Nintendo has launched firmware 20.0.0 for the Nintendo Switch and introduced its recently unveiled “Virtual Game Card” system to its console. Launching ahead of the Switch 2 this summer, Virtual Game Cards are exactly what they sound like: the ability to treat digital games as cards you can share with…
Fans of the Donkey Kong franchise are likely aware of the infamous “DK Rap” from Donkey Kong 64. Conceived as something of a goof to start off DK’s first 3D outing, the theme was written and composed by legendary composer Grant Kirkhope after being implored by designer George Andreas from…
Another day, another rumor about the Switch 2. While we at least know the console is releasing very soon and that Nintendo is gearing up for a pretty big launch, there are still some things about the console that remain uncertain. One such question is whether or not the Nintendo…
Have you ever been torn between the family that raised you and the family whose blood you bear? Wanted to end fighting without killing a single person? Come up with a convoluted plan to fulfill an imperial invasion just so you can get one guy to sit on a chair?…
Plunge into the depths of hollownest with a critter by your side – the Hollow Knight (from… Hollow Knight) and once-rival, future Silksong protagonist Hornet Nendoroids have been revealed as part of the WonHobby Gallery 2023 Spring taking place this weekend in Japan. #WonHobbyG 2023 Spring Figure Update! Good…
Royalty is making its way to the tracks as Princess Peach and Daisy enter with grace and the will to win — in style — starting on May 30th at 11 p.m. PT. The duo’s bringing with them the new Wii Daisy Circuit and GBA Peach Circuit courses, putting a…
Looks like we glitched too close to the sun y’all – the common material duplication glitch in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has been scrubbed in the most recent Ver. 1.1.2 patch, meaning that easy Star Fragments and other rare materials are no longer easily replicable (presuming…
Last week, Pokémon HOME announced it would be updating to Ver. 3.0.0 (adding support for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet) on May 23rd/24th, only to go “Psyche whoops just kidding not yet!” and pull the plug. Well, now it’s happening super for real this time, with maintenance for the update scheduled…
Last night’s Marvelous Game Showcase featured not one but two announcements from the world of Rune Factory as well as a theme for both – “East and West”. The first game shown at the 20:50 minute mark in the video below is Rune Factory: Project Dragon. This spin-off will take…
Last night’s Marvelous Game Showcase ended with the surprise reveal of a sequel to 2019’s Daemon X Machina, the third person mech game that remains a console exclusive on Switch, published by Nintendo in the west. While the trailer at the 28:11 minute mark in the video below doesn’t show…
Are you feeling it? Nintendo has announced that the next wave of icon parts heading to Nintendo Switch Online will be coming from the Xenoblade Chronicles series! While they’re under the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 banner, artwork and renders from the first two games will also be included on weeks 2…
Console modding is always fun, fine-tuned, and fascinating, and we have a really bite-sized (but extremely dense) example here: a tiny GameCube, dubbed the GameCube Nano, built with actual Nintendo hardware and laborious care. Made by Macho Nacho Productions, the console utilizes the GameCube tech found in a…
The indie space is a magical one, where stories both in-universe and metatextual sprawl out in countless directions – and this is one of the most fascinating. Sunshine Shuffle, a narrative game about cute animals who were once bank robbers, is supposed to be out today on Nintendo Switch –…
Diversity win! Nintendo isn’t the only company making Wii Us now! Indeed, many years after the console has been discontinued and months after its eShop’s been shuttered, the folks at Sony have heartwarmingly chosen to take up the console’s torch with its own spin on the Wii U GamePad for…
The developers of Gris, Nomada Studio, revealed their next game at last night’s PlayStation Showcase and it looks to be just as moving and evocative as that prior adventure. Neva is set to be an action adventure game where the young woman Alba pairs up with a wolf cub on…
