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…
Super Mario is a mega hit franchise for Nintendo, and as hard as they might try, the folks at Sony have never really been able to capture the same magic with any of their platforming games. Even so, charm can be found here and there within certain games from the…
There’s not too long to wait now till the next big life sim hits the Nintendo Switch – My Time At Portia. Developed by Panthea and published by Team17, it promises to be a cute and colorful world to immerse yourself in, and now it has a new trailer to…
Marvelous recently held a two hour livestream for Rune Factory 4 Special, the upcoming Switch port of the farming action-RPG. While they showed off a good amount of gameplay and tidbits throughout the (Japanese-language) stream, a trailer released towards the end summarizes everything succinctly: We can see improvements…
A trailer dropped for the upcoming Dragon Quest movie, now titled Dragon Quest: Your Story. Your Story is inspired by Dragon Quest V, which originally released on the Super Famicom in 1992. The game didn’t see a western release until the DS remake in 2009. The animation style in the…
You can pre-order the Final Fantasy IX Bring Arts: Zidane Tribal & Garnet Til Alexandros XVII figures for $154.99 at Play-Asia when using the code NINWIRE at checkout. Hot off the heels of Final Fantasy IX’s recent ports to the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One, Square Enix has given us…
Entering to the Toys-to-Life market after the big bubble that took out Disney Infinity and LEGO Dimensions burst, Ubisoft’s Starlink: Battle for Atlas didn’t have much competition when it released last fall. Throw in the Star Fox collaboration with Nintendo, and it wasn’t a surprise to see Switch’s starter pack…
Once again a tiny owl will try and tempt me to spend money on a mobile game, as a brand new Feh Channel is dropping tonight. This mini broadcasts herald new updates, events, and more all under the watchful (yet sleepy) eyes of Feh. Starting at 8:30pm PT on…
It looks like Pokémon GO is continuing its uphill climb with another revenue boost, and another personal record that it’s now beat. According to Sensor Tower’s Store Intelligence data, the mobile game has amassed a total of $2.5 billion in player spending since launch day almost two years ago. Considering…
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Smash Bros. is a game full of kicks, slashes, shots, and more, but for its upcoming Spirit Board event it’s celebrating perhaps the core of all fights: the punch. Knuckles out and wrists locked, because these pugilists are muscling in to make the most of the weekend. 【スピリッツイベント】4/5（金）から3日間、スピリッツボードのイベント「うなる拳で即KO！ 剛腕スピリットたち」を開催！…
The time to krush skulls in Mortal Kombat 11 is nearly upon us, but there’s still plenty left to reveal before its April 23rd launch. Game Informer featured the game as its May kover feature, revealing a new kharacter and some previously unknown features and factors. First off, we have…
With the Switch’s current setup for online play, chatting with friends during Splatoon 2 requires an application on your phone, a device that can just as easily call your friends on its own. If you’d prefer an option more in line with what you’re used to, PDP has utilized the…
