Birthdays can mean a lot of things for people – time with friends or family, treating yourself to something special, or just disconnecting from responsibilities. For Kirby it means cake, cake, and more cake. カービィさん、お誕生日おめでとうございます！今日はわれわれワドルディレポート隊が、カービィさんのためにケーキをご用意しました♪さぁ、カービィさん！みなさんへコメントをお願いします…って、わわわっ！？食べるのはまだ早いですよ～っ！！#カービィのハッピーバースデー pic.twitter.com/mVy2QldNbg — 星のカービィ (@Kirby_JP) April 26, 2024 Yes, April 27th marks Kirby’s 32nd birthday and…
LEGO and Animal Crossing is a match made in heaven, but there was one curious omission from the line when it launched earlier this year: K.K. Slider. How could one of the most iconic characters of modern gaming not be included alongside villagers like Julian and Bunnie? Who even are…
Pokémon GO’s quarterly Hatch Day event is back and this time Cleffa is being featured. Before the event kicks off, there will be some extra bonuses available during the aptly named Cleffa Hatch Day Extended Bonuses “event”. So with your Egg inventory cleared out, you’ll be ready to collect (and…
Developer Game Freak has applied for the video game trademark “Little Town Hero” in Japan, which source Japanese Nintendo speculates is the final name for the upcoming Nintendo Switch RPG “Town.” “Town (Working Title),” is a turn-based RPG announced during last year’s September Nintendo Direct that takes place entirely in…
HAMSTER continues to bring the arcade goods home to the Nintendo Switch, with the studio confirming that yet another classic conversion is landing tomorrow – Vs. Gradius. The beloved Konami “shmup” originally started as an arcade release, but this isn’t a port of that version. Instead, as Siliconera reports, it’s…
The storied history of Fire Emblem localizations is something I’ve delved into many times in the past, but at this point the series’ present speaks for itself. Here we are with a massive and contemporary title holding up Nintendo’s summer, letting the series’ growth speak for itself. Best of all,…
Few Final Fantasy moments are more timeless and venerated than that of Final Fantasy VIII’s Rinoa Heartily, meeting her flame-to-be Squall Leonhart and proclaiming to his garbled, pixelated mosaic of a face that he’s “the best looking guy here.” The contrast between Squall’s anime boy studliness and the reality of…
As August turns to September, Switch owners will be able to take a digital trip to Japan’s Shimane Prefecture in Root Letter: Last Answer, an updated port of the 2016 visual novel from Kadokawa Games. In the game you try to uncover the truth behind a murder that took place…
Bandai Namco has confirmed that the upcoming Story of Seasons spin-off starring the iconic Japanese robot cat Doraemon will be launching in the west on October 11th. The game, which has you play as Doraemon’s human friend Noby, involves bringing a farm back to life with the help of his…
It’s almost been a year since Nintendo Switch Online launched and brought with it a library of NES games that has steadily grown ever since. Many fans assumed this was effectively Nintendo’s Virtual Console replacement, but since last September, the service has yet to expand beyond the 8-bit hardware –…
While every Final Fantasy has its share of iconic party members, Final Fantasy IX was a revelation in its day for reviving the classic Jobs with individual characters that infused the basic designs with tons of personality. That was all down to character designer Toshiyuki Itahana, who has continued to…
Is there any video game music track more iconic than the standard Super Mario Bros. level theme? It’s an argument that could be had for hours, but it seems like the people over at Capcom had it on the mind when they were putting together Dino Crisis 2, as a…
I always felt like one of the most overlooked aspects of Pokémon were the Professors. They’ve been more involved lately, sure, but we rarely get to see much… professoring. Now though, a new line of goods coming to Pokémon Centers will bring a little bit of that important study to…
Killer Queen Black, a port of the indie arcade game Killer Queen, was announced for the Switch at E3 2018. The game was announced to release physically as well as digitally back then; however, the game’s August 2019 placeholder date seems more and more unsure as this month moves along…
Last week, River City Girls gave us a look at Misako, her personality, and her skills in a new trailer — and today her BFF is getting the same treatment. Enter Kyoko, the kind of girl who’d crash her friend’s classes when she doesn’t even go to the same school….
