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…
There’s just over two months to go until the next Tokyo Game Show conference and as is customary we’ve got a new piece of key art to admire. Illustrated by Kukka, who previously contributed 2020’s artowrk, the new piece is based on the theme “Nothing Stops Gaming” as reported by…
Summertime is in full swing, but it won’t be until September that squid kids reign supreme on Nintendo Switch again. Splatoon 3 is no doubt on players’ minds thanks to Nintendo drip-feeding info via the always-welcome Squid Research Lab. Today they’re serving up a tour of one of the game’s…
Capcom can’t be stopped when it comes to Monster Hunter. Their highest selling title may still be Monster Hunter World, but in the wake of its Sunbreak expansion’s launch last week we’ve got fresh numbers on Monster Hunter Rise. 【御礼】『モンスターハンターライズ』全世界1,000万本、『モンスターハンターライズ：サンブレイク』全世界200万本を達成！ ハンターの皆さん本当にありがとうございます！ こちらを記念した2つのアイテムパックが7月7日(木)に配信！#モンハンライズ #MHサンブレイク pic.twitter.com/z0HXbXsjZ4 — モンスターハンターライズ：サンブレイク公式 (@MH_Rise_JP) July 5,…
It appears fairly mundane on the surface. Nintendo, ever eager to protect its IP and branding, recently filed to trademark the acronym “NSW” sometimes used to refer to the Switch when “NS” is just a little too vague and “NX” is extremely old hat. (Man, remember when we could only…
In the name of the moon, she will bubblebeam you — independent figure maker Yaya Studio has crafted a slate of resin Psyduck figures where the iconic duck is dressed up as the even more iconic Sailor Scouts from Sailor Moon, complete with henshin poses and/or holding its head in…
On March 4th of this year, following Russia’s widely condemned invasion of Ukraine, the Nintendo eShop in the invading country stopped working — less a product of Nintendo actively pulling the plug and more a matter of course, since their third-party payment provider for the region suspended transactions. About a…
Nintendo has released a full transcript of its recent Investor Q&A session and one key question focused on Nintendo’s leak management. The question itself references “reports of hacks which allegedly have been traced to China”. While the asker doesn’t specifically mention Nintendo, it’s worth noting that the infamous “gigaleak” involved…
When Nintendo Switch Online was updated with redeemable icon parts back in March, Super Mario Odyssey was one of the first games to be spotlit. Now the game’s back for the month of July with even more goodies to redeem. The first wave features the wedding versions of Mario, Peach,…
The Xenoblade series’ music is well regarded (what else do you expect when you have heavy hitters like Yasunori Mitsuda and Yoko Shimomura contributing?) but some of the most hype moments come when you’re fighting a unique named monster. Those moments are typically scored by a track titled “You Will…
The DioField Chronicle, Square Enix’s upcoming strategy RPG that was announced for Switch earlier this year, was spotlighted in a Japanese stream over the weekend. For starters we got a good look at the gameplay which you can catch at the 9:45 mark below: If that’s got you…
The long-awaited next chapter in the Science Adventure world that begun with Steins;Gate has finally been confirmed for a western release at Anime Expo 2022. Worked on by the creator of Steins;Gate, Chiyomaru Shikura, and various other Sci-Adv alumni, Anonymous;Code follows a group of hackers in the year 2037 who…
The follow-up to the adorable Doraemon Story of Seasons was announced during last week’s Nintendo Direct mini and during Anime Expo 2022 we got another tidbit of news – a demo is on the way. While we don’t have a release date for the demo, we can expect to be…
