Today marks 10 years since one of my all-time favorite rhythm games, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call, launched on the Nintendo 3DS. The sequel to the original Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, Curtain Call was jam-packed with amazing Final Fantasy music, characters, and stages. Not to mention the absolutely addicting touch screen…
Sega has uploaded a new multiplayer trailer for Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble, the upcoming Nintendo Switch exclusive installment, and it reveals something pretty cool: this latest ball-rolling romp has 16-player multiplayer. I can’t imagine how chaotic that will be when playing against brand-new players, but it seems like a…
Nintendo is continuing its trend of offering obscure or childhood favorite N64 games to Nintendo Switch Online. Not long ago, we unexpectedly received Rare’s cult classic destruction simulator/time attack extravaganza Blast Corps. Before that, 1080 Snowboarding filled the arcade Snowboarding game spot on Nintendo Switch left by the absence of…
The Nintendo Switch Online app for smartphones has been updated, allowing users to chat while using other apps or while the phone is in sleep mode. A welcome change from the previous battery and attention hungry system of needing the app open and the phone awake, it will allow users…
A few months back, First 4 Figures announced it acquired the Metal Gear Solid license for a statue in its ever-growing range of collectibles. Now it’s up for pre-order, in quite a few variants. The core concept of the figure is the same across all of them though – Solid…
Fire Emblem Warriors will release next week in Japan, and in the lead-up to launch the game’s cast is being grouped and shown off in some new videos. We already saw the heroes of Awakening take the spotlight but today the warring nations of Fire Emblem Fates have their turn….
Two of the biggest enigmas in the upcoming Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon are the new box-art forms of Solgaleo and Lunala. Thanks to some new scans of the latest issue of CoroCoro, though, we have a better understanding of what they are. Serebii reports that they are fusions…
UPDATE: A press release from Nintendo of America has confirmed the US branch will also be stocking the SNES Classic into 2018 and bring back the NES Classic next summer. This is sure to be a relief to many retro game fans – Nintendo of Europe has confirmed that not…
UPDATE: A Toys”R”Us representative has reached out to let us know that stores will not, in fact, be hosting a midnight launch for the SNES Classic Edition and the tweet they sent out earlier was in error. Please disregard the information in the tweet below. For the many of you…
Reggie Fils-Aimé recently sat down with the Financial Times and this month’s ever-popular product, the SNES Classic, was the center of attention. The original article is hidden behind a paywall on Financial Times’ site, yet Gamespot’s report of it pulled some very interesting quotes. What sticks out the most is…
McDonald’s themed Splatfest, your order is ready! We may not have gotten to take part in this particular Splatfest, but the great McDonald’s faceoff has come to a close in Japan. Fries and McNuggets battled it out and in the end it’s Team McNuggets who’s come out on top. Fries…
Nintendo of America has just announced that a Nintendo Direct will be coming on Wednesday, September 13th that will focus on upcoming Switch and 3DS titles. The presentation will be 45 minutes long and kick off at 3:00 p.m. PST. You can check out the official placeholder page here. Tune…
The Nintendo Switch port of Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 just launched in Japan on September 7th, so plenty of players have already begun slinging Kamehameha’s to their hearts content. That said, a rather strange limitation has been discovered. Xiphos Gaming on Twitter reports that hitting the Switch’s Capture button during…
It’s undeniable that the Nintendo Switch has become an indie machine at this point, with plenty of the smaller titles already populating the eShop and even more to come. It turns out it’s quite the lucrative platform, too. Gamasutra recently talked to various indie devs regarding their Switch ports, highlighting…
One thing that sets Nintendo apart from practically all of its competition is the lack of an achievement system. While everything from PS4 to Steam has a way of cataloging certain in-game acts, Nintendo has yet to implement a similar mechanic in its operating systems. That may be changing though,…
