Early last month, RPG fans were shocked to discover that the fan-favorite title Octopath Traveler had been delisted from the Nintendo eShop out of nowhere. The game was a big hit among critics and fans of the genre worldwide, releasing initially as a Nintendo Switch exclusive before arriving on other…
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…
G-MODE has slowly but surely been reviving its back catalog of games that were once exclusive to Japanese feature phones, including fairly big names. The latest? The Atlus developed Persona 3 prequel, Aigis: The First Mission. The game is an action RPG set in 1999, ten years before the events…
Strolling through one of the multiple, local arcades in Japan can be a bit overwhelming. So many machines, so little time (and yen), but sooner or later something will call out to you. While it wasn’t my first adventure, as soon as I saw the large, enclosed machine with familiar…
On paper, the Shin Megami Tensei series can sound like a seething cauldron of mismatched ideas. With elements of world mythologies, the nature of order versus chaos in our lives, science fiction-like world building, urban punk sensibilities and motifs, and Jungian psychological concepts all mixed in the pot, it falls…
A huge piece of news was casually dropped earlier today during a Monster Hunter Stories stage event at the Tokyo Game Show: a Hollywood movie adaptation of Monster Hunter is in progress. It was announced by long-standing Monster Hunter producer Ryozo Tsujimoto, who also clarified that the movie wouldn’t be…
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Fans of deviant moustaches and garlic breath gather ‘round (but not too close): Wario is re-releasing his smoothest collection of microgames to date on Wii U Virtual consoles tomorrow! Smooth Moves is the fifth game in the WarioWare series, originally released back in 2006 for the Wii. Like its predecessors,…
Most gamers have a favorite game – ask any one of them and they’ll tell you all about it. Whether it’s an entry in the Final Fantasy series, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Super Metroid, or The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, you can be sure that any particular gamer’s…
We’re less than three days away from the launch of Pokémon GO Plus and we still don’t know everything the device is going to do. Originally, the device was plugged as a companion to Pokémon GO, which required the app to be open to count steps or catch Pokémon. Now,…
Some memories just have a way of sticking with you and when it comes to my own gaming history one of those memories is the first time I ever played a GameCube. It was my birthday and my mom surprised me by renting the system from Blockbuster and inviting my…
Prepare your 3DS home screen for an onslaught of Felynes and Hitmons, ’cause more Monster Hunter and Pokémon badges have made their way to the Nintendo Badge Arcade! Check out what’s new below! Free play?: No. Practice catcher: It’s the final day for every catcher currently in the Arcade,…
After their reveal in this month’s CoroCoro, the official Japanese Pokémon Sun & Moon site has updated with a better look at the two new Ultra Beasts. These mysterious forces are clashing in the Alolan region, and while their role in the games are currently unknown, they’re sure to bring…
While collector’s edition guides are nothing new to Pokémon games, it seems like the folks at Prima are pulling out all the stops for Sun & Moon. Not only will there be the standard softcover edition and the hardcover collector’s guides, but Gen VII will kick off with an extra…
It’s that time of the month when CoroCoro information starts seeping through the cracks of the Japanese web, and after yesterday’s information about new Ultra Beasts and more, new screenshots today reveal more of Lugarugan, the two-formed evolution of Rockruff. The magazine implies that Rockruff will evolve into a particular…
