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…
To prep for the release of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Nintendo has added a “Mini Guide” for the game as a reward on My Nintendo. This so-called “Mini Guide” contains the first chapter of the complete official guide to the game and provides a sneak-peek of…
As part of The Pokémon Company’s continued crusade to suck the money out of all our wallets by making us remember the good ol’ days, the first trailer for Pokémon: I Choose You — a movie recounting the early escapades of Ash and Pikachu — has dropped. The footage is…
Happily Candied unboxes the brand new Pikachu Yellow Edition New 3DS XL in our latest unboxing video!
We know news about the Breath of the Wild Master Edition is still a little bittersweet at the moment for many Zelda fans since the Amazon pre-order cancellation fiasco, however, thanks to the official Nintendo of Norway page we get our first good look at the upcoming Master Sword statue…
First 4 Figures has released a new video giving a full overview of its upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Link statue. One of the more notable details that was mentioned was that this is only the first in a whole new range of Breath of the…
I hope you’ve learned Protect because the Pokémon Center website is set to cast Giga Drain on your wallets with a massive update of adorably cuddly pocket monster plushes. From Kanto favorites to Alola newbies, there’s plenty of variety for Trainers who’ve just gotta catch ‘em all. Most notable are…
Earlier this month, we reported that a Castlevania television series was coming to Netflix later this year. Now, thanks to one of the series producers, Adi Shankar, we get our first glimpse into the world of Castlevania in the form of a teaser trailer. The Castlevania television show…
This week in the Nintendo eShop: Harvest Moon celebrates two decades of fictitious farming, forma.8 fills the Metroidvania shaped hole in my heart, and mad cat Kokopolo claws his way out of DSiWare obscurity. For shovelry! In celebration of the upcoming launch of Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove and Specter of…
We’re sure that in this undeniably warm winter, plenty of you are already ready for springtime. And it looks like the Pokémon Center is, too! If you’re subscribed to the Pokémon Center newsletter, you should have gotten (or should be getting) an email showcasing some new items hot off the…
Kirby’s 25th anniversary celebration was announced late last year, and the party’s already getting started. Retailers in Japan have been consistently receiving a nice string of new merchandise of our favorite pink puffball ever since the announcement. From chocolate themed keychains to brand new plushes, it’ll be impossible for your…
The official US Pokémon Center has announced that a new line of figures is coming, starting on February 27th. Gallery Figures feature Mew, Eevee, Pikachu and Magikarp as they perform some of their signature moves. The first four Gallery Figures depict some well-known Pokémon as they perform an attack: Mew…
It’s no use pretending you don’t love this brand new Silver the Hedgehog statue from First 4 Figures. The new pose of everyone’s favorite time traveling hedgehog features Silver using his psychokinetic powers to bend metal bars to create a way forward, as seen countless times in the legendary Sonic…
