With the recent announcement that Ōkami 2 will finally see the light of day, it seems that series creator Hideki Kamiya is now able to more freely talk about the origins of everyone’s favorite sun goddess. In a post on Twitter, Kamiya divulged some new information regarding where the concept…
I consider myself to be a pretty big fighting game fan. I’ve been actively following the genre since I first played Tekken on PlayStation as a child. Since 2017, however, my console of choice has been the Nintendo Switch and, as a fighting gamer, things haven’t been too hot. While…
In a very sad turn of events, Nippon Ichi Software has announced via its official website that president and CEO Tetsuhisa Seko has passed away. Seko passed away at some point in the morning of January 24th, 2025, and was 54 years old at the time. Seko had been appointed…
It’s almost here – this month, an all-new Pokémon generation will begin with the arrival of Scarlet and Violet for the Nintendo Switch. Naturally the marketing is ramping up to a crescendo and as part of that we’ve got a new Japanese overview trailer covering what to expect. …
In true Halloween spirit, Nintendo gave Switch owners a treat in the form of a new system update a few days ago, which has been issued to resolve some nasty tricks. According to the official Nintendo website, the 15.0.1 update, released on October 31st, does not introduce anything too significant…
The Netflix Gaming family is growing once again with the acquisition of yet another indie studio. This time around it’s Spry Fox, the developer behind last year’s delightfully spooky Cozy Grove. Spry Fox will be Netflix Gaming’s sixth in-house game studio, joining others like Night School Studio and Boss Fight…
You know, when Nintendo first revealed NSO icons, my mind lit up with possibilities and games that might feature as monthly features, a way to highlight older and perhaps under the radar games in the Switch’s extensive catalogue. And while the handling of icons for newer releases has been nice,…
Most of the denizens of the Splatlands (and elsewhere in the world of Splatoon 3) are, by nature, sleek and squishy rather than soft and furry — with the exception of two fuzzy felines. Judd and Lil’ Judd, the pair of cats with big “Don’t talk to me or my…
For the Pokémon completionist who has lots of shelf space and some extra dough to throw around, The Wand Company is adding yet another entry into its impressive collection of Poké Ball replicas. After hitting all the big ones, like Great, Ultra, Premier, and Poké, The Wand Company has moved…
One of the annoying blowbacks to a specific game getting extremely popular or influential is that “Guy who has only seen Boss Baby” effect: suddenly any game where you die frequently is Dark Souls, any RPG that’s quirky is Earthbound, and — most persistent these days — any naturalistic open…
Business strategy sometimes just sounds kinda… fake to me. Like you have all these ostensibly smart, highly educated people in suits pointing at graphs and charts and numbers and it looks intelligent but then you hear something that sounds straight from an elementary school playground. Like, if you told a…
It’s official! Nintendo of America has re-released the amazing Marina and Pearl amiibo in North America, and they are up to order right now! Snag a 2-Pack at the links below: (Affiliate Links below) Best Buy $24.99 via Best Buy Amazon Coming soon Walmart Coming Soon Target Coming Soon
Last month Tag Heuer announced a pair of analog Mario Kart watches featuring plenty of bells and whistles (and a sizeable price tag!) Casio is the latest company to debut a Mario-themed watch and this time it’s digital and retro. The DW-5600SMB is a themed G-Shock watch which incorporates multiple…
Over the past two weeks we saw a prequel comic to Sonic Frontiers which was cut into two parts. We’ve known of another project for months now, however, and it’s finally landed. Check out Sonic Frontiers Prologue: Divergence and its Knuckles debut below: It’s quite the showcase and…
Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania has several bizarre DLC characters, like Kiryu from the Yakuza series, but all things considered Persona 5’s Morgana was a perfect fit. Unfortunately, his time in endless torment, trapped in a ball flung through surreal landscapes, is coming to an end. Banana Mania’s official Twitter…
