Nintendo and Microsoft’s gaming relationship has changed for the better over the last few years (getting ever closer last year when both companies agreed to cross-play functionality for various games, notably Minecraft and Rocket League); now, rumors suggest Microsoft could be bringing an Xbox app, Game Pass, Ori and the Blind…
Reggie Fils-Aimé’s announcement of retiring from Nintendo came as a shock to most of us. Sadness, heartbroken, a slew of different emotions were elicited from a simple tweet. Why, though? It’s because Reggie became our friend over the years. 15 years ago, the gaming scene was different. Sure, that’s 15…
Today it was announced that Reggie Fils-Aime, current President of Nintendo of America and a man who’s been synonymous with the company ever since he introduced himself and told us what he was about, will be retiring from his position effective April 15th. Succeeding him will be Doug Bowser, current…
Get your fishing poles ready, campers, because Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has an extra lovely treat for everyone today! Head over to Saltwater Shores and speak with Chip as soon as you can — you’ll find that the new fishing tournament (#11 to be exact) has you catching fish so…
For those of you excited about the upcoming new Snapshot feature in Pokémon GO, now’s the time to start getting ready. Over the next few days, you should start to see a new update for the game rolling out on both iOS and Android, with the updated version presumably including…
Whenever a new demo is available in the Nintendo eShop, there’s a chance that the Digital Foundry team will dive in and start analyzing the technical aspects. After last week’s Nintendo Direct dropped one for Yoshi’s Craft World (marking Nintendo’s first foray into the Unreal Engine for Switch), John Linneman…
Astral Chain’s trailer debut during last week’s Direct had me grinnin’, as it marks the return of PlatinumGames to a Nintendo console since Bayonetta 2, their work on Star Fox notwithstanding. While a few things could be gleaned from the trailer in terms of style and gameplay ideas, not much…
The latest character type in Fire Emblem Heroes has been beast characters, and after a strong start with some Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn Laguz, sights have shifted to a different pair of games. Specifically the Fire Emblem Fates duology, bringing their wolfskin and kitsune characters to Heroes in…
The Switch-exclusive Sega Ages series is finally ramping back up, with the Master System’s Alex Kidd in Miracle World getting slated for release in Japan later this week, as reported by Gematsu. Originally released in Japan in 1986, and across the rest of the world in ’87, Alex Kidd in…
Game Informer senior editor Imran Khan has had a busy week in the Nintendo news cycle. Fresh off of crushing Mother fans’ hopes and dreams for the 132,463th time, Khan appeared on Kinda Funny Games on February 13th — the day of the Direct — where he dropped a hot…
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle still stands as one of my favorite fighting games on Switch, what with its crossover nature and simplified, yet rewarding, gameplay. Things have been awfully quiet for it since the announcement at Evo 2018 that it would be receiving a fifth franchise, and the later reveal…
I’ve already called Wargroove one of the best Switch releases of the year so far, and as I’ve started to introduce the game to friends and read up on others’ takes, a few minor quibbles have come up here and there. Thankfully, Chucklefish has been listening and has recently detailed…
We’ve known about Crystal Crisis for what feels like a long time, and we even got a taste of it at PAX West this last year. The competitive puzzle-fighting action of this game that’s bringing characters from corners I’d never have expected is calling to me more and more every…
The Fire Emblem faithful might recall that a while back a big fancy Fire Emblem Expo was announced for May 4th at Zepp Tokyo in Japan. And while many fans lack the funds or time to make it to the gathering, Intelligent Systems has you covered on the merchandise front,…
Another one of Masahiro Sakurai’s fabled Famitsu columns has dropped in weekly Famitsu, offering another round of profound insight and candid humor from one of the most famous Nintendo developers out there. Nintendo Everything has courteously provided the full translation, which we’ve summarized below: Sakurai celebrates Smash’s 20th birthday (which…