The beat-em-up genre tends to stay in its lane. Its tried-and-true arcade format has rarely been deviated from or added onto. There have been some recent attempts at modernizing the genre such as Xbox Game Studios’ live service brawler Towerborne or the open nature of WayForward’s River City Girls games….
If you can believe it, a second Animal Crossing-like knock-off game has appeared on the PlayStation store recently. Dubbed “Anime Village Online,” the sole screenshot available for the game looks not only heavily inspired by Animal Crossing, but almost like an HD mod for New Horizons. Spotted by Redditor YellowFlower69,…
Switch Online subscribers are in for a treat this month. As announced by Nintendo last night, the Super Nintendo App is going to receive a trio of new games for October 2025. One of those is the western debut of Mario & Wario, the 1993 puzzle game developed by Game…
In the late afternoon on January 1st of this year in the Noto Peninsula region of Japan, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the region. As relief efforts take place in the area, Nintendo of Japan is donating ¥50 million to the Red Cross and providing free repairs for their products…
UK fans of physical games will be sad to learn that the country’s largest retailer, GAME, will be ending trade-ins next month. In a new report from Eurogamer, the outlet learned from staff at GAME that the company will be winding down its plans for trade-ins in the coming weeks…
To kick off 2024, Nintendo held another Frosty Fest in Splatoon 3 that asked the most important question of all time: Who do you spend the holidays with? Friends, Family, or Solo? While it was pretty obvious that Team Solo would take the victory as nobody has friends anymore, the…
Coinciding with the release of the Teal Mask expansion for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet came many theories and rumors about the mysterious peach Pokémon. The story of the Loyal Three and Ogerpon was based around the folk tale of Momotarō; yet despite the prevalence of peaches in the original story…
In a surprising bit of news from Konami yesterday, the House of Snake will be re-releasing a few of its oft-overlooked classics on modern platforms soon. As part of a collaborative effort with Limited Run Games, players will be able to re-experience Felix the Cat for both NES and GameBoy…
If you had to ask yourself what the most popular gaming platform in Japan was, undoubtedly most people would say Nintendo, no surprises here. Despite that unsurprising answer, it may still be surprising to learn just how much Nintendo beats out the competition in Japan. In fact, Nintendo has topped…
It’s official! Nintendo has confirmed that the much-anticipated Golden Sun and its sequel, Golden Sun: The Lost Age, will be available to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pass members starting January 17th via the Game Boy Advance app. Check out the trailer below and prepare for an exciting RPG adventure!…
Ah, Nintendo rumors – is there anything more thrilling and annoying all at the same time? While many rumors in this realm turn out to be certified BS, occasionally, a leaker emerges who consistently gets it right. I’m referring, of course, to Pyoro_X. In the last several months, Pyoro has…
In an incredibly bizarre turn of events, the long-dead Gameshark company may have accidentally leaked the release window for Nintendo’s upcoming Switch 2 console. In a press release by Altec Lansing (which is another old-school brand that I thought was gone), the company announced a new partnership with Ai Shark,…
While Funko Pops may have lost some of their allure over the last 13 years, the occasional set can still recapture the magic of those original vinyl figures. One such set is the upcoming Pokémon Starter Set, featuring mini Pop figures of Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle—all in an amazing recreation…
In a new Op/Ed over on GamesIndustry.biz, writer Christopher Dring postulates that Nintendo is starting to look into letting other developers play around with some of its IP. While Dring is privy to some insider knowledge that he can’t share, many are taking his words as merely a rumor. Why…
Call it an inevitability or preparation for what’s next. Nintendo has a habit of stopping the printing of their first party titles towards the end of a console’s life cycle. Don’t worry though, the games in question don’t go away entirely! What happens when a first party game goes…
