The beat-em-up genre tends to stay in its lane. Its tried-and-true arcade format has rarely been deviated from or added onto. There have been some recent attempts at modernizing the genre such as Xbox Game Studios’ live service brawler Towerborne or the open nature of WayForward’s River City Girls games….
If you can believe it, a second Animal Crossing-like knock-off game has appeared on the PlayStation store recently. Dubbed “Anime Village Online,” the sole screenshot available for the game looks not only heavily inspired by Animal Crossing, but almost like an HD mod for New Horizons. Spotted by Redditor YellowFlower69,…
Switch Online subscribers are in for a treat this month. As announced by Nintendo last night, the Super Nintendo App is going to receive a trio of new games for October 2025. One of those is the western debut of Mario & Wario, the 1993 puzzle game developed by Game…
With the cancellation of the Tokai region tournament and the online holding of the national final Splatoon tournament, goods that were supposed to be sold at the venue are instead being sold via the Japanese My Nintendo Store. The merchandise is being sold from July 9th to August 17th….
Various magazines in Japan are published and bundled with some sweet swag- and we’re talking more than just a poster insert. For example, in years past this was the only way to acquire two promotional Animal Crossing amiibo cards. Yet, that’s just one example. You can the likes of small…
Yet again, Animal Crossing fans in Japan have more merchandise to collect. Inspired by the series’ latest release, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, this particular collection gives Timmy & Tommy Nook one of their cutest “plushie” versions yet. The catch to this set is that it’s only available via a lottery…
Yesterday’s full reveal of the LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System set has no doubt gotten fans and collectors looking for ways to ensure they can pick up this build. For anyone eyeing online storefronts at this time, you may want to narrow your search. In a release from Nintendo, they not…
Capcom’s Dragon’s Dogma may not rank along with Monster Hunter or Street Fighter numbers for the company, but it’s still a multi-million seller and a unique part of their library. Now it’s branching out to a new form of media, as the previously announced animated Netflix series has just revealed…
Update: We previously reported that there was no render of Jolteon posted online. We’d like to thank Switch Nindies for amending that, pointing us over to “Funko POP News !” The owner of that Twitter account did share the following image of Jolteon. In early May, we reported on…
Are you itching for some new Pokémon bling in your life? If so you’re in luck, as Japanese jeweler U-Treasure revealed its newest Pokémon jewelry release, featuring none other than everyone’s favorite sleeping ‘mon, Snorlax! Available to purchase now is a Snorlax ring in silver, or the Snorlax necklace that…
If you blinked, you may have missed the fact that older Pokémon cards have skyrocketed in value of the past few months. Yesterday, another graded Japanese Pokémon card went for some big money. How much, you ask? Try $90,000. The card in question is the Pocket Monsters (Japanese) Trading Card…
If you love the complicated story of the Kingdom Hearts series but prefer to do the Donald voice yourself, you’ll soon be able to own the official English localization of the Kingdom Hearts III manga this fall. Coming from Yen Press, the official manga is created by Shiro…
We got a glimpse of Funko’s upcoming Espeon figure courtesy of @OfficialPokePOP last week, and now it looks like the Pokémon Center itself is gearing up for the release. Per usual, the site has updated its dedicated Funko page with the latest evolution ahead of the figure’s actual release. This…
Yesterday, we got our first glimpse at a new Lego set based on the Nintendo Entertainment System thanks to some leaks, but now it’s official and we’ve got a trailer highlighting its impressive mechanical scrolling feature! Better yet? The set will launch alongside the Lego Mario sets on…
It’s been a hundred years since Calamity Ganon appeared and wreaked havoc on Hyrule — oh, wait. Wrong timeline! Here in 2020, it has been over three years since The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was released for the Wii U and Nintendo Switch. With any popular Nintendo…
