When one thinks about the video games with the best music out there, a lot of times RPGs are the first to come to mind. Of course, once RPGs with good music come to mind, Final Fantasy will inevitably follow. Arguably being the face of the genre, Final Fantasy tends…
In the nearly 30 years the Pokémon franchise has existed, it has grown to become a globe-spanning empire. Beyond even the video games themselves, Pokémon has a wide array of content to enjoy. One of the most popular is the Pokémon Trading Card Game, which has been carrying along since…
Raid Battles made the jump from Pokémon’s Generation VIII (Sword and Shield) to Generation IX (Scarlet and Violet). While similar, the big difference this time around is the Terastal phenomenon, where Pokémon’s type can change to one of the 18 different types available in-game. Not to mention, Pokémon will receive…
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,…
Less than a week away, we finally have the full and official details for the next Pokémon GO event. This one will be taking place in San José, California and hosted by Viva CalleSJ thanks to the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Niantic, Inc., and the City of…
Way back in May, before the launch of the game proper, Nicalis announced that its upcoming Switch port of Cave Story+ would be getting a local co-operative mode in “late Summer.” Now that time has finally arrived and we have a confirmed date for the update – September 15th. Play…
