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Gallery: Rockstar Shares First Screenshots Of The GTA Trilogy For Nintendo Switch

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It’s almost hard to believe, but next week sees the arrival of the Grand Theft Auto trilogy on the Nintendo Switch.

If you are wondering what the Switch version of the game will look like compared to the rest, Rockstar has now made the first official screenshots available on its website. These screens show off the cityscape, character and car models.

So without further ado, here you are – enjoy!

Image: Rockstar
Image: Rockstar
Image: Rockstar
Image: Rockstar
Image: Rockstar
Image: Rockstar

You can see screenshots of the other versions of the game for PC, PS5, PS4 and Xbox over on Rockstar’s GTA website. And in case you missed it, it seems the physical version for Nintendo Switch will require an internet download. Read more about this in our previous post.

So, what do you think of the first screenshots of the GTA trilogy on Switch? Comment down below.



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Gallery: Here’s How The Switch Online N64 Controller Compares To The Real Thing

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Teething troubles with emulation and latency aside, it sure is nice to have N64 games on Nintendo Switch Online. While the console couldn’t compete with Sony’s PlayStation in purely commercial terms, it was still home to some of the best games of its era – including Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Super Mario 64, two titles which are unquestionably among the best games ever made.

To accompany the launch of N64 on Nintendo Switch Online, Nintendo has released a wireless version of the original N64 controller. At first glance, it looks identical to the original, but there are some notable differences. It’s wireless (as we’ve already mentioned), and it lacks the Memory Pak port on the back.

There are obviously a bunch of new features (LED lights to show which player the controller is associated with, a sync button and a USB-C port), as well as more subtle changes (the two holes which are found above the Z trigger on the original have been removed, for example). The design of the D-Pad also seems a little different to our eyes; the triangles embossed on its surface are slightly smaller on the new model.

On the whole, however, it’s a very, very close match to the original N64 pad – even the iconic analogue wand ‘feels’ the same. Hopefully, that doesn’t mean we’ll all be complaining about it going all limp and floppy in a few years. Oo-er!

Image: Nintendo Life
Image: Nintendo Life

Connecting the controller to your Switch is as easy as pairing any other Switch pad, and the Switch Online app maps the buttons perfectly (as you’d expect), making this the best way to play these games. We’ve already discovered that the N64 pad doesn’t play nice with other platforms (yet) and that it can be (kinda) used to play other Switch titles.

Has your N64 pad arrived? What do you think about it? Share your thoughts with a comment below.



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Pixel 6 and 6 Pro to get new ‘Motif’ wallpapers [Gallery]

As the launch event for the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro grows nearer, Google continues to put finishing touches on the user experience. A new batch of “Motif” wallpapers, which feature floral and geometric illustrations that play to the strengths of Dynamic Color in Android 12, will be available on the Pixel 6.

The new Pixel 6 wallpaper collection, called “Motif,” splits itself into two smaller sets: “Floating” and “Pieces of G.” The Floating wallpapers feature various plants and other natural shapes suspended on soft fields of color, while the Pieces of G wallpapers use polygons derived from the iconic “Super G” logo to create abstract collages.

A “motif” is defined as “a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition,” which may refer to the floral and Super G elements which persist between each wallpaper, or the name might be more simply defined as “a decorative design or pattern.”

Google has commissioned two digital artists to contribute to this new collection: Helsinki-based Antti Kalevi, who created the Floating set of backdrops, and Amsterdam-based Letman, who created the Pieces of G collages. The descriptions of each wallpaper set are “Hints of form and color create playful places” and “Cutouts create a collage of color,” respectively.

Similar to a previous wallpaper leak, these illustrations use the upcoming Pixel 6 and 6 Pro color options (black, white, red, green, and yellow) as their dominant color schemes, presumably so that Material You’s Dynamic Color feature will be able to closely match the color of your device. This will make for a more cohesive and customizable user experience across the operating system. Our team was able to convince the built-in background picker to reveal these new images by spoofing the Pixel 6 Pro. The wallpapers are available in full resolution below:

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Gallery: 15 Screenshots Of Switch Online’s N64 And Sega Mega Drive Launch Titles

The lovely wireless controllers available to Switch Online members (Image: Nintendo)

Switch Online is bolstering its lineup with a premium tier this October – made up of a collection of N64 and Mega Drive titles.

