With how popular Shantae has become over the years, it’s surprising to learn that one of the games in the series was actually cancelled over 20 years ago. Despite that, Wayforward didn’t give up and would revive the project many years later to create a long-lost interquel for the series….
While home consoles are a widespread and ubiquitous part of the greater video game industry now, it hasn’t always been that way. Video game consoles have their origins from arcade machines, and the transition they made to end up in people’s living rooms was thanks in large part to systems…
As part of today’s financial report for Nintendo, company president Shuntaro Furukawa noted that Nintendo will be considering a price adjustment to the Switch 2 depending on how the situation of President Trump’s tariffs evolves in the coming months. With nobody sure of what the impact will be when Trump’s…
Someone call the bomb squad! Bomberman ‘94 is blowing up North American Wii U Virtual Consoles tomorrow! Redeveloped in North America under the title Mega Bomberman, Bomberman ‘94 is a faithful port of the original Japanese PC Engine version in all its unaltered multiplayer mayhem glory. Interestingly enough, it was…
Coming in fast on the strength of the two games released in the series, Azure Striker Gunvolt’s animation project is releasing soon. I’ve enjoyed both installments so far of the Gunvolt games, and I think they’re some of the best indie titles in the eShop. I must not be the…
Get ready to once again destroy the core and save the galaxy! The far superior version of Gradius finally warp drives back to North American Wii U Virtual Consoles tomorrow! Released on the PC Engine in Japan back in 1991, this extremely faithful port of the 1985 Arcade classic shooter…
With its release coming up fast, Yooka-Laylee has come a long way since its crowdfunded beginnings. While the Wii U version may be cancelled and the Switch version will be missing the game’s launch window for other platforms, there is something the folks over at Playtonic might have up their…
I recently sat down with my six-year-old daughter and loaded up The Legend of Zelda on Wii U’s Virtual Console. As a lifelong Nintendo fan and a child of the ’80s and ’90s, I’ve played through the game far too many times to count, and I can barely remember my…
The Super Mario Run Golden Goomba event is here! We go after the first 20 Golden Goombas in an attempt to get our first Golden Goomba statue.
For the second time this week, no new catchers enter the fray. Maybe that’s a good thing given the hundreds of Fire Emblem badges to collect! In celebration of the franchise’s first mobile release tomorrow, Fire Emblem: Fates badges have awakened in the Badge Arcade, giving players another chance to…
In a statement to Polygon, Nintendo has confirmed that Project Giant Robot has officially been scrapped. For those unfamiliar with the game, Project Giant Robot was first shown off all the way back at E3 2014 as a Wii U exclusive title. When asked why the game had been scrapped,…
Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima has announced to Japanese financial newspaper The Nikkei that the Switch’s online services will cost between 2,000 and 3,000 yen a year. That’s approximately $17.50-$26.50, or roughly $1.50-$2.20 a month. 1) Just in: Nintendo president Kimishima tells the Nikkei Switch's online service will be priced…
The official Splatoon Twitter account has revealed a number of details about how player communication will work in the upcoming Splatoon 2. Splatoon 2 will support both online lobbies and voice chat for multiplayer games right out the gate, albeit via a smartphone application. Players can use the smartphone application…
For any of you who have played Super Mario Run to exhaustion, there’s a reason to pick it back up again. Announced on the official Nintendo Twitter, Nintendo has started the first ever Super Mario Run event, titled “Mega Event! Gold Goomba!” During the event, special Gold Goombas will appear…
Last month’s “Choose Your Legends” contest for the upcoming mobile game Fire Emblem Heroes received a high level of engagement, as 1.2 million votes were cast, according to Nintendo of Japan. The news comes in the form of a tweet, which shows off a couple of characters involved in both…
