Welcome to 2025, everyone! While we eagerly await Nintendo to announce anything about the much-anticipated Nintendo Switch 2, it seems vendors at CES in Las Vegas didn’t get the memo that the console hasn’t officially been unveiled yet. Now, before we dive into the details, remember that the images and…
The start of 2025 has seen more Switch 2 leaks than the last couple of months combined. After a new patent mentioned upscaling technology for Nintendo’s upcoming device and a leak of the Switch 2 Joy-Con showed an optical sensor on the controller, this latest photo dump shows us a…
Originally published by Sega, Bayonetta is a dynamic action game centered around the pompous Umbra Witch of the same name. Nintendo would end up picking up the cancelled sequel and releasing Bayonetta 2 as a Wii U exclusive. From there, the series would become an integral member of the vast…
Nintendo’s had a long history of odd ads – from funky dance Zelda to The Turtles’ Smash Bros – so it’s interesting to get a look at where it all began. The company’s first video game television advertisement was a 30 second Game & Watch ad that is strikingly simple,…
With the recent announcement that NIS America would no longer publish Atlus games in Europe, fans in the region have been understandably anxious about what that means for future releases like Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse, Etrian Odyssey V and Persona 5. Even after Atlus was bought by Sega, the…
Hey, mayors! Are you having trouble catching a bee? Did you finally complete that furniture series you’ve been after? Did Agnes move in and destroy your perfect gold rose garden? Then you’re in luck, ‘cause today’s badges are all about emotions! Free play? No. Practice catcher: It’s the final day…
Capcom’s no stranger to providing 3DS themes alongside Monster Hunter. Digital copies of 4 Ultimate are coming with one by default, and to celebrate game’s success overseas the company had another available free theme to all 3DS owners for a limited time. This trend is continuing with Monster Hunter Generations’…
The Squid Sisters, Callie and Marie, are heading to Super Mario Maker according to a well known Wii U data miner, NWPlayer123. Noticed in a video posted this morning, the data was discovered in the latest update file of Super Mario Maker. Series 2 of the Splatoon amiibo will hit…
Join Happily Candied and Amiibo Jason as they welcome Jared Rutledge to the newscast! This week, they discuss Nintendo in the movie business, Pokémon GO, and Pokémon Sun and Moon!
Just a little over a year ago, former Rare employees released a Kickstarter for a spiritual successor to their beloved Banjo-Kazooie series called Yooka-Laylee. That project was funded in 38 minutes. Today, Playtonic Games released a new look at what it claims is representative of the final product. In a…
The release of Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE is just over a month away, and Nintendo’s marketing machine is finally starting to build up to the launch. The company’s latest effort to get people on board with the upcoming Wii U JRPG is a trailer that delves deep into the game’s…
Welcome to the Character Column! Each week, I’ll be taking a look at a different character from Nintendo’s long and esteemed history, and I’ll analyze what makes them interesting, nuanced, or just plain memorable. Whether they’re heroes, villains or NPCs, I’ll explain why they deserve respect or love from the…
Fans of old school dungeon crawlers, take note – Atlus has released two new trailers for the upcoming Etrian Odyssey V: The End of the Long Myth, each featuring a separate class: the Reaper and the Necromancer. The reaper appears to be a front-row debilitating class, one that uses a…
A few days ago, the official Japanese Pokémon Twitter made an announcement that more information about Pokémon Sun and Moon will be released June 2nd. Since last week’s news didn’t get an announcement from anywhere other than Japan, it’s safe to assume that this Japanese tweet was meant to suggest…
Yet another Super Mario Maker update has landed, but this time around it isn’t anything too significant. From what players have gathered so far the new patch is mostly concerned with making search tools more convenient and fair. Here’s the full list of changes: The “Weekly” option for the Star…
