Alongside the myriad of announcements this morning from the Switch 2 Direct was the confirmation that certain Nintendo Switch titles would be getting enhanced Nintendo Switch 2 Editions. First up for the enhancement process are two of the Switch’s biggest titles, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and…
Not revealed in today’s Direct, Nintendo has a new wrinkle in store for publishers that opt to sell physical games without the physical component. For anyone looking to sell a “key-in-a-box,” Nintendo has a brand-new option: the Switch 2 Game-Key card. As the name suggests, this will be a Switch…
Mario Kart World, the newest entry in the Mario Kart franchise and the first new console game in over a decade, races on to Switch 2 in just two months! First teased back in January for the Switch 2 reveal, Mario Kart World was the first trailer shown off in…
One of the best, most recurring Nintendo easter eggs is whenever “Totaka’s Song” pops up. Usually well hidden or requiring direct player input (or rather, a lack thereof) to start it up, this latest discovery of it comes from a game that already featured the song in a different spot….
Another genre’s getting the No More Heroes treatment in the latest Travis Strikes Again trailer. This time around, it’s all about racing, with Golden Dragon GP entering the mix. Taking cues from Tron, it looks to be a cyber-racing experience paired with some beat ‘em up fun for good measure….
Back in September, hot on the heels of the New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe announcement, the internet whipped itself into a frenzy after spotting the new Super Crown item. With its ability to transform its wearer into Princess Peach, it resulted in fan-art ranging from the cute to the……
The short-but-sweet Gunman Clive games are heading to Switch on January 17th. If you’ve been curious about the western-themed action platformers, give the trailer below a look:
Here we go again. Just because Smash Bros. Ultimate was officially released doesn’t mean the leaks are going to stop! This time, dataminers have combed through the latest Smash Ultimate update files to find a few lines of code that they believe correspond with upcoming DLC fighters for the game….
Can you believe there have been four Kirby series Nendoroid so far, with three of those being Kirby himself? I sure can, because they’re taking up plenty of my shelf space. Still, I’ve got to make room for one more as a new color and Copy Ability is making its…
In case we haven’t met before, I love me some Kirby and that extends to merch of the little guy. When it comes to products though, they usually involve the pink puffball himself and Waddle Dee — with Meta Knight and Dedede tagging along pretty often. As a fan, sometimes…
Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes will see its titular lead traversing through multiple games due to a cursed console. Last time we got another look at Electric Thunder Tiger II, but this time it’s a little less style and a little more suburbs. Welcome to the mild streets of…
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No matter the season, the time, or the setting, there’s nothing like a refreshing drink. That goes for the World of Pokémon too, and the latest theme coming to Pokémon Center stores in Japan pays tribute to one of the series’ most recurring refreshments. Mix au Lait (known in the…
ARMS Party Crash Bash #4, titled “Bodyguard Recruiting,” has been announced, with featured fighters Twintelle and Byte & Barq going head-to-head! ARMS Party Crash Bash is a continuation of the previous “Party Crashes,” except with a bracket-style tournament that involves all of the ARMS characters. “The goal?” says Nintendo. “To…
As we enter 2019, some interesting statistics have come out from the United Kingdom’s Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). The group, which tracks various entertainment industry sales numbers, has revealed that 80% of video game sales in the region were digital. As Eurogamer reports, this includes digital game sales, microtransactions, subscription…
