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Editorial
Nintendo All-Nighter At James O’Connor’s Place • Nintendo’s rise and fall in the living room.
Indie Games on the Switch
Controllers and controller accessories
MISSINGNO THE MISSING LINK
Splatoon 2 More Ink On The Page
Uncut Gems • James O’Connor takes a second look at some not-quite-masterpieces that may still be deserving of your attention.
Super Smash Bros Ultimate • Getting ready for the biggest smash yet.
Super Smash Bros Ultimate • There are so many changes, tweaks, and details about Super Smash Bros Ultimate out there after E3 – the game looks familiar, but has changed quite a lot. Here are the twenty most important things we’ve learned, and what they mean for Smash Bros.
Our Wild Super Smash Bros wish list • We all have characters we’d love to see in Smash Bros. We also have characters we know, definitively, will never be in Smash Bros. This list fits… somewhere between those two. Here’s my wild, “this won’t happen, but you’re nothing without dreams” Smash Bros fighter wish list.
NIN-CONTROL How Nintendo continually tried to innovate the way we play • Andy Corrigan wraps his hands around some of the most creative gaming hardware ever developed.
Crash Bandicoot The Long Road To Switch • James O’Connor takes a stroll down memory lane… Just don’t mind the slightly adult content along the way.
HYPERCHAT: VICARIOUS VISIONS • We talked to Vicarious Visions’ studio head Jen Oneal and producer Kyle Martin about bringing Crash back to Nintendo with the (very good) N-Sane Trilogy, and about giving PlayStation holdouts their first chance to play the original classics, albeit in updated form.
THE TOP TEN BEST 3DS GAMES • The definitive list of the greatest games on the 3DS that James O’Connor is sure you will all agree with and not get at all angry…
Wear your Ninty on your sleeve
Nintendo Labo • James O’Connor has a ball exploring Nintendo’s cardboard kingdom
We Need to Talk About Waluigi • Strong opinions about a contentious Mario character? You bet James O’Connor has them.
Finger On The Button Panic Button And The Perfect Switch Port
REMEMBERING N64 GAMER: The Australian 90s Nintendo Bible • James O’Connor talks with some of the pioneers of Nintendo journalism in Australia.
A Brief Rebirth
The Contributor’s Life
SWITCH DOWN UNDER • James O’Connor explores the Australian developers embracing Nintendo’s new console.
Putty Pals • Harmonious Games
Golf Story • Sidebar Games
Framed Collection • Loveshack Entertainment
Hand Of Fate 2 • Defiant Development
Hollow Knight • Team Cherry Games
HOLLOW FIGHT
MORE AUSSIE GAMES ON SWITCH
10 GAME SOUNDTRACKS Koji Kondo Absolutely Nailed • Angelo Valdivia looks back at the famed composer’s gaming discography.
5 Times Nintendo Used the Law and it was Super Effective • Sometimes leaving luck to heaven just isn’t in the cards, writes Angelo Valdivia.
Together at last
We happy [CENSORED]
Jason Imms Switches Things Up At The Machine QA
WHY THE SWITCH IS THE IDEAL HOME FOR JRPGS • Time, scale, and complexity are the reasons Andy Corrigan wants to see more games like Xenoblade Chronicles on his favourite console.
Press ‘A’ To Jump And Go From There • The best starting points for Nintendo’s biggest series, according to James O’Connor.
BREAKING THE CURSE OF AMIIBO ADDICTION • James O’Connor can...
