The Psychic-type Pokémon-themed event – the Psychic Spectacular – returns for 2024! Now with Max Battles available, Dynamax Beldum will be added to the mix. Plus, we’ll see the debut of Hatenna, Hattrem, and Hatterene. (For more details about the Season of Max Out, you can check out our Season…
Disclaimer: This review was based on the PC version of The Plucky Squire. As time goes on, I find myself appreciating just how wonderful a great piece of art can be. While “great” is a subjective term when it comes to art, calling the piece in question high-quality is factual….
It’s still a bit surreal to me, but Nintendo’s purple lunchbox is firmly a retro console at this point in time. Released in Japan and North America in 2001, the GameCube would be the first real “failure” Nintendo felt in the home console space until the Wii U. While it…
Announced way back in 2021, the HD-2D remake of Dragon Quest III has been quietly coming along at Square Enix. With only one scant update back in September of this year where series creator Yuji Horii noted that development was coming along “swimmingly,” there hasn’t been much news on the…
Indie RPG darling Sea of Stars made a big splash when it was released this summer, and one of the reasons it made such a great impression was its stellar soundtrack. Composed by Eric W. Brown, who also worked on Sabotage Studio’s The Messenger, the soundtrack also features guest compositions…
Waluigi, you know him, you love him, you might be in love with him, who knows? The gangly menace was first designed by Fumihide Aoki for 1999’s Mario Tennis on the N64, to act as the Luigi to Wario’s Mario, as it were. In the years since, fans across the…
Just a few days ago, the documentary EarthBound USA was released via Fangamer, and contained within the documentary is an interview with Shigesato Itoi, the creator of the EarthBound/Mother series, where he touched on the localization – or lack thereof – of Mother 3. Itoi mentions that he would “love…
Last week, Jiro Mifune, a developer who worked on the original Live A Live and later Chrono Trigger, shared that he had a hand in brainstorming ideas for the original Super Mario RPG. Mifune was uncomfortable with the idea of Mario wielding a sword and armor, so he drew up…
This week, Xbox CFO Tim Stuart detailed Microsoft’s mission for Game Pass going forward at the Wells Fargo TMT Summit. Stuart stated that the goal for Game Pass was to bring it to “every screen that can play games” and went on to explain that that meant mobile devices, smart…
One of my favorite collections from the past few years has undoubtedly been Atari 50. Boasting over 100 games spanning from the 2600 to the Jaguar, this little cartridge encapsulates a massive amount of gaming history. Now, more than a year after its initial release, Atari 50 is set to…
The Splatfest Research Team has a special report for squid kids everywhere, Splatoon 3’s Frosty Fest is coming soon! Frosty Fest will see both Splatsville and Inkopolis covered in snow and decked out for the winter season. Players will also see both Deep Cut and the Squid Sister’s dressed for…
Following Ash Ketchum’s final run in the Pokémon anime, a brand-new series focusing on new protagonists is finally making its way to the United States in February. Pokémon Horizons: The Series debuts on Netflix in the US on February 23rd, 2024, just in time for Pokémon Day on February 27th….
Update (1/12/24): Capcom’s Monster Hunter Twitter page has shared a detailed table listing the content that will no longer be available come January 21st: One of the staples of the Monster Hunter series in recent years has been its wacky collaborations. While Monster Hunter Rise hasn’t had…
Back in the day, Sega and Nintendo — and by extension, Sonic and Mario — were true rivals competing with each other time and time again for platformer supremacy. These days, however, it seems like there’s been a clear winner, and that’s seemingly been backed up by the recent release…
F-ZERO 99 took the world by storm when it was revealed. A 99 player battle royale that revived the beloved racing series after decades in the dark, F-ZERO 99 has provided me, and countless others, with hours of fun up to now. Having previously received updates that added new Grand…
