With the Nintendo Switch 2 becoming the fastest-selling console of all-time in just one weekend, it should be no surprise that its marquee game, Mario Kart World, has also been lighting up the sales charts. While we don’t have concrete global numbers, Famitsu recently published the Japanese sales charts for…
When thinking about Pokémon, the first thing that comes to mind for many is good childhood fun. From the days of being on the playground playing with friends, trading cards, and sharing rare finds, it’s hard to match that feeling. What better way to recapture that than with a collaboration…
Despite having just launched the Switch 2, Nintendo news is pretty dry at the moment. With the summer almost upon us, it seems Nintendo is letting its already massive library of Switch 1 titles do the heavy lifting while it prepares more next-generation experiences. That’s what makes this 16-second teaser…
There’s just so many games coming to the eShop that I can’t keep up. Take Devil Engine, for example. Released late last week, the game serves as a sendup to side scrolling shoot ‘em ups (particularly Thunder Force) of the past with its own ideas and newer features. See for…
Amiibo Jason and Ricky Berg discuss game collecting and how it’s changed over the past few years in the latest Nintendo Newscast Mini episode. Support us on Patreon!
Only in the process of chronicling the various entries that Final Fantasy has had over the years do you realize how bugnuts some of the naming schemes can get. Why would you combine Roman and Arabic numerals so brazenly? Why does one HD remaster get a subtitle while the other…
Thanks to its portability, the Switch is the first console I’ve owned that I own more digital titles on than physical. If you’re the same way, you might enjoy this bit of news: It’s been announced that a new capacity microSD will be released to push things up to the…
Despite being a nearly four year-old game, Fire Emblem Fates has yet to receive an official art book like its contemporaries Fire Emblem Awakening and Fire Emblem Echoes. That’s all set to change, as an official art works book is being released on April 25th in Japan. Titled Pellucid Crystal…
With any movie release, there’s always merchandise. Pokémon is no exception to the rule and embraces it with its “Gotta catch ‘em all!” approach. Day by day we’re getting closer to Detective Pikachu’s release — on May 10th — which means we’ll soon be swimming in toys depicting a caffeine-starved…
Last summer, Twitch held a non-stop stream of Pokémon anime content, turning it into a huge event with interactive elements like the Pokémon Badge Collector extension. Now, it’s coming back for a limited time to celebrate February 27th – Pokémon Day. Mark your calendars, Trainers. Pokémon Day calls for…
Community manager of Resident Evil Games, Kat, tweeted out last year that Resident Evil would be coming to the Nintendo Switch in 2019. At the time, all we knew was that we could expect more information in February. We’re just about to enter March, so unleashing the details about murderous…
A port of Saints Row: The Third – The Full Package for the Switch was announced at Gamescom back in August, but up until now we have not heard a solid release date. Are you ready to head back to the City of Steelport? Saints Row: The Third –…
Detective Pikachu hits cinemas around the world in just a few months, and it sounds like we’ll be getting our latest glimpse at the animation/live-action hybrid very soon, as Ryan Reynolds has confirmed via social media that a new trailer will drop tomorrow. “Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary…
After Nintendo’s miniature NES and SNES consoles blew up in terms of sales, other companies with decades-long libraries of games have started to take the concept a lot more seriously. Take Sega, which rebooted the development of its new Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Mini under its own roof late last year….
Last week, on February 12th, Activision Blizzard laid off 800 people, or about 8% of its total staff, in spite of the company’s record profits in the 2018 fiscal year. The move was seen by just about anybody who wasn’t a corporate sycophant as a blatant money-grubbing move on the…
