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…
The majority of Pokémon to come to Build-A-Bear hail from the first generation, bringing some warm and fuzzy nostalgia to fans and families. That’s always welcome, but what if you’re after something a little newer? A little more contemporary? Well, we’ve got good news, especially for that “warm” part! …
We’ve gotten glimpses of Stonefly a few times now, and each time gets me more and more interested. Coming from the makers of Creature in the Well, Stonefly’s vibe manages to be supremely chill despite how much effort has gone into it. A new video series has been launched called…
The lineup of participating companies for E3 2021 has just gotten a little bigger. Though we recently learned Konami would be backing out of the show due to timing, several more have just been confirmed in a spirited announcement. Hope you’re getting hungry cause we’ve got more chefs in…
Nintendo’s latest fiscal year report is finally here, covering the fiscal year starting April 2020 through March 2021. Needless to say, it was quite the unusual year, yet the company managed to make the most of the global pandemic and reached new heights of Switch sales. Starting with the hardware,…
Over the years we’ve seen plenty of easy-to-access game creation tools, from Dreams to WarioWare DIY, and now Nintendo’s back with its most ambitious yet. Titled Game Builder Garage, you’ll be able to build your own games with guidance from the minds at Nintendo and the cute Nodon mascots. …
Originally released in 2018, Save me Mr Tako: Tasukete Tako-san by Christophe Galati is back, patched, and under a new title – Save me Mr Tako: Definitive Edition. This love letter to the original Game Boy era of 2D platformers and JRPGs received mixed reviews at launch, with Nintendo Wire’s…
Arriving over two decades since the release of its predecessor, New Pokémon Snap is a rather late sequel to the Nintendo 64 spin-off, though that didn’t seem to affect demand for the new title. The game immediately soared to the number one spot in the UK, and according to GamesIndustry.biz…
As has been the case for so many games of late, the Studio Ghibli-inspired Zelda-like Baldo: The Guardian Owls has seen a significant delay from its initial planned release of Summer 2020. There’s still no update on its current “TBD” release date, but now we at least have lots of…
Vicarious Visions’ critically lauded remakes of the first two Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games finally have a Switch release date, and it’s next month! The HD refresh, simply titled Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2, will ollie onto Switch on June 25th, 2021. Grab your board and #NintendoSwitch,…
The long-running Pokémon Adventures manga has been going strong for almost 22 years now, with writer Hidenori Kusaka giving fans a relatively game-accurate narrative journey through the various regions. The latest chapters naturally have focused on Galar, adapting the events of Sword & Shield to the black and white page….
Mario Kart Tour has begun its latest Team Rally event, making players pick one of two main drivers to support. Whoever decides these themes must have HBO, because they’ve got a big reptile facing off with a gorilla at the center of it all. More than anything, the…
Detective Pikachu was a box office smash hit in 2019, quickly becoming the highest-grossing video game movie ever shortly after its release (until being surpassed by the following year’s Sonic the Hedgehog movie). You’d assume that a sequel would be inevitable due to the film’s success, but Justice Smith, who…
