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…
It looks like Nintendo is preparing to exert more control over the distribution of its physical products in Japan, as it has arranged the subsidization of JESNET, the company that has been distributing Nintendo games and products in the region for several years now, after purchasing 70% of its shares…
We may have only just gotten a look at Nintendo’s first quarter earnings release at the end of July, but the company is already looking ahead as its second quarter coverage is now set to land on October 26th, according to its official investor’s website. Unlike the July release, these…
New Zelda Books Amazon is now taking pre-orders for a hardcover edition of the beautiful Ocarina of Time manga series. It releases in November for $17.99. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Manga Vol. 1 ($9.99 on Amazon) The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts. 400 page hardcover Zelda art…
Although Pokémon GO’s popularity appears to be waning, July’s launch of the mobile app was the most successful in the history of the platform, says an article from SuperData Research. According to the article, Niantic’s app helped drive global digital game sales up 10 percent from July 2015 and “shot…
Japanese collectible company Medicom is becoming well known by Nintendo fans, with the recent announcement of a Real Action Figure of Link from Breath of the Wild catching more than a few eyes. Now a trio of smaller Zelda collectibles have been announced by the company, featuring the Links of…
Grab your plungers and slap on some overalls: Super Mario 64 DS is set to clog the Wii U Nintendo eShop tomorrow! Originally released back on the Nintendo DS as a launch title in 2004, Super Mario 64 DS is an excellent remake of the Nintendo 64 classic of the…
Another day, another updated CPSIA certificate. According to Nintendo of America’s product safety page, an additional month of manufacturing has been completed for the hard to find Palutena amiibo. Recently, an extra month of manufacturing has also been added to the Lucina amiibo so hopes of a widespread amiibo re-release…
Nintendo of America has announced that Street Fighter Alpha 2 is coming to the New 3DS eShop tomorrow. The title will be released alongside Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting, and it will join a growing collection of SNES titles on the platform. Street Fighter Alpha 2 and Street Fighter…
Nintendo’s drip-feed of the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild footage keeps on coming, this time with a video focusing on the various weapons Link can wield, from broadswords to fire rods and, most disturbingly, skeletal bokoblin arms. Check out a few of the weapons you’ll be able to…
While the western release date for Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice was confirmed just a few short weeks ago, we were still in the dark about one aspect of the game – DLC. Now, thanks to one 3DS owner seemingly getting the game early, we have our…
A lone BOXBOY! catcher featuring Ninja Qbby sneaks into the Badge Arcade today, though only for a limited time! Free play? Yes! Though who needs a free play when you can have one more box? Practice catcher: Sadly, this week’s retropalooza is slowly coming to an end. All the NES…
Capcom has teamed up with JR East Japan Planning (yes, the railway company) to create a new type of gaming experience for the 3DS. Players tap their IC cards (train fare card) on 3DS’ NFC readers to communicate with in-game characters and unlock special items based on the players’ train riding…
