A spoiler free zone

▶ The story before Tears of the Kingdom — Sure, Nintendo have shared their own six-minute recap of the events of Breath of the Wild , but what you really want is a delightfully detailed hour-long deep dive into the lore of the previous game and where it leaves us for the imminent sequel.

Zeltik // YouTube

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom leaks early — Nintendo have had to spend the past week playing digital whack-a-mole, as the full ROM for the upcoming game has ended up online ahead of release. Stay safe out there, spoilers are doing the rounds.

Nicole Carpenter // Polygon

How The Legend of Zelda changed the game

Zachary Small and Rumsey Taylor // The New York Times

How Breath of the Wild’s sales changed everything for Zelda

Chris Dring // Eurogamer

Nintendo is hosting a Treehouse Live stream for Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s release — I mean, sure why not.

Chris Scullion // VGC

▶ What new game hype does to your brain

Daryl Talks Games // YouTube

Cities without civilians: How playing Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp made me feel uncomfortable

Willem Hilhorst // Nintendo World Report

▶ Nintendo abandoned it, these devs reimagined it — I love puzzle reflex game Kuru Kuru Kurukin ( it’s on the GBA Switch Online service btw – go give it a try ), so it’s great to see folks talking about it.

MinnMax // YouTube

The stupefying success of “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”

Kyle Chayka // The New Yorker

REVIEW Super Dungeon Maker — ” has a lot of potential and perhaps with time it’ll become something great ” but for now is ” just an average experience “.

Mitch Vogel // Nintendo Life

ROG Ally and Steam Deck have lost sight of what makes the Switch great

Gemma Ryles // Trusted Reviews

Majora’s Mask isn’t just a video game

Marty Silva // The Escapist

ICYMI The State of Switch 2023 — For those of you didn’t yet to see the results from this year’s survey, here they are one more time.

Chris Brandrick // Switch Weekly