Ash Parrish
Yup.
Our colleagues at Polygon are calling out Nintendo for its obnoxiously wordy naming conventions for some Switch 2 games. We are inclined to agree.
Ash Parrish
Former Video Games Reporter
Former Video Games Reporter
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Everything’s Balatro.
Balatro is once again having a moment. The game snapped up the best debut game award at this year’s BAFTAs. (With Ben Starr reprising his role as Jimbo to accept the award to maintain its creator’s strict policy of anonymity.) Then the game made a brief but fun appearance in the new Black Mirror season in the Hotel Reverie episode. As you can imagine, its creator, localthunk, was quite chuffed at the shout-out.
Ash Parrish
Uncle Reggie coming in with the shaaade.
There’s been much consternation over why Nintendo is charging (even if it’s only $10) for Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour instead of making it a pack-in game. So much so that former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Amié felt the need to subtly chime in.
On X he posted several clips talking about how he championed the idea to include Wii Sports with the system over the objections of Nintendo director Shigeru Miyamoto. We’ll let you listen for yourself how that turned out.
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The good, the bad, and the Switch 2.
On this week’s Vergecast, I spoke with David, covering the good, the bad, and the painful parts of my hands-on with the Switch 2. Listen to me gush about Donkey Kong Bananza, gripe about the price, and reaffirm just how much the Joy-Con mouse mode plays hell on my shoulders.
Ash Parrish
In feudal Japan, horse lead you.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is getting several quality of life updates which will go into effect April 8th. You’ll be able to tag items in your inventory for mass dismantling or selling instead of doing it individually. You’ll also be able to reset your skill points to more easily respec your two assassins.
But the biggest update is that now your horse will auto-follow the path to your set objective. But I still think manual control is better so you can see the beautiful scenery.
