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…
One of the most common talking points among video game circles is often the music that accompanies them. Yet for every award-winning soundtrack, there’s a handful of tracks that live on for more amusing reasons. Perhaps the most well-known song of this caliber is the notorious “DK Rap” from Donkey…
The number of drivers who have only been in a single Mario Kart title is fairly low, and typically justified as being a character from a game that was relevant at the time. After all, how many people are clamoring for the return of Honey Queen? That all said, Mario…
Bandai Namco’s long-lost platforming star is back, popping off air bullets and ready to do some Dream Traveling! Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series is now available on Nintendo Switch and other platforms, giving fans and first-timers a chance to experience the character’s two biggest adventures. Have a look at the launch…
Update (7/14/22): All five new Animal Crossing plushes are up for pre-order at Play-Asia for $17.99 each. You can save 5% on orders over $20 when you use the code NWIREQ4 at checkout! This past April, Sanei Boeki announced that more Animal Crossing plushes would be coming to…
Today’s a great day to be a Klonoa fan. Not only has the long-awaited remaster of the two mainline entries arrived on store shelves, but GoodSmile had a very nice surprise in store for the occasion… ◤￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣＼📢商品化決定👀🎉／＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿◢ 『風のクロノア door to phantomile』より「ねんどろいど クロノア」が商品化決定🌟原型は8月のスマイルフェスでも展示予定です💪✨お楽しみに！！ #風のクロノア #maxfactory #ねんどろいど pic.twitter.com/BnLyEEybwb — マックスファクトリー 公式…
As part of yesterday’s Nacon Connect, the publisher announced a new game featuring Detroit’s state-of-the-art police officer, RoboCop. RoboCop: Rogue City is set to be a first-person shooter where you naturally play as the titular character, complete with the weapons you’d expect. Of course there’s plenty of corruption and greed…
After an unexpected delay back in March the indie monster taming and battling game Coromon has finally gotten its Switch release date! The port will finally arrive on July 21st, and you can catch a new trailer below marking the announcement.
Nintendo has announced the next game addition to its Nintendo 64 library and it’s the beloved puzzler Pokémon Puzzle League. Featuring plenty of clips from the early years of the anime plus instrumentals of classic vocal tracks, it’s definitely a time capsule of the era it released. Panel…
We all consume Nintendo products in the form of video games, but now we can consume them more literally — ice cream store Cold Stone Creamery, vaunted (or avoided?) for its hyper-sugary confections, has added a small selection of Nintendo-themed ice creams to its storefront. There are three flavors and…
You’re probably familiar with Hironobu Kageyama, whether or not you realize it. A rockstar Japanese vocalist whose career spans all the way back to the early ’80s, you probably know him best for singing Dragon Ball Z’s original opening Cha La Head Cha La, and he’s lent his voice to…
In news gut-wrenching, tragic, and heartbreaking, it’s been reported that Yu-Gi-Oh! author and creator Kazuki Takahashi was found dead on Wednesday morning, off the coast of Nago city in Okinawa, Japan. He was 60 years old. He was found equipped with snorkeling gear, and the cause of his death is…
License Global — a magazine dedicated to the riveting, relatable, and ribald practice of talking about brand licenses — has just released its Global License Report for 2022. And boy, is it full of numbers. Reporting over $260 billion revenue from licenses worldwide (enough to give every single human being…
Update (7/8/22): Funko’s Bayonetta Bloody Fate Collector’s Box is now available to purchase at GameStop. Pick it up for $39.99! The box includes the following items: Bayonetta Pop Jeanne Pop Bayonetta’s Scarborough Fair weapons Umbran Watch keychain Plush Cheshire Twitter user @htor441 has leaked two…
