With the Switch 2 only a day away, it makes sense that Nintendo has begun to roll out all kinds of updates for previous games and patches for new ones ahead of the console’s launch. The most significant of these updates has to be the Day One firmware patch for…
With the Nintendo Switch 2 launching tomorrow, many gamers are going to not only be digging into brand-new experiences, but some past ones thanks to the console’s backward compatibility feature. While most of those games won’t have major improvements (if any), certain games are getting new compatibility patches and others…
The Nintendo Switch 2 is practically here, pulling to the starting line of its lifetime with Mario Kart World. The first brand-new console Mario Kart in over a decade, Nintendo has it at pole position for a reason. MK8 is the best-selling title on two systems in a row now,…
Update 2 (10/15/23): We finally get our first good look at the upcoming statue! https://twitter.com/First4Figures/status/1713570621831938251 Update (10/13/23): First 4 Figures is teasing us with its first peek at the upcoming Samus statue. Below you’ll see the glorious base and feet of what’s to come. More details will be…
Starting in January 2018, Community Day is a monthly event in Pokémon GO that shines the spotlight on a particular Pokémon. For one day each month, a Pokémon selected by Niantic will have its spawn rate increased during a block of hours. Also, the Shiny appearance rate for the starring…
We finally have confirmation, after months of speculation! In a statement to GameInformer, Nintendo has confirmed that Mario and Luigi’s new voice actor is Kevin Afghani. The LA-based voice actor has had fairly minor roles up until this point, with his biggest until this point arguably being Arnold in Genshin…
Last Friday the latest Nintendo Switch model hit store shelves, more than six years on from the system’s original release. The Mario Red OLED gives the device a familiar red hue with some very subtle references to Nintendo’s mascot on the back and inside the dock, and it’s already proven…
Physical media has always been something that I have gravitated to for as long as I can remember. When I was a kid, there was something magical about going to Blockbuster and grabbing a few VHS movies off the shelf for a weekend of ’90s kid bliss. And that feeling…
Splatoon 3’s Splatoween event is almost here! After being absent during last year’s Halloween season, Splatoween is back in 2023. This year’s Splatoween asks residents of Splatsville to choose which spooky creature would be the best friend: a zombie, a skeleton, or a ghost? The three members of Deep Cut…
If you’re already finished with all this Halloween business (sorry, speak for yourself!), the Japanese Pokémon Center has got your back. The undeniably cute Tandemaus ‘mon is in the spotlight come November 11th and it’s receiving the full treatment with merch through WAKKA de IKKA goods. You’ll find the likes…
Earlier this year we got The Super Mario Bros. Movie, a fairly faithful representation of the games in animated form. Of course long time Nintendo fans will know it wasn’t the IP’s first foray on the big screen, with 1993’s Super Mario Bros. being a very unique take on the…
There are very few dates in human history that we remember for update patches, but this is one of those days. This is a moment we’ll be telling our children, our grandchildren, our very descendants about for generations to come – a moment of profound and monumental weight far heavier…
Super Mario Bros. Wonder releases in a week’s time, but we may have discovered Mario’s new voice actor ahead of time. Someone got their hands on one of the store demos that have popped up all over the US, and while not much info was within, it did have a…
In a move straight out of the old American Kirby playbook, Nintendo has updated the key art for Princess Peach: Showtime! in all territories to change Peach’s expression to be just a bit fiercer. It’s called serving, ladies and gentlemen. They apparently updated the Princess Peach Showtime key art…
As we get closer to Halloween, fall is in full swing (at least for the Northern Hemisphere). To celebrate the bountiful harvests, a Harvest Festival event is happening in Pokémon GO. While Pumpkaboo is here to get everyone excited for Halloween, we do have a new addition from Paldea. Smoliv,…
