In the realm of retro gaming, a key principle many live by is the idea of the preservation of history. After all, the very nature of the hobby is appreciating that which has been lost to time, and not just games, but hardware itself. This naturally extends to the iconic…
There have been more than a few truly amazing Lego Nintendo sets over the last few years, and it looks like Nintendo and Lego are continuing their partnership into 2025, with Nintendo of America announcing a brand-new Lego set coming this October. This new set will be the second of…
Drip, drip, drip. For a company with a freaking plumber as its mascot, there sure has been a lot of leaks about the Nintendo Switch 2 lately. So far, we’ve allegedly seen the dock, the Joy-Con, the Joy-Con magnetic rail system, the motherboard, the kickstand, and even a supposed replica…
As the list of probable Wii U titles for Switch porting dwindles down, one notable absence made by Nintendo itself is really starting to stand out. Pikmin 3 was a fantastic exclusive for the GamePad anchored system, and though we’ve had mumblings of a Pikmin 4 here and there, there’s…
Coming as no surprise to anyone, Pokémon Sword & Shield has been making big waves in Japan. After selling 1.36 million retail copies in the first three days, making it the best opening week for a Switch game in the country, we’ve now gotten word (via Japanese Nintendo) that the…
It’s time for another round of everybody’s faaaaaavorite category of news (well, second favorite, after financial sales reports): patent law! On today’s exciting update, Nintendo has applied for a new Tabletop mode patent for the Nintendo Switch that allows for two images to be displayed in different directions, allowing multiple…
Who doesn’t love seeing a modder put imagination to reality and make something snazzy? YouTuber Shank Mods has done just that with a pair of Joy-Con that are dead ringers for a GameCube controller, as detailed in an impressive 14 minute-long video on the topic. Shank Mods goes…
It’s always cool to see artists do their thing, and we got a glimpse of what more realistic Nintendo characters might look like thanks to God of War art director Raf Grassetti a while back. Well, he’s at it again, and this time he’s bringing Star Fox into his world…
We’ve been seeing a steady stream of Pokémon Sword & Shield merch come out of the Pokémon Center in Japan over the last six months, and the flow doesn’t seem to be stopping anytime soon. The latest focus has fallen on the antagonists of the newest games, Team Yell. The…
DOOM Eternal developer Bethesda has announced that a new trailer for the game will drop tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. EST/9:30 a.m. PST. Official Trailer 2 for DOOM Eternal arrives tomorrow at 12:30pm ET. The countdown begins tomorrow at 11am ET: https://t.co/HUhnayk1M1 pic.twitter.com/G7z6NOKWgO — Bethesda (@bethesda) January 13, 2020 …
It’s been a while since we have gotten any official word on Super Nintendo World, the Nintendo themed land coming to many Universal Studios theme parks around the globe. While there have been numerous leaks and teases, the companies have yet to even officially announced any specific attractions. That could…
While Konami has slowly but surely been getting back into the groove of publishing video games, you probably didn’t expect their next major project to be a monster-battling game seemingly courting the Pokémon audience, yet here we are. As officially revealed through the latest issue of CoroCoro Magazine, “Solomon Program”…
As a holiday gift last month, Sega released a new animated Sonic short focused entirely on the Chao, featuring plenty of call-backs to the Adventure games specifically. That love is only continuing, with the latest piece of official Sonic Channel artwork depicting the cute l’il guys watching the teacher of…
Developer Atlus has uploaded the animated intro movie for Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers to its YouTube channel. The opening introduces the Persona 5 sequel and Musou game’s main characters and features some very catchy music, to boot. Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers launches on in…
Photos from Nintendo’s 2020 recruitment handbook, used for hiring new talent to the company, have been discovered. The handbook features brand-new artwork of popular Super Mario characters like Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong, Daisy, and Pauline, plus a few generic enemies like Spike and some Goombas. Most interesting of all is…
