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…
The latest Peppa Pig game and kino swag goated masterpiece Peppa Pig: World Adventures just released on March 17th, once again bringing the Sultanna of Swine’s swagger to the Nintendo Switch in an adventure straight out of an episode of her TV show. And while most of the game is…
It’s almost time for the gamers of the East Coast to gather at PAX East! The annual expo, which takes place in Boston, Massachusetts every year, is set to run from March 23rd to March 26th at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, and Nintendo will be there, with a…
Over the weekend, the Kingdom Hearts Second Breath concert was held, letting fans experience the series’ music, listen to a new tune from Kingdom Hearts 4, and get very anxious about something series director Tetsuya Nomura said. Distributed alongside the concert, however, was a pamphlet featuring new artwork from Shiro…
2023 is shaping up to be a big year for the Mega Man Battle Network series, with all of the original entries getting their own Legacy Collection in just a matter of weeks on April 14th. There’s something else worth celebrating before that big launch day, though. The original Battle…
Gaming archaeologists are always digging up cool and interesting finds, and a particularly old discovery has been made today – a prototype map from Super Mario World all the way from 1989, initially found as part of the Nintendo “gigaleak” of 2020 and freshly de-corrupted by codfish1002: Super Mario…
Super Mario Run was the first Nintendo offering on mobile, and yet also the most unusual – rather than the free-to-play money slurry that has become standard for the platform, the game cost a flat rate and didn’t put out a steady stream of perpetual updates. While subsequent mobile titles…
Nowadays, companies can’t just release products and see how much money they’ll make after the dust settles – it’s all about projections, predictions, and profits. And with Illumination’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie set to release on April 5th, box office projections are out – the movie is expected to…
It’s been several months since Sonic Frontiers sped onto the scene, and now the game is getting its first free content update of 2023 – the Sight, Sounds, and Speed update adds a handful of new features for fans of the game looking to speed along into this year. After…
Koei Tecmo’s Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout broke new ground for the series, becoming a best-seller and getting the series’ first single-heroine trilogy. The third entry, Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key, is set to launch in just a matter of days on March 24th,…
After being teased last month, we finally have confirmation of two Pokémon joining the previously released Pikachu and Gengar Squishmallows! The next extremely huggable picks are Snorlax and Togepi. You can watch them quite literally drop-in in the video below: View this post on Instagram A post shared by…
Start your engines, pump up your squirt guns, and set your GPS for Boston, MA – Nintendo of America is hosting two game tournaments at PAX East in Boston from March 23rd to 26th. The Splatoon 3 North American Championship 2023 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship Cup 2023 both…
Do you love Kirby? Of course you do, who doesn’t. Well, if you’re hungering for more, then check out this upcoming Kirby-themed kuji game coming to Japan next month, and the accompanying prizes you can get, including mugs, a plush, a UFO light, and more. Have a look at the…
