Birthdays can mean a lot of things for people – time with friends or family, treating yourself to something special, or just disconnecting from responsibilities. For Kirby it means cake, cake, and more cake. カービィさん、お誕生日おめでとうございます！今日はわれわれワドルディレポート隊が、カービィさんのためにケーキをご用意しました♪さぁ、カービィさん！みなさんへコメントをお願いします…って、わわわっ！？食べるのはまだ早いですよ～っ！！#カービィのハッピーバースデー pic.twitter.com/mVy2QldNbg — 星のカービィ (@Kirby_JP) April 26, 2024 Yes, April 27th marks Kirby’s 32nd birthday and…
LEGO and Animal Crossing is a match made in heaven, but there was one curious omission from the line when it launched earlier this year: K.K. Slider. How could one of the most iconic characters of modern gaming not be included alongside villagers like Julian and Bunnie? Who even are…
Earlier this morning, Spanish gaming website Vandal reported new information provided by a reputable accessory manufacturer regarding the Switch 2. According to the report, the unnamed manufacturer claims to have interacted with the new console, which was encased in an “opaque box,”. Apparently, they were unable to see the console…
One of the hardest things about playing the Switch in Tabletop Mode is the fact that the charging port is on the bottom of the system, meaning it’s unable to be charged unless you change to Handheld Mode. Thankfully, Nintendo now has a solution for players who find themselves lamenting…
Are you ready to join the baddest of the bad? To wear some new clothes that look really rad? Check out this new line from the Pokémon Center, it’s got all the bling you need to look like a proper dissenter. There are t-shirts and beanies and bandanas too, all…
Back in 2016, First4Figures teased two new additions to The Legend of Zelda line. The first was the Majora’s Mask Life-Size Replica which debuted last year. With 2017 behind us, it’s only fitting that the second tease, True Form Midna’s ¼ scale statue, can grace our shelves now. A teaser…
It’s been a while since we’ve checked in on the Street Fighter: Miniatures Game Kickstarter. Headed by AngryJoe and Jasco games with support from Capcom, it KO’d its base goal of $400,000 and in its final hours it’s nearly quintupled that amount. In doing so it’s gained the rest of…
For the last 16 years, the first Saturday in May has been a celebration of comics. Whether it’s been a time-honored tradition of your geek pride or something that you have yet to participate in, this year’s Free Comic Book Day has some video game related comics in its lineup…
Nintendo’s cardboard Toy-Cons have been inspiring fans and artists alike since hitting the market last month. Throw in the Toy-Con Garage feature and contests challenging you to come up with creative cardboard creations, it was only so much time until a company would step in and bring something new to…
There seems to be an endless stream of Kirby merchandise lately. After the huge, year-long 25th anniversary celebration ended, we immediately moved on to honor the pink puffball’s 26th year, both of which brought us a multitude of new products and imagery. Moving forward, the merch numbers continue to grow,…
In anticipation for Hallmark’s Keepsake ornaments for 2018, individual pages for some of the products have been added to the company’s site. Sure, Christmas may be seven months away, but it’s important to keep in mind that Hallmark splits its collection between two dates. The first one — its Christmas…
2018 has been a great year for Mega Man fans so far, with the announcement that both the Classic and X series are heading to Switch and the brand-new Mega Man 11 set to release by the end of the year. There’s also quite a lot of merch on the…
The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia, the final volume in The Goddess Collection trilogy, is almost here. Dark Horse has given IGN the honor of showing off the book (previously Kotaku announced its existence in October) — we haven’t seen its interior up to this point, which makes this the book’s…
Lillie’s new look and attitude was a fantastic element added to Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon. Of course, with this new attitude, new merchandise was in order. Earlier this year at Wonder Festival Winter we were treated to quite a few new figures of Lillie: Figma, Nendoroid, and a…
Next year will see the release of the Sonic the Hedgehog movie, a live-action animation hybrid co-produced by Paramount and Sega America, which entered production earlier this year. We’ve yet to see anything significant from the project, but the first major sign has come out of this week’s Cinema Con…
