In this week’s Nintendo Music update, we got a ported Wii U game! New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, first released for Wii U back in 2012, receiving an enhanced port for the Switch along with many other Wii U titles. New characters, upgraded graphics and a new item called…
Elden Ring Tarnished Edition was one of the biggest profile third-party releases announced for the Switch 2 during Nintendo’s big Direct unveiling earlier this year. While Steam Deck players have been able to take the game on the go for quite some time, it’s still pretty magical to see a…
After months of speculation by fans and games media alike, Nintendo has finally confirmed that Donkey Kong Bananza is being developed by the Super Mario Odyssey team. This information comes from a recent preview presentation attended by various outlets, including IGN and VGC, where Nintendo stated that the same staff…
The upcoming Global Testfire for Splatoon 2 is taking place later this month, and the game’s Japanese Twitter account has now revealed which stages and weapons the players can expect to find. The Testfire will take place on two new stages – The Reef and Musselforge Fitness. Battles will take…
One of the many unfortunate video game company closures within the last decade that struck a blow, especially with Star Wars fans, was the shut-down of Factor 5. After releasing the well-received Rogue Squadron series across the N64 and GameCube, the company had a hard time following the PS3 launch…
Media Crate sales figures in Japan for the second week following the Switch’s release have been unveiled by 4Gamer, and while several bestseller Switch games still remain high on the best-selling list, some have been bumped down a few pegs from where they were placed last week. As it currently…
New details have been provided for Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. Specifically, an official Japanese page opened up about the game’s amiibo functionality. With the Alm and Celica figures themselves looking so well made, it’s about time we learn a little more about what they can do. First, they’ll…
Mobile strategy title Fire Emblem Heroes has been out for over a month now. While there’ve been some fairly steady content updates, nothing major has changed since its launch. Fortunately, the dev team appears to have some concrete plans going forward, which they shared with an in-game announcement to all…
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Nintendo Switch owners will be able to stack goo, burn dolls and manage menial labor later this week as Tomorrow Corporation has confirmed World of Goo, Little Inferno and Human Resource Machine will hit the system this Thursday, March 16th, in North America. The three games were originally planned for…
The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses is now in its fifth year of touring the world playing iconic Zelda tunes. With Breath of the Wild sporting some of the most memorable music in the series’ history, now might be the best time to get your tickets for this…
More details on the upcoming FE Echoes: Shadows of Valentia has dropped via Famitsu, after yesterday’s report from PAX. While some of it is a mere reconfirmation of things already assumed or known, it does detail a couple noteworthy aspects. First, difficulty levels appear to be the same as in…
The Splatoon 2 Global Testfire is ready to download in the Nintendo Switch eShop in preparation of the March 24th Testfire event! Here’s a full list of times you can play the Global Testfire: March 24th 12:00 p.m. – 12:59 p.m. PST 8:00 p.m. – 8:59 p.m. PST March 25th…
Both new and updated sales numbers for the Switch are finally coming in and, as expected, they’re pretty impressive. Game Industry reports that 500,000 consoles were sold in the US and 360,000 were sold in Japan. In total, 85,000 units were sold in the UK, and France alone saw 110,000…
Nintendo has released all three parts in its new series The Making of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Each episode explores a different aspect of the creation of one of the best games in history! You can check out all of episode below! The Beginning Story and…
