Flashback: Nintendo’s Star Fox 64 Promo Video Perfectly Captures the Absurdity of the Console Wars

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: News, Features, Retro

Back in the ’90s, Nintendo, Sega, and Sony were locked in what is now commonly referred to as “The Console Wars”—a fierce rivalry between gaming giants that played out through advertisements, lawsuits, and even, in one instance, a public feud in front of Congress over video game violence. While Nintendo,…

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Reflecting on Celeste, six years later

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: Switch, Features

January 25th, 2024, marks six years since Celeste first launched for the Nintendo Switch and many other platforms. If you weren’t following the development it may have seemed like many of its pixel-platforming contemporaries, but there was something to it that has seen it endure in the hearts and minds…

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Why is Tekken MIA on Nintendo Switch?

Categories: Features, Retro

Tekken, an elaborate and fluid 3D fighting game series, has been going steadily since its 1994 arcade launch. As Namco’s premier fighting franchise, it’s quite impressive that 30 years later we are just days away from Tekken 8, at least if you’re playing on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series or PC….

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