Initially announced on January 31st, 2020, Niantic announced it would begin testing new types of events during February 2020 – Pokémon Spotlight Hour and Mystery Bonus Hour. After testing and user feedback, Niantic combined both events into one and announced what Pokémon and bonuses would be featured in advance. Now,…
Earlier this year, Nintendo was able to successfully get the Yuzu Switch emulator removed from the original GitHub repository it was distributed from. While that was a done and dusted legal case and the emulator’s creators were put out of business, the old axiom about the internet remains true: once…
Yesterday morning, the renowned leaker Pyoro caused a stir on Twitter by teasing a picture of a 1990 Nintendo World Championship cartridge. The internet quickly went mad with speculation, with theories about the cryptic tweet spreading like wildfire. pic.twitter.com/xvxNbN3cPV — Pyoro (@Pyoro_X) May 2, 2024 But. today, the mystery has…
Timberline Studios’ debut title The Red Lantern was revealed today for the Switch during the Nindies Spring Showcase, taking up a sizable portion of the presentation in the process. Game Director Lindsey Rostal came on to present, both a little nervous and very excited, and for good reason — in…
Today’s Nindies Showcase may have revealed an awesome-looking Zelda-themed spin-off to Crypt of the Necrodancer, but it wasn’t the only game with an air of the Zelda franchise about it. Pine, from Twirlbound studios, has always wore its inspirations on its sleeve ever since its Kickstarter launched in March 2017,…
Blood, ballet, and bananas — My Friend Pedro is a wacky time. After debuting at E3 last year, the strangely elegant and stylish score-shooter was featured today in the Nindie Spring Showcase, where we finally got a (rough) release date of June. For those unfamiliar, My Friend Pedro is a…
Update: Thanks to Studio MDHR artist Tyler Moldenhauer (known as teeth at Resetera), we have confirmation that Cuphead will be receiving a physical release for Nintendo Switch. We’ll report back with more details on this as new information becomes available. In the meantime, you can have a look at official…
Welcome to today’s Nindie’s Spring Showcase event! You can watch the stream below:
The broth is simmering, the meats been seasoned – all we need now is to bring the heat with some Smash! The next Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Spirit Board event is all about bringing too many cooks into its kitchen, ladling in plenty of ingredients to suit your taste for…
The rumors were true! Konami has just announced that three collections of classic gaming franchises are coming to the Nintendo Switch later this year. Dubbed the Anniversary Collection, each pack contains loads of classic games to choose from. The first one, Arcade Classics, launches on April 18th and features Haunted…
Late last month we got a peek at some upcoming Kirby prizes coming to Japanese arcades. Even if you aren’t so skilled at UFO catchers, you can have an even closer look at these lovely things. First off, seeing Kirby and Rick side by side is giving me all kinds…
Square Enix is no stranger to some odd partnerships when it comes to game promos. Just last month they were working with Dippin’ Dots to promote Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon, for example. And now they’ve partnered with bubble tea chain Kung-Fu Tea to release a themed drink celebrating Final Fantasy X/X-2’s…
You may have seen a couple days ago that Axiom Verge would be getting a physical release on Wii U after all these years, the reason behind the delay being a tangled tale of corporate miscommunication between dev Tom Happ, Limited Run Games, and Spain-based BadLand Games, which appeared to…
If there’s one thing you should know about Niantic, it’s that it’s a company that has passion for the projects it works on. It’s clear when you look at the love and care that has gone into Ingress and Pokémon GO over the past couple years, and the consistent work…
The period of time that passed between a tease to the official announcement wasn’t very long at all. Via a spiffy video showing the ten year journey of the game, The Behemoth has officially confirmed Castle Crashers Remastered for a Switch (and PlayStation 4) release this summer! Check it out…
