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…
Yesterday’s Nindies Showcase had some winners all its own, but Nintendo wasn’t done with the announcements. Out of nowhere Hyper Light Drifter dashed into view, bringing its beautiful world to the Switch for all of us. But a certain other gamer’s getting in on it too. Did someone go…
Top-down sci-fi action adventure indie title Crashlands has been announced for the Nintendo Switch, arriving later this year. You, as humble galactic delivery trucker Flux Dabes, must scrounge and survive after crash landing on an alien planet. In your quest to make sure your shipment is safely delivered, you’ll fight,…
The Switch’s sales pace continues forward unabated, smashing record after record in the process. And now, with exactly one year of sales reports in, the Switch officially has the largest install base for a console in one year… ever. This comes after NPD’s February sales figures, which (given the console’s…
Sharpen your foils, duelists, because Nidhogg 2, the monstrously odd tug-of-war multiplayer competitive game, is coming to the Switch later this year. Another title making its way to the system due to Game Maker support (alongside Undertale and Hyper Light Drifter), Nidhogg 2 has its players duel it out for…
Out of all the Dream Friends being added to Kirby Star Allies, none more than this Dream Land 2 bunch got me absolutely excited. The trio of Animal Buddies defined the classic Game Boy title that was my entry into the franchise, and now they’re finally back in action and…
Heart Machine’s colorful 2D action-RPG Hyper Light Drifter is coming to the Switch this summer, as revealed by Nintendo of America’s Twitter account mere hours after the Nindies Spring Showcase. Journey through a beautiful, vast world riddled with dangers when #HyperLightDrifter launches on #NintendoSwitch #eShop this summer! #Nindies pic.twitter.com/8tUu8Q4RVo…
Welcome to Smash, Switch, Speculation! Each week, Hero TJ and Amiibo Jason sound off on what they want to see and who they want to play as in the upcoming Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Switch. New episodes will air every Monday and Wednesday on the Nintendo Wire YouTube channel….
Pode (pronounced POOH-duh), possibly the most adorable game I’ve seen showcased on the Switch since the console’s launch, is making its way to Nintendo fans this spring. Inspired by Norwegian art and culture, this co-op exploration puzzle game boasts an incredible and gorgeous art style and atmosphere that are undoubtedly…
Today’s Spring Nindies Showcase was full of intriguing titles and fantastic surprises hitting up the Nintendo Switch in the coming months. Though the game that personally got me giddy with glee was the portable system’s next fix in ridiculously addictive roguelikes, Bad North. In this real-time strategy game, players command…
Bullet hells feel too few and far between. The sense of dodging everything coming your way against overwhelming odds, where the slightest slip up is the difference between death and glory? Sign me up. Looks like Berzerk Studio got the memo, as its new game looks to be a melding…
Nerial and Devolver Digital’s Reigns and Reigns Her Majesty are coming together for the Switch in one big package appropriately titled Reigns: Kings & Queens. Announced during today’s Nindies Showcase, the game puts you in charge as a “monarch of the modern age.” As ruler, it’s up to you to…
Sharpen those katanas and load up on shuriken: developer Sabotage is unleashing an onslaught of retro ninjas on Nintendo Switch later this summer! A love letter to the classic Ninja Gaiden series, The Messenger follows a young ninja’s journey through a cursed world filled with demonic beings in dire need…
