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Nintendo Announces Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom In-Store Switch Demo

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Playable at Game Stop locations in Canada.

To celebrate the arrival of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom on the Switch next week, Nintendo of Canada has announced the game will be playable at select Game Stop stores around the country.

You'll be able to try out this brand-new entry starring Princess Zelda from 28th September 2024 onwards. Here are the locations where you'll be able to check it out:

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Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (21st September)

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Cap it off.

Well folks, the weekend is here and it's capping off (heh) a pretty interesting week in the world of Nintendo.

For starters, it's been a big one for the upcoming Switch successor. Many folks online thought that this would be 'the' week that Nintendo would finally reveal the new console, but alas, it wasn't to be. Instead, we got a glimpse at what might be with a series of renders and photos of unknown origin. Are they real? Are they fake? We still don't know for sure, but we're certainly intrigued.

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Random: Sora's Addition To Smash Bros. Required An Insane Amount Of Tweaks

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Fixing those Sora spots.

Masahiro Sakurai is back with yet another video (though not for much longer, of course), this time taking a look at the kind of feedback he provided on the development of Sora for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Spoiler alert, the video contains a lot of interesting pre-development images and footage of Sora, with Sakurai demonstrating his perfectionism by combing over almost every tweak applied to the character's design and implementation into the game.

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Nintendo Indie World & Partner Direct Announced For Tomorrow, August 27th 2024

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Prepare for 40 minutes of news and announcements.

Here we go! Nintendo has announced that an Indie World showcase will be heading our way tomorrow, Tuesday, August 27th, 2024 at 7am PT / 10am ET / 3pm BST / Xpm CEST. Not only that, but it will be immediately followed up by a Partner Direct!

From the announcement, we know the showcase will last roughly 40 minutes, bringing us news and announcements about indie games and third-party titles heading to Switch this year. Nintendo quickly followed up the announcement with clarification that the Nintendo Switch's "successor" won't be making an appearance.

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Atari Revives An Iconic Racing Gem With 'Fatal Run 2089' For Switch

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Road rage.

Publisher Atari has announced that it is reviving a once-iconic racing gem for the Nintendo Switch called Fatal Run 2089. Based on the original Fatal Run for the Atari 2600 and 7800, the game features vehicular combat gameplay as you race across 20 tracks located across 4 distinct global regions.

Developed by MNSTR Studio, Fatal Run 2089's debut trailer showcases an apoccalyptic wasteland in which several Mad Max-inspired vehicles race across deadly tracks filled with lasers and explosions, all the while fighting off enemy vehicles and even ferocious boss characters.

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Review: WitchSpring R (Switch) - A Tasty Slice Of Whimsical RPG With Some Sour Notes

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The longest journey for a slice of strawberry pie.

Would you battle fearsome monsters for a homemade strawberry pie? If so, you’re in good company. WitchSpring R is a whimsical, story-driven RPG that follows the story of Pieberry, a talented young witch who’s grown up in the woods by herself.

As the name might suggest, Pieberry is a big fan of pies. And strawberries. The story starts off calmly enough, with Pieberry attempting to leave her magical forest home to track down a strawberry pie like the one she ate as a child, all while trying to understand why she was seemingly abandoned by her parents. It spirals from there, with a vast world and vibrant roster of characters, ranging from pudding monsters and lightning lions to witch hunters and celestial beings. It’s a narrative-driven experience, but the gameplay switches from turn-based combat to fun puzzles quickly.

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Poll: Box Art Brawl: Duel - Astro Boy: Omega Factor

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Let's Rocket!

We are back, back, back for another edition of Box Art Brawl!

Last week, we took a look at a trio of Contra: Hard Corps covers for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive. Despite three rather sweet designs (by our eye), the vote wasn't even close. You lovely lot crowned the North American variant the clear winner with 64% of the vote, leaving Japan and Europe to pick up the remaining 29% and 7%.

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Rumour: More Evidence Of 'MySims' Switch Revival Surfaces Online

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"The Switch port of MySims is real".

Earlier this week, a rumour popped up about The Sims spin-off 'MySims' possibly making a return, after listings for a Switch version of the game appeared on two European retail websites.

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Amazon Says It Plans To Develop Games For The Switch Successor

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It's previous releases include games like New World.

A new Nintendo generation is on the horizon and it appears the publishing giant Amazon Games could potentially be releasing its titles on the Switch "successor" going forward.

Speaking to IGN recently, Amazon Games CEO Christoph Hartmann mentioned how the Switch had been "a fantastic product" during its lifecycle, and the plan for Amazon in the future is to apparently develop games for Nintendo's next system.

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Guide: Metroid Prime: The Story So Far - Everything You Need To Know Before Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

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It's just a Phaaze.

Metroid Prime Trilogy, the Wii compilation of Retro Studios' first-person take on the Metroid series, launched in North America on 24th August 2009, exactly 15 years ago.

In honour of that sparking release (well, a little less sparkling than the originals in some places due to a few missing effects), we're taking the opportunity to recap Samus' story so far in the Metroid Prime games while we wait for the fourth numbered entry...

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