Earlier this year, Nintendo was able to successfully get the Yuzu Switch emulator removed from the original GitHub repository it was distributed from. While that was a done and dusted legal case and the emulator’s creators were put out of business, the old axiom about the internet remains true: once…
Yesterday morning, the renowned leaker Pyoro caused a stir on Twitter by teasing a picture of a 1990 Nintendo World Championship cartridge. The internet quickly went mad with speculation, with theories about the cryptic tweet spreading like wildfire. pic.twitter.com/xvxNbN3cPV — Pyoro (@Pyoro_X) May 2, 2024 But. today, the mystery has…
The next GO Battle League-themed event for Pokémon GO’s Season of World of Wonders is here. This time it’s a weekend-long affair and it overlaps with another event, Rivals Week. Trainers who have their sights set on the GBL will enjoy increased battle sets, free and paid Timed Research, and…
Video games! They’re still selling. And the folks at Nintendo are still making them. However, businesspeople tend to like to keep track of the games that they’re selling, and so the company has released a mid-fiscal year report (fiscal years begin in April and end the following March, which I…
It’s been about a month and a half since the release of Xenoblade Chronicles 3, which means some people might have had to time to finish it (or at least get to like. Chapter 2. Maybe). The first wave of the game’s Expansion Pass DLC coincided with release day, but…
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 came out at the end of July, and it’s been a huge success both critically and commercially — fans take to websites like Twitter every day to post fanart, memes, and analysis while showing a deep love for the world and characters. It’s enough to touch the…
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 was released on July 30th, to highly positive reviews across the board. I, personally, am loving the game so far, and so are scores of fans — and in the wake of its release, Senior Director and series creator Tetsuya Takahashi shared a message with fans via…
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 has arrived, offering up yet another massive adventure for Nintendo Switch owners and RPG fans alike. Though it has its own story and cast of characters, there are definite connections to past titles — one of which can be yours right away with a little help from…
As the launch of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 approaches tomorrow, some of the game’s key developers at Monolith Soft have been featured in Nintendo’s ‘Ask the Developer” Q&A news section. While there are several interesting topics Tetsuya Takahashi, Koh Kojima, and Genki Yokota discuss in regards to how the game compares…
Nintendo of Europe continues to roll out Xenoblade Chronicles 3 music one track at a time, following up yesterday’s sorrowful “The Weight of Life” with an elegant, fast-paced fight track, “Keves Battle.” 🔊 It’s Friday, so here’s one of the #XenobladeChronicles3 battle themes to get you all fired up…
During yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, it finally happened — they announced the localization of a long-dead JRPG, one that had remained Japan-only for decades and seemed destined to fade into obscurity with only a small cult following. But now it not only comes to western shores for the first time, it…
Nintendo’s E3 Direct is an event I look forward to every year, and odds are you do too. Considering 2020 lacked that dedicated showcase of all that’s on the way, anticipation is at an all time high for whatever June 15th has to share. Rather than simply predict or lay…
By the early ’10s, JRPGs were going through a sort of renaissance. After spending a lot of the ’00s with a bad rap and titans of the genre like Final Fantasy breaking away from established conventions to more action-y or cinematic routes, various titles came along to breathe life back…
The soundtrack portion of Mr. Sakurai Presents has always been a treat, and where unexpected surprises work their way in. It’s how we learned Joker’s Mementos stage would change color based on which Persona game a song was from, and where SNK shattered all expectations with their massive song list….
We live in a time of social isolation. The mere idea of going places now seems like its own sort of fantasy, a relic of a time that in reality only stretches back months but feels like eons. Confined by the walls of our homes, the allure of video games…
