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…
Starting next month Sega will be bringing classic games to the Nintendo Switch under the Sega Ages umbrella, with help from M2, the renowned porting studio behind the great Sega 3D Classics on 3DS. Just yesterday it was confirmed that Sonic the Hedgehog and Thunder Force IV would be among…
Square Enix has always had a thriving merchandise sector, with internal franchises like Final Fantasy and external ones like DC Comics getting Play Arts Kai figures, plushes, accessories and more. One IP that has been oddly absent, however, is The World Ends With You – until now. Likely to tie-in…
Tingle has never starred in his own game in North America, but he has a history of Nintendo DS games in Japan and Europe. The Tingle games are definitely some of Nintendo’s stranger projects, as the final entry sees Tingle enter a Wizard of Oz-like storybook where he has to…
Even though it only came out last week, Octopath Traveler is already topping the charts. The game is now the best-selling game in Nintendo’s eShop in both America and Japan, and it even claimed the second spot in Europe. The game even surpassed expectations in physical copy sales. Octopath is…
It’s amazing that it took this long to get some standard Hot Wheels of Mario and friends in karts, but “Here we go!” into a new line of collectible toys for everyone’s favorite racing series. The newly revealed Mario Kart Hot Wheels show off eight characters: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi,…
Rhythm games are some of my favorites and one that’s stood out on Nintendo Switch for a while now is Gal Metal. You’ll be drumming along with your Joy-Con to some after school metal to fight back an alien invasion. Now it’s been confirmed to be getting not only some…
Coming back to the battle with Mega Man for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is his familiar stomping grounds: Wily’s Castle. He’s been through several of these multi-stage fortresses over the years, and now that legacy continues on again in Smash. Wily’s Castle appeared previously on 3DS and Wii U, though…
For everyone ready to power up and take on Dragon Ball FighterZ anywhere they go, some good news has come out of Japan today. It sounds like the game will be receiving an open beta test for Nintendo Switch, similar to how it received one on PlayStation 4 and Xbox…
One of the games I ended up anticipating the most for E3 was Valkyria Chronicles 4. I had been excited before, and after some hands-on time with the game, I’m counting down the days ’til I can give its strategic gameplay another go. In the meantime, Sega’s revealed the VC4…
Some people have been saying that Mario Tennis Aces, with its special shots and meter management, is more like a fighting game than a sports game. Now we can add character-specific balance changes to that list of similarities. Tomorrow, July 19th, Mario Tennis Aces will update to version 1.1.2, which…
Start your day off sweet by checking out the newest chance item to hit Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. The Fortune Cookie Shop’s latest arrival happens to be Bluebear’s party cookie, a collection of scrumptious-looking, dessert themed items that will give everyone who visits your camp a toothache. Um, okay, that…
The launch of Mega Man X Legacy Collection is imminent and the collected soundtrack has started popping up at stores across Japan. Usually these releases feature interesting behind-the-scenes interviews, rare tracks and more, but this particular album features a very curious tease… As pieces together by Rockman Corner, the composer’s…
