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…
Motifs in video game music are a dime a dozen, but the odd nod or easter egg is still a load of fun to find. Such is the case with the Shogun Studios music in Paper Mario: The Origami King, which is actually a slowed-down remix of Maple Tree Way…
If the classic Pokémon anime was anything to go by, series mascot Pikachu was never a fan of being cast inside of his master’s Poké Ball. Perhaps filling said Poké Ball with some sweet, delicious popcorn would entice him to think otherwise — didn’t think of that one, did you,…
Just last week we saw another high-profile Pokémon card sell for big money via auction, and this week we’ve seen the most expensive card in history sold, going for a cool $233,000 (25,000,000 yen). The card in question is a PSA-graded mint-9-rated Pikachu Illustrator, which was auctioned off at ZenPlus….
It’s been painfully long since we last heard any Bayonetta 3 news, but at least fans of the coquettish, gun-toting witch can now wait in style. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the original Bayonetta, and to celebrate, developer PlatinumGames has revealed an exciting new product line based on…
For every phantasmagoric demon hunter or alchemist still roaming 18th century England, the official development team behind Bloodstained: Ritual of The Night is looking to ease your travels with the help of every player’s input. Today the developers behind the game announced that the official Bloodstained website has opened a…
Welcome back to the Nintendo WireCast! On today’s episode, Hero TJ and Amiibo Jason share some life updates, discuss the latest Nintendo Direct, and loads more!
United Label Games has just published a new launch trailer for its Scandinavian folklore-inspired adventure game Röki, featuring all manner of weird and wonderful fantasy worlds that protagonist Tove can traverse across. Throughout her adventure, she will encounter all manner of strange creatures, including trolls, giant wolves, witches, and many…
The pre-show for Xbox’s Games Showcase had quite the surprise – the next new game from Yuki Naka and Naoto Ohshima, Sonic the Hedgehog’s co-creators. Better yet? It’s heading to Switch! Featuring more than 80 costumes with unique abilities and several colorful worlds to explore, it’s looking to be a…
Last September, Hori released the Split Pad Pro for Switch, a larger take on the Joy-Cons dedicated to hardcore players using handheld mode. These set of fan-favorite non-wireless controllers launched to coincide with the release of Daemon X Machina, but never saw another release since. This autumn, however, the Split…
Keen followers of all things Octopath Traveler may recall that last month we reported on a gorgeous limited edition of the critically acclaimed JRPG heading exclusively to South Korea. Along with a copy of the Nintendo Switch game, this edition also comes bundled with a number of goodies. We got…
Given the scale of modern games it only makes sense that bugs are more liable to slip under the radar, and usually they’re circumventable – but this latest bug found within Paper Mario: The Origami King could result in you starting the entire game from scratch. As detailed in Nintendo…
Fans of Codemasters’ flashy racer GRID Autosport will be revved up to hear that a big new update will be powersliding its way to the Nintendo Switch version of the game next week on July 30th. According to co-developer Feral Interactive, the free update will add online multiplayer, Nintendo Labo…
