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June 17th, 2019

Plush key chain gift included with Pokémon Sword & Shield pre-orders at Pokémon Center

Author: Lauren Ganos
Categories: News, Merchandise, Switch

Still amped up from last week’s E3 news about Pokémon Sword & Shield? If you’re thinking about pre-ordering one of the games, the Pokémon Center is offering a fun incentive that just might entice you to pick up the games in the site’s shop. Ordering Sword or Shield from the…

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June 17th, 2019

Wire Weekly E3 Edition | In the last E3 of the ’10s, Nintendo gave us a masterstroke

Author: Amelia Fruzzetti
Categories: News, Switch

Every E3, upon its end – or really, as soon as the press conferences starts rolling – somehow becomes a zero-sum game of “winners” and “losers.” The gaming zeitgeist demands to know which companies emerged victorious in some hypothetical battle of quality, as if the number of good games is…

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June 17th, 2019

Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution brought me back to my TCG past and up to speed with the game’s present state

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: News, Switch

Long before amiibo and Kirby goods ruled my wallet, I can remember putting my yard sale earnings and birthday wishes towards cards. Pokémon cards were the first, but for a while I was gathering up packs on packs on packs of Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards and spending Saturdays at local play events….

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June 17th, 2019

The prototype that became Kirby’s Dream Course is now archived online

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Retro

Kirby’s Dream Course is one of those SNES games that’s oddly pervasive despite it’s very strange concept – what if golf, but Kirby? It turns out that weirdness is no coincidence, as the game was originally planned as another game entirely before the popularity of the pink puffball proved too…

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June 17th, 2019

Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 may be a mouthful but it’s also full of fun

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: Switch

Let it be known that the very first game I played of E3 2019 was Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Walking into the LA Convention Center, you’d spot a rock wall that fans could line up for and demo stations laid out along a track fit…

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June 16th, 2019

Ivysaur, Squirtle, Snake, and Link amiibo available to pre-order at GameStop

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: News, Amiibo News

Good news, amiibo fans! Ivysaur, Squirtle, Snake, and Link amiibo are all available to pre-order now via GameStop. You can find pre-order links here.

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June 16th, 2019

Animal Crossing: New Horizons to feature amiibo support, won’t allow cloud save back-ups

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Amiibo News, Switch

Nintendo’s E3 2019 Direct finally lifted the curtain on the next mainline Animal Crossing game, New Horizons, which is heading to Switch in March 2020. French outlet GameKult managed to sit down with the game’s director Aya Kyogoku and producer Higashi Nogami to discuss the game, and we’ve got some…

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June 15th, 2019

Dexit – an analysis of the causes and correlations behind Pokémon Sword & Shield’s glaring omission

Author: Amelia Fruzzetti
Categories: Switch

During E3, Nintendo was asked by IGN about work-life balance and dealing with crunch culture, which has grown to be an especially hot topic in the games space over the past year or so. Fresh NoA president Doug Bowser offered a constructive response, citing the delay of Animal Crossing: New…

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June 15th, 2019

Wrestling Star Kenny Omega loves EarthBound and Mother 3; cries everytime he plays the latter

Author: Amelia Fruzzetti
Categories: Retro

New Japan Pro Wrestling titan Kenny Omega is a pretty well known gaming enthusiast. He incorporates a number of game references into the name of his moves (including a finisher called the “One-Winged Angel”), and worked with Toby Fox to create an Undertale-styled wrestling promotional video for one of his…

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June 14th, 2019

Animal Crossing: New Horizons allows players control over animal house placements

Author: Daniel Dell-Cornejo
Categories: News, Switch

When Animal Crossing: New Horizons launches next year, it will come with the ability for players to decide exactly where they want animal houses to be placed on their island. In an interview with IGN, game director Aya Kyogoku revealed that animals will check-in with the player before building their…

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June 14th, 2019

Phantasy Star Online 2 heading to Nintendo Switch in the West

Author: Daniel Dell-Cornejo
Categories: News, Switch

Phantasy Star Online 2 will be heading to the Nintendo Switch eventually — at least for North America. The news was revealed during an episode of GiantBomb @ Nite with Xbox head Phil Spencer (timestamp at 40:40), in which he shares a Switch and PlayStation 4 version are in development. The…

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June 14th, 2019

Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ auto-save sends Mr. Resetti to unemployment line

Author: Daniel Dell-Cornejo
Categories: News, Switch

Mr. Resetti has lost his job at the Reset Surveillance Center due to a new auto-save feature in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, adding him to a growing list of NPC characters rendered useless by New Horizons’s gameplay advancements. The revelation was made during a Mashable interview with Animal Crossing: New…

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