The Splatoon 3 Spring Fest 2024 is set to go live tonight and to get fans excited, Nintendo has uploaded an amazingly cuddly-looking piece of promo art. A three-way Splatfest between Baby Chicks, Li’l Bunnies, and Bear Cubs, I’m not sure it even matters who wins at this point. This…
Those looking forward to Super Nintendo World Japan’s upcoming “Donkey Kong Country” addition this Spring will need to make new plans: the park expansion has been delayed until late 2024. In a post on the official Universal Studios Japan Twitter account, the company confirmed that the opening has been pushed…
If you’re a gigantic fan of the Animal Crossing series, you’ll want to mark May 2, 2024, on your calendars. First 4 Figures, purveyors of all manner of outstanding statues, will be releasing a new Isabelle statue for fans to fawn over. Available in two variants, pre-orders will open on…
The nostalgia is strong with this one. Hyperkin, the company behind a massive heap of gaming accessories and hardware clones has just announced that it will be releasing an all-new handheld with support for Sega Genesis and Mega Drive cartridges. Dubbed “The Mega 95,” the handheld will come…
The Nintendo GameCube is a console that I’m especially nostalgic for. Like many others in my generation, it wasn’t my first console, but the memories I made with the GameCube and its games have an outsized place in my heart. Because of this, anytime there’s news that grants the GameCube…
For players from the arcade era, the idea of seeing a “kill screen” is not only a daunting task, but a joyous occasion. While people have known that Tetris on NES contained a kill screen — which is when a game’s code has looped so many times that it forces…
The new year is finally here, and with it will undoubtedly come plenty of new treats in store for video game fans all around the world. Between new game releases, information, merchandise, and anything else, it’s an exciting time to speculate. In particular, fans of the classic Super NES title…
A little over a year before the turn of the century, Nintendo created a franchise that would end up changing thousands of people’s childhoods (and friendships) forever. You know it, you might hate it sometimes, but really we all love it — it’s Mario Party! On December 18th the Mario…
If there’s one thing I love, it’s special edition consoles. I used to run a column on this very website called Collectors Corner, where I took a look at different special edition Nintendo consoles and peripherals. Today we’re taking a look at five long-rumored N64 prototypes, special edition colorways that…
While it’s been a known fact for quite some time that Super Mario 64 was originally intended to have a multiplayer mode, the general public in the West has never seen any footage to suggest Nintendo had developed the mode beyond the concept stage. In a recently uncovered video (courtesy…
UPDATE: EarthBound fans, get your wallets ready! The official Japanese Mother webshop is updated and overflowing with new and returning merch, from adorable plushies of The Chosen Four and Porky, to snazzy keychains. Dive into EarthBound bliss with the full merch collection here! (US shipping is an option, though costs…
Sometimes it feels like just yesterday that specific Legend of Zelda games were released. I still have incredibly vivid memories of seeing commercials in movie theaters for Ocarina of Time or getting unreasonably hyped up for both Oracle games after watching some cartoons. Those moments are seared into my mind…
The Game Awards show is full of reveals and announcements, but typically they’re on a one-by-one basis. Tonight Sega decided to quintuple those expectations by revealing five new games in fan-favorite franchises: All in one video, Sega showed the return of the following: Jet Set Radio Crazy…
During the excitement of The Game Awards, Nintendo decided to drop a few great N64 titles on the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pass service. Three classic #Nintendo64 games are now live for #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack members! 🌾 Harvest Moon 64🏂 1080° Snowboarding🐜 Jet Force Gemini Which are…
Atari 50’s previously announced Holiday Content Update is now live! The update adds 12 titles to the anniversary celebration collection, including seven classic 2600 games, two 2600 prototypes, two 2600 homebrew titles, and one Atari Lynx game. The full list of titles is below: Bowling – Atari 2600 Circus…
