Review: The Quintessential Quintuplets Double Pack
Quintuple reasons for a Quintessential romance Spike Chunsoft have finally graced anime fans with two visual novels based on what’s probably the most well known Romantic Comedy anime of recent times. For those unfamiliar, financially troubled but intelligent student Futaro Uesugi takes on a part-time tutoring job, only to discover he is to teach the […]
Review: Gunbrella
A rainy day surprise! Living in the UK, I am very familiar with umbrellas. Having a brolly is essential if you want to spend any length of time in the British weather and not feel like a drowned rat 80% of the time. It’s not particularly common to have a gun though, even less so […]
Creating your NPUK Community
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to run your own community? Find out how you can set one up in this little guide!
Review: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
The finest Mario RPG becomes even finer If you asked anyone what their favourite Paper Mario game was, The Thousand Year Door was almost guaranteed to be the answer, followed by the bemoaned topic that the series would never be the same again due to new creative directions. To make matters worse, being one of […]
Competition: Win a Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Deluxe Set!
To celebrate the release of Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition for Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Players UK are giving the community a chance to win one of two Deluxe Sets! This Deluxe Set includes a Game Card, Replica NES Cartridge, 13 Art Cards and 5 Pins – a perfect addition to any Nintendo fans collection. How […]
Review: Unicorn Overlord
The Last Unicorn rides to freedom! From the genius team behind 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim comes a new breed of Tactical RPG. Coming in hot from their wild sci-fi romp, and once again working with Atlus, Vanillaware are back with a fantasy Tactical Turn based… Real time strategy!? Taking elements from genre classics like Fire […]
Exploring LGBTQ+ Representation in the Nintendo-verse
It’s well into Summer, not only does that mean warm skies and beach holidays, but it also means that it’s that time of year to celebrate LGBTQ+ pride. As far as representation goes, Nintendo has been a mixed bag (or Adventure Pouch) of sorts. Representation is important for communities like ours; validating our existence can […]
Nintendo Direct June 2024 – A Review
NINTENDO FANS REJOICE Several times a year, we’re allowed a promising glimpse into the churnings and machinations of Nintendo’s studios’ ongoing developments, and if there was any time to try and put my fandom aside for honest feedback, I would have to wait a good few months for my hype to die down, so here […]
Review: Mario VS Donkey Kong
The battle of Man and Monkey over machine! 20 years after its original release, Nintendo have breathed renewed life into a classic puzzle-platformer! Mario VS Donkey Kong, the original and its remaster, are fun and great to pick-up and play. With a simple story, simple controls, and a tonne of ways to beat it, many […]
Celebrating our Volunteers at NPUK!
This week is National Volunteers’ Week, so we can’t pass it by without a nod to our wonderful volunteers at Nintendo Players UK. With many of the local communities turning or having turned ten years old in the last year or two, we need to raise a glass to the dedication and enthusiasm that those […]