I didn’t love that Splatfest

PREVIEW Splatoon 3 – Iteration not evolution, and that’s a good thing — Some early impressions from both the single and multiplayer, touching upon what’s new and the various quality of life improvements. ” everything that has been added feels exciting and fresh “.

George Foster // The Gamer

▶ Nintendo Treehouse: Live — August 2022 — An hour and a half presentation giving us a closer look at the single player of the upcoming Splatoon 3, plus a showcase of Square-Enix’s Harvestella.

Nintendo // YouTube

▶ Why Nintendo doesn’t make everything you want — This is a great explainer video from Jon Cartwright highlighting the studio structure at Nintendo and who handles what, be that internally or with external partners. You’ll earn a good understanding as to why things are the way they are.

Good Vibes Gaming // YouTube

▶ Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games: Kirby’s Dream Land — Yup, Smash Director Sakurai is now everyone’s favourite Nintendo YouTuber, and he’s already got a selection of great videos to check out. I particularly enjoyed this one looking back at the first Kirby game on Game Boy (the first in the series I played too!).

Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games // YouTube

Notorious DRM company takes aim at Switch piracy — Just a few weeks ago I shared a link on the increasing piracy problem on Switch , and now company ‘Denuvo’ announced plans at GamesCom to offer a new product to third-party publishers called ‘Nintendo Switch Emulator Protection’ — it claims to block gameplay on emulators. To be clear, Nintendo is not involved with this in anyway.

Ethan Gach // Kotaku

We need to change how we talk about Nintendo

Ryan Stevens // Fanbyte

Nintendo responds to PlayStation price hike — The House of Mario has no plans to increase the cost of the Switch. The PS5 price rise is ill-judged if nothing else….

Tom Phillips // Eurogamer

REVIEW RITE — ” a well-crafted, but uncomplicated, precision platformer. It wastes no time and offers up a demanding challenge, all with an affordable price tag. “. Here’s a three-minute video version of my review if you’d rather see it in action.

Chris Brandrick // Switch Weekly

REVIEW Islets — ” promises a surprisingly wholesome story while featuring a lot of classic Metroidvania mechanics, and it certainly delivers “.

Kara Phillips // Nintendo Life

REVIEW Pac-Man World Re-Pac — ” There’s some fun to be had, but perhaps not enough to warrant a remaster “.

Connor Christie // Pocket Tactics

The great consolidation of the video game industry

Lewis Gordon // The Ringer

INTERVIEW Chibi-Robo – How Miyamoto saved a cult hit from the scrapheap — Director Kenichi Nishi shares: ” I would like to make a sequel if the timing is right, because he is a fascinating character “.

Ashley Day // Time Extension

INTERVIEW Pokemon Unite producer Masaaki Hoshino on matchmaking, player feedback, and the future

Eric Switzer // The Gamer

REVIEW Dusk Diver 2 — ” sadly fumbles things on the gameplay front, with a disappointing mixture of damage-sponge enemies and drawn-out encounters “.

Scott McCrae // Nintendo Life

REVIEW Hindsight — ” If you’re looking for an experience that’s light on gameplay but heavy on the heartstrings, Hindsight is very much a sight to behold. “.

Jordan Rudek // Nintendo World Report

Animal Crossing New Horizons’ terraforming tool is transforming its multiplayer scene

Chuy Bosque // Twinfinite

A visit to Malana, the Animal Crossing ME awareness island

Megan Bidmead // Last Word on Gaming

Cult Of The Lamb’s launch makes me feel like I’m the only one who cares about bugs — My buddy Jay at Game + Word also touched upon this issue in his excellent newsletter.

James Troughton // The Gamer

▶ The games industry is failing the working class

People Make Games // YouTube

Super Mario Kart at 30: How 16-Bit limitations created a franchise-defining mechanic

Jim Norman // Nintendo Life

Do we even need legendary Pokemon anymore?

Stacey Henley // The Gamer