Alongside the myriad of announcements this morning from the Switch 2 Direct was the confirmation that certain Nintendo Switch titles would be getting enhanced Nintendo Switch 2 Editions. First up for the enhancement process are two of the Switch’s biggest titles, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and…
Not revealed in today’s Direct, Nintendo has a new wrinkle in store for publishers that opt to sell physical games without the physical component. For anyone looking to sell a “key-in-a-box,” Nintendo has a brand-new option: the Switch 2 Game-Key card. As the name suggests, this will be a Switch…
Mario Kart World, the newest entry in the Mario Kart franchise and the first new console game in over a decade, races on to Switch 2 in just two months! First teased back in January for the Switch 2 reveal, Mario Kart World was the first trailer shown off in…
Hey, Trainers! Week 2 of the Pokémon GO Throwback Challenge is officially live! While we’ve spent the last week celebrating Pokémon Red & Pokémon Blue by focusing on everything related to the Kanto region, starting today we’re shifting our excitement to Johto! Much like the past Kanto week, the Throwback…
A new Pokémon GO update means another APK to datamine. The dataming group PokeMiners tore through the game’s APK 0.175.0 and found a few big things scattered throughout the update’s code. Get ready to be spoiled, Trainers! In fact, let’s make it count and double down. Fair warning, if you…
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is finding new ways to be helpful, as the Detroit Lions, an NFL team, recently used the game to reveal their 2020-21 schedule. Big shout out to @animalcrossing for holding it down while we wait for football season. #animalcrossingnewhorizons #acnh #animalcrossing pic.twitter.com/RcvUKq91Cb — Detroit Lions…
If you thought that Mr. Reggie Fils-Aimé would be using his retirement to play Animal Crossing: New Horizons on a quiet beach somewhere in the world, you’d be partially right. Retiring from Nintendo of America in 2019, Reggie has continued to work in the industry in different ways. Back in…
Story of Seasons is the latest game series to join the “geeky backgrounds for conference call” club! The Japanese Twitter account for the farming-sim’s PR has shared two wallpapers that are free to download and share. As a bonus of sorts, these wallpapers are promoting the newest Story of Seasons…
Even though physical media might be a dying format, it may still be the only way to get fun extras included with a release. One such bonus is this neat Sonic the Hedgehog 16-bit comic that will come with the movie’s Blu-ray release. The short piece looks to summarize the…
As inevitable as Peach getting kidnapped by Bowser, the 4K PC port of Super Mario 64 released last week has found itself the target of Nintendo’s litigious ire. This version of Mario 64 was a direct port made possible by reverse engineering the game’s source code, which enabled 4K resolution,…
Even in a world where the Smash Bros. roster will at pass at least 80 characters and there’s seemingly nothing Capcom can’t Versus, SNK still stands as a legend in the world of intercompany crossovers. The King of Fighters is the leading force there, but in SNK’s history there have…
Looking for a cute way to say “I love you” to your mom or another loved one for Mother’s Day this weekend? Well, Nintendo’s got you covered! Whether or not you’ve immersed yourself in the world of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the design on this cute card available at Play…
Yet another upcoming game has been affected by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic — GungHo’s competitive Switch-exclusive action title Ninjala. Originally scheduled to launch later this month on May 27th, Ninjala will now be released on June 25th in Japan.
Tokyo Game Show 2020 is now the latest in a sizable list of canceled gaming events in the wake of Covid-19’s unprecedented impact. Originally to be held at the Makuhari Messe from September 24th to the 27th, it’s been announced that TGS will now take place online. What that will…
Over the last few years, there’s been a big push to digitize, archive, and save various bits and pieces of video game media. Beyond saving games, there are guides, art, and images used in a variety of mediums — advertisements, commercials stuck in limbo on VHS tapes, among others. This…
