Of all of the games to come out within the past decade, it’s undeniable that Hollow Knight was one of the most impactful even among bigger studio releases. Originally released in early 2017, Hollow Knight took the world by storm, and following that success, a sequel game called Hollow Knight:…
Welcome to the start of our Nintendo Wire Home Arcade series. To celebrate my 40th birthday and the 10 year anniversary of Nintendo Wire, I’m making a childhood dream come true: building the ultimate home arcade. Preparing the Space Fast forward to today, and I’ve set aside…
In a bit of news that probably isn’t too surprising for most people, Take-Two has decided it will be delaying Grand Theft Auto VI into 2026. The new release date for the game will be May 26th, 2026, after previously being scheduled for Fall 2025. In a statement to various…
The newest crossover character has arrived in SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy and it’s one of fighting games’ finest ready to deliver some much needed justice. From Fighting EX Layer, Skullo Mania has arrived! Formerly a salaryman, this hero donned a promotional costume and took to heroics outside…
Holidays in Animal Crossing were always the best, with the lead up to festivities and special town guests making some fun memories and good times. That extends over to Pocket Camp as well, and as the year winds down both for the calendar and the game’s own anniversary it’s time…
The trailer for Splatoon 2’s Ver. 4 in the recent Nintendo Direct ended with a tease of a new special weapon that was reminiscent of Goku’s “Spirit Bomb” in Dragon Ball Z. Now, we can see that the similarities are in more than the attack itself. A new Special…
Slightly out of the blue, Nintendo has announced that Yo-Kai Watch 3 will be releasing in Europe this winter and in North America on February 8th, 2019. Taking place in a new environment, explicitly stated as North America in Japan but who knows how they’ll explain it in the westernized…
Luigi may’ve already gotten a taste, but the newest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate item is ready to reap its way through the rest of the cast. Previously seen during the same Direct that revealed Simon Belmont and the rest of the known Castlevania content coming to the game, Death’s Scythe…
To begin with a cliché, there are a lot of good games out there — especially right now, when it seems like a lot of AAA studios and indie developers are putting out their finest work. But what separates a good game from a great one? From a legend? In…
Fire Emblem’s original Manakete is back for her fifth in game version so far. That said there’s a distinction between her young and old designs, and this time around her younger self from the first game has become a Legendary Dragon. See what (and who) she’s bringing for the game’s…
Another new (though previously datamined) outfit set has been added to Super Mario Odyssey, letting Mario bring the music with some classical style. A new special outfit has been added to #SuperMarioOdyssey! After you’ve finished the main story, check out the shop to find the Conductor Wig & Conductor Outfit….
Another Community Day for Pokémon GO has been announced! Falling on October 21st from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. PT, the event will feature everybody’s favorite impossible-to-catch Take Down-spamming hunk of psionic metal, Beldum. In addition, the Egg hatch distance will be reduced to ¼, and there will be 3…
Earlier this month, we reported that Best Buy would be restocking a selection of Super Smash Bros. amiibo starting this October. Now, thanks to recently updated safety documents, we’ve gotten even more confirmation that a massive restock should be happening soon. This time, we see that Lucario, Toon Link, Sheik,…
Super Smash Bros. Melee’s batch of stages are some of the most iconic of all, with layouts and gimmicks that later games would build off of. That’s come full circle with Ultimate, where plenty of these are coming back, including this one from Metroid’s Planet Zebes. Brinstar’s platforms, able to…
Welcome back to the PAX West Fifty-Game Frenzy, where I run down a grand total of 50 Switch games I played at PAX and you can decide which ones pique your interest! Here we conclude this long, long series with one last roundup of the odds and ends I experienced…
