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 offline remake of Square Enix’s MMORPG Dragon Quest X has gotten a Japanese release date, with players in the region being able to bop slimes starting September 15th. The game covers the story content that was part of the original 2012 game – Rise of the Five Tribes. A…
This past Saturday was a big day for Lego fans! LEGO CON – the yearly event where bricks upon bricks of Lego announcements, reveals, and more happen – had a few Nintendo-related announcements this year. Physical product-wise, we got to see who made the cut for the next round of…
You’re probably not familiar with Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus, an upcoming metroidvania for Switch and other platforms inspired primarily by Ōkami and Hollow Knight (and hey, if you’re gonna be inspired by two games those are two excellent games to pick) from developers Chris Stair and Trevor Youngquist….
Even two months out from his book Disrupting the Game’s release, Reggie Fils-Aimé is still continuing his press tour to promote it, this time being interviewed by CNET’s Scott Stein. The full 15 minute interview is quite lengthy and detailed, covering everything from Reggie’s history to Nintendo’s future to the…
In a recent interview with Nintendo Everything, Studio MDHR’s Executive Producer and Studio Director Maja Moldenhauer was asked about the long-awaited physical release of Cuphead on Nintendo Switch that was formally announced in 2019. After years of anticipation from fans, Moldenhauer was able to reconfirm that the physical release was…
Over the weekend brick-builders could tune into LEGO CON 2022 and see plenty of new announcements for new sets and returning favorites. Amongst these was the next announcement for LEGO Super Mario – new character packs! The random grab-bags have been where several more obscure Mario enemies have gotten the…
The wait for some kind of Nintendo Direct news is over, though it might not be what you expected. It’s been announced that a Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Direct will air on June 22nd, at 7 a.m. PT. Tune in on 6/22 at 7am PT for a livestreamed #XenobladeChronicles3 Direct…
Update (6/20/22): This article has received changes regarding the retailer’s country of origin. To clarify, the retailer is Swiss and the language in the hyperlinked page is German. Persona 5 is easily the pinnacle of “Switch port when,” speaking volumes on how beloved this Atlus RPG is more…
Nintendo and Koei Tecmo have teamed up once again to turn one of Nintendo’s IPs into a Musou (Warriors) style game. Announced during a Nintendo Direct back in February this year, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes gave Fire Emblem: Three Houses fans a new game to look forward to and…
We’re about three months away from the release of Splatoon 3. Nintendo and the Squid Research Lab have been teasing weapons, clothing, and more over the last few weeks and will continue to do so this summer. Today’s announcement isn’t about a particular weapon line or Splatoon’s fresh fashion –…
Nintendo of Europe continues to roll out Xenoblade Chronicles 3 music one track at a time, following up yesterday’s sorrowful “The Weight of Life” with an elegant, fast-paced fight track, “Keves Battle.” 🔊 It’s Friday, so here’s one of the #XenobladeChronicles3 battle themes to get you all fired up…
Hey y’all. We know the reports over the past… year (god, it’s been almost a year already) about the awful sexual harrassment and dubious behavior going on at video game mega publisher Activision Blizzard. Sure it’s involved stolen breast milk, an infamous “Cosby Suite,” and even a suicide, but you…
