When taking a look at where mainstream gaming got its start, one commonality makes itself apparent: the platformer genre. There’s been countless titles to use this formula over the years, and while many are still going strong in the modern day, many likewise have fallen to the wayside. There is…
During yesterday’s Pokémon Day festivities, a new trailer for the upcoming Nintendo Switch game Pokémon Legends: Z-A was showcased which gives us our best look at the game yet. After a year or so of silence, we now can see that Legends: Z-A isn’t deviating too much from what made…
In a rather surprising bit of news today, Nintendo of Japan has announced that one of the retro titles available through its Switch Online subscription service will actually be getting delisted soon. On March 28th, 2025, Super Formation Soccer will leave the Super Famicom App and subscribers will no longer…
While Nintendo was riding high as the second-best publisher on Metacritic’s 2017 list of game publisher rankings, the company has steadily been falling down the list over the years since. It dropped to fourth place in 2018 and 2019, ninth in 2020, and now sits at 14th in the 2021…
The Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, and while the sociopolitical situation is far too complex to sum up here (and you should not be relying on a Nintendo news website for this kind of information), the growing economic sanctions upon Russia are clearly having immense international effect beyond merely raising…
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is set to be a sprawling epic spanning nine movies worth of content, so it’s no surprise the game will feature a sizeable amount of planets to explore. This latest trailer focuses on the scope of the game, showcasing the pretty locales, some behind-the-scenes…
It’s official. After yesterday’s Instagram leak, the good folks at Lego and Nintendo have finally unveiled the latest additions to the Super Mario collection. That’s right! Princess Peach is officially getting added as an interactive Mega Figure along side six additional playsets, including Peach’s iconic castle. All of the sets…
It was only last week that we reported on Sonic Adventure’s E-102 Gamma getting a plush from Great Eastern Entertainment and now the company is back with another fairly obscure pull for its 10″ plush line! Sonic Triple Trouble and Sonic the Fighter’s own Fang the Sniper aka Nack the…
Square Enix’s return to quirky Chocobo racing has finally launched, with Chocobo GP boosting onto store shelves, both physically and digitally. To mark the occasion, a new launch trailer has been released that handily sums up the game in 30 seconds. Not only that but the game’s official…
Need a phone case? An airpod case? A case case? Well, all of those and more (except the last one) are going to be part of an upcoming CASETiFY collaboration with Pokémon. Buyers will be able to get customizable phone cases based on one of nine different Pokémon in two…
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure has grown from a cult favorite manga to full on anime phenomenon over the last handful of years, and Bandai Namco knows it. Featured in today’s State of Play showcase, a stylish PlayStation 3-era fighter is getting another chance on current consoles. Behold, the greatest high that…
Today’s State of Play featured a few surprises, with one of the final reveals being an all-new IP from Square Enix – the tactical RPG The DioField Chronicle. The game will feature music by two Game of Thrones veterans, Ramin Djawadi and Brandon Campbell, which you can get…
In recent years video game companies have been much keener to release their soundtrack albums on digital services, and today marked YouTube’s turn for Square Enix. Not only has the company put up playlists featuring a wire array of official soundtracks, from Final Fantasy VII to Octopath Traveler, but there’re…
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe isn’t the only Mario Kart racer getting updates — the little mobile game that could Mario Kart Tour is having a whole slate of new additions and changes, the foremost of which is adding Miis and Mii costumes to the game. Other changes include the following:…
The history of the Mother series and fan translations runs deep, and now another chapter in it has been written — or rather, translated into English. The two official Mother novels written by Saori Kumi, one for EarthBound Beginnings/Mother (subtitled The Original Story) and another for EarthBound/Mother 2 (subtitled Giyagas…
