Behold, all the Tears of the Kingdom pre-order gifts from around the world
People who buy from Amazon Japan will get a spoon or a fork!
Computers Tech Games Crypto Music and More
People who buy from Amazon Japan will get a spoon or a fork!
Nintendo’s sequel to Breath of the Wild launches on May 12th.
Nintendo is hosting a small Direct completely focused on showing The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom gameplay tomorrow.
Kicking off tomorrow, March 28 at 3pm BST/ 4pm CEST/ 10am ET/, Nintendo will show off about 10 minutes of Tears of the Kingdom gameplay on the company’s YouTube channel. It will be hosted by, unsurprisingly, series producer Eiji Aonuma. This marks the first time that Nintendo will actually show off the game in action, rather than through what appears to have been camera angles the final game won’t actually use. As is par for the course with Nintendo, the announcement didn’t share much more than that, so you’ll have to tune in to actually get a look at what’s what for yourself.
Back in February’s Nintendo Direct, we got another look at the game that offered a bit more of a comprehensive taste of what kind of gameplay features we can expect from the upcoming sequel. It showed new things like what appears to be customisable vehicles, rail grinding a la Sonic the Hedgehog, and a new kind of auto-targeting arrow. Maybe we’ll see a bit more of that in action tomorrow!
As of today, Ni no Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom and all its DLC are available via Xbox Game Pass. Level-5’s JRPG is set long after the events of the first game, has a new cast of characters, changes up combat a lot, and adds a sizeable kingdom management element to the game. I know people who like it and people who hate it, which in itself makes it interesting.
There are also a bunch of games leaving Game Pass at the end of the month, including Chinatown Detective Agency.
Two are currently available for pre-order, and we’re keeping tabs on stock
Nintendo is releasing The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom at a higher price point, but Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser says it will be worth it.
Games are getting more and more expensive to buy, in part because they’re becoming more and more expensive to produce (yes I do realise part of that is because executives are earning too much). It was only a matter of time before this hit Nintendo in some way, and it soon will, as The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will be priced at £60, an increase of £10 compared to its predecessor and other first party Switch titles. Unsurprisingly, though, Bowser himself (the Nintendo boss, not the lizard man) thinks it will be worth it.
Speaking to the Associated Press about a range of topics, Bowser was asked about the new price points, and how Nintendo arrived at it. “We look at what the game has to offer,” Bowser responded. “I think fans will find this is an incredibly full, deeply immersive experience. The price point reflects the type of experience that fans can expect when it comes to playing this particular game. This isn’t a price point that we’ll necessarily have on all our titles. It’s actually a fairly common pricing model either here or in Europe or other parts of the world, where the pricing may vary depending on the game itself.”
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the first and only (so far) Nintendo Switch exclusive to cost $70. If you didn’t snag a preorder prior to the price jump that kicked in after the latest Nintendo Direct, you’re now stuck paying $70 for a physical copy at major retailers. But there’s still one way to get Tears of the Kingdom for its original $60 price.
Over at Super Shop, you can use GameSpot’s exclusive promo code GMSPTZLDA to lock in your Tears of the Kingdom preorder for $60. The price at Super Shop is $68 without the special promotion, so don’t forget to enter the code after adding the game to your cart. If you’ve never purchased anything from Super Shop, you might see a popup offering 10% off your first order. These deals don’t stack, so you’re better off opting for promo code.
Super Shop offers free shipping and a 30-day money back guarantee. There is one notable caveat here, though. Super Shop doesn’t offer release-date delivery, so you won’t have your copy on May 12. That said, games are sent out at launch and delivery times are quick, which means you’ll be playing a few days after the official release date.
Everyone loves a robot companion, from Half-Life’s Dog to the plethora of Star Wars droids that are so cute they generate millions in merchandising. That’s why I’m intrigued by Plasma, a spacey physics-driven engineering game that lets players build a variety of robot friendos, useful machines, and generally wild contraptions. Plasma comes from Patrick Corrieri and Marco Bancale, who have previously worked on the Poly Bridge series and the tense Kingdom games. Their new creative engineering sim is heading into early access on March 30th, and I can’t wait to see what people make.