Brand-new icons based on Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 have will soon be released on Nintendo Switch Online. Starting September 24th in the West (that’s the 25th in Japan), you’ll find Wave 1 icons available, featuring Mario & Luma, Mario & Yoshi, Ice Mario, and a Star Bunny. And…
In a new overview trailer uploaded by Nintendo, the company has outlined some of the changes coming to the re-release of Super Mario Galaxy 1+2. In addition to higher resolution output (for both Switch 1 and 2), both games will now include an “Assist Mode” option that functions similarly to…
Announced last night, Nintendo will be adding a duo of Game Boy Advance games to its Switch Online subscription service on September 25th, 2025. Spinoffs of once popular series, subscribers will be able to play both Mr. Driller 2 and Klonoa: Empire of Dreams from the comfort of their couches,…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
