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…
Dragon Ball FighterZ has no shortage of Saiyans in its roster, but rather than bump it up further with some of Super’s additions a (very) familiar face from a different sequel series is coming along. I never expected Dragon Ball GT, the original anime only sequel to Dragon Ball Z,…
The initial year of the Nintendo Switch was filled with various partnerships and contests. One with Frito-Lay was a surprise, and given the demand for the console and the promise of giving one away each hour, the promotion was a success. So much so, you may have even seen the…
Last month, Final Fantasy IX finally made its way to a Nintendo console for the first time. It is one of many Final Fantasy ports planned for release on Switch and other platforms, with Square Enix recently giving the initiative the umbrella slogan “Something for Everyone.” As part of the…
Looking at my wardrobe the majority of my shirts come from one place, and that place is Fangamer. Recently I gushed over their debut of official Snowboard Kids apparel and today the brand in the spotlight is video game’s number one explosives expert. Bomberman’s been blasting blocks and buddies for…
This month’s Pokémon GO Community Day is just around the corner, and as usual, it’s bringing along a special move for the star Pokémon to learn. This time around, Treecko’s final form Sceptile will be getting the powerful Grass-type move Frenzy Plant if you evolve it from the second stage…
Oh, Double Fine. Anytime the video game developer announces a new title or makes an appearance during an event, one can’t help but smile. Known for their sense of humor, puns, and storytelling wit, their next adventure made with Bandai Namco is going to be rad. … That’s the game…
The Nintendo Switch is quickly becoming a safe haven for survival horror junkies, with games like Friday the 13th, Dead by Daylight, and a slew of Resident Evil games crawling onto the portable system later this year. Fortunately the scares don’t stop there, as indie title Darkwood creeps forth from…
One of today’s Nindie Showcase surprises was a sequel to one of the Switch’s first great Nindies. Blaster Master Zero from Inti Creates is getting an official followup, aptly named Blaster Master Zero 2. Taking place shortly after the first game, the this new story sees protagonist Jason Frudnick and…
Vlambeer, the independent Dutch studio consisting of the impeccable duo of Rami Ismail and Jan Willem Nijman, has not one nor two, but three titles coming out for the Switch, announced today during the Nindie Spring Showcase. Two of them are ports of their old classics, while the third is…
For the neon aficionados, pixel-art assassins, and wannabe samurais out there, this game is for you. Katana ZERO is an intense action game where you play as an assassin known only as The Dragon, who hacks and slashes his way through level after level of henchman and security system. Here’s…
Previously announced at last year’s The Game Awards, Stranger Things 3: The Game’s reveal was thrilling for fans. Yet, with Season 3 not out or given a release date, we were left wondering if the game would debut before or after the episodes on Netflix. On this bright spring day,…
Seeing new games and ideas during Nindie Showcases is always a highlight, and today one of those was Creature in the Well by Flight School Studio. A top down, hack and slash, dungeon crawling experience sounds fun but familiar on its own. But then you mix in pinball elements and…
