Last week marked a monumental occasion for Nintendo, as the beloved Super Mario franchise celebrated its 40th anniversary. Naturally, this occasion came with many Mario-related announcements in the Nintendo Direct aired a day prior. Among these reveals came the news of some of the most requested additions to the Nintendo…
In what is likely to turn out to be merely a rumor, the Instagram account for Cinépolis El Salvador (a movie theater chain in El Salvador) may have accidentally leaked some of the new characters set to be featured in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. In a post on the…
Author’s note: As of September 12th, 2025, the Nintendo Switch version of the game has received a significant performance patch that boosted the performance from a locked 30 fps to an unlocked 60 fps. On Nintendo Switch 2, this change improves the game considerably and the timing window for nailing…
Six and a half years after Hollow Knight: Silksong was announced as a full-fledged follow up to Hollow Knight, it’s finally in our hands. In the time since its announcement, Silksong’s hype and popularity have grown to almost mythical proportions and now that it’s here we have to ask, can…
Build-A-Bear and Pokémon have become a pretty iconic duo over the years, and both the Build-A-Bear Company and The Pokémon Company are keeping the good times rolling with the announcement of a new addition to its lineup: Litten. The cute fire cat is set to release on September…
If you were holding onto a New 2DS XL as a dedicated handheld console, it might be time to finally send it to pasture. In a post on Twitter, Nintendo of Japan has announced that it is officially ending repair support for the offshoot model of the 3DS family. Back…
According to an audio engineer over at Ubisoft, Star Wars Outlaws is shipping on a Game-Key Card not because of the cost of full cartridges, but because data transfer speeds are too slow otherwise. The common assumption around the net has been that publishers are cheaping out because Nintendo is…
The year 2025 marks a very special occasion for many Nintendo fans out there. It isn’t just the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, but also the 40th anniversary of the Super Mario series. Despite this, there hasn’t been much of any news relating to Mario from Nintendo themselves, beyond…
The modding community around Super Smash Bros. never ceases to amaze me, but it seems to be a sticking point for Nintendo. If you remember from some years back, Nintendo once sent a cease and desist letter to The Big House, an organization centered around game tournaments. Due to COVID…
Last night out of the blue, Nintendo released an update for its NSO Game Boy Advance app that brings some welcomed features to the emulator. The biggest update is a boost to 1080p rendering in handheld mode for owners of the Nintendo Switch 2, which should make the pixels look…
If this morning is anything to go by, Hollow Knight: Silksong is already a certified hit. People around the internet have been reporting that not only is the Nintendo eShop crashing when attempting to buy the game, but other storefronts such as the PlayStation Network and even Steam are buckling…
IO Interactive gave us an extended look at the upcoming 007: First Light, its latest stealth-action game that acts as a separate 007 universe, via a State of Play stream yesterday. Apart from getting nearly half an hour of footage that showcased lots of action and some small bits of…
In one of the final Kickstarter updates before Hollow Knight: Silksong releases (which is still a bizarre sensation to be writing), developer Team Cherry has revealed that the native Switch 2 version of Silksong will be a free upgrade for owners of the Switch port. Since the Kickstarter launched well…
While Capcom has not officially confirmed or denied it yet, a new rumor suggests that Resident Evil Requiem will release on the Nintendo Switch 2 next year. This bit of speculation comes from Dusk Golem, a Resident Evil community member who tends to be correct with predictions and rumors. As…
If you thought some of those bigger Lego sets could be expensive, you’ve seen nothing yet. The Legoleak subreddit reports in a new post that when the first official Pokémon Lego sets release next year, one will be priced at a whopping $650. Set to include 6,838 pieces, the set…
