No, this is not a belated April Fool’s Day joke. As reported by the Iowa Capital Dispatch a few days ago, an Iowan man is suing Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for refusing to grant him “Pokémon Professor” status. That’s not some made up title, but rather an official thing…
An upcoming wave of Pokémon LEGO sets, featuring several fan-favorite Kanto creatures, have reportedly leaked online. Reddit user General_Durian_1013 (via My Nintendo News) shared the box art for three sets that are presumably going to be released soon: “Charmander and Geodude’s Cavern Clash,” “Jigglypuff Concert,” and “Cubone and Gengar’s Spooky…
Tales of Arise will be heading to Nintendo Switch 2 soon, and we’ve reviewed it! As Nintendo Wire’s Ricky Berg writes, “The story, cast, and art direction draw you in and bring confidence to the future of the series as its 30th anniversary winds down.” Sounds promising, especially if you…
Nintendo’s back to spotlight its third party developers with a new Partner Showcase, which you can watch below: We’ll be sure to have articles focusing on the major releases so be sure to stick around!
Unexpectedly, Millenium Kitchen’s laidback Shin-chan game Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation – The Endless Seven-Day Journey is getting a western release this August from publisher Neos Corporation. Essentially the latest entry in the My Summer Vacation series, which has only had one prior localization in the form of…
Back in 2017, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle was the subject of a fairly notable leak, spoiling the surprise but doubling the hype — that’s what happens when you call Peach a badass princess. Now history is repeating itself a bit, as it appears Ubisoft’s own storefront has leaked info…
Even without a full-blown first party Nintendo Direct this week, the rumor mill churns on and on and on — Jeff Grubb, journalist and Giant Bomb contributor who has a good reputation in the industry, claims that a Metroid Prime Remaster is coming our way this holiday season, and that…
Young’uns these days aren’t old enough to remember (or weren’t even born when it happened… god I’m old), but The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker caught a lot of heat back in the day for having a cartoony art style. After a previous demo had shown a more realistic…
June 2022’s Community Day for Pokémon GO is in the books and Niantic is already announcing what’s next. We’ve known the date for July 2022’s Community Day for a few weeks now (Sunday, June 17th, 2022), but we didn’t know which Pokémon would be featured. That changes today with Niantic’s…
Basically every 3D Mario game can be split into one of two categories — a wide open sandbox exploration title where you find Stars (and Star-like objects) throughout a level, like Super Mario Odyssey, and linear “mission-based” titles where each level has a pretty direct course for you to venture…
A new character will soon be cutting onto the scene in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles as DLC. The former Demon Slayer Corp member Tengen Uzui will be sold as an individual fighter for the action-packed 3D brawler, coming in at 500 yen in Japan. As…
The Pokémon Company is continuing to localize its PokéToon series of shorts with Episode 2, “The Pancham Who Wants to Be a Hero”, arriving on Pokémon TV. The episode, as the title suggests, focuses on a determined Pancham who is inspired by a strong trainer and their Arcanine. Unfortunately we…
It’s official! Nintendo has announced the latest Nintendo Direct is coming this Tuesday, June 28th, and it’s a Mini Partner Showcase. A new #NintendoDirectMini: Partner Showcase is on the way! Watch on-demand via our YouTube channel beginning Tuesday, June 28 at 6am PT for roughly 25 minutes of info…
In a continuing string of defensive remarks meant to assuage doubts but only stoking fears, Chris Pratt has assured us all that his Mario voice isn’t gonna be, you know, recognizable or anything. After producer Chris Meledandri defended Pratt’s casting as the iconic plumber (for the second time), Pratt himself…
Most localizers in the game industry aren’t well known, or at best are simply in-house for the wider developer/publisher, but the Shibuya-based 8-4 has made a name for itself over the years with some truly top-notch translations. With classics like Tales of Vesperia, NieR Automata, and Undertale under their belt,…
