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…
Digital Monster fans are due for another year of buffering and disconnections, sadly. The awaited tactics/survival game has been in the works for some time but with minimal news or showings. Per a new financial report shared over on Resetera, it would appear that may stay the case for some…
Jupiter and Sega are partnering together for the latest in the always welcome Picross series. There’s just something about these nonograms that puts me at ease, but this time around they’ll be doing what Nintendon’t. As previously announced, Picross S Genesis & Master System edition will be basing its number…
It’s been a few months since we’ve seen much at all of the upcoming action-adventure Baldo: The Guardian Owls, but you can rest assured that NAPS team hasn’t been sitting on its hands. The game finally has a solid release date of August 27th on Nintendo Switch and other platforms,…
Being an amiibo collector can be tough! Not only do you have to deal with retail exclusives, scalpers, bootlegs, and shortages, from time to time, an extremely limited variant gets released that you’ll likely never have the chance to see in real life — let alone own. We’ve seen golden…
Few video game icons quite capture the essense of the 1990’s like Sonic the Hedgehog. The blue blur perfectly captured the era’s approach to ‘attitude’, while meshing it with cute Japanese sensibilities, resulting in a pretty iconic aesthetic that still holds up to this day. Fashion label Stray Rats is…
Tilting the floor to precisely maneuver spherically constrained simians is a form of art. It’ll take determination, ingenuity, and a whole lot of potassium to fuel you through the hundreds of stages in Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania. Thankfully, the Switch version of this 20th anniversary celebration won’t be left…
If not for skipping Melee, the Bumper item would’ve been in every single Super Smash Bros. game. It may not have that perfect attendance, but only missing a single Smash game puts it on par with features such as a gallery of collectibles and Marth. Such a recurring legacy deserves…
Fire Emblem Heroes is dipping once again into a specific game’s backstory and lore to bring forth a Mythic Hero. This time around it’s Genealogy of the Holy War getting attention, reviving one of its Twelve Crusaders to fight at summoners’ sides. Behold, Ullr, the bowmaster that in…
To close out its multi-week Summertime Celebration, Mario Kart Tour is hosting another Team Rally! The Mario vs. Peach Tour will put plumber against princess in a battle between arguably the two most beloved people in the whole Mushroom Kingdom. The brand new driver this time is Happi…
Compared to Nintendo’s other mobile endeavors, Dr. Mario World never quite seemed to take off. While there was an indescribable joy in seeing what Mushroom Kingdom mooks would suddenly attain their medical license to help bust viruses, it just couldn’t compare with the likes of Mario Kart Tour and Fire…
Last week, the state of California formally filed multiple charges against Activision Blizzard for violating multiple codes of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and California Equal Pay Act. Once the news broke, a number of official statements from Activision Blizzard were released online. These include an initial statement from…
July was a pretty packed month of events for Pokémon GO! Celebrating the game’s 5th anniversary and hosting Pokémon GO Fest 2021 on top of the standard monthly events had Trainers catching even more Pokémon. Now as we move onto August, things have slowed down slightly, but there are still…
