There aren’t many Nintendo villains that I truly fear. The kid-friendly nature of most Nintendo games means that even the toughest boss fights are still meant to be beaten. But after decades of playing Nintendo games, I have finally met my match — and in Splatoon Raiders of all games. The looter shooter features one enemy so tough and dastardly that I still can’t defeat it after over 40 hours of grinding. No, I’m not talking about any of the campaign’s fearsome Mythic Salmonids. I’m talking about the tiniest fish in the entire game: the dreaded Smallfry of Pudyin Den. The fight occurs in one of the final Salmonid Dens that you can unlock during the main campaign. Most Salmonid Dens throw you into a small arena primarily full of one type of enemy. You have to collect a certain number of Power Eggs within a set time limit to clear the dungeon. Pudyin Den is a little different. You only have to defeat one single enemy and collect 10 Power Eggs. That would be simple if your enemy wasn’t a superpowered pipsqueak. The overpowered Smallfry is basically Splatoon Raiders’ take on Tonberry from Final Fantasy. It’s tiny, but has ridiculously high HP and can splat you in nearly one hit if it g
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The game soars above five million sales in just four months Pokémon Pokopia's success shouldn't come as much of a surprise, given how well it was received by both critics and players alike at launch. On Metacritic, it has an average critic…
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The game soars above five million sales in just four months Pokémon Pokopia's success shouldn't come as much of a surprise, given how well it was received by both critics and players alike at launch. On Metacritic, it…
Read original at Polygon →Nintendo has begun displaying in-store warnings of its impending Switch 2 price increase. As announced earlier this year, the Switch 2 will rise in cost on September 1 in the U.S., U.K., and mainland Europe. In…
Read original at IGN →The game launches on Switch 2 on October 27th. Microsoft says there will be a “digital upgrade path” for players who own the game on the original Switch, though it’s planning to share more details on that later. Posts…
Read original at The Verge →You can Dive in Pokémon Pokopia, even if you don't own the Bubbly Basin DLC. The feature was added in a free update available to everyone, which means everyone can start exploring and building underwater — once you meet…
Read original at Polygon →And heads to Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5 in the process After being released in early access last fall, Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault is set for a 1.0 launch this summer. The dungeon crawler/shopkeeping…
Read original at Polygon →Multiple paths, a time jump, and time travel Today's Nintendo Direct made it clear that the publisher has been withholding details about a lot about Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave. What has until now seemed to be a…
Read original at Polygon →The company has been on a pretty solid run, and it looks like that could continue with the next Fire Emblem. Nintendo just showed off 20 minutes of Fortune’s Weave, getting into both the continent-spanning story and the…
Read original at The Verge →There aren’t many Nintendo villains that I truly fear. The kid-friendly nature of most Nintendo games means that even the toughest boss fights are still meant to be beaten. But after decades of playing Nintendo games, I…
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The game soars above five million sales in just four months Pokémon Pokopia's success shouldn't come as much of a surprise, given how well it was received by both critics and players alike at launch. On Metacritic, it has an average critic…
View source →Nintendo has begun displaying in-store warnings of its impending Switch 2 price increase. As announced earlier this year, the Switch 2 will rise in cost on September 1 in the U.S., U.K., and mainland Europe. In Nintendo's homeland of…
View source →The game launches on Switch 2 on October 27th. Microsoft says there will be a “digital upgrade path” for players who own the game on the original Switch, though it’s planning to share more details on that later. Posts from this author will…
View source →You can Dive in Pokémon Pokopia, even if you don't own the Bubbly Basin DLC. The feature was added in a free update available to everyone, which means everyone can start exploring and building underwater — once you meet the requirements.…
View source →And heads to Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5 in the process After being released in early access last fall, Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault is set for a 1.0 launch this summer. The dungeon crawler/shopkeeping simulator hybrid will be…
View source →Multiple paths, a time jump, and time travel Today's Nintendo Direct made it clear that the publisher has been withholding details about a lot about Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave. What has until now seemed to be a relatively simple story of…
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