The beat-em-up genre tends to stay in its lane. Its tried-and-true arcade format has rarely been deviated from or added onto. There have been some recent attempts at modernizing the genre such as Xbox Game Studios’ live service brawler Towerborne or the open nature of WayForward’s River City Girls games….
If you can believe it, a second Animal Crossing-like knock-off game has appeared on the PlayStation store recently. Dubbed “Anime Village Online,” the sole screenshot available for the game looks not only heavily inspired by Animal Crossing, but almost like an HD mod for New Horizons. Spotted by Redditor YellowFlower69,…
Switch Online subscribers are in for a treat this month. As announced by Nintendo last night, the Super Nintendo App is going to receive a trio of new games for October 2025. One of those is the western debut of Mario & Wario, the 1993 puzzle game developed by Game…
Macy’s has announced the lineup of balloons for the 98th Thanksgiving Day parade and a veteran Pokémon float will be making its annual appearance again. The famous Pikachu and Eevee Pokésled balloon will return and mark 24 consecutive years that Pokémon has appeared in the parade. It’s nice to see…
When it comes to fiction, nothing strikes a chord with people quite like a long-standing narrative. This naturally extends to video game universes, such as the rather infamously complicated Legend of Zelda timeline. Despite how isolated each game in the series seems to feel, Nintendo does have an official canonical…
In a shocking bit of news this morning, Nintendo has announced that the Chinese Switch eShop will be ending all services in 2026. On March 31st, 2026, the digital storefront will cease selling games and distributing free software and nothing will be available to purchase or claim. On May 15th,…
Final Fantasy VII has received an update to all available platforms. The patch (1.03 for Switch, 1.04 for all other platforms) removes all sharing restrictions that would block users from recording certain cutscenes. Why was a sharing restriction in place to begin with, for a game that’s a re-release? It…
With November coming to a close and December knocking on the door, that can mean only one thing. That’s right, the release of the Sonic The Hedgehog 3 movie is under a month away! As December 20th grows ever closer, promotion campaigns are getting ready to roll out and take…
Update (6/12/25): Piggyback has announced that Metroid Prime 1-3: A Visual Retrospective will instead release on October 28th, 2025. The publisher has listed retailers you can pre-order the impressive guide from on its site. Metroid Prime 1-3: A Visual Retrospective is now set for an on-sale date of 10/28….
I suppose there can never be enough Kirby in our lives. In a post on Twitter last night, Heinz Japan announced that it will soon be selling some Kirby-themed ketchup packets in different sizes and flavors. Each packet will feature some unique artwork of Kirby holding different food and while…
Just a few weeks back, we learned from a VGC interview that Sega was planning on releasing a new Virtua Fighter game. While the hope was that it would be a proper Virtua Fighter 6, it turns out that the masters over at Sega AM2 don’t know how to go…
We’re officially less than a month away from the launch of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and Paramount has just dropped our best look at the film yet! The latest trailer, running over two minutes long, is packed with a Chao Garden-themed restaurant, a Pokémon joke, and Shadow wielding a freaking…
A brand-new Kirby Café has finally opened in Osaka! Located in the Daimari Shinsaibashi Store in Osaka City, this now makes three permanent locations available in Japan. As with all other locations, the Osaka Café requires reservations, which can be hard to come by and often sell out quickly. You…
As is tradition every quarter, Nintendo has released a new issue of its in-house magazine titled “Nintendo Magazine.” Shockingly original name aside, this Winter 2024 issue is now available digitally, and physical issues for the Japanese market will be shipping out soon. This newest release contains information about Nintendo’s games…
I didn’t anticipate that I would be writing about a new Sega Genesis cartridge in 2024, but we’re certainly living in some bizarre times. To promote the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 3 film, Sega has produced some promotional Genesis cartridges that include EPK (electronic press kit) materials. There’s even a…
