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Physical Games Are Basically Dead. Nintendo’s The One Exception.
Star Fox launched on Switch 2 less than a month ago. Last week, in the UK, it sold roughly a thousand physical copies. Total. Across the entire country. In one week. A decade ago, a single GAME store could move a hundred copies of a new release in a single day. Now the whole nation…
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Mario Kart World’s Redemption Arc
Mario Kart World had the hardest job in gaming last year. It had to follow Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, the best-selling game in Switch history, and it had to do it as a launch title, with all the rushed, unfinished energy that usually comes with that territory. A year on, with a stack of free…
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Metroid Ravenous – Can a new 2D Metroid save the series?
Metroid fans have had a rough year. Prime 4: Beyond finally landed after nearly a decade in development, and it split the fanbase right down the middle. Now, less than seven months later, a ratings board leak out of Brazil has surfaced a title nobody was expecting: Metroid Ravenous. No trailer. No announcement. Just a…
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Pokémon Pokopia Expansion Pass — Everything You Need to Know
Pokémon Pokopia has been one of the biggest games of 2026. Since its March launch, it has been a consistent presence on the charts and a word-of-mouth phenomenon. And now, announced at the June Nintendo Direct, the game is getting a full Expansion Pass. So let’s break down exactly what we know: what’s free, what’s…
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Nintendo Direct June 2026: Highlights, Lowlights, and What It Says About Switch 2
Nintendo held its first major Direct of the Switch 2 era yesterday, and after sitting with it for a day, I’ve landed on a score: 6 out of 10. That’s not a bad score. But for a show that was nine months in the making, it should have been so much more. There was a…
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Everything to expect from the next Nintendo Direct (June 2026)
It is officially summer gaming season. The dust from launch has settled, the Switch 2 is in millions of homes, and Nintendo has been suspiciously quiet. After a Partner Showcase in February and a Star Fox shadow drop, fans have been starved for the next proper announcement event. But if the leaks are to be…
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Nintendo’s N64 Strategy Is a Business Decision, Not a Creative One
Nintendo is remaking N64 games. And the reason why has nothing to do with creativity. That might sound harsh. Nintendo is one of the most creative companies in the history of gaming. But creativity isn’t what’s driving the decision to remake Star Fox 64 and — if the leaks are right — Ocarina of Time…
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Nintendo Switch 2: Why It’s Getting More Expensive (And What You Can Do About It)
The Nintendo Switch 2 is getting more expensive. If you’ve been holding off on buying one, or you already own one and you’re wondering what on earth is going on with the gaming industry right now, this is everything you need to know. This isn’t just a Nintendo story. This is a story about every…
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Star Fox Returns: The Lylat System Like You’ve Never Seen It
Fox McCloud is back. Almost thirty years after Star Fox 64 taught a generation to barrel roll and boost, Nintendo is bringing the Lylat System into a new era. The game has been rebuilt from the ground up, only for Nintendo Switch 2. The planets and team are familiar, but the mission is brand new.…
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The Month StarFox Died Twice
I want to tell you about April 2026. It was the month when many Nintendo fans were expecting a Star Fox announcement. It was also the month we found out what happened to the StarFox puppets. Those two things are connected. Sort of. Not really. But they both happened in April, within twenty-four hours of…
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