As time marches ever forward, I’m beginning to have this bizarre sensation of writing retrospectives for films, games, and consoles that I was alive for the launch of. Released on November 18th, 2001, in the US, the Nintendo GameCube came at an exciting time for the games industry. Even to…
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…
Dark Deity is a game I’ve been following for the better part of the last year. The strategy RPG follows in the vein of Fire Emblem, complete with support conversations and a diverse class system — and it launched on Steam earlier this year. The title’s launch made a huge…
If you’re like me up until five minutes ago, you might not have realized that both Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town and Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin share publishers – Marvelous (or their subsidiary XSEED in the US). With both games having a heavy focus on farming, it…
Earlier this month we brought you the news that the monster breeding & battling game Monster Crown would be heading to the Nintendo Switch, and now the developers at Studio Aurum have shared the game’s opening cinematic, with art by Rachel Briggs and music from Onion. Nintendo Switch…
Sonic the Hedgehog merchandise usually focuses on the major characters, but every now and then we get a new wave that plucks more minor characters from the series’ past and present and shines a spotlight on them. This new plush wave from Great Eastern Entertainment is no different, and it’s…
Ōkami’s Amaterasu was finally transformed into a Nendoroid figure last year, and GoodSmile isn’t done! They’re ready to transform another character into Nendoroid. Get ready for Shiranui to join in on the fun in August 2022. Okay, yes, that’s a year away, but pre-orders for Shiranui have opened. There are…
Building worlds with some cozy sim flair, Grow: Song of the Evertree is getting closer to blooming onto the Nintendo Switch. As for when it’ll sprout up, we now have a release date thanks to a brand new trailer. Check out the new gameplay trailer below and start plotting your…
Getting back into the education season in the coming weeks? While it may not be your typical type of Pokémon figure from Re-Ment, the company will be releasing a brand-new lineup of Galar region-themed desktop figures holding some school essentials. Have a look below at the upcoming slate of Pokémon…
It may be hard to believe but Halloween isn’t that far off now – there’s just two months to go until the spookiest season! Naturally the Pokémon Company is getting in on the occasion with another batch of Halloween goods. This time around the theme is ‘Halloween Banquet’, with a…
Welcome to this week’s episode of Mii Weekly, a series where we feature headlines, impressions, and an assortment of variety segments all centered around Nintendo! In this episode we cover Pokémon TV coming to Switch, April O’Neil revealed for Revenge of the Shredder, the latest Capcom collaboration in Monster Hunter…
Last we heard about Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, the film had been delayed by two months from its initial September 3rd release date, being shifted forward to November 24th, 2021. This time we have much greater news for those looking forward to the upcoming movie reboot, with not…
I actually had to double check myself on this announcement, as I could’ve sworn Micaiah would’ve gotten the Legendary treatment by now. One of Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn’s lead characters, she’s had a few alternate versions arrive, putting her in a yukata and a wedding dress, but until now she’s…
Monkey Ball is a fairly simple concept to grasp – you see, the monkeys are in balls. Rolling those orbs to their destination by tilting the stage is second nature, and thanks to a whole lot of expert course design it’s a bunch of fun. But what if we changed…
