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…
One of the stranger omissions in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was the identities of the sages that helped Zelda, Rauru, and Sonia battle Ganondorf during the Imprisoning War. For whatever reason, the five sages all wore masks and kept themselves mysterious during the details that Link could discover while…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
In a new update on Nintendo of Japan’s website, the company has detailed bits of Samus’ new motorbike in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. Called “Vi-O-La,” the bike not only allows Samus to quickly traverse vast expanses of land, but will let her battle enemies and perform the “Akira Slide” to…
Over the weekend, a member of Japan’s House of Representatives posted a statement on social media stating that Nintendo was specifically avoiding the usage of generative AI to “protect its IP.” Satoshi Asano, who currently represents Ibaraki 5th district, specifically wrote (in a now deleted post) the following: “Nintendo…
Initially announced on January 31st, 2020, Niantic announced it would begin testing new types of events during February 2020 – Pokémon Spotlight Hour and Mystery Bonus Hour. After testing and user feedback, Niantic combined both events into one and announced what Pokémon and bonuses would be featured in advance. Now,…
During the Pokémon GO’s Season of Max Out (Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024 to Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024), Dynamax and Gigantamax Pokémon were added to the game. This mechanic is part of Pokémon’s Generation VIII (Pokémon Sword and Shield) where Pokémon transform into “giant” versions of themselves or even new larger…
With how infrequently Nintendo posts Pokétoon episodes, you’d be forgiven for not remembering them. Thankfully, Nintendo hasn’t forgotten about these shorts, and a new one is now available on YouTube. While there are no English captions at the moment, it’s not hard to figure out what is going on here….
In honor of the impending release of Pokémon Legends: Z-A this month, the Pokémon Center Online will be selling life-sized plushes of the latest Legends’ games three starter Pokémon in just a few weeks. For those out of the loop, that includes Tepig, Totodile, and Chicorita. You can soon bring…
In the same week that we reported on a Redditor mashing an N64 controller together with a Game Boy Micro, it’s our pleasure to present you with a fully functional version of Lego’s Game Boy replica model. Thanks to the efforts of Natalie the Nerd, the rather cute and amusing…
In celebration of Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2’s release on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, Nintendo Music has added three new songs to the music service! One new track for Super Mario Galaxy and two new tracks for Super Mario Galaxy 2 have been created just for the Switch…
The controversial company OpenAI has recently released its dedicated video generation app called Sora 2 and, as to be expected, its video feed has become flooded with copyrighted IPs. More than any other company, Nintendo’s franchises seem to be populating the app en masse, and there are already thousands of…
Super Mario Bros. is one of the most well-known video games ever made, so you’d think it would be impossible for there to be new discoveries made about its development or its code. Never count out a speedrunner, though. In a recent video posted by prolific Mario speedrunner Kosmic, he…
