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…
After several delays, it was a relief to finally receive concrete release date announcements from Bandai Namco for both North America and Japan recently. Alongside that exciting news, we were also given a look at the Japanese box art, and now we’ve been provided a glimpse at some really beautiful…
Kirby has been gracing us with his newest magical adventure for over a month now, and it’s been one perfectly pink experience the entire way through. That’s why it’s no surprise to see a sweet parade of homages to the game arrive from Nintendo. A whole mouthful of quotes from…
Gather your wits and weapons, because the next Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Digital Event is on the horizon! Capcom has announced a broadcast for the upcoming expansion in the near future. Featuring “…gameplay info, monsters, and more” from Director Yoshitake Suzuki, it’s set to air May 10th. Join us…
Plenty of folks want to live in the worlds of Disney – that immersion has basically been the raison d’etre of the many theme parks since they first opened. Soon, though, you’ll be able to do it digitally with the newly announced Disney Dreamlight Valley. Set to be a free-to-play…
The Ghibli-esque action-adventure game Baldo: The Guardian Owls landed on Switch in August of last year to mixed reviews thanks to an abundance of bugs, but developer Naps Team has been hard at work not only fixing various bugs and developing a brand-new story adventure, but has also been working…
Kirby is turning 30 today, and as part of the celebrations Kirby’s creator, Masahiro Sakurai, has shared some small tidbits about the creation of Kirby’s iconic victory dance from Kirby’s Dream Land. きょう『星のカービィ』が30歳ですと｡これからも仲良くしてやってください! 初代カービィのクリアダンス｡開発当時､サウンド担当にクリア音楽のフレーム数を聞いたところ｢わからない｣とのことで…カセットテープに録音したクリア音楽を何度も巻き戻しつつ､音に合わせて作りました｡ pic.twitter.com/fZwaojWa3t — 桜井 政博 / Masahiro Sakurai (@Sora_Sakurai) April 26, 2022 Sakurai was in…
Fans of retro N64 platformers, drunk squirrels, or plush poo will be happy today: Fangamer has released several new items for their line of merchandise for Conker’s Bad Fur Day. In addition to the previous shirts, pins, and plushes, fans of the crude Rare title will have some new stuff…
We all know that the Switch is a gaming platform first and foremost, but that hasn’t stopped people from realizing that the portable console is a great way to watch their favorite shows on the go. While there were no streaming services available on the platform when the Switch first…
Sonic Origins is upon us in June and the collection will hopefully be the definitive way to play the classic Sonic trilogy and CD. Likely to avoid customer confusion, Sega has announced that it will be delisting versions of the games included, namely Sonic the Hedgehog 1 through 3, plus…
The Seiken Densetsu/Mana series celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and it comes with a surprising announcement: an anime adaptation of Legend of Mana, the fourth (and in this author’s opinion, best) entry in the long-running franchise. Subtitled “The Teardrop Crystal,” it will presumably adapt the arc of the same…
Good day, brothers and sisters of the parish. We are here today to venerate our lord puffball Kirby, hallowed be thy name, for his immeasurable grace and cuteness. We do that every day, of course, but today we have something to celebrate: Kirby and the Forgotten Land is the best-selling…
You may or may not be familiar with Golden Week, the string of Japanese holidays from April 29th to May 5th that many families take off to vacation or companies use to promote their goods. We have a strong example of the latter, as Capcom is hosting a big sale…
