Starting in January 2018, Community Day is a monthly event in Pokémon GO that shines the spotlight on a particular Pokémon. For one day each month, a Pokémon selected by Niantic will have its spawn rate increased during a block of hours. Also, the Shiny appearance rate for the starring…
G-MODE has slowly but surely been reviving its back catalog of games that were once exclusive to Japanese feature phones, including fairly big names. The latest? The Atlus developed Persona 3 prequel, Aigis: The First Mission. The game is an action RPG set in 1999, ten years before the events…
In the weeks since Apple announced that it was relaxing its App Store policies regarding emulators, we’ve seen a few emulators for Nintendo systems come and go for various reasons, like iGBA being delisted for using entirely stolen code or an NES emulator that was uploaded and approved before being…
It’s rare that I become so nostalgic over a game I didn’t even grow up with, but that’s just how potent and amazing the Sonic CD intro is. I’ve always thought that it captures the greatest era of Sonic, with a design that makes him look young, spirited, and ready…
There are many corners of EarthBound’s history and marketing that fans have no doubt filled themselves in on, but one of the finest and freshest is the Mother 2 sukajan. These kinds of souvenir jackets are common enough (though they can definitely be high quality pieces as well, as we…
With E3 2020’s cancellation and the recent news of a “reimagined” E3 in the works this year, we’re already missing the traditional events of the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Thankfully, Forest of Illusion, a group dedicated to preserving Nintendo content, has recently provided some much-needed nostalgia with footage of Nintendo’s E3…
Amiibo Jason unboxed the North American and Japanese copies of Nintendo 64’s Paper Mario on the game’s 20th birthday last week. Have a watch!
Even before Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light released on the Switch eShop, Marth made himself known to fans thanks to Super Smash Bros. Despite that, it’s easy for him to fade into the background of the series’ many characters. It took him four years to place…
After Microsoft had purchased Rareware and the British developer exited Nintendo’s grasp at the turn of the century, many of the company’s games during the following two console generations would receive various ports and remasters across both the original Xbox and Xbox 360. While some Nintendo 64 titles like Conker’s…
There are few tidbits more interesting than discovering old game prototypes, some of which reveal radically different versions of the games in question. By those standards, a recently unearthed NES DuckTales prototype dated February 5th, 1989 is fairly humble: while the total number of changes are large, they’re mostly minute…
Reggie Fils-Aimé’s love of the Legend of Zelda is no secret. He previously named Breath of the Wild as his favorite game from his time working at Nintendo, but over the weekend he made an even firmer statement. Ahead of the series’ 35th anniversary this month, Reggie named his favorite…
Rareware’s tenure on the Nintendo 64 is untouchable, which is ironic when you recall one of their most unique ideas involved pulling cartridges out of the system. Much has been discussed when it comes to their Stop ‘n’ Swop feature, the idea of transferring bonuses and items across games by…
With just how many games Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has under its roof, creator Masahiro Sakurai’s got no shortage of anniversaries to commemorate. Recently we saw the likes of the original Super Smash Bros. and Balloon Fight get some love, but over the weekend three different titles all celebrated their…
Recent years have been fairly dry when it comes to Mega Man releases, but it wasn’t always that way. Not only were mainline and spin-off Mega Man games abundant in the 1990s, the Blue Bomber also featured in other Capcom titles, anime, and cartoons. After some generous donations from the…
Pokémon has a long legacy of fantastic pixel art. The limitations of the Game Boy hardware meant that GameFreak had to convey a lot of information with very little screen space or processing power. Those limitations led to an iconic visual identity that has grown with Pokémon as it’s evolved…
