When Nintendo uploaded the Switch 2 reveal teaser, people were quick to note that the gameplay footage included had new character designs for The Big N’s mascots. Mario was looking a bit more rotund than usual and Donkey Kong seemingly reverted to its pre-Rare design philosophy. If you thought that…
The slow drip feed of classic games for Nintendo Switch Online continues today with the addition of three SNES titles to the Switch’s growing catalog of classic games. As announced by Nintendo on its official YouTube channel, subscribers to NSO can now play “Fatal Fury 2,” “Sutte Hakkun,” and “Super…
As reported by Automaton, Nintendo’s stock prices have reached an all-time high today following the slight drop it suffered from the Switch 2 reveal teaser. Just last week, we reported how Nintendo’s stocks fell around 5.9% following the unveiling of the Switch 2, which analysts believed was down to leaks…
PAX West took place in Seattle this past Labor Day weekend, and while Nintendo was sequestered off in their own little special event in a corner of the convention center, the usual wave of cool little indie titles and third party games descended upon the main expo floor. I got…
“Well, it looks like you know what you’re doing.” The comment from the Nintendo Live exhibitor next to me as I played Super Mario Bros. Wonder gave me a chuckle. I had to hold back a ramble about all the 2D Mario games I’d played before, from the golden oldies…
I never imagined myself beginning a video game article by stating “Paris Hilton was right,” and yet I can’t deny how doggone correct the high-profile media personality was with her 2018 tweet: “We need to get Nintendo Dogs as an app on the App Store!” Slight misnomer aside, Ms. Hilton’s…
In the wake of last week’s Nintendo Direct, Rob Fahey of gamesindustry.biz put out an opinion piece about the announcement’s lineup, proclaiming it to be the console’s “sunset slate.” Fahey argues that the Nintendo Switch’s upcoming games, “a focus on remasters and remakes,” is a stopgap as Nintendo prepares to…
RPGs are my favorite genre of video game, and have been since around the time I was a preteen and discovered the likes of SNES classics like Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger, and EarthBound. But my first RPGs, when I was just a wee tyke, didn’t feature any medieval knights or…
Spinoffs of existing games can be tricky. Fans of those worlds will come in with certain expectations while newcomers will want to know what they’ve been missing, and striking the right balance while offering something new often takes finesse and ingenuity. Without those you end up with a Link’s Crossbow…
Alright. Okay. FINE. Let’s talk about the characters in that new Tears of the Kingdom trailer that just dropped last week. Who are we talking about? There’s a lot of questions I could ask. Who’s our new little Rito friend? And where did Teba go? Who are these…
Three years ago, we took an island getaway that ended up being an unforgettable experience – it’s been three years since the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons! The fifth major title in the Animal Crossing series introduced elements like crafting, durability, and terraforming to the storied life sim franchise….
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! And no, we’re not talking about the holiday season — it’s March 10th, which means it’s-a-time to super jump and celebrate MAR10 Day! PowerA has joined in on the party and is once again offering a plethora of stunning, high quality accessories…
The Nintendo Switch is a pretty fantastic console – sleek, fluid, portable, and with one of the best libraries ever assembled on a Nintendo system, it’s no wonder that it’s become one of the most successful consoles ever made. But as great as it is, the Nintendo Switch isn’t the…
The Nintendo Switch is a truly mighty console by now, one of the best-selling pieces of video game hardware ever and home to blockbusters like Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Super Mario Odyssey. But it wasn’t so long ago that accusations from a certain group of people (mostly a subset…
It’s almost February 27th again, and you know what that means – another early morning presentation about all things Pokémon, streamed directly to our collective eyeballs. After last year’s frankly excessive number of mainline games in the franchise, we should take stock of what to expect for a presumably quieter…
