Nintendo has confirmed the way system transfers will work when moving from Nintendo Switch to Nintendo Switch 2: A copy of data, like saves, will remain on the source system — with the exception of Animal Crossing: New Horizons data. The company shared the information with Polygon during an interview…
Nintendo was likely hoping that its Switch 2 Direct would steer discussion towards excitement for the next generation of Nintendo hardware, but the sad reality of the economic situation in the United States has thrown a lot of that into a blender. With President Trump’s global tariffs destabilizing the global…
One of the major turning points in the history of console gaming was the advent of built-in digital game stores. These built-in shopping services soon became beloved in their own right, with applications like the Wii Shop Channel living on in the minds of many thanks in part to its…
Bandai Namco has taken to Twitter to announce that Dark Souls Remastered and the Solaire of Astora amiibo are officially delayed until Summer of 2018. According to the Tweet, the Switch version is the only one suffering this delay, with the PS4, Xbox One, and PC versions still on track…
The version 1.4.0 update for mobile game Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is now available to download, adding Fortune Cookies, new fish and bugs, perfect fruit, new animal requests, and more. Fortune Cookies The first new addition, the Fortune Cookie Shop, is located in the Market Place and allows players to…
If you follow the video game industry in any capacity it goes without saying that Konami is a controversial company, thanks to it seemingly abandoning dozens of IP that defined retro consoles like the NES and PlayStation in favor of other business ventures like health spas and pachinko machines. This…
We’re rapidly approaching the July launch of Octopath Traveler and the marketing continues to ramp up. Following the big reveals last month from the March Nintendo Direct, we now have a new overview trailer touching upon field abilities, sub stories, and two fresh party members – H’aanit and Therion. …
I have, for whatever reason, been kind of obsessed with the development of Pocket Rumble, a simplified fighting game harkening back to the Neo Geo Pocket Color games. First announced for Nintendo Switch in the very first Switch Nindies Direct in February 2017, the game was originally announced for a…
While it was announced and confirmed for Japan during this weekend’s Sega Fes 2018, we now can confirm that Sega Ages will be coming to Switch consoles around the world. The lineup is set to bring back 15 classic titles, the first few of which have already been verified. Fans…
Kirby’s starred in a lot of Japanese Ichiban Kuji lotteries, but this might be one of my favorites. Called Kirby’s Dream Remix, two of the top prizes received their own spotlighted videos. One look at them and you’ll know why: they’re absolutely adorable. You actually see both of…
It wasn’t all exciting announcements and good news coming out of Sega Fes 2018, as a certain title I’ve been keeping an eye on has slipped from a summer release to fall. Valkyria Chronicles 4, the next iteration in Sega’s tactics based fantasy-war series, has already released for PlayStation 4…
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has been gearing up for the game’s next big update, which is releasing to players around the world very soon. As mentioned previously in our piece dedicated to the introduction of fortune cookies, three popular animals will have their own series of items available through the…
The number of callbacks and subtle references in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is staggering, and yet people continue to find or point out new ones all the time. This latest discovery is found in the game’s Trial of the Sword, with its seven monks striking some…
Donkey Kong will be making his official debut on Switch when Tropical Freeze comes to Nintendo’s newest console May 3rd in Japan, and then on the 4th in Europe and the US. While you might already be looking forward to the release, it appears as though there may be even…
During February’s D23 Japan Expo there was the sneaky confirmation of something rather unusual in Kingdom Hearts 3 – minigames inspired by retro LCD game systems, namely the Game & Watch, seemingly part of a call-back to what could be seen as Mickey Mouse’s first video game appearance. For an…
