If you thought you were a hardcore Final Fantasy fan, you’ve got nothing on Final Fantasy VII Remake director Naoki Hamaguchi. In a recent interview with Nintendo Life, Hamaguchi-san stated that over the course of development on part three of the Remake trilogy, he’s completely “over 40 full playthroughs” of…
Lego and Nintendo are back at it with another Animal Crossing set, this time focused on Tom Nook’s lovely nephews. Just listed on its website today, “Timmy & Tommy’s Fun Day Out” is a cute little kit that features the iconic proprietors of Nook’s Cranny exploring their village and having…
With Nintendo becoming less reliant on Direct presentations, it’s no surprise to see announcements of new Switch 2 games coming from ratings boards ahead of any official confirmation. Today is such a case, with the Taiwanese rating board listing BoxBoy! + BoxGirl! for Nintendo Switch 2 among its new releases….
The director of the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy has assured fans that the third and final installment is progressing as planned. In an interview with Comicbook.com, Director Naoki Hamaguchi said he was “unable to share concrete details at this time,” but had some promising words to say about the…
At long last, the Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection has received its most requested feature in a new update. Writing on its official website last night, developer Digital Eclipse announced that Kombat fans can now play online matches together regardless of which platform they are playing on. This opens the MK…
The director of the original 1998 version of Resident Evil 2, which introduced series icon Leon Kennedy, has confirmed what inspired the character’s first name. Hideki Kamiya stated on X that he came up with “Leon” because of the 1994 action-thriller, Léon: The Professional. He then pitched it to Resident…
Retro gaming publication Time Extension has been investigating what happened to the original Star Fox puppets used to promote the 1993 SNES classic. The team has finally found the answer – and it’s a sad one. In the early ‘90s, Nintendo collaborated with a company to produce puppets of the…
The producer of Resident Evil Requiem is encouraging fans to have the game completed by next week, as he teased that the next DLC is coming very soon. Last month, director Koshi Nakanishi announced that a new minigame will launch for Requiem in May. Nakanishi, along with producer Masato Kumazawa,…
Nintendo and Illumination’s animated partnership isn’t coming to an end anytime soon. According to a recently updated release schedule on Universal’s Spanish website, a thus far “Untitled Illumination/Nintendo Event Film” is set for release on April 12th, 2028. As one would expect, the film is listed under animation, which is…
In this week’s Nintendo Music update, we head to the Kingdom of Bask as we revisit Mario Tennis Aces! Released in 2018, Aces was the first Mario Tennis game to have a story mode since Power Tour on the Game Boy Advance. Aces also introduced new mechanics such as Zone…
Square Enix has released a playable demo of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth for the Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox Series X/S. The demo covered Chapters 1 and 2 from the full game, offering several hours of gameplay of the Nibelheim flashback with Cloud and Sephiroth as well as the Grasslands…
It wouldn’t be a day of the week without a new rumor surrounding Nintendo. According to a report from Dot Esports, Nintendo is reportedly optioning the rights to a Metroid movie adaptation. In contention for the film are Universal and Sony, the two studios currently handling big-screen Nintendo adaptations (i.e….
Masaaki Hoshino, technical director at The Pokémon Company and producer of Pokémon Champions, has addressed the widespread discourse regarding the game’s graphics. In an interview with Eurogamer Germany, Hoshino was asked if the team tried to get the best possible graphics from the game, or if it had other priorities….
Update (5/1/26): It appears as the source When to Stream has received information regarding the digital release of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Instead of arriving next week in people’s homes, we all may have to wait a bit longer as the date has reportedly ben pushed to May 19th…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside one hour on Wednesdays for Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed and rescheduled…
