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…
Several new pieces of information about Super Mario Party — Nintendo’s complete refresh of the long-standing party game franchise — have been revealed during a showcase of the game at Gamescom 2018, including the existence of a new co-op mode called “River Survival” and a new fruit-based game board. “River…
Shigeru Miyamoto has created an eclectic but impressive library of games in his storied career, from Super Mario Bros. and Pikmin to Wii Music and Nintendogs. However, in a recent keynote speech at the 2018 Computer Entertainment Developers Conference in Yokohama, Miyamoto revealed that he has no interest in tackling…
Hot off the heels of the announcement for mobile title Arena of Valor on Switch yesterday, we have more news regarding the upcoming game: Pre-registration is officially open on the website. If you’re interested in trying out the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena on Nintendo’s handheld, simply signing up with your…
If you missed out on nabbing all of the Gothic Rose items in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp back when they were first introduced, don’t fret: your second chance to add them to your collection is here! Head over to the Fortune Cookie Shop in the Market Place today and talk…
While people twiddle their thumbs in anticipation of Spike Chunsoft getting off their butts and making a Gen VII Pokémon Mystery Dungeon game, a bit of surprising news has come in related to the series’ music – Arata Iiyoshi, the composer of both PMD Blue/Red Rescue Team and PMD Explorers…
With the growth of Fire Emblem being tied mostly to Fire Emblem Heroes since the last Smash, I was wondering what kind of attention the mobile game might get in Ultimate. With today’s Smash Blog update, we’ve got an answer in the form of at least one sweet piece of…
Following in the footsteps of Persona 3’s Junpei Iori, the next party member to get a Persona Q2 spotlight trailer is Morgana, the iconic thieving cat of Persona 5. Check it out: Considering how large the cast will be in this installment we no-doubt have many, many more…
The first season of Telltale’s The Walking Dead is coming digitally to Nintendo Switch on August 28th. According to Telltale’s official blog, the package will include visually enhanced versions of the original five episodes along with the add-on anthology, “400 Days.” The site’s description continues: “Both have been ported from…
Hot off the heels of the Celebi event that took place at Pokémon GO Fest in Chicago last month, those of us who weren’t lucky enough to attend the massive festival are now eligible to snag a Celebi of our very own in the latest Special Research Task released yesterday….
Welcome back to Echo Location, where we shout our picks for Echo Fighters into the wide open gorge of the internet in the hopes that Masahiro Sakurai hears the reverbs on the other side. (If you don’t get that metaphor, don’t worry — I don’t either.) Last time we kicked…
This week marks Gamescom 2018 in Germany and Nintendo’s brought a few new toys for attendees to see up close — specifically the first wave of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate amiibo, featuring Inkling, Ridley, and returning fighter Wolf; and the upcoming Octoling triple pack. Have a look at some shots…
Battle Chef Brigade was my favorite not-Zelda game of 2017, and it’s about to get even better. First announced on the PlayStation blog by Tom Eastman of Trinket Studios, Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe will bring many features to the game that have been teased for a long time now. Those…
