The full history of PlatinumGames and especially the Bayonetta series has been undeniably quite shaky. From Sega’s cancellation of Bayonetta 2 leading to the series being picked up by Nintendo, to the notoriously long silence surrounding Bayonetta 3, there’s been more than a few moments of uncertainty surrounding them. For…
In our modern time of multiplatform gaming and a decrease in console exclusivity, sometimes it’s undeniable that a game from one system would fit better on another. Take Mario Kart 8’s jump from Wii U to Nintendo Switch as a prime example. A great Wii U game with less eyes…
While Nintendo and EA haven’t always had the rosiest of relationships, that hasn’t stopped the two from working together at various points throughout different console generations. EA doesn’t have a lot of games on the current Switch, but EA CEO Andrew Wilson believes that the recently announced Nintendo Switch 2…
The next game from the makers of the Danganronpa series finally has a release date. Shown in the latest Nintendo Direct via a new trailer, Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE will be bringing its stylized take on mystery solving to Switch this June. In it, we see some…
For a small set of people out there, this might’ve been the Nintendo Direct announcement from the February 2023 presentation. You can say that about any game, really, but Capcom’s relatively unsung Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective is the only one with a top pomeranian. Missile aside, Ghost Trick…
Sea of Stars, Sabotage Studios’ anticipated followup to The Messenger, feels more real than ever. Yesterday’s Nintendo Direct not only gave us the game’s release date, but dropped a surprise demo onto the eShop as well. This demo spans roughly the first hour of the game, and serves…
Along with the full reveal of its new Magolor Epilogue, Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe’s main draw in the latest Nintendo Direct was the announcement of an eShop demo. Available now, you’ll find both stages and sub games within that can all be enjoyed by up to four players!…
Sega is good at a lot of things, and among them is monkeys. Super Monkey Ball? Sega. The Tetris game with the monkey? Sega. And then there’s the Dreamcast era rhythm game that literally shook things up, Samba de Amigo. Amigo and his band of fellow funky friends haven’t been…
Every puzzle has an answer, and the conundrum of where one Hershel Layton has been for nearly a decade has finally been solved – everybody’s favorite brainteaser busting gentleman of a professor is coming back in Professor Layton and The New World of Steam. Layton last appeared in…
Fantasy Life was one of many underrated gems in the Nintendo 3DS library, a cutesy RPG that placed just as much value on the humble activities you can do around a village as the epic battles and questlines. While the game did get a little known sequel in Fantasy Life…
While trademarks had leaked previously, it was still a surprise to see the Baten Kaitos duology appear with a remaster during yesterday’s Direct. The games, developed by the team at Monolith Soft (Xenoblade, Xenosaga), originally released for the GameCube but they’ll be getting a new coat of paint this time…
After yesterday’s Nintendo Direct we brought you the news that the Japanese version featured a couple of exclusive announcements, including a remake of Koei Tecmo’s very first game in the Atelier series. Now we have confirmation that the game will be localized! The origin of the "Atelier" series is…
We’re only a few short weeks away from the launch of Octopath Traveler II, the sequel to one of my favorite RPGs on the Nintendo Switch! If you haven’t played the first game or if you’re just on the fence about giving the game a try, you’re in luck: Nintendo…
Closing out February 2023’s Nintendo Direct was the one and only The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Nearly three months away from its release, we were treated to a more story-focused trailer and some additional product details. Notably, today’s trailer includes a brand-new voice and fans…
It seems like only yesterday that Nintendo decided to delay the release of Advance Wars 1 + 2: Re-Boot Camp in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but time marches ever onward, and the reality is that it’s been almost an entire year since that announcement. In the leadup to…
