Animal Crossing: "In a landscape where it feels more and more like games shy away from holding anything back, unless it’s for the artificial scarcity of a battle pass or a gacha banner, it’s refreshing to be encouraged to be patient". Jay Castello // Eteo What it's like to return to Animal Crossing: New Horizons after years away Giovanni Colantonio // Polygon My anticlimactic return to Animal Crossing: New Horizons four years after I last logged in Matt Wales // Eurogamer ▶ Is BIG HOPS the Indie Super Mario Odyssey? Game Informer // YouTube REVIEW Big Hops: A 3D Platformer as good as any Mario game Zack Zwiezen // Kotaku REVIEW Big Hops — For all its praise, there is some performance issues on Switch 1 hardware to be aware of. John Rairdin // Nintendo World Report LEGO Pokémon reveals first sets, launches February 2026 — There's a few differnt sets here, including a Pikachu and Eevee, but it's the insanely expensive Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise trio set that caught my eye. Bit too pricey for me that one though… Alana Hagues // Nintendo Life Hitachi launches voice recognition software for Switch 2 devs to incorporate in games — Time to bring back Hey You Pikachu? Peter Glagowski // Nintendo Wire ▶ Virtual Boy: The fastest game console ever made? — This is a fascinating, technical look at just how the Virtual Boy display works. I learnt something! The Slow Mo Guys // YouTube Risqué Animal Crossing: New Horizons "adult only" island deleted by Nintendo after five years Victoria Phillips Kennedy // Eurogamer REVIEW Cassette Boy — This one has a neat 'dimension-shifting' mechanic at its heart, resulting in "a smart puzzler with a great visual style". Ken Talbot // Nintendo Life Metroid Prime 4 and the burden of being 'good enough' Nile Bowie // Nintendo Life Working through it — Abram shares his "uneven" thoughts on Metroid Prime 4 and how to approach writing about it. Abram Buehner // Medium ▶ …was Super Mario Bros. 1 literally split into 3? — I enjoyed this dive into the various releases of the original Super Mario Bros, with the Game & Watch section being particularly interesting. Sheddux // YouTube ▶ Making custom Joy-Con for My Switch 2 — Like I mentioned last week, options for DIY housing and Joy-Con shells for the Switch 2 are now popping up. Here's a look at how go about it. Jeff is always worth a watch. Dammit Jeff // YouTube Five Nintendo Switch games begging for a Switch 2 version Hayes Madsen // Inverse
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