In a surprising turn of events, Nintendo has actually lost a legal battle against an opponent that is several magnitudes smaller than itself. As spotted by Eurogamer today, the Costa Rican supermarket named “Super Mario” has emerged victorious in a trademark battle that The Big N started over its name….
As 2025 carries on and anticipation for the year builds, it feels as if the collective video game industry is holding its breath for something big. With so much to look forward to, many are eager to hear more on upcoming titles and more. Fortunately, the relative silence is set…
Once a hilarious meme that somehow took life 17 years later, Hello Kitty Island Adventure is now available for digital download on PC and Switch. A riff on Nintendo’s popular Animal Crossing series, Island Adventure sees players start a new life with their favorite Sanrio characters on an island where…
Pokémon Masters EX is quickly approaching its 3rd anniversary and while there are plenty of in-game activities planned for the mobile title, Pokémon Center locations in Japan will be celebrating not only with a campaign, but with a merchandise release too! Dress up your phone with a Poryphone…
People continue to buy video games. Why? Just to suffer? Surely there are too many video games to enjoy in this one transient lifetime. Why, if I could just find the person who made this world so cruel and fleeting, I’d… continue to report on the video games people are…
The main merchandising force of Pokémon focuses mostly on… well, the Pokémon, but just as often the trainers who command them are just as appealing. And Pokémon Center Japan will be stocking some new small keychain plushies of iconic trainers soon from their “Mascot Pokémon Trainers” line, including: …
Sega has been coy about a specific release date for Sonic Frontiers, even though we know it’s headed here by the end of the year. But thanks to a listing on a Taiwan Kuji shop, we may have a release date set: November 15th. As pointed out by u/FahdaadTD on…
Halloween may not be happening for two more months (and some odd weeks), but that hasn’t stopped companies from announcing their spooky plans for this year. In fact, The Pokémon Company announced last month what their Halloween plans were, along with announcing the new Pokémon TCG: Trick or Trade BOOsters….
Yesterday it was A Short Hike’s 2nd anniversary on Nintendo Switch. What’s a better way than to celebrate it by taking this digitally released game and make not one, but two limited physical edition runs for it? Super Rare Games announced today that this charming indie title is their next…
Earlier today Sega of Japan held a livestream confirming the last few games for the Sega Mega Drive Mini 2 in Japan. Shortly after, the western branches of the company confirmed the list and we finally have confirmation that the system will be heading to Europe on the same date!…
Square Enix and Warner Bros. Japan’s upcoming anime based on Legend of Mana, subtitled The Teardrop Crystal, finally has an airdate in Japan and it’ll arrive in early October. As Gematsu reports, the first episode of the show will air at 01:25 a.m. JST on October 7th during MBS and…
The Splatoon 3 media campaign continues! While the Squid Research Lab in North America is taking a break today (just teasing what special weapons they’ll cover next), it’s been a different story for the game’s Japanese social media accounts. Last night, a new “Starting Splatoon” site launched, aimed at getting…
Nintendo scalpers are present in every facet of the company’s presence from the newest console to the oldest game, and theme parks are no exception – folks have been hawking exclusive goods from Super Nintendo World from practically the moment it first opened in 2021. But now you don’t have…
You may know of Embracer Group, the giant Swedish conglomerate that’s made headlines almost entirely off the back of all the studios and other companies they’ve bought over the past couple of years – ranging from Dark Horse Comics and Gearbox Software to the acquisition of Crystal Dynamics and Eidos…
It was only two days ago that Kotaku published a report on a “frat boy” culture of sexual harassment and other deplorable actions at Nintendo of America, the latest in a long string of troubled murmurings from the company. A couple days later, Kotaku has obtained the internal memo from…
