Ocarina of Time just landed on Switch 2, and the launch came with a midnight event in London, new gameplay footage, and Metascore buzz. An Ask the Developer interview revealed the dev team behind the port, Aonuma's reasons for revisiting the classic, and tweaks made to the Water Temple. It's a notable release for Zelda fans this weekend.
Nintendo's latest Ask the Developer interview highlights how the Zelda team brought back the original N64 artist to draw a new map for the Switch 2 version of Ocarina of Time. Producer Eiji Aonuma explained that having staff members who have been at the company for decades provides 'balance' and a 'sense of continuity' when reviving older games. It's rare for develope…
The director behind Breath of the Wild, Hidemaro Fujibayashi, is pushing for new ground. He says he wants younger staff to feel they don't have to pull from the existing pool of ideas the series has already laid out.
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Kirby Air Riders on Switch 2 is now on Version 1.3.4 after Nintendo pushed a fresh patch this week. The update is mostly housekeeping: a batch of bug fixes plus several miscellaneous gameplay fixes, and it arrives alongside a new in-game event that has replaced the Halloween one. For a racing game, small patches like this can matter more than they sound.
If you were planning to grab that Ghost headwear in Kirby Air Riders this weekend, you'll have to wait. Nintendo has pulled the Halloween event, originally set for October 28 to November 4, after players hit frequent screen freezes during early matches. In a game as fast-paced as Air Riders, even a brief stutter can ruin the flow.
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A developer named Sammy 'pepsipu' Hajhamid, assisted by OpenAI's Codex, claims to have built a software-only tethered jailbreak called 'ns2jb' for the Switch 2. Nintendo has reportedly delisted the programming software SmileBASIC 4 from the eShop following the supposed discovery. Whether this is a genuine vulnerability or a premature claim, the move indicates Nintendo is r…