Following on from the reveal, Nintendo’s website has shared some direct screens – revealing what these games will look like with the standard 4:3 template. Unfortunately, there’s no menus reveals but the rest looks similar to the SNES and NES libraries.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Super Mario 64
Yoshi’s Story
Dr. Mario 64
WinBack: Covert Operations
Star Fox 64
Sin & Punishment
Mario Kart 64
Mario Tennis
Star Fox 64
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
M.U.S.H.A.
Phantasy Star IV
Streets Of Rage 2
Ecco the Dolphin

What games are you looking forward to revisiting on the Nintendo 64 and Sega Mega Drive services? Tell us below.



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Gallery: Here’s Another Look At Nintendo’s Switch OLED Model “In The Wild”

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The release of Nintendo’s Switch OLED model is now just over a few weeks away, and the excitement for this ever-so-slightly improved system with a better and bigger screen, wider stand, and new dock is starting to ramp up.

Over in Japan, we’ve already seen some shots of Nintendo’s new device in-store and now we’ve got even more to share from all corners of the internet – there’s even some video footage, too. The first lot of photos are courtesy of Reddit user KantanJapan:

YouTube channel Marty_Japan has some rolling footage – showcasing Metroid Dread and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe clips:

And on Twitter, we’ve got some more cabinet shots, courtesy of ‘famicomplicated’ and ‘GotoGothelf’:

Orders for the Switch OLED model open in Japan on 24th September. As for the west, you can check out our handy Nintendo Life pre-order guide. Will you be picking up the new Switch OLED model when it launches on October 8th? Comment below.



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Metroid Dread Reintroduces Kraid To Samus’ Rogues Gallery

It’s him.
Gif: Nintendo / Kotaku

Nintendo dropped some new Metroid Dread info this morning, complete with a video detailing the different skills franchise heroine Samus Aran brings to the table in the upcoming Switch game when it launches on October 8. But this all pales in comparison to the reveal that Kraid, a secondary antagonist who hasn’t been seen in years, is making his glorious comeback.

Kraid first hit the scene in 1986 as one of several bosses in the original Metroid, appearing as a little, spike-shooting dude barely bigger than Samus herself. Kraid was overshadowed by Ridley, the space dragon who would go on to become the bounty hunter’s main rival. Kraid did receive substantial makeovers for 1994’s Super Metroid and 2004’s Zero Mission remake before quietly disappearing from the series.

According to former Retro Studios artist Gene Kohler, there were plans to feature Kraid in 2002’s Metroid Prime as a boss battle on par with Meta Ridley, a Space Pirate-resurrected version of Samus’ eternal foe who acts as the game’s penultimate antagonist. Work never got past modeling and skinning. Sadly, all Kraid assets were removed from the game before launch, but Kohler was kind enough to provide an image of the big guy’s early model during the aforementioned interview.

Another ex-Retro employee, Greg Luzniak, shared concept art in 2015 of what a potential battle with Kraid would have looked like had he survived to Metroid Prime’s release.

But back to Metroid Dread. The latest trailer depicts Samus stumbling upon Kraid in some sort of containment chamber. He lunges at her but can’t quite make it due to his restraints. Later on, Samus is shown climbing Kraid’s belly towards his face for an up-close-and-personal reunion.

Another important Metroid Dread foe appears to be one of the Chozo, a race of technologically advanced, bird-like people that raised Samus after her colony was destroyed by Ridley as a child. While Kraid is a rare sight in the Metroid series, the Chozo are practically extinct, their once-grand civilization reduced to ruins.

Metroid Dread is the first time a Chozo has actually appeared in the flesh throughout the decades-old franchise, which would be a big deal for Samus if she wasn’t immediately attacked by the armored figure and left bereft of her signature abilities.

Nintendo is keeping story details close to its chest for now, so we’ll need to wait a little longer to learn more about this mysterious Chozo.

 



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Gallery: Nintendo Shares Absolutely Stunning High-Res Super Metroid Artwork

Take a trip back in time

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Samus will return this October in an all-new outing on the Nintendo Switch titled Metroid Dread. It’s being co-developed by the talented team over at MercurySteam – the same developer who worked on Metroid: Samus Returns for 3DS.

In the lead-up to this new adventure, Nintendo has been sharing Metroid history on a special website and sharing this information in short bursts over on its social media channels.

