Zelda: Ocarina of Time Switch 2 remake owl won't trap you in conversation
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time's infamous tutorial owl seemingly won't trap you in conversation in the Switch 2 remake
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time's infamous tutorial owl seemingly won't trap you in conversation in the Switch 2 remake
Japanese modder BTEST4HE found that F-Zero GX's five golden cars were always unlockable through cheat codes, though they require four players to input simultaneously with a 10-frame window. The cars were previously given out only at Japanese events, and players have confirmed the codes work on all versions, including the Switch 2 GameCube library. The five cars are Thunderstorm, El Dorado, Chrono Symphony, Bahamut and Gladiator, with CGN estimating only 256 people obtained El Dorado through official channels.
Japanese player BTEST4HE has discovered eight hidden cheat codes in F-Zero GX that unlock specific parts purchasable in the in-game shop, including the long-sought "Gold Parts." The codes work on the GameCube, Wii, and Nintendo Classics versions on Switch 2, but five of them require inputting commands with four controllers simultaneously.
Lego leaker got.cooped says a Pokémon mystery bag series is coming on 1st March 2027, priced at $12.99 each. No photos or promotional images of these sets have been revealed yet. The bags are believed to feature characters built from regular Lego bricks, similar to the Super Mario ones.
Pokémon HOME's latest update, Version 4.1.0, adds a "GBA games" icon to the main menu alongside FireRed & LeafGreen connectivity, letting players link those digital versions and trade Pokémon to HOME. The section's name has convinced many fans that Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire will return, though no official announcement has been made. An earlier datamine of the FireRed and LeafGreen Switch emulator reportedly revealed support for Sapphire, Ruby and Emerald ROMs, and The Pokémon Company has said Pokémon Bank will end on 27th February 2027.
Leaks for Pokémon Winds and Waves suggest the 10th generation of games may open with a couple of surprises. Most major Pokémon games begin with creating a character, meeting the Professor or Champion, and learning about catching monsters, and Winds and Waves will likely follow suit at first.
A modder known as Mojso was porting GTA 5 and GTA Online to Nintendo Switch and taunted Rockstar Games after it posted modding guidelines forbidding unofficial ports. Less than a week later, Mojso confirmed receiving a cease and desist from Take-Two Interactive and said the port will never release, with Paralympics Productions shutting down on October 3rd. The port had been built using leaked GTA 5 source code.
A new Pokémon TCG set is reportedly coming to McDonald's Happy Meals in the US from 5th November to 9th December, with 15 cards in the collection. Each Happy Meal bonus is said to include a four-card pack with three normal cards and one holo. McDonald's hasn't officially revealed the promotion yet.
A datamine of the Nintendo Switch Online app may have revealed plans for a new event gift system for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2. The app reportedly contains references to multiple gift events that could run simultaneously, each with its own videos, thumbnails and other assets, plus a loading animation and dedicated sound effect for receiving an event gift.
Mojso, the modder who built an unofficial Switch port of Grand Theft Auto 5 using leaked source code, has announced the project is shutting down. Paralympics Productions will close on October 3, after his Discord server was taken down for copyright infringement on September 23 and Take-Two's lawyers contacted him. He said he is "thankful for Take Two's mercy" and called it the definitive end.
Ubisoft Milan reportedly pitched a Legend of Zelda spin-off, Project Goliath, after Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, initially with a brand-new protagonist before Nintendo asked the team to use Ganondorf instead. Nintendo rejected the prototype in November 2023 for reasons that remain unclear, and talks between the two companies broke down between late 2023 and early 2024.
According to Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson, Ubisoft Milan previously pitched Nintendo an original The Legend of Zelda spin-off codenamed Goliath, which would have featured a completely new protagonist. Nintendo reportedly liked the concept and asked Ubisoft Milan to make the player character Ganondorf instead, but rejected the prototype in November 2023 for unclear reasons, and the project was cancelled with the team split across other Ubisoft projects. Henderson says the report is based on more than 18 months of research for his forthcoming book about cancelled games.
An official Pokémon social media account posted a 30-second clip of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire running in high resolution, prompting fans to speculate that Switch ports are coming. The clip's length matches the Switch and Switch 2's automatic 30-second gameplay capture, and official channels normally don't use emulated versions of older Pokémon games in promotional clips. Dataminers previously found that this year's Switch ports of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen seemingly included ROM support for all third-gen mainline games, including Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald.