Kicking off today’s Xbox Showcase stream was the announcement of one of the worst kept secrets in gaming: an Xbox handheld. After months of speculation and leaks, Microsoft has finally confirmed what we all thought was happening: Microsoft is partnering with Asus to create a variant of its ROG Ally…
Over the course of the past couple years or so, the Super Mario Bros. series has seen quite a bit of change. When Charles Martinet stepped down from his role as the voice of Mario, that took many fans by surprise. That wouldn’t be the last of the well-known Mario…
Last November, we ran an op/ed speculating about the performance improvements the Nintendo Switch 2 could bring to the vast library of Switch 1 games. While some have gotten native ports or Switch 2-specific updates, it would be impossible for Nintendo and every other publisher to update all 5,987 games…
Get excited as Nintendo is back with another full-length Nintendo Direct! The 40-minute show will be livestreamed at 2 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. ET today, February 8th, 2023 and it’s set to focus on games releasing in the first half of 2023. You can catch it live below! We’ll…
Nintendo announced today, alongside their quarterly finance report, that they would be hiking their staff’s base pay by 10%, despite lowering their profit forecast and forecasted hardware and software sales for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023. This base pay adjustment likely comes as a response to calls from…
Sales projections from the past couple months seemed to show it, but now we know for certain – the Nintendo Switch is officially the third best-selling console of all-time, with 122.55 million units sold by the end of 2022, as reported by Nintendo itself. That means it’s surpassed both the…
The pink puffball rides again – beloved platformer icon Kirby is getting a brand-new monthly manga beginning in March. Simply titled “Hoshi no Kirby”/”Kirby of the Stars” (the Japanese title for the Kirby series), it’ll be penned by mangaka Minori Katou (primarily an author of shoujo romance manga, as well…
Update (2/7/23): Exciting news, EarthBound fans! After the initial wave sold out almost instantly last year in May, the Hobonichi Mother Project has just announced that the four character plushes — Ness, Paula, Jeff, and Poo — will all be re-released in a few days, on February 14th. And once…
It’s finally time again, Switch owners, as Nintendo has confirmed that the next Direct will be airing tomorrow, February 8th! The Direct will be roughly 40 minutes long and goes live at 5 p.m. ET. Tune in at 2 p.m. PST tomorrow, Feb. 8, for a #NintendoDirect livestream featuring…
This year looks good for fans of the classic 3DS RPG Bravely Default, with Good Smile seemingly set to release Pop Up Parade figures of the entire four-person party. The company previously revealed figures based on Tiz and Agnés and earlier today they confirmed Edea Lee! Take a look: …
Universal Studios’ Super Nintendo World in Hollywood has opened for previews/technical rehearsals, and has received generally glowing reviews for its attention to detail and fun atmosphere. This includes its big ticket Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge ride, a slow-moving rail-based VR ride – but the ride has also drawn some criticism…
One of several class action-lawsuits filed against Nintendo for the notorious Joy-Con drift has concluded, and the decision errs on the side of the Big N. A federal judge in California delivered the decision last November in Sanchez et. al. v. Nintendo of America, which ended – as these things…
Is there anything Pedro Pascal can’t do? He made waves as Oberyn Martell in Game of Thrones, he ushered in an era of great live-action Star Wars TV in The Mandalorian, he’s currently playing Joel in HBO’s hit The Last of Us adaptation, and during the pandemic he could, hilariously,…
Last week for NIS’ 30th anniversary the company’s American branch announced two major titles. We’ve already covered the first – Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles, a collection of two previously unlocalized sequels to the musical PS1 RPG. The other announcement, though, was much more expected. Arguably the biggest franchise to come…
Over the weekend Nintendo dropped a surprise – an all-new poster for The Super Mario Bros. Movie! This one has basically all of the marketable heroes and villains (Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong, Bowser…) as well as a side-by-side comparison of the dark, lava-filled Koopa Castle and the jolly Mushroom Kingdom….
