When looking back at JRPGs and their communities over the years, a concern that will come up time and time again is localization. Oftentimes, especially in the past, whether or not a new game would see release outside of Japan felt like a coinflip. Ys X: Nordics, the latest entry…
It’s been roughly 15 years since I last played Madden, about the same amount of time since I last played football in real life, actually. I played football for a big chunk of my youth, and even declined an opportunity to play junior college football to focus on my grades….
In a new interview posted by Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier today, the noted industry pundit had a chance to talk with Team Cherry ahead of the announcement of Hollow Knight: Silksong’s release date. As many have been wondering for the better part of a decade, why did Silksong take seven years…
For those of you who have been part of the Amiibo News family on Twitter over the past nine years, you know just how much amiibo mean to me. I’ve been putting out amiibo in-stock alerts day and night for the better half of a decade, and the idea that…
Every month, Niantic spotlights a Pokémon for Pokémon GO’s Research Breakthrough encounter. This feature was added to the game in April 2018 as part of the Field Research system. Essentially a quest system, Trainers can acquire Field Research tasks by logging in daily and/or spinning PokéStops (one task per PokéStop…
Your typical plushie is a stationary object, maybe with the ability to squeak – but what about one that’s almost an animatronic? From Takara Tomy comes a new Sprigatito Pokémon plush that not only makes noise but blinks like an actual, real life cat would. Coming with…
Hatoful Boyfriend, a visual novel about romancing pigeons, is undisputedly one of the greatest games of all-time. Unfortunately the folks of Epic apparently don’t recognize the genius of the work or its creator Moa: after Epic bought out Hatoful publisher Mediatonic two years ago, the company hasn’t sent her a…
Nintendo has created a helpful site for Splatoon fans called the Splatoon Base, a super handy port for all things inky and fresh. Even better, while it’s a Japanese site, it’s still available to read in English! And just today, the site’s announced an all-new page dedicated to the series…
We’re only a few short weeks away from the launch of Super Mario Wonder, and Nintendo of America is fueling up the hype train with a brand new trailer. Check it out below. Not only do we get a fresh look at the beautiful landscapes and trippy Wonder…
As promised, following a month’s worth of artwork that redesigned Hatsune Miku as Pokémon trainers, the first music video in Project Voltage has been released. The song in question is Volt Tackle, named after Pikachu’s signature move, and it’s by Vocaloid producer DECO*27. Give it a listen and watch below!…
October is shaping up to be a fairly big month for Switch owners and one of the first big releases is the long-awaited follow-up Detective Pikachu Returns. Naturally Nintendo wants to advertise this latest adventure and what better way than with some icon parts? Swing on by the Nintendo Switch…
The Hatch Day event, which debuted during Pokémon GO’s Season of Hidden Gems, is back for the Season of Adventures Abound. This time Azurill will be featured in 2 km Eggs that are obtained during the event. Yet, keep in mind that this event overlaps with the Out and Play…
About a month ago, to celebrate Hatsune Miku’s birthday, a collaboration between her and Pokémon titled Project Voltage was announced. The collab would feature 18 different designs of Miku based on Pokémon types, followed by 18 music videos for the same reason. Dripfed over the month of September, we now…
Scalping has become a dire practice in the Pokémon community since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, and now there’s no bit of exclusive merchandise that people don’t clamor for – whether because they’re scalping themselves or fearing scalpers. The Van Gogh Museum’s Pokémon collab, which opened today,…
Epic Games, developer of one of the world’s most popular video games in Fortnite and one of the most popular game engines in Unreal Engine, is apparently not making enough money. With CEO Tim Sweeney stating they’re spending much more money than they earn, he announced in a memo to…
