The Wii U has now been offline since April of last year. However, this hasn’t stopped online gamers from seeking out unofficial means of still playing their favorite Wii U games online. Although this has been an ongoing situation since last spring, Nintendo has just now taken to social media…
The Pokémon Trading Card Game is, once again, going through a bit of a collector’s boom at the moment. In the years since Pokémon card frenzy reached an all-time high in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, hype around new set releases had died down somewhat, meaning it wasn’t all…
In the long history of gaming, the exploration of different genres has been one of the key ways that franchises have evolved. One of the earliest genres to take hold was the beloved RPG format, with turn-based gameplay and a focus on story. With how long this formula has existed,…
This week in the Nintendo eShop: Trick-or-treating in January and a trio of Culture Brain martial arts classics roundhouse kick Virtual Consoles. It’s an anemic week in the eShop discount aisle. Amazingly fun (not to mention cheap) puzzle platformers Toki Tori and Toki Tori 3D are both still on sale…
In celebration of the franchise’s first mobile release next week, Fire Emblem: Fates badges awaken once again in the Badge Arcade, giving players another chance to recruit all their favorite characters from the latest 3DS offering in the long running strategy series. Blue-haired, falchion wielding lords and ladies not your…
The Mario Sports Superstars launch is drawing closer and more information about the game and everything coming along with it is getting announced. Just today, in fact, Nintendo of Europe shared new details about the title that we weren’t yet announced. Most excitingly, especially for all you amiibo collectors out…
Pokémon is one of those franchises that can be really shaken up by hackers – training the “perfect” Pokémon is usually a lot of time and effort, after all. In response the Pokémon Company has started cracking down on those with detected altered save data by banning them from online…
With a little less than a week to go, Nintendo has revealed the current polling in the Fire Emblem Heroes: Choose Your Legends event. The competition is stacked so far, but on both the male and female sides is a frontrunner. For the men, we have Ike, the Radiant Hero…
We’ve compiled a comprehensive list of all Zelda: Breath of the Wild themed accessories created for the Switch. Browse the categories below and click links to be directed to sales pages. To view all of the upcoming Nintendo Switch games and accessories, check out our Nintendo Switch Launch Day Buyers…
Sharpen those Kunai and dust off your ninja garbs: Little Ninja Brothers is sneaking onto North American Wii U Virtual Console tomorrow! Rounding out today’s smattering of martial arts themed retro classics is Little Ninja Brothers: the second, far superior game in the Super Chinese series after Kung-Fu Heroes. The…
Super Chinese and Culture Brain fans have another reason to celebrate tomorrow’s eShop offerings: Kung-Fu Heroes is officially dropkicking North American Wii U Virtual Console tomorrow! Originally released in arcades back in 1984 and eventually ported to the NES in 1986, Kung-Fu Heroes is basically 8-bit one-punch man on steroids….
This past Tuesday, The Pokémon Company released Pokémon Duel in the West. The title, which came out in Japan last year under the name Pokémon Comaster, is a free-to-play mobile game that takes many of the monsters from the various Pokémon games, turns them into (virtual) amiibo-esque figurines, and creates…
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild producer Eiji Aonuma spoke to French publication Le Monde, where he discussed some of the design decisions in the new open world Zelda game. He offered tidbits of information, including that the core team at Nintendo working on the game was made…
The official Legend of Zelda Facebook page has released another new image from the upcoming Breath of the Wild, this time featuring what appears to be a Sheikah town or village. At the center of the image, we see what looks like a shrine with the Sheikah eye featured prominently…
Martial arts students still tired of waxing Mr. Miyagi’s car take note: Secret Scrolls successor Flying Warriors is coming to the North American Wii U Virtual Console tomorrow! Released back in 1991 on the NES and deeply inspired by its predecessor Flying Dragon: The Secret Scroll, players assume control of…
