Over the course of the past couple years or so, the Super Mario Bros. series has seen quite a bit of change. When Charles Martinet stepped down from his role as the voice of Mario, that took many fans by surprise. That wouldn’t be the last of the well-known Mario…
Last November, we ran an op/ed speculating about the performance improvements the Nintendo Switch 2 could bring to the vast library of Switch 1 games. While some have gotten native ports or Switch 2-specific updates, it would be impossible for Nintendo and every other publisher to update all 5,987 games…
As people discovered yesterday, the newly released Nintendo Switch 2 is compatible with a variety of generic USB webcams for use with GameChat. That’s great for people who already have a webcam in their possession and don’t want to shell out for Nintendo’s official camera. What if you wanted to…
There’s nothing quite like solving some cozy puzzles during the fall months and it turns out Nintendo Switch owners have a new adventure to fill that niche this October! A Tiny Sticker Tale got a new trailer yesterday and it looks set to bring some adorable brain-teasers to the platform….
Before the advent of touch screen smartphones gaming was much different in the mobile space, with number pads and rudimentary directional buttons making for some rather unique experiences, especially in Japan. Unfortunately many of these games have been lost to time, but publisher G-MODE has been going above and beyond…
Alien Hominid was the very first title by indie studio The Behemoth back in the ancient year of 2004, before they went on to make Castle Crashers, Battleblock Theater, and more. Now almost twenty years later, the sidescrolling classic is coming to HD on modern platforms, including the Switch. …
This November beat-’em-up fans will be able to experience some of the titles that defined the genre with the Double Dragon Collection on Switch. The game will collect six games in total from across an array of different systems and if you’re wondering how they’ll look Arc System Works has…
The entertainment industry is a cutthroat place. Everybody’s looking to come out on top, and if you don’t watch your back, then you may be betrayed by the very people you trusted. Such is the topic of Big Betrayal, a new song from Splatoon 3’s Deep Cut wherein Shiver and…
Back shortly after the game’s release in late January, a manga adaptation of Fire Emblem Engage began monthly serialization in Shonen Jump+. Now enough chapters have been published that the first tankobon volume of the manga has been compiled, releasing on September 4th. As you might imagine, the…
It’s a common tale – someone somewhere makes a special edition for a certain region that is just extremely cool and rad, leaving every other place in the world seething with jealousy. The lucky ones this time are Asian territories, where Sega Asia is releasing a really nice Limited Edition…
There’s a little over a month to go until Switch owners can embark on another Dragon Quest adventure, although this one will be rather different. Based on the classic The Adventure of Dai manga, Infinity Strash will be an action RPG filled with iconic monsters that covers up through episode…
Start revving your engines as the next Nintendo Switch Online addition to the Nintendo 64 library has been confirmed! Excitebike 64, first released in 2000, was the second game in the rather short series after the NES original, taking the action behind-the-back of racers while keeping an emphasis on sick…
Job hunting sucks. Sometimes it feels like you get so desperate that you’d take any position offered – but how about “Dome-King”? Such is the case of protagonist Mush, who ventures to a job interview for such a title in Dome-King Cabbage, a surreal Visual Novel from Cobysoft Joe. …
Do you have a Smash Bros. amiibo that you’ve been training up like a prized dog? Nintendo Live in Seattle takes place during Labor Day Weekend, where on September 3rd players ages 10 through 16 will take place in a special Super Super Smash Bros. Ultimate “amiibo + me” exhibition….
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet may have been widely lambasted for their visual glitchiness, but that wasn’t for lack of effort. A recent talk at CEDEC (Computer Entertainment Developers Conference) 2023 had Keiichi Maezawa, the director of CG technology at Game Freak, present what visual tricks and bits the team used…
