Every few months, the seasons change into spring, summer, fall, or winter. Inspired by these changes Niantic added Seasons to Pokémon GO back in December 2020. Each Season in the mobile game is three months long and features special events, certain Pokémon appearing more often in the wild (in certain…
Over a year after halting operations, Nintendo’s eShop in Russia is effectively being permanently canned – Nintendo of Europe announced it would be halting eShop sales in Russia from today, May 31st. The company states that customers can redownload previously purchased games and DLC from the eShop, but they won’t…
It’s been a while since Nintendo has taken center stage at a live event. With Nintendo’s absence from E3 last year and the complete cancellation of the event this year, you can only imagine my surprise and delight when the company announced its own live event — introducing Nintendo Live,…
It’s always a tragedy when we lose artists of great influence and renown. And it’s with a heavy heart we report that Rieko Kodama – the Sega artist, director, and producer who was a trailblazer in video game development for women, passed away earlier this year on May 9th (weeks…
It’s generally assumed that most game franchises in Nintendo’s wheelhouse follow chronologies that are vague or at least loose. There may be an order for Metroid games, but we don’t know specifically how far apart they all are. Kirby has countless adventures, but we don’t know how he’s aged (if…
Nintendo just reported its Q1 earnings for 2022, showing a slight dip in profits compared to April-June of last year (likely due to the waning pandemic meaning less spending across games in general, which would match a broad trend across the industry). But also tucked away in the report by…
You may have caught wind of a game development tool Activision Blizzard touted over the past week, referred to as the “Diversity Space Tool” in shorthand. Developed by subsidiary King (the Swedish developer who makes Candy Crush Saga, among others), it basically has a set of metrics to judge a…
Every quarter, Nintendo’s investor site is updated with financial documents outlining the company’s progress for the fiscal year. Typically, these documents are also filled with other statistics and information — sales figures for games, the games that are releasing over the next year or so, hardware sales figures, and more….
In recent years, fans and critics have been asking the real hard questions about game design: namely, why can’t we always pet a dog? Indeed, even a masterpiece like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild egregiously lacks the ability to pet furry friends as you come across them….
Believe it or not (and I personally cannot — TIME IS FAKE), it’s been five years since the release of Yooka-Laylee in 2017. To celebrate and mark the occasion, developer Playtonic has released a celebratory video shouting out the game’s fan community — artists, musicians, and speedrunners — and announcing…
While Nintendo was riding high as the second-best publisher on Metacritic’s 2017 list of game publisher rankings, the company has steadily been falling down the list over the years since. It dropped to fourth place in 2018 and 2019, ninth in 2020, and now sits at 14th in the 2021…
Hard to believe it’s already been half a decade. The Nintendo Switch released on March 3rd, 2017, marking its 5th year anniversary after what has already been a success in just about every sense possible — conceptually, commercially, and critically. After the commercial struggles of the Wii U, the Switch…
Editor’s note (February 2023): While this feature was originally written for the 3DS’ 11th anniversary, the sentiments still ring true today. Join us in celebrating the handheld as we look back at what made it so memorable! The 3DS just might be the best console Nintendo ever made….
Square Enix’s Bravely Default II sold over a million units in 2021, so it appears the coup de gravy train is in full force, as Producer Tomoya Asano — via the series’ Twitter account — has announced that the development team (also behind Octopath Traveler and the upcoming Triangle Strategy…
The Nintendo Switch has been delivering hit after hit since its 2017 launch, with multiple established series getting a chance to shine on the handheld hybrid wonder. 2021 saw several of its own, often from third party developers — NEO The World Ends with You finally took us back to…
