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…
Every time I see what’s coming to My Nintendo in Japan, I’m reminded of all the wallpapers I’m not using and wish I could get even a fraction of their goods. The latest is celebrating Splatoon 2’s third anniversary, bringing some new art to the masses in postcard form. The…
We’ve seen tournaments for 64, Melee, and Brawl come and go; limiting stages and characters to the ones introduced in those titles. Now in Ultimate, it’s the pair of Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U’s turn to remind players just how much it brought to the series. …
We are just days away from Pokémon GO’s biggest event yet — a Pokémon GO Fest with over a million ticket sales! Good thing there’s plenty of space when you invite the world’s entire population to catch ‘em all. There’s more to Pokémon GO Fest than just catching Pokémon. At…
Following Gym Leader Nessa’s addition to Bandai Candy’s Pokémon Scale World toy line, we’ve seen a few teases of other Pokémon Trainers and Gym Leaders hailing from the Galar region. Today, another Gym Leader has stepped forward and is available to pre-order. Aspiring champion and self-proclaimed rival to Champion…
Nintendo recently shared its Annual Report of 2020, which outlines the company’s monetary and investment information for the fiscal year that ended March 31, 2020. In this year’s report, Nintendo also mentions how COVID-19 has affected them, while also outlining how the pandemic could hurt them moving forward. Specifically, Nintendo…
The Pokémon nanoblock line is getting a few new additions within the next few months. Announced by Kawada Co. (the company that owns nanoblock) and reported by various news outlets in Japan, Galarian Farfetch’d and Slowpoke (both regular Kanto and Galarian forms) are joining the nanoblock family, and soon. Available…
Fantasy Strike, a one-on-one fighting game from Sirlin Games, is one of my favorite fighting games for Nintendo Switch. And now, if you haven’t tried it out, you can do so for free. Sirlin Games announced a major update for the game that will make it free to play across…
Today brings another retro-inspired indie to Nintendo Switch, putting you in the cockpit of Panzer Paladin. A launch trailer has been released, highlighting the game’s features and showing off both mech and pilot gameplay. You can pick up Panzer Paladin from the eShop (and Steam) today for $19.99….
While the first trio of One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 DLC characters focused on the Whole Cake Island Arc, the game’s fourth addition instead brings in a Supernova. “Red Flag” X Drake (the ‘X’ is read Diez) is a marine turned pirate who can turn into a dinosaur. This raises…
Over the weekend many of you no doubt kept busy tracking down Toads and rotating battlefields in Paper Mario: The Origami King. We’ve seen some great merch and bonuses come along for the game, but for anyone on a budget the Japanese site for the game has a fun bonus…
It may not have been a part of the western Nintendo Direct mini, but Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin certainly could have fit right in. Featuring a style that lands somewhere between Okami and Muramasa, the game managed to leave an impression that had us waiting for more info. And…
Splatoon 2 was one of the first major releases post-Switch launch, hitting store shelves on July 21, 2017. That means it’s celebrating its third anniversary, and naturally Nintendo wants to celebrate. For starters, we’ve got some all-new official art showing the Inklings and Octolings side-by-side. Happy splat-iversary Inklings and…
