As seems to be a tradition with Nintendo games nowadays, early copies of Mario & Luigi: Brothership have been leaked online ahead of the title’s official release on November 7, 2024. We already reported on copies out in the wild confirming that Brothership runs on Unreal Engine and was developed…
After a few years of running a YouTube channel dedicated to game development tips and insights, Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai has finally hung up the reins. In his final video, he not only shared some extra insight about what he hopes to achieve with any new projects, but Sakurai…
It’s official! After a long wait, Dotemu has finally confirmed that Metal Slug Tactics will be launching on Nintendo Switch, PS4/PS5, Xbox, and Steam on November 5th. Check out the announcement trailer below! Unlike other entries in the Metal Slug franchise, Metal Slug Tactics brings turn-based combat while…
Among the wacky Japanese game director auteurs — the Kojimas, Kamiyas, and Yoko Taros of the world — few captivate me more than Kotaro Uchikoshi. Making a name for himself in the West with the superb Zero Escape series, Uchikoshi has an inventive eye for narrative design in the game…
Another issue of Famitsu has rolled onto store shelves across Japan and as always it’s come with a column from Super Smash Bros. Director Masahiro Sakurai. With the release of Banjo & Kazooie earlier this month, it once again focuses on the DLC side of things. As translated by PushDustIn…
Later this month Nintendo’s first major hardware revision of the Nintendo Switch will be releasing around the world – the Switch Lite. With a smaller form factor, D-pad, and lack of docking features, amongst other changes, it promises to be a major shake-up that’ll expand the console’s appeal to new…
Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and the Lion King are now available to pre-order on Amazon. It’s a whole new world: An HD-remastered collection of 16-bit classics Aladdin and The Lion King will be headed to Nintendo Switch later this year. The collection, called Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and…
Few studios’ oeuvres make me as ambivalent as Tokyo RPG Factory’s. Established in the wake of Bravely Default’s success in order to develop more classically styled JRPGs, TRPGF premiered in 2016 with I am Setsuna, which, despite being stylistically one-note and a mite derivative, was promising of things to come,…
Previously when it comes to Sega Ages coverage for Switch, I spent a long while gushing over OutRun, both as it’s presented in this new lineup and in its place in history of the games and its genre. Its ability to simulate depth and speed while putting your reflexes to…
Square Enix and Tokyo RPG Factory’s upcoming action RPG Oninaki now has a demo available to download via the Switch eShop. It features two modes to try out – the Story Mode lets you play through the opening of the game and get a feel for the narrative, while Battle…
Welcome back to the Wire Weekly, where I, Ben “The lost one who’s weeping” Fruzzetti, run through the week’s assortment of Nintendo news with what could charitably be referred to as wit, sarcasm, and personality. My favorite kinds of news weeks are those when all the big headlines are just……
Yesterday we bore witness to the reveal of Dr. Mario World, the upcoming match-3 puzzler that we all kinda forgot was coming but then remembered that hey, yeah, it’s a thing. Even if the gameplay has garnered some mixed feelings across the board, the game’s polish and visual design…
E3 has been a pretty joyous time on the Nintendo front, but one issue has been a sort not just of divisiveness but of outright indignant internet anger – namely, the announcement that Pokémon Sword & Shield will, for the first time in a new mainline Pokémon game, not be…
Oninaki, the latest from Tokyo RPG Factory (I am Setsuna, Lost Sphear) has been featured in a couple Nintendo Directs, where we were introduced to its Action-RPG gameplay and death-focused setting. Now we’ve got another trailer from E3, this one focusing on the elements of the game’s world – primarily…
Xseed Games has officially shared their game lineup for consoles, including Nintendo Switch, for E3 next week. You can expect that a diverse array of titles will be available to demo and to view in the company’s showcase, including the following: Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, Heroland, Akiba’s Trip: Hellbound…
