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…
Most localizers in the game industry aren’t well known, or at best are simply in-house for the wider developer/publisher, but the Shibuya-based 8-4 has made a name for itself over the years with some truly top-notch translations. With classics like Tales of Vesperia, NieR Automata, and Undertale under their belt,…
Lip sync has always been a tricky business in the world of video games. We’re not even that far past the point where games had portions without synced lips at all — anybody remember Kingdom Hearts 1? Or heck, even Xenoblade Chronicles the first, which saved any lip syncing for…
Appearing in Nintendo’s E3 2021 Direct, the action-adventure shooter Strange Brigade is back a year later with a different release. For 2021, it was a digital drop on the Nintendo eShop once the Direct was over. As for 2022, it’s a standard and SteelBook physical release courtesy of Super Rare…
One of Splatoon 2’s freshest additions was the musical duo of Off the Hook, serving as announcers and color commentary every time you booted up the game. We haven’t seen hide or hair of Pearl and Marina since Splatoon 3 was announced, though, leading us all to wonder where they…
As part of the Pokémon North America International Championships, a code was shared commemorating one of the party members of the Europe International Championship’s winner, Eric Rios. As reported by Serebii, the Pokémon in question is an east sea Gastrodon with the moves Earth Power, Ice Beam, Yawn, and Protect….
Another major city is heading to Mario Kart Tour and this time around it’s the capital of Thailand, Bangkok! The Bangkok Rush course will arrive as part of the upcoming Bangkok Tour, which itself starts after the Metropolitan Tour finishes. You’ll not only be able to experience the sights and…
Today marks the day you can return to the battlefields of Fódlan in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. To mark the occasion, Nintendo UK has released a launch trailer for the game that serves as a short-but-sweet summary of what to expect. You can pick up Fire Emblem…
Super Mario Odyssey was designed to be a one player game (with a buddy pinching in as Cappy if really wanted or needed), but its wide open zones certainly seem like they would be a lot of fun if you had some pals to platform around with. That must be…
Last year the Pokémon Company introduced a new line of plushes under the ‘Saiko Soda Refresh’ brand name, including the likes of Raichu, Oddish, Porygon, and more. Now the anime illustrator F * Kaori is back with more adorably pastel colored Pokémon, namely Pichu, Phanpy, Smoochum, and Jirachi! 7月2日（土）、「サイコソーダ・リフレッシュ」シリーズの新商品が、ポケモンセンターに登場！レトロポップな色合いが特徴のぬいぐるみに、ピチュー・ゴマゾウ・ムチュール・ジラーチの4匹が仲間入りするよ。https://t.co/aMZdigvkYZ…
In between the release drought of Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Animal Crossing: New Horizons, there was Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. Okay, yes, there was also an Animal Crossing-themed app and “party game” for the Wii U plus a home designing spin-off on the Nintendo 3DS (Animal Crossing Happy Home…
If you’ve been wanting to welcome an adorable tiny Nahobino into your home then you’re in luck, as Atlus has announced a collaboration with the manufacturer Stubbins for a selection of new plushes. In terms of 10 inch Deluxe plushes, we have Nahobino and Aogami from Shin Megami Tensei V…
It’s summertime, which means beaches, picnics, and spending time with dear friends in the great outdoors — or maybe just huddling up in your dark room and playing video games. Nintendo assumes it’s the latter, as they’re hosting a “Big Ol’ Super Sale” where you can, in their own words,…
