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🍄 Nintendo Switch, Mobile, Multi-platformYou can now use the Game Boy Camera with your phone
The $50 GB Operator is an accessory that lets you connect, play, and authenticate Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance cartridges on PCs and other devices. Now it's getting some new functionality for the Game Boy Camera. After turning the Game Boy Camera into a charmingly awful desktop webcam two years ago, &8230;
🖥 Nintendo Switch, PCMy quick test of Lumen Lite shows that it's probably good news for ray-traced gaming on handheld PCs, but I suspect that it will be used everywhere because of the pressure developers are now under
With studios being closed down faster than you can blink, every coder is going to be using one-click fixes.
🍄 Nintendo Switch, Mobile, Multi-platformPokemon Champions Is Out Now On Mobile With A Very Powerful Freebie
After launching on Switch and Switch 2 earlier this year, Pokemon Champions(https://www.gamespot.com/games/pokemon-champions/) has gone mobile this week with its official release on iOS and Android devices. It's a free-to-play title on mobile, and there's a valuable in-game freebie available for players on all platforms who join in now. Starting from today, June 17, until Wednesday, September 2, Pokemon Champions players on both mobile and consoles will get Raichu and the Raichunite X and Raichunite Y stones by checking their in-game mailbox. With the Mega Stones, players have the option to evolve Raichu into more powerful forms, including Mega Raichu X and Mega Raichu Y. The Pokemon Company International didn't specify whether the Raichunite X and Raichunite Y stones would be for sale after September 2. While the game itself is free, it does have in-game purchases in addition to free downloads. Players on Switch can also pick up their games on mobile through cross-play and vice versa. For players who are new to Pokemon Champions, GameSpot has put together a beginner's guide to the game(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pokemon-champions-the-beginners-guide-to-competitive-pokemon/1100-6539154/). GameSpot's Pokemon Champions Review(https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/pokemon-champions-review-the-battle-frontier/1900-6418480/) on Switch 2 gave it a 7/10, and called it "one of the most thrilling competitive games" for players who are willing to put in the time and learn how to play. In other Pokemon news, the cozy game Pokemon Pokopia(https://www.gamespot.com/games/pokemon-pokopia/) is getting a free underwater expansion(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pokemon-pokopia-getting-free-underwater-expansion-and-paid-dlc-and-its-all-a-little-confusing/) in August as well as paid DLC. Meanwhile, one thief's attempt to steal valuable Pokemon cards with a chainsaw(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pokemon-card-heist-with-chainsaw-ended-exactly-how-you-expect-allegedly/) ended very badly for him.
🍄 Nintendo Switch, Multi-platformA Nintendo Switch 2 Pokémon Pokopia bundle is on the way
Nintendo announced a new Switch 2 bundle with Pokémon Pokopia included. It'll be available for a limited time before the Switch 2's price increases.
🍄 Nintendo Switch, Multi-platformNew Dispatch update tones down censorship on Switch
A new Dispatch update removes the hard censorship on Switch and lets you choose how more explicit scenes look
🍄 Nintendo Switch, Multi-platformGuliKit’s new mobile Switch 2 dock lets you play with or without a TV
After teasing it on X last week, GuliKit announced a new version of its TV Docking Station today that now supports the Switch 2 as well as previous versions of the console, including the original Switch and OLED model. The new version of the dock carries forward a similar design as the original and looks &8230;
🍄 Nintendo Switch, Multi-platformNintendo Switch update finally fixes eShop bug fans complained about for 9 years
Nintendo finally addresses a stability issue that's plagued the Switch for nearly a decade
🎮 PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Multi-platformThe Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales release time in your time zone
Here's when The Adventures of Elliot releases in your time zone and the preorder bonuses you receive from the new Square Enix action 2D-HD RPG.
🍄 Nintendo Switch, Multi-platformNew Switch 1 Update Finally, At Long Last, Resolves One Of Its Most-Annoying Issues
Among the flaws of the original Nintendo Switch, one long-standing issue has been the performance of the eShop. And no, I'm not talking about the lack of music(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/folder-and-eshop-music-less-gaming-console-turns-five/1100-6501132/) in the vein of the Wii; browsing the store itself was always an exercise in frustration due to awful performance. And now, with the release of a new system update more than nine years after launch, that issue has suddenly been resolved. The Switch 22.5.0 update patch notes don't lay out that specific change, instead just vaguely saying it has been "redesigned" and that dark mode--if that's what your system is set to--will be supported on the store. That's good news for those who don't want their eyes to get blasted with bright light when shopping, but the key thing is that you can smoothly browse through the store's offerings. For years, it's been input lag, images that take a long time to load in, and extended waits if you dared to scroll any distance down a given eShop listing page. Now, while it's not the most buttery-smooth experience, the updated eShop is a dramatic, night-and-day difference from how slow it used to be. Troubling as the lag was, it's a problem that's only gotten worse as the eShop has become increasingly flooded with low-quality games, making you dig deeper into the store in order to find something you want to play. Resolving this exact issue was on our Switch 2 wishlist(https://www.gamespot.com/gallery/nintendo-switch-2-11-features-we-want-from-backwards-compatibility-to-3ds-support/2900-4665/8), and we were subsequently quite excited to find out it had been addressed(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/switch-2-could-fix-two-of-the-biggest-issues-on-the-nintendo-eshop/1100-6530585/). The glut of games remains an issue on the Switch 2 eShop, but at least it's no longer the only system in the Switch family that can let you scroll through a list of games without feeling like it's going to explode. https://youtube.com/shorts/YBGT7-joYKE?si=Yl7Q7c27XbrabEF Switch 1 22.5.0 Update Patch Notes - The Nintendo eShop layout has been redesigned. - The Nintendo eShop color will now reflect the theme color if your theme in System Settings is set to “Basic Dark.” - User-Verification PIN(https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/aid/68433) can now be used to confirm when “Accessing Nintendo eShop” and “Using Saved Payment Methods.” - Added the ability to rewind 10 seconds/advance 10 seconds with the ZL and ZR Buttons when watching a full screen video in News or Nintendo eShop. - General system stability improvements to enhance the user's experience.
🍄 Nintendo Switch, Multi-platformThe Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake shouldn't change these 5 things
Big changes are likely coming in Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, but these parts of the original should remain unchanged.
🖥 Nintendo Switch, PCHere's when Shion and the new Overwatch season release in your region
Shion's a new bike-wielding DPS hero arriving in Into the Tiger's Den.
🍄 Nintendo Switch, Multi-platformSwitch 2 at Summer Game Fest got AAA games, all the ports, and Ocarina of Time
Nintendo's new console is picking up speed and has a lot of upcoming games and third-party support