Hypercharge: Unboxed has just jumped forward 9 major updates in one go, and it now has crossplay with Steam, Xbox and PlayStation. To celebrate, the game is also -60% off on Switch right now!

This is only a taste of what's new, because there is way, way more than I can fit in one post. Here are some of the main parts:

- Full crossplay, so Switch players can play with friends on Steam, Xbox and PlayStation

- A story mode added to the existing wave-based mode, with cinematic comic book style cutscenes and optional objectives

- 6 new bosses: Cyber T. Rex, Missile Truck (DAMBUSTER), Mothership, L.E.D Blimp, Major Evil and Gunship (BH60 Attack Helicopter)

- 6 new enemy types: Ninja Joe, Tiny Trotters, bRobot, Alien Queen, Alien Queenlet and Shock Soldiers

- 3 new maps: The Funderdome, Adventure Dunes and Rental Lair

- 5 new weapons: Freeze Ray, Missile Launcher, Double Barrelled Machine Gun, Mine Launcher and Teleport Gun

- 2 new playable characters: Major Evil and Teddy the Teddy Bear

- New game modes: Infection, Capture the Battery and King of the Hill, plus overhauled Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch

- A completely overhauled user interface, including new play and lobby menus

- New skins and heads, including Teddy's 6 skins, Army Men Green and Tan, Liquid Teal and Evil Damage, and many more

- A full character packaging and customisation rebuild, plus engine, networking and localisation upgrades throughout

And that's still not everything! There are loads of smaller changes, fixes and extras on top of this list.

Getting here was not an easy task, and it took a lot longer than we ever wanted. Thank you so much to everyone who waited and believed in us. This update is for you!

Since I saw some people making threads like a year ago asking if anybody actually bought and used the Alarmo, I thought I’d share my experience.

I’ve had the Nintendo Alarmo since early access launch; I ordered it on October 10th, 2024, the day after it was made available to Nintendo Switch Online members (I had an active membership at the time). It arrived exactly two years ago on October 15th, 2024. I got it because I have very disordered sleep and was hoping some of the features would help me wake up.

It is the only alarm that I’ve tried that wakes me consistently.

Save for my previous job where the schedule alternated every other week (much to my chagrin), I’ve been actively using the Alarmo for waking up since I got it. I’ve always had it set to the BOTW theme with the alarm randomly cycling between the BOTW sounds. The clock itself is also just really charming, even when I haven’t been actively utilizing the alarm function. I like watching Link scurry around the screen.

I’ve always used it in manual mode because I have a dog, so I really have no idea if the motion alarm part of it is any good (although I think I tried it for a little), even though that was lowkey what I originally bought it for. 😆 But hey, it’s still for some reason super effective for me even without using this feature. Something about the gentle wake to game music but with the added urgency of the sound effects must just click for my brain. I used the sleepy sounds for a while until they changed something about it that I can’t remember (it was probably due to my sleep schedule too). I also used the hourly chime for a while until my work schedule got weird. Might actually try using that again. Basically, I’ve tried out most/all of the features.

While writing this post, I actually noticed that they added a feature I’ve been wanting. 😅 I’ve always used the Zelda theme because I didn’t want it to shuffle into themes I didn’t care for, but it looks like they added a way to add favorite themes and only shuffle those, so I guess I’ll be giving that a try! Variety is the spice of life.

This is a little rambly, but TL;DR I’m the weirdo that has been using the Alarmo since launch. I like it!

Edit: I remember why I stopped using sleepy sounds! It’s because they changed them to be motion-activated, and mine didn’t work consistently. :(

The success of this game tells me there is a demand for futuristic racers again.

Nintendo has kept F-Zero on ice this whole time, opting to have Mario Kart be its racer.

On this day (October 15) in Nintendo history...

• Pokémon Blue  was released in 1996 for the Game Boy in Japan. In this role-playing game, developed by Game Freak, you begin your journey in Pallet Town as a young boy. After a dangerous brush with wild Pokémon, Professor Oak teaches you how to capture Pokémon, and then sends you on your way as a fledgling Trainer. During your journey through Kanto, you must capture Pokémon to record their information in your Pokédex, as well as become a better Trainer by competing in Gyms scattered throughout the region.

What are you favourite memories of these games? How do you think they hold up today? Hash it out in the comments.

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Aside from being a playable side character in Mario games, princess peach has only had 2 solo games: Super Princess Peach and Princess Peach Showtime. I've seen a general consensus of being unsatisfied with these titles due to being too easy, having a lack of depth, or just plain boring compared to other Mario titles.

Which genre of game do you want to see Princess Peach star in?

For me, a puzzle-ish platformer that makes use of her float, parasol, and even turnips would be super fun to play in, playing similar to Celeste.

Though for the demographic of her fan-base, I think an open world RPG style like breath of the wild could be appealing.

What are your thoughts on her current place in Nintendo games and her future going forward?

My idea is they would work like the Ice Climbers, though since the Mario Bros. have different models from each other, they can't have alternate costumes that alter who's the lead Bro like what the Climbers have. So, I think Mario will always be the lead Bro and Luigi will always be computer-controlled like the second Ice Climber.

They could also incorporate plenty of Jump and Hammer attacks into their moveset, with a footstool dealing damage and Meteor Smashing airborne enemies.

I think all us Nintendo fans know about this. It's 1996. The oriignal Game Boy's sales are in deep decline, and it's in the process of being sunsetted. Nintendo R&D1 starts work on Project Atlantis, a next-gen handheld with a color screen and 32 bit graphics, but no backwards compatibility with the Game Boy. It's set to release in 1997.

Project Atlantis is derailed by a couple of on-brand twists of fate.

1.) Pokemon. Pokemon's massive success gives the original Game Boy the mother of all second winds, completely reversing its sales decline.

2.) Gunpei Yokoi leaves Nintendo to go into business for himself. He partners with Bandai on the WonderSwan, which spooks Yamauchi so much he orders what's left of Yokoi's old team to create a color Game Boy in 10 months to beat the WonderSwan to market.

Both of these things result in Project Atlantis being tabled for the Game Boy Color, an overclocked Game Boy with a color screen. Instead of being sunsetted in 1997, the original Game Boy architecture (with color enchancements) lasts a good ways into the new millenium, buoyed in large part by Pokemania. By the time work resumes on a 32 bit handheld (which became the Game Boy Advance), technology had evolved to the point where it could be smaller, cheaper, better on batteries, and fully BC with the Game Boy and Game Boy Color libraries.

My what if is: What if these twists of fate didn't happen? What if Project Atlantis released in 1997 as intended? How different would Nintendo's history be?

What was the hardest LEVEL in the game for you, and did you reach the Lost World? One of the hardest snes games out there. I really hope they will make a Donkey Kong Country 4 one day with the same sprite graphics :') The golden days.

That joint hot in the market rn. Would definitely be very fun playing that game in handheld

Activision’s Tyler Bahl suggests that the Zelda/GTA narrative is off, and that CoD stands next to GTA as one of this year’s two “biggest” games. What do we think, folks?