Although Sony is clamping down on saucy content in PlayStation games, Nintendo appears to be quite happy to leave any censorship decisions to rating systems.

The Japanese company recently reaffirmed this during its 79th Shareholders meeting, when president Shuntaro Furukawa was reminded about “other platforms” applying restrictions independently of CERO (Japan’s rating organisation). This was his response on behalf of Nintendo (thanks, Censored Gaming):

Nintendo, as do 3rd-parties and their software, applies for an objective rating from 3rd-party organizations prior to release. If platform-holding companies choose arbitrarily, the diversity and fairness in game software would be significantly inhibited. We provide parental controls that can be used to apply limits.

As noted, parental controls can also be used to restrict younger players from accessing mature-themed content.

Do you agree with Nintendo’s current stance on censorship? Tell us down below.

At E3 2019, Nippon Ichi announced Disgaea 4 Complete+ was coming to the Nintendo Switch. Weeks later, it has now been confirmed the game will arrive in North America and Europe on 29th October. Fans in Oceania will, unfortunately, have to hold out until 5th November.

The updated version of the fourth entry includes all of the additional scenarios, characters and DLC ever released for the title and adds new tweaks and functionality to ensure this version offers the definitive experience. Here’s a bit about the story:

When the ruling powers of Hades are revealed to be corrupt, Valvatorez must spark a rebellion to bring them down! Armed to the teeth with dynamic, over-the-top gameplay and a horde of special features, this is the ultimate Disgaea!

In addition to this, NIS America is running a “Reverse Cover Contest” – allowing fans of the series to vote for one of five different covers every day until 11th July. The most popular one will be put on the flip side of the game’s main cover. You can also win prizes for participating in the contest (read more about this on the official contest page).

Pre-orders for Disgaea 4 Complete+ are available now. For more information, check out our original post.

Will you be adding this one to your Switch collection when it is released? Tell us below.

Recently, Harry Potter hasn’t always had the best games to offer to its fans, especially on mobile. Taking one quick look at Hogwarts Mystery should be more than enough proof that it’s been incredibly hit-and-miss with one of the world’s most beloved franchises.

Whether Harry Potter: Wizards Unite will change that remains to be seen. As for me, I’m personally having a blast roaming up and down my street, trying to be the best magic user that the world has ever seen and showing up Harry Potter in the process. That’s for being an arse in the Cursed Child, you tyrant!

But being the best is trickier than it looks, and if you’re not used to mobile games that feature a heavy amount of AR, as well as other time-consuming mechanics that Wizards Unite employs, you may feel similar to a fish that’s just been flung out of water. Anyone who played Pokémon GO will feel right at home, but for everyone else there’s a lot to do and things can fly way over your head.

So, here are some general tips and tricks that Wizards Unite doesn’t outright tell you, but what you should pay attention to all the same.

Keep an Eye on Your Spell Energy

In Wizards Unite, you’ll probably be completely nonplussed to find out that you have to cast a lot of spells when playing. This is because you’ll be finding traces of magic and foundables, all which will help you level up and progress through the Wizards Unite story.

However, casting spells takes up energy. Spell energy starts at 75 and can be increased by 10 using 150 gold coins to pay for an upgrade or through giving your Vault an extension which costs 475 gold coins but upgrades other things beside your spell energy. Though, the faster way is to upgrade using 150 gold coins.

Spell energy is such a useful commodity in Wizards Unite that without it, you may be waiting around a lot in order to continue playing. To minimize that waiting, we advise you to pay close attention to the glyph on your phone screen because screwing that up still wastes spell energy. So, practice!

Which brings me to my next point: Inns and Greenhouses.

Use Inns and Greenhouses

Inns and Greenhouses may not seem all that important to new players at first, but they have features that are absolutely pivotal to you levelling up and other features, such as regaining spell energy.

We have a more in-depth guide to locations and what they do, if you’re interested.

For those who have played Pokémon GO, you’ll see Inns as similar to PokeStops, a place where you can get items. In Wizards Unite, you’ll have to enter Inns by tracing the glyph that appears on your phone screen. If you do so successfully, the inn will reveal itself to you by presenting you with five dishes – which it’ll choose for you at random. After consuming your scrumptious meal, you’ll be rewarded with Spell Energy.

Greenhouses on the other hand are, in our humble opinion, much more useful than inns. For one, they too can grant you Spell Energy, with the downside being that it isn’t guaranteed to reward you with it, unlike Inns.

That being said, Greenhouses are useful for other things, such as growing ingredients to create potions. These ingredients can be grown or picked up around the map when you’re out walking or playing at home. You may not think potions are worth investing in, but you’d be wrong. Potions are incredibly useful when going up against particularly tricky Foundables, with some lowering the chance of failure whilst others will offer the possibility of more rewards during your success.

