The beat-em-up genre tends to stay in its lane. Its tried-and-true arcade format has rarely been deviated from or added onto. There have been some recent attempts at modernizing the genre such as Xbox Game Studios’ live service brawler Towerborne or the open nature of WayForward’s River City Girls games….
If you can believe it, a second Animal Crossing-like knock-off game has appeared on the PlayStation store recently. Dubbed “Anime Village Online,” the sole screenshot available for the game looks not only heavily inspired by Animal Crossing, but almost like an HD mod for New Horizons. Spotted by Redditor YellowFlower69,…
Switch Online subscribers are in for a treat this month. As announced by Nintendo last night, the Super Nintendo App is going to receive a trio of new games for October 2025. One of those is the western debut of Mario & Wario, the 1993 puzzle game developed by Game…
Speeding ahead to be the first Nitendo Switch 2 exclusive to add songs to Nintendo Music, it’s Kirby! Accidentally leaked a bit early and confirmed during its dedicated Direct, Kirby Air Riders has added seven tracks to Nintendo’s music streaming app as an early preview. Among them are both the…
It’s easy to look at Kirby Air Ride, and now Kirby Air Riders, as a surface level mascot racer à la Mario Kart. Being compared to such a genre-defining legend isn’t a bad thing, mind you, but oftentimes it feels almost dismissive. That may feel especially pronounced now that the…
Today’s Kirby Air Riders Direct introduced many new playable characters for the upcoming sequel to the GameCube cult classic. The original Kirby Air Ride, released in 2003, only featured Kirby, King Dedede, and Meta Knight as playable characters. The trio returns, of course, but this time they are joined by a…
As a sign-off for today’s feature-filled Kirby Air Riders Direct, Masahiro Sakurai delivered something fans have been curious about for months now — the game’s release date! With that it’s confirmed Kirby Air Riders will release on November 20th, potentially closing out the calendar year for Switch 2 as the…
Nintendo has announced that the upcoming Pokémon Champions will get a Nintendo Switch 2 edition, and will be featured as the main game at the Pokémon World Championships next year. A press release stated that Champions will replace Pokémon Scarlet and Violet in the 2026 Championships, held in San Francisco….
A new video has been released on the Play Nintendo channel exploring the personality of Donkey Kong, for the benefit of young players who may be new to the character. The seven-minute special explores DK’s strength, style, bravery, mischievousness, sense of rhythm, and, of course, his intense love of bananas….
Compilation. Catalog. Compendium. These are all words that can be used to describe Spelunky developer Mossmouth’s UFO 50. But all three of those words fail to detail just how expansive a package UFO 50 is. True, there are 50 original games of differing genres included here. But the way they’re…
A former Ubisoft employee has revealed that the remake of the original Rayman title was in the works since 2021, though the project has since been abandoned. As shared via X profile “Rayman Together!” – a fan account dedicated to the franchise, the remake was confirmed by VFX artist Phong…
It’s been an eternity since it was first announced, but the time for Hollow Knight: Silksong’s release is nearly upon us. As spotted by users across social media, photos of the booth for Team Cherry’s long-anticipated sequel are surfacing online. If you thought that the game might suffer another unforeseen…
It’s not every day you hear news about Shenmue, but that’s mostly because the series has petered out after making such a big splash at Sony’s E3 2015 conference. Despite years of hype and anticipation from fans, when Shenmue III released in 2019, it was met with the enthusiasm of…
Strap in for 45 minutes of Kirby Air Ride goodness! Nintendo has announced via the Nintendo Today app that a Kirby Air Ride Direct will air tomorrow, August 19, at 6 a.m. PT | 8 a.m. CT | 9 a.m. ET. The presentation is confirmed to run a full 45…
guides/pokemon-scarlet-and-violet/tera-raid-battle/shiny-ting-lu-event/ Raid Battles made the jump from Pokémon’s Generation VIII (Sword and Shield) to Generation IX (Scarlet and Violet). While similar, the big difference this time around is the Terastal phenomenon, where Pokémon’s type can change to one of the 18 different types available in-game. Not to mention, Pokémon will…
