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Ever since the days of the Game Boy Advance, Game Freak has been remaking classic Pokemon games. So far, we've seen generations 1, 2, and 3 remade for more modern platforms, with generation 1 - Pokemon Red and Blue - even technically being remade twice thanks to the existence of Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee. For years, players have been expecting remakes of the 4th generation Pokemon games - Diamond and Pearl - and according to new rumors, they might finally get those games in 2021.

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After all of the holiday sales that just wrapped up, it's hard to imagine there are many people out there looking to spend on games at the moment, but if you are and you have a Switch, good news: Nintendo has kicked off a New Year Sale on the Switch eShop. This sale sees a number of games discounted, including several games from the big N itself.

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Last year, The Pokemon Company and Nintendo revealed that after a 20 year year wait, Pokemon Snap is finally getting a sequel. Dubbed simply New Pokemon Snap, this sequel was revealed for the Nintendo Switch, but at the time of reveal, we didn't get confirmation of a release date. That all changed today, with The Pokemon Company and Nintendo finally announcing a release date for the highly anticipated game. We even got a new trailer for New Pokemon Snap to go along with this announcement.

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Fortnite received a new update today, and it seems to set the stage for the arrival of a new hunter. As leaks have suggested, it looks like the next Fortnite crossover will be with the Predator franchise, with a number of Predator-themed cosmetics already in the game. The good news is that this Predator skin will be free to those who owns the Chapter 2, Season 5 battle pass - provided, of course, that those battle pass owners complete the challenges required to unlock the skin.

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Alongside today's new Super Mario 3D World Switch trailer, Nintendo had another big announcement to make. As it turns out, Nintendo is launching a new limited edition Switch alongside Super Mario 3D World next month. The Switch, as you might have already guessed, is Mario-themed, and seems to fit in with Super Mario's 35th Anniversary festivities well.

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As revealed last year, Super Mario 3D World - the flagship Mario title for the Wii U - is making its way to Nintendo Switch. That'll happen next month, though this isn't just a straight port of Super Mario 3D World. While Switch owners will be getting the base game, they'll also be getting a new expansion called Bowser's Fury, which we were able to take a look at today in a new trailer for the Switch version of Super Mario 3D World.

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While Nintendo didn't have a new console to launch in 2020 like its competitors Sony and Microsoft did, it was still a good year for the Switch. The COVID-19 pandemic drove incredibly strong sales for both the console and games like Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and according to some analysts, Nintendo may be able to keep that momentum going into 2021. While several analysts are predicting that the Switch will still be the best-selling console in 2021, there are at least a couple who are also predicting that we'll see Nintendo launch the long-rumored Switch Pro this year.

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2020 was a pretty good year for indie games all things considered, and now Nintendo is recapping the year's best-selling indie titles on the Nintendo Switch. There are a obviously a lot of fan favorites featured in Nintendo's recap - obviously, otherwise they wouldn't be the platform's best-selling indie games - but there's always a chance you could be introduced a new game by checking it out.

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Cyberpunk 2077 and its developer CD Projekt RED have quickly become those things that gamers love to hate. But despite its troubled launch on consoles, the game has raked in millions of sales, already excluding returns. It's pretty ironic then that someone was able to play Cyberpunk 2077 smoothly on the technically weakest current-gen console but, truth be told, it's really just smoke and mirrors and involves a process that some Nintendo Switch owners might not be willing to go through.

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I'm a Nintendo Switch Lite owner and I have buyer's remorse. It's not that the Switch isn't a great console, because it absolutely is. In fact, the console is so much better than I'd anticipated that I can't ignore everything I'm missing out on. I love the Switch but I regret buying the Lite, and you probably will, too.

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Christmas Day is tomorrow, and we're guessing that more than a few kids (and adults) will have a new gaming console of some sort under the tree. Regardless of if you're gifting a last-gen console like a PS4 or Xbox One, you're opting for a Nintendo Switch, or you lucked out big time and got your hands on an Xbox Series X or PlayStation 5 despite the stock shortages, there's one thing you should do before you gift any of them: Take them out of the box and update them first.

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With a number of Nintendo Switch consoles no doubt finding new owners this week, Nintendo is obviously tapping its big franchises in advertising campaigns. The company's biggest franchise - Super Mario - celebrates its 35th anniversary this year, and as part of that anniversary celebration, Nintendo released Super Mario 3D All-Stars back in September. Today, the company published a new ad focusing solely on one of the games in Super Mario 3D All-Stars: Super Mario Galaxy.

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