Amidst the countless game genres that live on the Nintendo Switch’s vast library, perhaps one of the most successful has been the cozy life sim category. With games like Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Stardew Valley, and more, there’s no shortage of wholesome relaxing experiences to be had here. For those…
Fighting game fans are in for a treat this April. With the recent release of Guilty Gear Strive: Nintendo Switch Edition, Arc System Works has announced a concert in Japan on April 5th, 2025. Guilty Gear Strive Music Live will be a two hour live concert featuring many of the…
The next expansion of the wildly popular app Pokémon TCG Pocket is just around the corner! Space-Time Smackdown, themed around the Sinnoh legends Dialga and Palkia, is available today and is the first major expansion since the game’s release. However, just two days ago players were greeted with a warning…
The final Part 3 of the Fire Emblem Engage Ask the Developer interview was released today, and the main topic up for discussion in this section was Emblems, Engage’s most striking new feature wherein FE heroes from past games unite with new characters to give them a wide range of…
Update (1/24/23): You can now pre-order Dokapon Kingdom: Connect on Amazon. Imagine the chaos of Mario Party combined with the complexity and absurd length of a game of Risk, sprinkled with RPG mechanics and a goofy personality. That’s Dokapon Kingdom, a cult classic RPG board game from…
At long last, Persona 3 and Persona 4 are available on modern platforms with ports of the Portable and Golden versions, respectively, hitting the Switch, Xbox, and PlayStation. These versions bring with them a few enhancements and changes though the vibes and stories are given the spotlight in this Xbox-branded…
Super Mario has always been an important part of my childhood, and seeing some of the amazing Mario themed merchandise hit store shelves as of late has me feeling like a ten year-old boy again. The latest toy to be released is part of Jakks Pacific’s Super Mario Bros. Movie…
Next month, Bandai Namco will be releasing a remaster of Tales of Symphonia for modern systems, letting even more players play the foundational 3D entry in the long-running series. Symphonia was something of a smash-hit when it first came out, eventually netting itself an anime adaptation, animated by Ufotable and…
Howdy, pardners. Wonderin’ what’s in store for Thunderful’s mighty fine SteamWorld series of games? Well don’t be wonderin’ no longer, cuz the fine folks developin’ it are showin’ their hand and proclaimin’ what’s ahead fer the franchise in the SteamWorld Telegraph: Special Broadcast, set to send out its wave on…
Fangamer does like nobody else. I’ve been buying from the humble video game merch retailer for over a decade at this point and they have yet to disappoint me. In fact, they much more often surpass my already lofty expectations in ways I can’t imagine. And they’ve done so yet…
The second portion of the Fire Emblem Engage Ask the Developer interview is up today, and the main topic for this section is visual design – in particular the work of character designer and illustrator Mika Pikazo. An accomplished artist in Japan, Pikazo was one of several candidates for who…
Now that 2023 is here, a lot of sales numbers are coming in for the previous year, and we’ve been seeing a steady stream of positive (and not exactly surprising) news regarding the Nintendo Switch and its games. Not only was the system announced to be the most sold system…
Capcom has a lot to celebrate today as its expansion for the latest Monster Hunter installment has gone above and beyond in terms of sales. That’s right, Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak has exceeded 5 million units sold worldwide, taking into account both physical and digital copies. This, of course, comes…
Just in time for the release of Fire Emblem Engage, the My Nintendo Store in the UK just pulled every Fire Emblem amiibo out of retirement in a surprise re-release. That’s right! Even hard to find amiibo like Tiki, Robin, Corrin, Alm, and Celica are all available to order right…
The Pokémon Company and Game Freak have confirmed the next batch of Tera Raids heading to the Paldea region and the first is bringing back a Kalosian fan-favorite. Scarlet and Violet players will be able to tackle a seven-star raid featuring Froakie’s final evolution, Greninja, between January 27-30 and February…
