One of the most hotly debated subjects across the greater video game circles is the simple question of what the greatest video game of all-time is. While the true answer is subjective and open to each individual’s interpretation, another way to tackle the question is to answer what the most…
In the most recent episode of the Video Game History Foundation’s podcast, VGHF founder Frank Cifaldi chatted with former Nintendo of America marketing lead Gail Tilden on a variety of topics relating to her time trying to localize different Nintendo products for the West. After discussing the history of Pokémon,…
During the latest episode of the Video Game History Foundation’s podcast, VGHF founder Frank Cifaldi had Nintendo of America’s former marketing lead Gail Tilden on and they discussed some of the trials and tribulations she went through trying to market certain Nintendo properties to Western audiences. Two big topics came…
The Super Mario Encyclopedia is set to join the ranks of Hyrule Historia and plenty of artbooks as the next, great Nintendo book from Dark Horse Publishing. We were already excited, but for collectors things just got a lot more tempting. Check out the newly revealed limited edition: The Question…
Springtime festival season has a clear winner thanks to those squid kids of Inkopolis Square. Over in Japan their latest Splatfest asked whether fans prefer Flowers or Dumplings, both a straightforward question and representation of a proverb. Well, the results are in! フェスの開催が告げられた。お題は「どっちを選ぶ？ 花 vs 団子」。期間は3月3日（土）15:00～3月4日（日）15:00。「花より団子」は、風流よりも実益を重んじるという意味の諺だ。美しい花を愛でるか、ごちそうに舌鼓を打つか。あなたが重視するのはどっち？ pic.twitter.com/qg3vd1KELJ — Splatoon（スプラトゥーン）…
I’ve been playing the new Kirby Star Allies demo again and again since it dropped yesterday. Fun as it is, it’s only a small taste of what’s to come in Kirby’s latest adventure, though thankfully, Nintendo’s given us another quick peek. These two, short trailers share some of the game’s…
It’s always great to see your main take a win, and that’s how I’m feeling with the results of the latest ARMS Party Crash. I’ve been a Mechanica fan since her reveal and even with Byte & Barq’s teamwork they just couldn’t topple this robot-riding wunderkind. Give it up…
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle will be the Nintendo debut of several of these long-running characters, and for those excited about the crossover combat cavalcade you can get an early peek at where they stand amongst each other in the eyes of fans. Over 77 thousand people voted for their favorite…
Last year the very foundation of our global society was shaken to its very core by a shocking revelation – Mario was no longer a plumber. The news came from an edited Nintendo of Japan hub site for the video game icon, where his 30-year occupation was said to be…
Datamines told us it was coming and now it’s official, with the Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Twitter accounts giving not-too-subtle hints that Super Mario furniture items are heading to the mobile app. Some VERY exciting things are coming our way, campers! Let's take a peek… Hmm, I'm sure I've…
UPDATE: Good news, Kirby fans! The Kirby Star Allies demo is now live in the North American Switch eShop. Just like the European version, this demo includes two stages, amiibo support, and a boss fight with the buffest Dedede you’ll ever see. Have fun! It looks like that bizarre Google…
As we crossed over the Nintendo Switch’s first anniversary fans were discovering something quite disconcerting – the game play time counter had reset to 0 days played. Nintendo has since acknowledged the issue and confirmed no data has been lost, and now, thanks to Nintendo Force playing review copies early…
The next North American and European Splatfest has been announced, pitting Team Chicken against Team Egg in a battle that will surely determine the end of the long-asked question, “Which came first: the chicken or the egg?” Splatfest is a special, day-long Splatoon 2 event in which two competing teams…
In a tweet posted earlier today, Nintendo’s official Japanese Twitter account for the Zelda series posted a brand new piece of art commemorating the first anniversary of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. 1 year anniversary pic.twitter.com/1Ju1V967kE — ゼルダの伝説 (@ZeldaOfficialJP) March 3, 2018 The piece features Zelda focusing…
Following this morning’s report that Switch user’s play activity for titles they played on Switch launch day was being erased as the anniversary rolled around, Nintendo of America has acknowledged the incident with a somewhat-vague tweet, embedded below: Some Nintendo Switch owners’ play activity information is displaying incorrectly. We are…
