After a few years of running a YouTube channel dedicated to game development tips and insights, Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai has finally hung up the reins. In his final video, he not only shared some extra insight about what he hopes to achieve with any new projects, but Sakurai…
It’s official! After a long wait, Dotemu has finally confirmed that Metal Slug Tactics will be launching on Nintendo Switch, PS4/PS5, Xbox, and Steam on November 5th. Check out the announcement trailer below! Unlike other entries in the Metal Slug franchise, Metal Slug Tactics brings turn-based combat while…
The yearly Halloween event is back and Pokémon GO and is once again split into two parts. For Halloween Part I, Morpeko and Dynamax Gastly debut. Some Costumed Pokémon will be available early, but they’re paywalled behind two paid Timed Research quests. The Halloween 2024 Part II event will start…
If there’s anything I love as much as Nintendo, it’s fitness. As a lifelong fitness enthusiast, Nintendo’s efforts in the space from the Power Pad to Ring Fit Adventure have always held tremendous appeal to me. I finally honor one of Nintendo’s greatest fitness success stories with my custom amiibo…
Pokémon Legends Arceus has done the impossible — it’s made the Pokémon fandom relatively civil again. It’s been roughly two and a half years since that was last true. In June 2019, the announcement that the upcoming Pokémon Sword & Shield wouldn’t have the National Pokédex (and thus, every Pokémon)…
During yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, it finally happened — they announced the localization of a long-dead JRPG, one that had remained Japan-only for decades and seemed destined to fade into obscurity with only a small cult following. But now it not only comes to western shores for the first time, it…
You may or may not be familiar with the HitBox, a controller designed for fighting games that replaces the joystick with extra buttons. It’d designed to be more ergonomically friendly, mechanically precise, and a boon for gamers with certain disabilities, making it a very cool product — one whose design…
Have you ever wanted to play 3DS games on a big screen with blown-up resolution, no 3D, and no portability? Maybe not? Well, Twitter user @SWIMMIN has made it happen anyway, with a rejiggered homebrew dev/capture kit that outputs the console to two monitors. Now that I got retail…
Switch docks are simple and sleek pieces of technology, but the capability to make them more visually enticing exists in the hands of clever individuals — such as DesktopInventions, an engineer who’s made several 3D-printed Nintendo Switch implements in the past such as game holders and lock boxes. Now he’s…
The Nintendo Switch has been delivering hit after hit since its 2017 launch, with multiple established series getting a chance to shine on the handheld hybrid wonder. 2021 saw several of its own, often from third party developers — NEO The World Ends with You finally took us back to…
Welcome to this week’s episode of Mii Weekly, a series where we feature headlines, impressions, and an assortment of variety segments all centered around Nintendo! In the final week of 2021 and the final edition of Mii Weekly, we recognize many of Nintendo’s achievements (and a couple shortcomings) for the…
Can you believe it? It’s been over seven years since amiibo first launched in North America, and the good folks at Nintendo keep pumping out figures at a steady pace. While 2021 didn’t see as many Smash amiibo as I would have liked, we still got 14 brand-new figures and…
The new year is nearly here, which makes it the perfect time to look back on 2021 and think about which memorable Nintendo moments stood out the most. Let’s take a few minutes and think back through the last 12 months… The world has surely changed in just about every…
Sometimes announcements are straight-up weird. Remember when Nintendo spent a huge part of one E3 on Wii Music? Things this year didn’t get quite up to that level of strange, but there was a large number of curiosities — remember Square Enix announcing Project Triangle Strategy, only to drop the…
Among the many video game companies out there, few captivate their audience’s attention with the mere announcement of an announcement like Nintendo. Directs capture the eyes and hearts of half the internet on days where they happen, with people’s satisfaction or disapproval often hinging on the presence (or lack thereof)…
