The beat-em-up genre tends to stay in its lane. Its tried-and-true arcade format has rarely been deviated from or added onto. There have been some recent attempts at modernizing the genre such as Xbox Game Studios’ live service brawler Towerborne or the open nature of WayForward’s River City Girls games….
If you can believe it, a second Animal Crossing-like knock-off game has appeared on the PlayStation store recently. Dubbed “Anime Village Online,” the sole screenshot available for the game looks not only heavily inspired by Animal Crossing, but almost like an HD mod for New Horizons. Spotted by Redditor YellowFlower69,…
Switch Online subscribers are in for a treat this month. As announced by Nintendo last night, the Super Nintendo App is going to receive a trio of new games for October 2025. One of those is the western debut of Mario & Wario, the 1993 puzzle game developed by Game…
Since the reveal of Super Mario Bros. Wonder we already knew it was going to have quite the sizeable selection of playable characters, including the first mainline playable appearance of Daisy. Now, thanks to today’s Direct, we have a list of every playable character! Mario Luigi Peach Daisy Yellow Toad…
In late 2003 Ubisoft released its own take on the Zelda formula across the GameCube, PlayStation 2, and original Xbox with Beyond Good & Evil. The game quickly became a critical hit, though its sales left a lot to be desired and in the subsequent years it has been fairly…
Get ready for some weird wonders as the next Nintendo Direct is imminent! The Super Mario Bros. Wonder Direct will be airing today, August 31st, at 7 a.m. PT. You’ll be able to catch it live below: We’ll be sure to bring you all the updates as they…
Sonic Superstars is the Blue Blur’s next foray into sidescrolling, but the art is notably in 3D: and that’s no mistake. Speaking to Games Radar at Gamescom, Sonic Team lead Takashi Iizuka explained that while there’s a need to have both 2D and 3D Sonic games, pixel art won’t be…
There’s a new indie title in town. From developers Max Cahill, Franek, Bibiki, and Antonio Uribe comes Arco, a unique turn based action game following four heroes seeking retribution against the Red Company gang. You’ll travel through desert, jungle, and plains as you fight monsters, fend off colonizers,…
It’s almost time for a new season in Splatoon 3, and you know what that means – the new Ver. 5.0.0 patch has dropped ahead of Drizzle Season 2023, which begins on Friday September 1st. Additions include: Seasonal goods like a new catalog, two new stages (Crableg Capital and Shipshape…
Konami surprised RPG fans almost a year ago with the announcement of a HD remaster of the beloved Suikoden duology released on the PlayStation, though since then it’s been relatively quiet. Now we’ve gotten an update, though, and while it’s a bit unfortunate it shows the team behind the remaster…
Marvelous’ upcoming isometric dungeon crawler set in the Rune Factory universe Silent Hope releases in just over a month’s time, and publisher XSeed has been gracious enough to give us a peek at the game’s protagonists in a new trailer: We’ve got the all-rounded Wanderer, the heavy bashing…
2Buy, or not 2Buy? NieR: Automata’s 2B is getting the marketable plushie treatment from Good Smile Company, releasing it as promotion for the NieR: Automata Ver1.1a anime. Notably it’s merchandise that doesn’t feature 2B’s usual blindfold, allowing you to stare into her glazed over eye and contemplate the…
Tales of Symphonia originally released on August 29th, 2003, meaning today is the 20th anniversary of the classic RPG. As such, a new line of high quality F:NEX plushies are coming from Furyu. The lineup includes Lloyd, Colette, Genis, Presea, Zelos, Kratos, Mithos, and Noishe. The plushies are…
Nintendo has just announced a dedicated Super Mario Bros. Wonder Nintendo Direct is on the way later this week! Mario’s next platforming adventure is B-Dashing in fast, with news picking up accordingly. Join us for an in-depth look at Mario’s latest 2D side-scrolling adventure in the livestreamed Super Mario Bros….
Get ready to clamber back into your wanzers, pilots, as Front Mission 2: Remake now has a launch date. The original release of Front Mission 2 saw the series move from the 2D SNES to the 3D PlayStation while also shifting from a linear narrative to following three characters, alternating…
