With how popular Shantae has become over the years, it’s surprising to learn that one of the games in the series was actually cancelled over 20 years ago. Despite that, Wayforward didn’t give up and would revive the project many years later to create a long-lost interquel for the series….
While home consoles are a widespread and ubiquitous part of the greater video game industry now, it hasn’t always been that way. Video game consoles have their origins from arcade machines, and the transition they made to end up in people’s living rooms was thanks in large part to systems…
As part of today’s financial report for Nintendo, company president Shuntaro Furukawa noted that Nintendo will be considering a price adjustment to the Switch 2 depending on how the situation of President Trump’s tariffs evolves in the coming months. With nobody sure of what the impact will be when Trump’s…
The list of indie games not on Nintendo Switch is growing shorter and shorter. The newest one to be announced for the platform is Ruiner, by Reikon Games. YOU CAN NEVER ESCAPE. RUINER IS COMING TO #NintendoSwitch WHEN? 01010011 01001111 01001111 01001110 You asked, we deliver. It took a…
With the immense success of the Sonic the Hedgehog movie, Sega is certainly looking for ways to bring that attention to the games, comics, and other media. To help people new to the franchise understand who Sonic is and where he came from, Sega has released a video called Sonic…
HAL Laboratory, most well known and loved for their work on the Kirby series ever since its inception, has been around now for four decades! Founded in 1980, the developers have rung in their 40th anniversary with a very special illustration covering all the games and characters they’ve brought to…
Pokémon GO is better with friends, and the long-running mobile game is looking to celebrate that fact: Niantic has revealed Pokémon GO’s Friendship Weekend Event. The event has already begun, and will run until Monday, February 24th, at 10:00 p.m. local time. Upon logging in, you’ll find that your friendship…
Funko’s on a roll! The last few weeks have revealed lots of Nintendo related figures — including a Shantae Pop, four new Pokémon Pops, and a brand new figure series called An Afternoon with Eevee & Friends — and the fun isn’t stopping there. The toy company has just announced…
All 333 villagers from the base version of Nintendo 3DS game Animal Crossing: New Leaf plus 50 more added through a free update will be making their returns in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The information was shared via the official Animal Crossing Twitter account, which tweeted the following: Thank…
The roster of playable characters in DotEmu’s Streets of Rage 4 has been steadily expanding since it was announced, and we’ll soon be seeing the game’s fifth playable character. As announced via the developer’s Twitter account, the announcement will seemingly coincide with PAX East, which kicks off on Thursday, February…
Welcome back to the Nintendo WireCast. On today’s episode, Hero TJ and Amiibo Jason talk all about the recent Animal Crossing Direct and see what predictions they got right and wrong!
It’s rare that you see games that let you play from the perspective of an every-day animal, but A Street Cat’s Tale does exactly that, putting you in the paws of a stray kitten that’s lost its mother in a bustling city. Playing as the kitten, you explore the town…
With every new Animal Crossing installment comes a new set of furry, feathery, and/or scaly animal friends to populate players’ towns — and New Horizons is no different. Several new villagers and special characters have already been unveiled for the game, and we’ve got a full gallery of them here!…
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is set to feature a plethora of fun animal characters, including many standard villagers (those that can move into your town) from past games and special characters (that run shops, host events, and more). Check out our full list of all the returning villagers and special…
Sharing details about the amiibo support within Animal Crossing: New Horizons was a great way to wrap up the Direct today. Not only did we find out that scanning in the previously released figures and cards will bring villagers to our islands, but doing so will also provide players with…
