Five years on from New Horizons
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REVIEW Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition: This Wii U classic is a survivor — “That’s exactly what I want out of a remaster: the opportunity for an overlooked game to find its audience. It took a decade, but now Xenoblade Chronicles X gets that chance again“. Here’s another review from Josh Broadwell for Rolling Stone, and another via Hayes Madsen at Inverse. Willa Rowe // Digital Trends Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition features a hidden 60 FPS mode — Future proofing for the Switch 2? Francesco De Meo // WCCF Tech ESA launches Accessible Games Initiative to improve visibility of accessibility features — Good good. Here’s Nintendo’s own post announcing their involvement. Sophie McEvoy // Games Industry Switch 2 logo will appear on Pro Baseball team’s jerseys this year — Nintendo and the Mariners have plenty of history. Eddie Makuch // GameSpot Prepare your wallet, Pokemon LEGO is coming — I enjoyed making the dumb image that accompanies this. Chris Brandrick // overkill Ken Kutaragi has a Nintendo PlayStation in his closet, it’s emerged Chris Scullion // VGC REVIEW MLB The Show 25 — “If you want to play a licensed baseball game and you only have access to Nintendo Switch, MLB The Show 25 will do the trick“, but as is increasingly the case, performance and technical issues surface. There’s also a video version of the review here if you’d prefer. Neal Ronaghan // Nintendo World Report A Nintendo game trend that looks like it will continue on Switch 2 Michael McWhertor // Polygon INTERVIEW Pokémon Go director addresses concerns about its new owners and the future of the game — The director, Michael Steranka, also explained that player location data won’t be shared with the Saudi government — which, isn’t a great thing to find yourself needing to clarify on. Michael McWhertor // Polygon Animal Crossing: New Horizons is 5. So, uh… when’s the next? Nicole Carpenter // Polygon Animal Crossing: New Horizons arrived five years ago, why did the updates stop? Holly Alice // Pocket Tactics 30 years later, the RPG perfection of ‘Chrono Trigger’ is impossible to replicate — “With an all-star team of talent behind its design and artwork, the 1995 Super Nintendo game was meant to be the ultimate RPG — and it still is”. Hayes Madsen // Rolling Stone Looking back at how Nintendo pitched the original Switch Michael McWhertor // Polygon Pokémon presents particularly perplexing problems for Anthropic’s Claude — AI is struggling with playing Pokemon. Kyle Orland // Ars Technica INTERVIEW Jeff Minter on scam games, Switch 2, and ‘I, Robot’ Ollie Reynolds // Nintendo Life We’ll never get a final boss as good as Pokémon Legends: Arceus again Alana Hagues // Nintendo Life
All releases are digital, Europe & U.S. unless otherwise stated. ⭐️ = Ones to Watch · 📦 = Physical release · 🎮 = Demo available
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