Just last September, Splatoon 3 celebrated its two-year anniversary in a spectacular sendoff with the Grand Festival. This celebration also marked the effective ending of the game, with new monthly Splatfest themes coming to a close. While the new content has slowed down, it hasn’t stopped entirely, as the seasonal…
For older Nintendo fans, Space World 2000 is one of the most pivotal moments in the company’s history. The event where Nintendo not only unveiled the GameCube to the public but showcased Super Mario 128 and some ridiculously high-quality 3D renders for a Legend of Zelda prototype, Space World 2000…
Across Nintendo’s vast reach, Mario has quite a few unique games under his belt. While most people tend to focus on the main series entries, there’s many games that fly under the radar for one reason or another. One such oft-forgotten title is Super Mario Run. This mobile-exclusive platformer doesn’t…
The nostalgia for Sonic is strong, it would seem. According to Sega, the recently released Sonic x Shadows Generations has sold one million units on launch day. While there isn’t a platform breakdown for which version did the best, the sentiment is clear: people really love the Blue Blur and…
It’s kind of hilarious that Nintendo believes people won’t share information about the ongoing NSO playtest. Having started just yesterday, October 23rd, 2024, and running for a whole week, there is no possible way that someone with access to the internet wasn’t going to share something about this application. Whenever…
Have you seen one of those incredible Pokémon vending machines out in the wild? They’re official Pokémon vending machines, complete with a giant Poké Ball at the top, and up until now I’ve only really seen them in shopping malls. However, you might get lucky and find one at your…
Update: As of this morning, the Nintendo Switch Online Playtest has officially begun. Just as quickly as testing started, loads of screenshots, videos, and impressions were uploaded—and promptly removed—from social media. While we can’t show them here, for those curious, they aren’t too difficult to find if you look around….
It feels like an eternity since Nintendo confirmed the Switch 2 was real and would be announced no later than the end of the 2024 fiscal year. Many fans, myself included, assumed we’d have heard something by now, but unfortunately, we still know as little today as we did six…
As developers continue to innovate and gaming advances into a new era, it can often be easy to forget where a lot of the amazing things we have now first came from. For that reason, it’s a good idea to periodically look back at the greats of the past and…
New trademarks have been filed by Nintendo, but these latest entries don’t have anything to do with new games. Instead, 10 new trademarks were filed in Japan by Nintendo on October 11th, all falling under Class 43. So what is Class 43? It all has to do with food, drink,…
After the absolutely brutal news yesterday that Ubisoft had disbanded the team responsible for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, it seems that not everything is entirely gloom and doom for the publisher. According to a new report from Insider Gaming, the former Prince of Persia team has had most…
As seems to be a tradition with Nintendo games nowadays, early copies of Mario & Luigi: Brothership have been leaked online ahead of the title’s official release on November 7, 2024. We already reported on copies out in the wild confirming that Brothership runs on Unreal Engine and was developed…
After a few years of running a YouTube channel dedicated to game development tips and insights, Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai has finally hung up the reins. In his final video, he not only shared some extra insight about what he hopes to achieve with any new projects, but Sakurai…
It’s official! After a long wait, Dotemu has finally confirmed that Metal Slug Tactics will be launching on Nintendo Switch, PS4/PS5, Xbox, and Steam on November 5th. Check out the announcement trailer below! Unlike other entries in the Metal Slug franchise, Metal Slug Tactics brings turn-based combat while…
The yearly Halloween event is back and Pokémon GO and is once again split into two parts. For Halloween Part I, Morpeko and Dynamax Gastly debut. Some Costumed Pokémon will be available early, but they’re paywalled behind two paid Timed Research quests. The Halloween 2024 Part II event will start…