Its latest post on Twitter highlights the SNES classic Super Metroid – showing off some absolutely stunning high-resolution artwork of Samus, her Gunship, Ridley and Kraid. You may have already seen this artwork in the Metroid Dread Report.

Samus (Image: Nintendo)
Kraid (Image: Nintendo)
Ridley (Image: Nintendo)
Gunship (Image: Nintendo)

If all of this has got you in the mood for some Super Metroid action, you can always check out this classic title via Nintendo’s Switch Online service. It also happens to be Metroid’s 35th anniversary this year – which is another excuse to play through all of Samus’ classic adventures again.

What do you think of the above high-res artwork? Does it bring back any memories? Leave a comment down below.

[source twitter.com, via destructoid.com]



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How to enable the wildest experimental features in Samsung Gallery

Did you know the Samsung Gallery Android app comes packaged with a (not-too-)secretive Galaxy Labs menu? More importantly,  enabling this array of impressive and entertaining features on your end shouldn’t take more than a literal minute. Largely on account of the fact that Galaxy Labs support has been built into every single one of Samsung’s firmware upgrades since the early Android 10, One UI 2.1 days.

Needless to say, it’s dubious how low-key these experimental additions were all meant to be in the first place. Because from the looks of things, the Galaxy Labs platform is built into pretty much every regular, non-beta version of Samsung Gallery. I.e., from Android 10 onward, starting with One UI 2.5.

While it’s possible someone at Samsung merged the wrong code repo branch, this inclusion is likely very much intentional. And assuming you have a Galaxy device released within the last three or so years, you should be able to take it for a spin or ten all on your own.

How to enable the latest experimental features in Samsung Gallery?

To do so, launch the stock Gallery app on your smartphone or tablet, bring up its bottom toolbar by tapping the hamburger menu, and go to Settings. Scroll all the way to the bottom and tap the penultimate section that says About Gallery.

This is where you do the big hacking part by repeatedly tapping the version number below the Gallery header. This one right here:

A system-wide prompt will helpfully count down the seconds until the deed is done. Go back to the previous screen and you should see a new menu item, Gallery Labs, at the bottom of the app’s settings. We’ll soon be doing an in-depth look at this feature list but check it out yourself in the meantime. There’s a bunch of cool mobile photography ideas hiding in there, so hopefully, at least some of them make it to an official release.

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First Google Pixel 5a renders leak [Gallery]

Google’s next phone is unsurprisingly a “Pixel 5a,” and leaked renders today suggest that the mid-ranger will be nearly identical to the Pixel 4a 5G.

OnLeaks (Steve Hemmerstoffer) on Voice today has renders of what’s being called the “Pixel 5a.” The dimensions (156.2 x 73.2 x 8.8mm) are nearly identical to the Pixel 4a 5G, though it’s 2.3mm taller, .8mm narrower, and .6mm thicker. A “unibody (likely plastic made) rear panel” is said to be in use, with the Pixel 3a and 4a both opting for plastic rather than glass. The only appreciable difference looks to be a ridged power button design.

Despite tweaks to the physical body, it also has a 6.2-inch OLED FHD+ display with a thicker bottom bezel breaking the uniformity of the other three sides. There continues to be a hole-punch front-facing camera in the top-left corner.

The camera system is a notable improvement over the Pixel 4a by jumping to a dual-lens setup, but — again — it’s said to be the “same configuration as seen on the Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5” (12.2MP dual-pixel and 16 MP ultrawide). Other shared specs as an a-series phone include the 3.5mm headphone jack and rear Pixel Imprint fingerprint sensor. There are two cutouts for a speaker and microphone flanking the USB-C port.

This “Pixel 5a,” if that ends up being the final marketing/launch name, would have an incredibly staid design. Such an approach would, in theory, help lower Google’s production costs, with the overarching goal of the a-line to be creating an affordable entry device.

Today’s leak offers no specifications or insight into what processor Google will use to power the Pixel 5a, though 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage is a safe bet. A big question is whether this device will feature 5G connectivity given the big push in 2020.

In terms of launch, the first half of this year is a safe bet as last year’s phone — barring the pandemic and production disruptions — would have likely been announced in May, just like 2019’s Pixel 3a.

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Olivia Wilde, Harry Styles didn’t hide romance on ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ set, more news | Gallery

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