As part of the typical Nintendo hype cycle, the company has uploaded a new trailer that gives fans an overview of what to expect with Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. It’s kind of funny to start with the narrator being surprised Mario is made of paper considering we’ve had six…
Last week, First 4 Figures announced that Animal Crossing would be the next Nintendo franchise to receive the PVC Statue treatment. That’s right, an Isabelle statue is officially on the way, and thanks to an early morning post from First 4 Figures, we finally get our first good look at…
The Pokémon Company’s collab with Squishmallow will soon be continuing with not one but two fresh additions from Kanto and Johto. As revealed by a recent Pokémon Center newsletter, the OG Dragon-Type Dragonite is first up, featuring its cute nose, antenna, and some adorably tiny wings. Alongside that psuedo-legendary is…
Start revving your engines as the next Nintendo Switch Online addition to the Nintendo 64 library has been confirmed! Excitebike 64, first released in 2000, was the second game in the rather short series after the NES original, taking the action behind-the-back of racers while keeping an emphasis on sick…
Here’s a nice little treat for the day – storyboards for Sonic CD’s opening animation, drawn by none other than original Sonic designer Naoto Ohshima himself. Toei has turned the SonicCD OP storyboard I drew into a wonderful video.ソニックCDの絵コンテだよ。これを東映アニメが素晴らしい映像にして頂きました。 pic.twitter.com/dEQN2Vh88j — Naoto Ohshima (@NaotoOhshima) August 18, 2023 Ohshima…
The GBA’s Sonic Advance trilogy is often regarded as one of the unsung high points in the hedgehog’s history, offering up three portable platformers in an era where Sega was readjusting to being a third party developer. Sonic Advance 2 is regarded by many as the best of the bunch,…
In the arc of Sega console history, it’s sometimes easy (at least in this part of the world) to forget there was a whole console between the Genesis and Dreamcast. While the Sega Saturn was ill-fated stateside for several reasons, including one of the most botched console launches of all…
In the late ’90s the Final Fantasy series left Nintendo consoles for the plentiful file space afforded by PlayStation’s discs. That’s why the announcement of Crystal Chronicles for the GameCube was a big deal years later – sure it wasn’t a traditional FF, but it meant Moogles were back where…
My fellow Americans. It has often been stated that, uh… former President Barack Obama… does not know how to game. “He’s a poser,” they would say. “I bet he doesn’t even know what a video game is. I could beat his–his butt at Smash Bros. any day. He can’t footsie…
The all-new Double Dragon Gaiden just hit modern consoles, giving the beat ’em up duo of Billy and Jimmy an all-new adventure. If you want to head back in time, though, Arc System Works has you covered with the announcement of a Double Dragon Collection. Double Dragon Advance and Super…
Earlier this month we shared a video from Square Enix that brought together various Final Fantasy alumni to discuss the games that started it all. Now the promised second part is here, covering the latter half of the Pixel Remaster series – Final Fantasy IV through VI. Final…
Nintendo’s Ask the Developer series of articles is back! Just in time for the release of Pikmin 4 later this week, a roundtable of important people behind the plucky plants has come together to discuss the origins of the series and more. Be sure to check out Ask the Developer…
Out of the blue during yesterday’s Limited Run Games Showcase, a little caveman with pink hair made a surprise appearance. Tomba! first released for the PlayStation on Christmas Day in Japan way back in 1996, but now he’s leaping over to modern platforms. Limited Run Games will once again be…
The classic Jurassic Park trilogy of films released at just the perfect time when it came to licensed video gaming. Spanning the ’90s allowed dinosaur action across a full breadth of systems, though it found its home primarily on the handhelds and consoles of Nintendo and Sega. Limited Run Games…
The canceled Game Boy Advance sequel to the original 2002 game Shantae is getting a revival thanks to series developer WayForward and publisher Limited Run Games. Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution was announced during Limited Run Games’ LRG3 showcase and will be released on Game Boy Advance cartridges early next year….
