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Over the last few weeks we have been looking at various PowerA accessories for the Nintendo Switch. We gave rave reviews to the Joy-Con grip, and thought that the Joy-Con charging dock was a must own for anyone hoping to play Mario Kart 8 Deluxe frequently. But what happens when you want to bring your Switch on vacation, or to a friends house? There are only a few official options right now, and the Everywhere Messenger Bag from PowerA is…

When you’ve completely finished Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, you probably want people to know all about it. Thanks to some Gold customization options, this can definitely be the case, but outside of looking cool, would you actually want to use this 100% gold combination? Check out the video from Abdallah below, as well as our written guide on how to unlock all the gold items! Gold Standard Kart To get the Gold Standard Kart, you need to get every Gold…

We’ve known for awhile that DLC was coming to Breath of the Wild but we only had a vague idea of what the DLC would be. And now Nintendo has released details about the first DLC pack for the game! Last night, Nintendo released information about the first DLC pack for Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. We have the full Nintendo PR press release for thDLC below: “REDMOND, Wash., May 1, 2017 – Hailed by both critics and…

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is a hit! Nintendo has released early sales figures for the game and has said that it is the fastest selling game in the Mario Kart franchise. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe came out on Friday for the Nintendo Switch. The games has already sold “more than 459,000 combined packaged and digital sales in the U.S. on launch day alone (April 28)” according to Nintendo PR. This makes Mario Kart 8 Deluxe the fastest selling game in…

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for the Nintendo Switch is out today! Woohoo! Check out Nintendo’s new trailer for the game to get a look at what critics are saying about it. Mario Kart 8 was a great game on the Wii U. It should be even better on the Switch. Did you pick it up today? Let us know what you think of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in the comments!…

We at GamesReviews.com feel pretty confident in the following statement: very few people realized Mario Kart 8 on Wii U had an acceleration problem, but yet will be relieved to hear it has been fixed in the Deluxe edition on the Nintendo Switch. When Mario Kart 8 came out a few years ago on Wii U, Nintendo YouTube ambassador Abdallah - who is a big friend of the site - posted a video to his YouTube page regarding an issue with the acceleration numbers when selecting karts. You can see his video from a few years ago below.

Splatoon 2 will be coming out in July. Nintendo has already had a Splatoon 2 online Global Testfire for on Nintendo Switch and soon will hold another event for it! Splatoon 2 will get its own Tournament at E3 2017! On twitter today, Nintendo of America announced that they will be holding a Splatoon 2 pre-release tournament at E3 2017. They did not release any other details about the event. If I had to guess, I would say the event…

Last week, PowerA was nice enough to send over a box full of great Nintendo Switch accessories, and this week we will be reviewing each and every one of them! Yesterday, we showed the incredible value of the PowerA Joy-Con Charging Dock which charges up to 4 Joy-Con controllers at one time. Today, we are looking at a less necessary accessory, although one that you might want to pick up anyways. Nintendo Switch Pro Controllers are fairly expensive, so many…

If you were planning on grabbing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, or even Splatoon 2 on the Nintendo Switch, you also probably snapped up a couple extra Joy-Con controllers so you can engage in some four player local multiplayer! If you are like me, and have multiple Switch units in your house, you might have purchased even MORE Joy-Cons. While having a ton of Joy-Cons is great, and although the batteries in the controllers last a fair amount of time, you…

If you wish current video games were as difficult as the games you played in the late 80s and early 90s, you are in luck if you own an Xbox One. Cuphead provides that challenging package you might be looking for, but be aware: it's really, REALLY hard, and there is a good chance you won't have a lot of fun. Cuphead will appeal to a very niche audience, but I wonder how well it will do long term.