As time marches ever forward, I’m beginning to have this bizarre sensation of writing retrospectives for films, games, and consoles that I was alive for the launch of. Released on November 18th, 2001, in the US, the Nintendo GameCube came at an exciting time for the games industry. Even to…
Here we go! Let’s take a look at the nominees for the 2024 Game Awards. While Nintendo doesn’t have an entry in the Game of the Year category this year, it currently holds three out of five nominees for Best Family Game, where the company has historically been the favorite…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
A new tagline for the 3DS is starting to show up in Google Search results. “Game Boy has grown up” alludes to Nintendo’s previous line of handhelds, the Game Boy. This new tagline could be a sign of Nintendo harkening back to its roots as it moves the company forward.
3DS owners may remember IronFall Invasion, the most recent game from the developers at VD-Dev. An eShop exclusive third person shooter, the game was one of the first to use the New 3DS’s C-Stick and boasted impressive graphics for the handheld system. Now the studio is back with a brand…
Two years ago today, the next installment in one of Nintendo’s best selling franchises was released; Mario Kart 8. While I am always excited for a new Mario Kart game, I had no idea how much Mario Kart 8 would revolutionize the the franchise, cementing itself as my favorite kart…
Protesters gathered to march the morning of May 30 in Hong Kong to march to the Japanese Consulate to protest… Pokémon. According to the announcement video released by Nintendo back in February, Pokémon Sun and Moon will release in nine languages worldwide, including simplified and traditional Chinese. These languages, however,…
Over the past few decades Akira Himekawa – a pseudonym for two anonymous female mangaka – has worked on many successful manga adaptations of games in the Legend of Zelda series. Unfortunately, their last major undertaking was Phantom Hourglass in 2009, although a small Skyward Sword prequel from the duo…
Nintendo of America just announced on Twitter that eight new weapons will be added to Splatoon on June 7th to commemorate the game’s first anniversary. Among the weapons shown in the promo are a new Aerospray and a new N-ZAP. Nintendo Inquirer has also joined in on the celebration by…
Just hours after collectors received a glimpse of Kotobukiya’s upcoming Red with Pikachu figure, new images of other future figures have made their way out of Mega Hobby Expo 2016 Spring. Kotobukiya figures of Brock, Nurse Joy, Mewtwo and Lucario were all spotted at the event, each sporting the same…
Just in time for the one-year anniversary of Splatoon’s launch in Japan, both a Squid Sisters CD and some fresh, new merchandise have been announced for release overseas. “Splatoon Live in Makuhari” will include every track originally performed at January’s live concert event, as well as two new songs: “Tokimeki…
One year ago today, Splatoon was released, to critical acclaim, on the Wii U. With one year of Splatoon experience under my belt, I’m just going to come right out and say it: Splatoon is the best game that Nintendo released on the Wii U. In an industry where shooters…
Well, it looks like the end for Nintendo, right? Many consider the Wii U to be a failure, 3DS sales have stalled, and the release calendar for the rest of 2016 is pretty barren. On top of all of this news, Nintendo recently announced it would only be showing one…
You may remember a few months back when we posted about a Trainer Red figure that was shown off at the Japanese Figure Expo and Anime Japan 2016. Now we have our first look at the fully painted figure, courtesy of Pokemon-matome.net. You can check out the gallery below.
Japan is receiving a new 32GB Wii U bundle that includes Splatoon and the two brand new Squid Sisters amiibo. This bundle comes out on July 7th exclusively in Japan. The best part about bundles like this are the beautiful box art, and this bundle is no exception. I hope…
