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…
The wonderful folks at Hori sent us a trio of Pokémon Legends: Arceus-themed accessories for the Nintendo Switch. We’ve gone hands-on with them in our latest video below. Get a closer look at the Split Pad Pro, Adventure Pack, and Premium Vault Case — and hear what we have to…
Have you ever wanted a little plastic bubble containing a Pikachu being eaten by a large bird? No? Well why not? The latest bit of Poké-merch consists of little terrarium orbs (styled after Poké Balls) of various Galar region locales and Pokémon, including the following: Cramorant eating a Pikachu…
There are more Nedoroids than I could ever hope to own available courtesy of Good Smile, with a few Kirby figures being all I’ve picked up so far. That said, I might need to make room for this little guy, a rendition of Hades’ Zagreus in their signature style. It’s…
When you think about it, the Switch is quite a romantic system, with it actively encouraging the sharing of Joy-Con for two-player co-operation. Then again, if you decided to play Mario Party Superstars you might just ruin any relationship. Nintendo of Europe has leaned into this romantic shareability with some…
Do you want drip? Ink drip? Then Nintendo Tokyo has the gear for you, as a new line of Splatoon 3 merch just dropped in the wake of yesterday’s reveal for the game’s Salmon Run mode. Titled “SQUID or OCTO,” the lineup is themed around the duality between Inklings and…
There’s only a matter of weeks until Sonic speeds back to cinemas, this time with Tails and Knuckles in tow. A new trailer for the sequel has been released that’s set to be shown during the Super Bowl, and while there’s a lot of familiar content from the last one,…
Sometimes the Sonic franchise can be very self-aware, even if it’s hard to tell if it’s intentional. Case in point, calling a new official remix “Edgy”. The new tune is part of the Sonic Sessions music roll-out which has previously featured two tunes with vocals from Persona 5’s Lyn. This…
When Utada Hikaru returned to the Kingdom Hearts series with its third entry, they went all out with not one but two songs for the game – the slower ballad Don’t Think Twice, and the energetic Face My Fears (feat. Skrillex). That latter song recently received a new remix by…
Another Good Smile WonHobby deluge of merchandise news has dropped, and while the majority of the figures tackle anime and manga licenses, a few video games can be spotted, too. For starters, Metroid Dread’s version of Samus is getting her own Figma articulated figure. Her Other M, Zero Suit, and…
Kirby and the Forgotten Land’s Mouthful Mode has endeared itself to the masses in mere moments. From the moment Kirby swallowed that car, the possibilities were opened wider than his maw! In Hong Kong at least, Nintendo is leaning into the mechanic in a great way, introducing one of the…
Gift boxes are a staple in the Animal Crossing franchise, and now you can show your AC love in real life: My Nintendo UK has added a wrapping paper set for the price of 400 Platinum Points. The set includes three varieties of wrapping paper — a quilt-like…
Raymond in boxes — or rather, a single box — is now cheaper than ever AND physically tangible: he’s just one of a handful of new All Star Collection plushies available for pre-order, along with fellow villagers Lily, Hamlet, Francine, and Chrissy. Each is available for the…
