The director of the original 1998 version of Resident Evil 2, which introduced series icon Leon Kennedy, has confirmed what inspired the character’s first name. Hideki Kamiya stated on X that he came up with “Leon” because of the 1994 action-thriller, Léon: The Professional. He then pitched it to Resident…
Retro gaming publication Time Extension has been investigating what happened to the original Star Fox puppets used to promote the 1993 SNES classic. The team has finally found the answer – and it’s a sad one. In the early ‘90s, Nintendo collaborated with a company to produce puppets of the…
The producer of Resident Evil Requiem is encouraging fans to have the game completed by next week, as he teased that the next DLC is coming very soon. Last month, director Koshi Nakanishi announced that a new minigame will launch for Requiem in May. Nakanishi, along with producer Masato Kumazawa,…
The director of the original 1998 version of Resident Evil 2, which introduced series icon Leon Kennedy, has confirmed what inspired the character’s first name. Hideki Kamiya stated on X that he came up with “Leon” because of the 1994 action-thriller, Léon: The Professional. He then pitched it to Resident…
Retro gaming publication Time Extension has been investigating what happened to the original Star Fox puppets used to promote the 1993 SNES classic. The team has finally found the answer – and it’s a sad one. In the early ‘90s, Nintendo collaborated with a company to produce puppets of the…
The producer of Resident Evil Requiem is encouraging fans to have the game completed by next week, as he teased that the next DLC is coming very soon. Last month, director Koshi Nakanishi announced that a new minigame will launch for Requiem in May. Nakanishi, along with producer Masato Kumazawa,…
Nintendo and Illumination’s animated partnership isn’t coming to an end anytime soon. According to a recently updated release schedule on Universal’s Spanish website, a thus far “Untitled Illumination/Nintendo Event Film” is set for release on April 12th, 2028. As one would expect, the film is listed under animation, which is…
In this week’s Nintendo Music update, we head to the Kingdom of Bask as we revisit Mario Tennis Aces! Released in 2018, Aces was the first Mario Tennis game to have a story mode since Power Tour on the Game Boy Advance. Aces also introduced new mechanics such as Zone…
Square Enix has released a playable demo of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth for the Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox Series X/S. The demo covered Chapters 1 and 2 from the full game, offering several hours of gameplay of the Nibelheim flashback with Cloud and Sephiroth as well as the Grasslands…
It wouldn’t be a day of the week without a new rumor surrounding Nintendo. According to a report from Dot Esports, Nintendo is reportedly optioning the rights to a Metroid movie adaptation. In contention for the film are Universal and Sony, the two studios currently handling big-screen Nintendo adaptations (i.e….
Masaaki Hoshino, technical director at The Pokémon Company and producer of Pokémon Champions, has addressed the widespread discourse regarding the game’s graphics. In an interview with Eurogamer Germany, Hoshino was asked if the team tried to get the best possible graphics from the game, or if it had other priorities….
Nintendo and Illumination’s latest Mario film may be launching from theatres to people’s homes as soon as next week. Sources close to movie news website When to Stream state that The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is expected to arrive on video-on-demand platforms on Tuesday, May 5th, 2026. Neither Nintendo nor…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside one hour on Wednesdays for Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed and rescheduled…
Closing out April, Pokémon GO will have an event all about Steel-type Pokémon! And this will be the event where Team GO Rocket hits their usual “hijack an event” hijinks, so don’t be too shocked that midway through the Steeled Resolve event is taken over. For the first few days,…
With The Super Mario Galaxy Movie continuing to dominate the box office at theaters, it only makes sense that famed Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto would be elated by its success. In a new video message sent via the Nintendo Today! app this morning, Miyamoto thanked everyone for going to the…
