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…
Few things are more exciting than the announcement of a Nintendo Direct, even when it’s focused on something other than games or hardware. Today, Nintendo revealed that a special 10-minute Direct will air at 3:00 PM PT / 6:00 PM ET, entirely dedicated to the upcoming Nintendo Museum in Kyoto,…
Earlier this morning, Level 5 announced a delay for the highly anticipated release of FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time, which was originally slated for October 10th. FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time, originally scheduled to be released on October 10th, has been delayed. No new…
The 2024 Pokémon World Championships in Honolulu, Hawai’i are official over. During the event’s closing ceremonies, The Pokémon Company’s CEO and president Tsunekazu Ishihara revealed news about Pokémon GO, Pokémon UNITE, Pokémon TCG Pocket, and where competitors for Play! Pokémon’s 2025 season will compete. Trainers, for 2025 Pokémon World Championships,…
When The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom was first announced, the official Japanese website strongly hinted that amiibo would play a role in the game with an amiibo logo found on the games Japanese eShop listing.. Now, with just over a month until the game’s September 26th release, we…
Nintendo of America has just announced that the demo for the upcoming game Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club will be available on Nintendo Switch starting August 19 at 6 PM PT. Play the opening chapters of Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club with a free…
Of all of the Nintendo merchandise available out there, amiibo may be some of the most iconic in recent times. For those who collect amiibo as a hobby, this past year has been incredible in terms of restocks. So many rare figures have been re-released for MSRP, including Zelda series…
In a (maybe not so) surprising announcement to kick off QuakeCon 2024, Bethesda has revealed that the daddy of all FPS games, Doom and Doom II, will be getting a new, enhanced re-release on all platforms with some brand-new campaign levels. Bundled in one package called DOOM + DOOM II,…
Double Dragon fans, I can hear your enthusiasm all the way from here. You’ve gotten Double Dragon Gaiden, an update adding more content with online co-op and an entire Double Dragon collection within the last year. What’s more, Arc System Works unveiled a new 3D entry in the series titled…
We’re a little over a month away from the release of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, so Nintendo is starting to release a series of trailers that detail what makes this newest 2D Zelda so special. Apart from being able to finally play as the titular princess, Echoes…
In a shocking bit of news this morning, GameStop announced that it will shut down Game Informer, its in-store games magazine, after 33 years. The decision seems to be a snap judgment by CEO and all-around imbecile Ryan Cohen, who is currently being sued for $47 for insider trading by…
Original storyboard artwork for the iconic opening cutscene of Super Smash Bros. 64 has been unearthed and shared online! Content creator David V. Kimball stumbled upon the designs while exploring an old version of HAL Laboratory’s website via the Wayback Machine. The panels include detailed illustrations by series creator Masahiro…
Whether you’re a long-time fan of the Metroid franchise or just keep up with the series every now and then, you likely wouldn’t disagree with the fact that the Switch has been an incredible era for Metroid. Not counting remakes or spin-offs, Metroid Dread marked the first new entry in…
