One of the most hotly debated subjects across the greater video game circles is the simple question of what the greatest video game of all-time is. While the true answer is subjective and open to each individual’s interpretation, another way to tackle the question is to answer what the most…
In the most recent episode of the Video Game History Foundation’s podcast, VGHF founder Frank Cifaldi chatted with former Nintendo of America marketing lead Gail Tilden on a variety of topics relating to her time trying to localize different Nintendo products for the West. After discussing the history of Pokémon,…
During the latest episode of the Video Game History Foundation’s podcast, VGHF founder Frank Cifaldi had Nintendo of America’s former marketing lead Gail Tilden on and they discussed some of the trials and tribulations she went through trying to market certain Nintendo properties to Western audiences. Two big topics came…
It may be another trip through Kanto, but it’s looking like Pokémon: Let’s Go! Pikachu & Eevee are after our heartstrings with what it’s showing. Have a look for yourself to see what the updated presentation, new features, and familiar moments bring to this all new kind of Pokémon journey:…
Multiplayer has always been a large part of Super Smash Bros. Sure, starting out we were limited to one console and four controllers, but over time Smash made online and local battles shine. Now that we’re onto the newest game and utilizing the Nintendo Switch, there’s a lot more on…
Back during the August Smash Direct, Masahiro Sakurai teased a pixelated option on the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate menu screen, which was quickly ungarbled and revealed to read “Spirits”. Now in today’s Smash Direct, we finally understand what that word entails – and it’s not quite anything we expected. Spirits…
With the full fighting roster being revealed after today’s final Smash focused Nintendo Direct, many were undoubtedly disappointed their favorites didn’t make the cut. Fortunately for anyone grifted by the Grinch, Sakurai offered a glimmer of hope for the series’ future. That’s right, fellow fighting fans: Downloadable content is set…
With Smash comes amiibo, and while we’ve known that all new fighters would be receiving the amiibo treatment we’d only seen Inkling, Ridley, and Wolf up to this point. During today’s Direct though, plenty of returning and brand new characters got the chance to tap in and join the ranks…
The final Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct before the game’s launch has revealed that 59 Assist Trophies will be available in the game, including newcomers like Spring Man, Akira, Wily Capsule and more. The following Assist Trophies were all confirmed to be appearing in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate during the…
One of the bigger reveals in today’s Smash Direct was easily the game’s new Spirits feature that’s connected to the Adventure Mode. Called World of Light, it’s sending players on a journey alongside Kirby to save the rest of the fighters and Nintendo characters. Accompanying its reveal was a rendition…
The next Super Smash Bros. is going to be truly Ultimate. Not content to dish out another slate of banal single-player modes, Sakurai has returned to the Adventure Mode model once more. Titled “World of Light,” what we’ve seen makes Subspace Emissary look like a bunch of kiddies playing around…
At the tail end of today’s Smash Bros. Direct, Masahiro Sakurai began speaking about DLC. Five packs, each containing a fighter, stage, and multiple music tracks will be produced but alongside them will be one other playable character separate from the now christened Fighter Pass. If you register your copy…
Turning up the heat right from the get go, two new fighters have come to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Shattering leaks and entering the ring are the Street Fighter Ken as a Ryu Echo Fighter, and the Pokémon Incineroar. We’ll have more on these fighters as information is revealed and…
The final Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct before the game’s launch is upon us! Check out the presentation below and follow along with us via our live blog!
It’s been a couple months since the last Smash Direct back in August, and with another one due in just a matter of hours, as of this writing, that means a whole new month of potential Smash Blog posts to look forward to. Closing things out for this stretch of…
