Nintendo wants to sell 10 million Switch units this year
Emboldened by early success, Nintendo now plans to sell 10 million Switch units in the current financial year.
Nintendo Switch: 2.74 million sold and counting
Nintendo’s Switch really is off to quite a start. Following its launch last month, investors and analysts predicted that the device would sell 2.5 million units by the end of March. Nintendo themselves had their targets sets on a 2 million unit sell-through. It has done a little better than that.
Mr Shifty review – a super-powered brawler that runs out of ideas
Mr Shifty makes a strong impression out the gate, but the game rarely finds a way to live up to its excellant opening hours.
Mr Shifty – Teleporting and punching schwifty action
You know what’s a great game? Hotline Miami, a brutally difficult top-down experience which doesn’t hold back. You know what’s a great movie scene? That bit from X-Men 2 where Nightcrawler goes on a teleporting rampage throughout the White House. Wouldn’t it be cool if the two got together with one of the better stick-fighting scenes from Kung Fu Hustle and had a baby? If you’re wondering how such a union would go down, wonder no more: The result of that threesome does exist. It’s called Mr Shifty, and it’s…well it’s damn good fun so far.
Arms is out June 16th, and it’s a far deeper fighter than you might expect
Nintendo has finally settled on a release date for their new fighting IP, Arms. And it's look a hell of a lot deeper than originally expected.
Splatoon 2 has a co-op horde mode, out this July
Splatoon 2 is getting its own horde mode in the form of Salmon Run, which will launch with the game on July 21st.
The SwitchCharge is a case to keep your Switch going on the go
The SwitchCharge could be the first real big accessory for the Nintendo Switch, promising battery life far beyond what the system is currently capable of.
Here’s all you need to know about Splatoon 2’s Testfire this weekend
Splatoon 2 is getting its own beta this weekend, and it's as needlessly obscure as Nintendo likes it. Here's all you need to know to jump in.
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