When one thinks about the video games with the best music out there, a lot of times RPGs are the first to come to mind. Of course, once RPGs with good music come to mind, Final Fantasy will inevitably follow. Arguably being the face of the genre, Final Fantasy tends…
In the nearly 30 years the Pokémon franchise has existed, it has grown to become a globe-spanning empire. Beyond even the video games themselves, Pokémon has a wide array of content to enjoy. One of the most popular is the Pokémon Trading Card Game, which has been carrying along since…
Raid Battles made the jump from Pokémon’s Generation VIII (Sword and Shield) to Generation IX (Scarlet and Violet). While similar, the big difference this time around is the Terastal phenomenon, where Pokémon’s type can change to one of the 18 different types available in-game. Not to mention, Pokémon will receive…
Nintendo and Google have partnered up to offer fans a new way to celebrate March 10th, aka Mario Day (Mar10? Get it?). As VentureBeat reports, after updating your Google Maps app you will be able to replace the generic blue arrow used during navigation with Mario in his kart. This…
The bad news for fans of certain big chain toy stores fronted by giraffes keeps rolling in. After filing for bankruptcy and taking on a $3.1 billion loan to keep stores open during corporate restructuring, anonymous insiders have told Fortune that the company’s outlook has become grim in the past…
Yesterday’s Direct ended with an announcement we were all waiting for – Super Smash Bros. for Switch. We know surprisingly little about it, however, with the only development credit being given towards Nintendo and HAL Laboratory for the “Original Game”, likely calling back to the Nintendo 64 original rather than…
While the Nintendo Switch supports several major game development platforms already, from Unreal Engine 4 to Unity, it has been missing out on games from the more accessible GameMaker Studio. Thankfully, that’ll be changing this summer. Coinciding with the announcement of Undertale yesterday, which was built using GameMaker, YoYo Games…
Yesterday’s Nintendo Direct opened with the announcement of WarioWare Gold, a Rhythm Heaven Megamix-style collection of microgames old and new. While we knew several characters would be getting updated designs, a piece of info that wasn’t really highlighted in the western Directs appears on the press site: “for the first…
There was already a great mix of reveals from yesterday’s Direct, but once I checked out the Japanese Nintendo YouTube channel I stumbled on a few other bits worth noting. Namely, there are a couple of currently unplanned for localization games that received trailers showing off Nintendo themed crossover content….
Out of left field, when Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido was announced at E3 last year, some weren’t impressed. The zany idea of battling over and with sushi needed time to sink in. Now? That may all change. Perhaps due to not seeing the game since then and coupled…
Dillon is back on the Nintendo 3DS! While Dillon’s next foray was announced previously and its details leaked online, Dillon’s Dead-Heat Breakers will be released in North America and Europe too. The part tower defense, part action series with anthropomorphic animals will let us do something new this time –…
Prepare yourself for the horrors that await you, and face your childhood fears in Little Nightmares. It was announced during the Nintendo Direct that the puzzle-platformer horror adventure game Little Nightmares is coming to the Nintendo Switch. The Complete Edition comes with the original game’s eight chapters as well as…
What!? Yes you read that right. Don’t worry, we didn’t believe it either. We are happy to report that the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is making its way to the Nintendo Switch on July 10th. The N. Sane Trilogy comes with the original Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes…
One of the greatest and most beautiful games ever made, Okami HD, was announced today to be coming to the Nintendo Switch this summer, after recently releasing for Xbox One, PS4, PC. Following the quest of the goddess Amaterasu to purify the land, and featuring an absolutely stunning Japanese ink…
The game about stretchy arms has a very passionate fanbase. As a thank you of sorts, Nintendo is hosting a competition for the die-hard, competitive ARMS players. Not only that, but now that the Nintendo Switch has sold almost 17 million units, a new Global Testpunch is lined up too!…