Don’t be Afraid to Team Up for Fortresses

Dungeons and Harry Potter shouldn’t really go together, but Wizards Unite is going to try and make it happen anyway.

Fortresses are areas that are found out while you wander throughout the world. When you enter them, you’ll find yourselves in a glorified dungeon that has 20 floors and is filled to the brim with AI monsters that are eager to snap you up. Thankfully, you don’t have to do these fortresses by yourself, as up to 5 players can team up and storm the area.

A trick for handling the fortress is to be well-stocked and have someone in your party that is at least a little higher level than you. This is because some floors of the fortress have level-restrictions, and you’d fare a lot better having someone more advanced at your side. Potions of your own choice would also do some good, especially if this is your very first time handling a Fortress and you’re going it alone.

Yet, as gnarly as it may sound, Fortresses offer great rewards and if you’re looking to show off your superior wizardry to your friends, there’s no better way to do so.

Maximise your Registry

Keeping an eye on your registry is one of the smartest things you can do. With it, you’ll be able to see what Foundables you’ve managed to collect on your journey, and which ones you’ve still got left to complete. Knowing which ones you’ve got to collect and which ones you haven’t allows you to plot out which Foundables you should be grinding for, and which ones to leave well alone.

Collecting these Foundables are important as they’ll not only increase your rank but will give you new items too. New items means new things to check out and make your time with Wizards Unite a fun one.

Check Daily Assignments and SOS Often

It may seem obvious, but Daily Assignments and SOS are one of the biggest ways to get ahead in Wizards Unite. SOS stands for Statue of Secrecy Task Force, and are used to progress the story, as well as the characters and players understanding of the Calamity which has befallen on the Wizarding world.

Daily assignments, however, are the bread and butter to getting great items, as well as a Hippogriff load of XP. Taking a quick check on what you have to do, you’ll more than likely find that potions, ingredients and sometimes even a Portkey. With each level of progression, the further you are to becoming a Wizarding master

Turn off AR/Turn On Battery Saver

The AR in Wizards Unite is nothing short of awesome, but it has a problem: it drains your phone incredibly fast. I can play Wizards Unite for a few minutes at 50% only to have it lowered to 20% after I log off the app. It’s annoying and can cause you to turn back on your adventuring to head home and charge, which nobody wants to do if you live in a place that has no inns, greenhouses or fortresses nearby.

So turn off your AR. Yes, it’s pretty but if you’re out and about and you want to progress a fair amount, then turning off your AR, as well as turning on your battery saver, may be the best call. Besides, nothing’s stopping you from turning your AR back on when you’re at home and can use a Portkey.

We hope these tips are enough to get you started – let us know if there’s anything you’re struggling with and we’ll try to help!

Although Sony is clamping down on saucy content in PlayStation games, Nintendo appears to be quite happy to leave any censorship decisions to rating systems.

The Japanese company recently reaffirmed this during its 79th Shareholders meeting, when president Shuntaro Furukawa was reminded about “other platforms” applying restrictions independently of CERO (Japan’s rating organisation). This was his response on behalf of Nintendo (thanks, Censored Gaming):

Nintendo, as do 3rd-parties and their software, applies for an objective rating from 3rd-party organizations prior to release. If platform-holding companies choose arbitrarily, the diversity and fairness in game software would be significantly inhibited. We provide parental controls that can be used to apply limits.

As noted, parental controls can also be used to restrict younger players from accessing mature-themed content.

Do you agree with Nintendo’s current stance on censorship? Tell us down below.

Now that Super Mario Maker 2 has been released, our lovely senior video producer, Alex Olney, has uploaded a video about two particularly interesting items you eventually unlock in story mode.

The first is the Super Hammer, which is exclusive to the Super Mario 3D World extra theme. It allows you to use a hammer to destroy a variety of blocks and oddly spawn crates. You can even place up to five of these crates at once.

The other power-up is the Superball Flower. This item first appeared in Super Mario Land on the Game Boy and will give your character a retro look in Mario Maker 2. It’s a variant of the Fire Flower and shoots a projectile at a weird trajectory. You’ll also hear the classic Mario Land music when you pick it up.

Have you unlocked either of these items in Super Mario Maker 2 yet? Discovered any other cool secrets? Leave a comment below.

When we last checked up on Kamiko Switch eShop sales in the first half of 2018, we found out the Skipmore-developed game had sold more than 200,000 copies.

Now, in the latest sales update, Flyhigh Works has revealed the game has now sold “well over” 250,000 copies on the eShop.

Kamiko was one of the earliest indie titles released on the Switch and is definitely worth a look if you haven’t already picked it up. We gave it nine out of ten stars in our review and said it was stunningly stylish and action-packed. The title is currently on sale for $1.99 / £1.77.

Have you downloaded this game yet? Tell us below.