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…
At Reboot Develop 2018, Platinum Games’ Atsushi Inaba and Hideki Kamiya made one of their Switch goals crystal clear. Asking the audience how many played The Wonderful 101, their Wii U exclusive and one-of-a-kind action game, the question was followed by a request. Via translator, they mentioned ongoing negotiations with…
After a few years on the bench, a few Mushroom Kingdom sports stars are getting back in the game for Mario Tennis Aces. A tote bag adorned with emblems for the game’s characters will be given away as a pre-order bonus from certain retailers in Japan, and with that comes…
Welcome to Speedrun Sunday: that sadistic time of the week when we dare to challenge both your D-pad’s durability and sanity’s stamina with the ultimate test in video game bragging rights. Hot off the gallant greaves of our chivalrous Shovel Knight challenge comes yet another ruthless run that’ll leave you wailing…
Mega Man 11 is still quite a ways away, but Famitsu wants to know what fans think about the Blue Bomber’s history in celebration of the 30th Anniversary. Most interestingly, they’ve outright said they want the opinions and memories of overseas fans to feature in an upcoming issue. So if…
The cardboard creativity of Labo’s only been on store shelves for half a day, and Nintendo’s already challenging you to come up with something spectacular. The Labo Creators Contest, exclusively for My Nintendo members, is taking submissions in three categories: Best Decorated Toy-Con, Best Toy-Con Mod using Toy-Con Garage, and…
It’s been over 25 years since Night Trap released on the Sega CD, in part prompting a congressional hearing rooted in discussing violence in video games. It was there that Senior Vice President of Nintendo at the time Howard Lincoln stated that Night Trap would never be released on a…
For whatever reason, the 20th of April has been the release date for several significant games throughout the past 30 or so years. (As for why, we can only speculate.) And thus, it is with much celebration we say happy anniversary to the grand genre-creating strategy-RPG Fire Emblem, the godly…
While playing Ōkami is an experience in and off itself, I can promise that one of the biggest treats is simply watching Ōkami. Seeing its world grow and, via your actions, flourish makes its brush-stroked beauty worth the price of admission. Today’s the game’s 12th birthday, and in celebration we…
Following Wednesday’s tease of six new campers coming to Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, “elegant” essence, animals, and furniture are now live in the game. Whitney, Colton, Muffy, Julia, Pierce, and Tia are all now available to invite to players’ campsites, with tons of elegant essence to craft new amenities and…
No doubt some people have already opened up their Labo kits and began putting together robots, pianos, and everything in between. If you’re curious about what’ll be in the box, the Japanese Labo site has you covered. You can access PDFs of what appear to be all the cardboard sheets…
Well, this is a bit out of the blue! Three companies that are heavily invested in Pokémon in different ways – Nintendo, Game Freak and Creatures Inc. – have trademarked a new term in Japanese: ウルトラシャイニー, or “Ultra Shiny.” You might think that means we’ll be getting incredibly shiny versions…
It’s a collaboration that should have seemed like an obvious get for Nintendo – Bill Nye + Labo. The iconic “science guy” has gone hands on with the cardboard contraptions in a new official video, which you can watch below: This is definitely a great way to mark…
