Ask any random person who they think is the most successful video game company in existence and you’re more than likely going to get Nintendo as a response. Through many generations of ups and downs, the House of Mario has remained supreme thanks to its legendary IP and its connection…
For what seems like an eternity now, Nintendo has been supporting Tetris 99 with new themes based around its upcoming games. Every so often, another “Maximus Cup” event will run that allows players to unlock a new theme by earning 100 points during online competition. It’s a fun little way…
Comments on the latest Digital Foundry podcast suggest that there are many developers that are still struggling to obtain Nintendo Switch 2 development kits. On DF Direct Weekly #228 (via Nintendo Everything), hosts John Linneman and Oliver Mackenzie shared their findings from discussions they had with developers at last week’s…
If you’ve booted up Fire Emblem Engage at all, you were probably knocked off your feet by the opening song, a rocking, over the top anthem that much like the rest of the game is emanating pure burning melodrama. That very song is getting a CD release soon in Japan,…
As expected, Bandai Namco has dropped the third part of its classic four-part Tales of Symphonia the Animation series for free on YouTube. You can catch the first and second episodes in our prior articles, though if you’re planning on playing the upcoming remaster at all you might want to…
Got some Platinum Points burning a hole in your digital pocket? Fear not, as a shiny new reward is available at the My Nintendo Store! For 700 Platinum Points, you can pick up this button pin set themed to the newly released Fire Emblem Engage. This reward contains…
Mario’s Italian-ness is a matter of debate among scholarly historians. While his status as an Italian-American plumber living in Brooklyn was once widely accepted lore, in the decades after the ’90s, as TV shows and cartoons for the mascot disappeared and his role in the fantastical Mushroom Kingdom became more…
Update (2/20/23): It looks like the release of Snorlax and Togepi is inching closer, Squishmallows fans! The Squishmallows and Pokémon Instagram accounts have joined together to give a cute sneak peek of the two newest additions in a short clip. Get a look at the already-released Pikachu and Gengar with…
Last week, Bandai Namco dropped a surprise on its YouTube channel – the first episode of the four-part Tales of Symphonia the Animation. Now it looks like the company will be sharing all of the episodes for free, with the second dropping earlier today. Be sure to turn on closed…
There’s just a few weeks to go until The Super Mario Bros. Movie makes its debut on cinema screens around the globe and the merchandise machine is starting to gear up. Jakks Pacific, the company that has been handling a wide variety of Nintendo properties for years now, has officially…
There are hundreds of thousands of Pokémon plushes out there in the world that are just begging to be hugged, but what if the tables were turned? That’s the premise of this new wave announced by The Pokémon Company Japan where you can be hugged by some very long-armed Pokémon!…
One of the coolest features that Super Nintendo World will bring to the public when it officially opens its pipes to the masses on February 17th is the Power-Up Band, an amiibo-like NFC bracelet that allows park goers interact with various areas in Super Nintendo World, including rides, set pieces,…
Super Mario has always been an important part of my childhood, and seeing some of the amazing Mario themed merchandise hit store shelves as of late has me feeling like a ten year-old boy again. The latest toy to be released is part of Jakks Pacific’s Super Mario Bros. Movie…
Next month, Bandai Namco will be releasing a remaster of Tales of Symphonia for modern systems, letting even more players play the foundational 3D entry in the long-running series. Symphonia was something of a smash-hit when it first came out, eventually netting itself an anime adaptation, animated by Ufotable and…
Fangamer does like nobody else. I’ve been buying from the humble video game merch retailer for over a decade at this point and they have yet to disappoint me. In fact, they much more often surpass my already lofty expectations in ways I can’t imagine. And they’ve done so yet…
