Nintendo's Indie World stream just wrapped up, giving us a look at a lot of the Nintendo Switch indie games we can look forward to in the next few months. And there's some really big news coming out of this one: the Nintendo Switch is getting yet another Xbox console exclusive.
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There may be new Pokemon games on the way, but we can't help but think of some older ones. Like Pokemon Snap, for instance. Whatever happened to that weird little game? It was a one-and-done on the Nintendo 64, but is there a chance we'll ever see a sequel at some point?
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Are the Nindie Directs dead? Nintendo announced this morning that it'll be hosting a stream next week entirely focused on indie games. Rather than stick to the tried-and-true Nindie name, however, the company is going with something different: "Indie World."
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A Hat in Time, the fan-favorite throwback to classic 90s platformers, launched back in 2017. When the developer announced the Seal the Deal DLC last year, they teased that the game was "coming soon" to Switch. Fast forward 12 months and the Nintendo Switch release date has finally been announced.
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Splatoon was a surprise success for Nintendo when it released on the Wii U in 2015. That led to a sequel, Splatoon 2, which showed up in 2017 on the company's most current console, the Nintendo Switch. The big question is, will there be a third? Will we ever get to play Splatoon 3?
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Let's say you just bought a Nintendo Switch, and you spent a little extra on one or two games. Those might keep you busy for a while, but what happens once you've beaten them? You can either spend more money on games, or you can just play these free titles, which are very much worthy of a download.
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NES game collectors aren't hard to come across, but many are just adding to their collections for fun. How many have a mint copy of the quintessential Nintendo Entertainment System title Super Mario Bros? If you happened to have a sealed, encased, scored copy of that, it's worth a pretty penny.
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Nintendo's released two versions of the Nintendo Switch so far: the launch edition, and the more battery-friendly Switch. Nintendo also has the Switch Lite on the way, which focuses on portability. But what about power? What about a Switch that can run Doom at a decent resolution?
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Could Super Nintendo games finally be on their way to the Nintendo Switch? It certainly looks that way, now that a new FCC filing has revealed an SNES controller for the company's latest console.
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It's no secret that plenty of people have reverence for the Nintendo GameCube's Luigi's Mansion, and the 3DS sequel Dark Moon made its own strong impression. Now, in 2019, fans are just a few months away from the third game in the series -- a true successor to the original.
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Mario and Luigi are like peanut butter and jelly. Peanut butter shows up in a lot of places. Jelly occasionally appears alone. Together they're fantastic. What more do you need? In the case of Mario and Luigi, however, that hasn't stopped people from asking about an additional Mario brother.
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The design of the Nintendo 64 controller didn't seem all that practical when it first showed up in 1996. If only gaming fans had waited 23 more years; they could've seen the entire console become something that didn't make a whole lot of sense.
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Do you know what's not fun? Traveling with the Nintendo Switch dock. The Switch is a home-portable hybrid that fills both roles beautifully. The Switch's dock, however, is not built to do the same. It's large yet flimsy. The AC adapter is enormous. Fortunately, another solution is on the way.
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We've seen many unbelievable levels in Super Mario Maker 2, but nothing quite like this. It's not your run-of-the-mill Super Mario design. It's not one of the auto-run levels that have become so popular. It's not even devilish in its difficulty. It's a calculator. The kind you do math with.
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Here's something you might not have given much thought to. Mario has his first name plastered all over numerous video games. Luigi stars in a few himself. The duo team up from time to time in a series of RPGs. But all you ever see are the first names. What is Mario and Luigi's last name?
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Unlike Abilities and Combat Arts, you can't assign spells on the inventory menu, and unlike weapons, you can't purchase them from the store. So, where do they come from?
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The game simply tells you that the Tactics Primer can be found in the Captain's Quarters. It doesn't tell you where that is. Thankfully, the Captain's Quarters and Tactics Primer aren't too hard to find as long as you know where to look.
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In Fire Emblem: Three Houses, information is everything. If you can't see what's happening on the battlefield, you're as good as dead. That's why Fire Emblem: Three Houses gives you a number of ways to view the action.
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A motivated student is a happy student, and a happy student learns better. If you want to max out your students' abilities and make sure they meet advanced class requirements, you'll need to train them during the weekly lecture. That requires Motivation.
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Fire Emblem: Three Houses doesn't give you many options for customizing its main character, Byleth. However, if you know where to look, you can give Byleth a change of clothes once you get past the opening stages -- although Fire Emblem: Three Houses doesn't do a very good job of explaining how.
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In Fire Emblem: Three Houses, you're not stuck with the roster that you start with. If there's a student from a rival house who catches your eye, you can try to woo them over to your side. Want Dorothea's healing powers, even if you're not a Black Eagle? No problem.
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Your house has a major effect on your Fire Emblem: Three Houses experience: it determines which characters you start with, how the plot unfolds in the second half of the game, and which ending you get. So it's not a decision to rush into.
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During the day, all of Super Mario Maker 2's levels work like you expect them to. At night, things get weird. At night, 1-Up mushrooms become poisonous, robbing Mario of a life instead of giving him one.
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Super Mario Maker 2 includes the Superball Flower as a hidden power-up. If you've played through Super Mario Maker 2's story mode, you've probably unlocked the Superball Flower naturally. If not, here's what you need to do.
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Super Mario Maker 2 lets you switch your preferred character to Luigi, Toad, or Toadette. For those of us who've been staring at Mario's red and blue duds for almost 40 years, it's a godsend.
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The younger Mario brother largely sat out the first Super Mario Maker, but he's a playable character in the sequel. However, if you're set on making Super Mario Maker 2 an all-Luigi, all-the-time experience, you'll need to pay attention to which mode you're playing.
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Despite its thorough tutorials, Super Mario Maker 2 doesn't always explain the basics. How do you save a level that you're working on, for example? The Course Maker interface is full of unlabeled icons and buttons, and it's a bummer when you lose your hard work because you clicked the wrong picture.
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