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…
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Hot on the heels of the Breath of the Wild DLC news comes a monumental change for the open-world masterpiece: The 1.2.0 update for Breath of the Wild adds support for multiple languages. While this may sound unappealing at first (after all, the Switch is region free, so all these…
Nintendo of America has just unveiled the first of two DLC packs coming to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild later this year. The DLC is entitled The Master Trials and it contains several amazing additions. Trial of the Sword Trial of the Sword will include a gauntlet…
Those looking for the next installment of Callie and Marie’s post-Splatoon life can now read the second chapter of Squid Sister Stories on the official Splatoon 2 website. The first chapter of Squid Sisters Stories, an ongoing series chronicling the lives of Inkopolis stars Callie and Marie following the end…
UPDATE: The North American winners page is now live, which includes an updated English language video that you can check out below! Adult shirts will retail for $14.90 and kids shirts will go for $9.90. All of these amazing shirts will be made available in North America starting May 19th…
Ultimate Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers is almost here, and to celebrate Nintendo has unveiled several brand new rewards for My Nintendo. We already reported on a pretty cool Akuma themed wallpaper that was added to the service last week, but now a trio of new rewards, including a…
Another new line of merchandise will be making its way to the Pokémon Center in Japan on May 20th. Following the Easter Pikachu and Ash Hat Pikachu collections is the ‘Look Upon the Stars’ series. Shifting the sole focus from Pikachu this time, the upcoming products will feature a darker…
We knew that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was doing well based on the overall buzz we saw from around the internet ever since its launch on Friday, but now we have the official sales numbers straight from Nintendo, and boy are they good! According to the Big N, Mario Kart…
To say the Nintendo Switch’s launch was a massive success would be a major understatement. Consoles are still widely unavailable in North America with units selling out in minutes when restocked. It might be easy to just point the finger at Nintendo and blame the company for the shortages; however,…
Sad news for anyone who was holding out hope for 8-bit fanmade creation Breath of the NES to become a reality someday. It looks like Nintendo has sent Micropig Gaming the dreaded DMCA notice, requesting that the content be removed due to copyright infringement of Zelda characters, images and so…
Newly revealed ARMS character Helix has made another appearance in social media. This “DNA Man” has tons of personality bottled up inside his rather flexible and elastic body, and from the look of the GIF posted on Twitter below, all that character is about to burst out — through some…
Congratulations are in order for Nintendo, as the company has received confirmation that it’s won a case that had been open for several years. Back in 2011, RecogniCorp, LLC filed a lawsuit against Nintendo claiming that Mii characters exercised the same techniques for making police sketches of suspects. In the…
