Letter writing may be a dying form of communication (and art, if you ask me), yet that hasn’t stopped gaming companies from releasing beautiful stamps to adorn the correspondences of those who still partake in the oldest form of long-distance communication. The Pokémon Company is the latest to do so,…
After months of waiting, one of the most desired Community Days is waddling its way to Pokémon GO. Come hungry and leave bitey, because it’s (almost) Gible time! Gible. June 6. That’s it. That’s the tweet.#PokemonGOCommunityDay — Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) May 7, 2021 The little Dragon-type is one…
Preservation is a prickly subject; you can’t swing a dead console over your head without hitting someone who has a fierce opinion on the matter, whether that be physical preservation purists, emulation aficionados, or someone somewhere in-between. Recent events in the games industry over the past few months have brought…
Over the years we’ve seen plenty of easy-to-access game creation tools, from Dreams to WarioWare DIY, and now Nintendo’s back with its most ambitious yet. Titled Game Builder Garage, you’ll be able to build your own games with guidance from the minds at Nintendo and the cute Nodon mascots. …
Originally released in 2018, Save me Mr Tako: Tasukete Tako-san by Christophe Galati is back, patched, and under a new title – Save me Mr Tako: Definitive Edition. This love letter to the original Game Boy era of 2D platformers and JRPGs received mixed reviews at launch, with Nintendo Wire’s…
Arriving over two decades since the release of its predecessor, New Pokémon Snap is a rather late sequel to the Nintendo 64 spin-off, though that didn’t seem to affect demand for the new title. The game immediately soared to the number one spot in the UK, and according to GamesIndustry.biz…
As has been the case for so many games of late, the Studio Ghibli-inspired Zelda-like Baldo: The Guardian Owls has seen a significant delay from its initial planned release of Summer 2020. There’s still no update on its current “TBD” release date, but now we at least have lots of…
Vicarious Visions’ critically lauded remakes of the first two Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games finally have a Switch release date, and it’s next month! The HD refresh, simply titled Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2, will ollie onto Switch on June 25th, 2021. Grab your board and #NintendoSwitch,…
The long-running Pokémon Adventures manga has been going strong for almost 22 years now, with writer Hidenori Kusaka giving fans a relatively game-accurate narrative journey through the various regions. The latest chapters naturally have focused on Galar, adapting the events of Sword & Shield to the black and white page….
Mario Kart Tour has begun its latest Team Rally event, making players pick one of two main drivers to support. Whoever decides these themes must have HBO, because they’ve got a big reptile facing off with a gorilla at the center of it all. More than anything, the…
Detective Pikachu was a box office smash hit in 2019, quickly becoming the highest-grossing video game movie ever shortly after its release (until being surpassed by the following year’s Sonic the Hedgehog movie). You’d assume that a sequel would be inevitable due to the film’s success, but Justice Smith, who…
Okay, okay. I’ll say what we’re all thinking – “Eekum Bokum.” Banjo-Kazooie’s resident shaman (well, one of them) is next in line for a deluxe First 4 Figures statue. His skull head and googly eyes are ready to join your collection, based on his original design, and coming soon will…
Spoiler warning – As has been the case with previous fallen hero focuses, spoilers for Three Houses’ Azure Moon route and Awakening’s Future Past DLC follow Darkness is encroaching once again upon Fire Emblem Heroes, bringing four new fallen versions of familiar characters to the game. Be it good intentions…
“Music” and “Smash Bros.” go together without question. Hundreds of songs have found their way into Smash from all corners of gaming, and while those get played again and again (and again) it’s not often it pays respect to the video game characters that make music. Now, though, a new…
ININ Games and STUDIOARTDINK are ready to reveal the western release date for Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World. Goodbye Q2 2021 placeholder! Get ready to revisit this Sega Mega Drive classic with a 3D make-over on the Nintendo Switch starting Friday, May 28th. Two friends saving the…
