I love to review games that are a perfect fit for the console I’m playing them on, as if they were made with the console in mind. Rift of The NecroDancer is one such game. I first saw it revealed as a Nintendo Switch release, so I have always thought…
According to a report from Vooks, it appears as if physical versions of “Switch 2 Enhanced” games will contain the full game and its upgrades on the same cartridge. This follows after a Nintendo UK rep stated otherwise. It’s safe to say that Nintendo has mostly botched the messaging around…
Booting up my Nintendo Switch to play Croc for the first time since I was a kid playing it on my PlayStation yielded largely the same results as it did in the ’90s. By World 3’s desert, I was dying repeatedly to seemingly endless pits, cursing out the lantern level…
Speedrunning is a pastime that gamers the world over obsess with, whether they’re glitching their way through Breath of the Wild or nailing down the perfect timing for a sequence of jumps in Super Mario Bros. It’s not often that you think of speedrunning as an activity that wears on…
Back when the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Pass was announced, it was confirmed that the final fighter would launch by February 2020. With the clock running down, we’ve finally got a date for an announcement – and it’s this Thursday at 6 a.m. PT! Join Super #SmashBrosUltimate director…
Time to add another franchise to the mile long list of spirits in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. This latest batch is giving one of last year’s best some due diligence in the form of spirits from none other than Platinum Games’ Switch-exclusive Astral Chain. Starting on 1/17 for 5 days,…
It looks like the critically-acclaimed Bioshock series is finally heading to a Nintendo platform, if a recent series of Taiwanese age ratings is anything to go by. As the region’s official game rating board’s website reveals after simply searching “Bioshock”, Remasters of the first two games and a “Complete Edition”…
As previously reported, news about Super Nintendo World was set to drop today — and what do you know, it’s finally happening, folks: new details have been shared on Super Nintendo World, Universal Studios Japan’s latest theme park creation, at the Universal Studios Japan Super Nintendo World Global Presentation. The…
Just last week, an assortment of “realistic” renditions of the Star Fox cast was making its way through the internet, and it caught Gary Whitta’s attention. Raf Grassetti, the art director of God of War, tweeted the artwork, which Whitta quoted and wrote “I want to write this animated movie.”…
For those who are still playing Super Mario Maker 2, or fans of the series who are just getting back into it in the new year, you’re likely familiar with the most recent update to the game that included a host of new content from The Legend of Zelda series….
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…
