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…
Capcom’s no stranger to providing 3DS themes alongside Monster Hunter. Digital copies of 4 Ultimate are coming with one by default, and to celebrate game’s success overseas the company had another available free theme to all 3DS owners for a limited time. This trend is continuing with Monster Hunter Generations’…
The Squid Sisters, Callie and Marie, are heading to Super Mario Maker according to a well known Wii U data miner, NWPlayer123. Noticed in a video posted this morning, the data was discovered in the latest update file of Super Mario Maker. Series 2 of the Splatoon amiibo will hit…
Join Happily Candied and Amiibo Jason as they welcome Jared Rutledge to the newscast! This week, they discuss Nintendo in the movie business, Pokémon GO, and Pokémon Sun and Moon!
Just a little over a year ago, former Rare employees released a Kickstarter for a spiritual successor to their beloved Banjo-Kazooie series called Yooka-Laylee. That project was funded in 38 minutes. Today, Playtonic Games released a new look at what it claims is representative of the final product. In a…
The release of Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE is just over a month away, and Nintendo’s marketing machine is finally starting to build up to the launch. The company’s latest effort to get people on board with the upcoming Wii U JRPG is a trailer that delves deep into the game’s…
Welcome to the Character Column! Each week, I’ll be taking a look at a different character from Nintendo’s long and esteemed history, and I’ll analyze what makes them interesting, nuanced, or just plain memorable. Whether they’re heroes, villains or NPCs, I’ll explain why they deserve respect or love from the…
Fans of old school dungeon crawlers, take note – Atlus has released two new trailers for the upcoming Etrian Odyssey V: The End of the Long Myth, each featuring a separate class: the Reaper and the Necromancer. The reaper appears to be a front-row debilitating class, one that uses a…
A few days ago, the official Japanese Pokémon Twitter made an announcement that more information about Pokémon Sun and Moon will be released June 2nd. Since last week’s news didn’t get an announcement from anywhere other than Japan, it’s safe to assume that this Japanese tweet was meant to suggest…
Yet another Super Mario Maker update has landed, but this time around it isn’t anything too significant. From what players have gathered so far the new patch is mostly concerned with making search tools more convenient and fair. Here’s the full list of changes: The “Weekly” option for the Star…
One of the most enduring rhythm games of the past decade is Bandai Namco’s Taiko no Tatsujin series. Only localized once for the West as Taiko: Drum Master on the PS2, although Donkey Konga can be seen as a spin-off, the franchise has thrived in its home region of Japan,…
In American trademark news, it appears that Nintendo’s claim on “Hyrule Warriors” has been abandoned. According to a thread on NeoGAF, the trademark for “Hyrule Warriors” expired on April 22nd of this year following multiple notices from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. On March 26th, 2015, the trademark…
This week in the Nintendo eShop: Contra III blasts its way on the 3DS Virtual Console, PixelJunk Monsters debuts on Nintendo Consoles, and Pikachu seeks friends and adventure in PokéPark Wii for the Wii U Virtual Console. There’s not much going on this week in the way of deals. If…
