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…
The first chapter of Squid Sister Stories has been released on the official Splatoon 2 website. Squid Sisters Stories, which aims to chronicle the lives of Inkopolis idols Callie and Marie following the end of Splatoon’s 16th and final Splatfest, was added to the site earlier this week. The first…
Nintendo has announced a New 2DS XL for $149.99. The console launches on July 28th. The system is confirmed to have amiibo support, the addition of the c-stick, and will sport two large 2D screens. The US is only receiving the turquoise version, but Japan will be getting an additional…
It’s dev blog time — or more accurately, localization blog — as Nintendo Treehouse has released a few character details on Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, profiling the four characters who were recently in Fire Emblem Heroes: Alm, Clair, Faye and Lukas. First up is Alm, one of the…
Kirby’s 25th birthday may be over, but the festivities are still well underway. Yesterday, a beautiful 25th anniversary Kirby 3DS theme was added to the Japanese My Nintendo service, but was sadly absent from the North American rewards lineup. Now, fans of the lovable pink puff in the US can…
Got some My Nintendo Platinum Points burning a hole in your virtual pocket? You may be in luck. The North American My Nintendo program has just released a brand new Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers wallpaper set for the low price of 50 Platinum Points. The wallpaper is available…
Japan’s ARMS Twitter account can’t be stopped — not that I’d want them too. The game’s looking more and more interesting with each passing day, and the updates from it are reminding me just a bit of the days of the Smash Bros. Dojo updates in Brawl’s pre-release. Today brought…
Amazon Japan has updated its site with several brand new Switch cases featuring art from Mario Kart, Splatoon, ARMS and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. These cases appear to be manufactured by Nintendo itself and not a third party like HORI or PDP. The smaller cases run…
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Current Technology Fellow Genyo Takeda has announced his retirement from Nintendo, to go into effect this June. Takeda has had a hand in plenty parts of Nintendo’s history, such as being the main man behind the original Punch-Out!! games as well as Star Tropics. While these are both fantastic in…
Over the weekend we brought you the news that the latest Japanese arcade edition of Taiko Drum Master would be getting some Nintendo collaborations, with the Legend of Zelda and Kirby franchises in particular. Now some footage of the Breath of the Wild medley players can drum along to has…
Another fiscal year has come and gone for Nintendo and the company’s investor website has been updated with some new documentation. Considering last year’s reports announced the March 2017 release of the Switch (then known as the NX) and a Breath of the Wild focused E3 2016, the PDFs this…
Nintendo has announced via the official Nintendo Mobile YouTube channel that it will be hosting a Fire Emblem Heroes livestream starting tomorrow, April 27th, at 11:30 p.m. EST. The event will last ten minutes and will “deliver the latest information about Fire Emblem Heroes.” No word yet on what will…
