As is tradition every quarter, Nintendo has released a new issue of its in-house magazine titled “Nintendo Magazine.” Shockingly original name aside, this Winter 2024 issue is now available digitally, and physical issues for the Japanese market will be shipping out soon. This newest release contains information about Nintendo’s games…
I didn’t anticipate that I would be writing about a new Sega Genesis cartridge in 2024, but we’re certainly living in some bizarre times. To promote the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 3 film, Sega has produced some promotional Genesis cartridges that include EPK (electronic press kit) materials. There’s even a…
What better time than a Thursday evening to get some surprise Nintendo news? Nintendo has just shadow-dropped the Game Boy’s Donkey Kong Land on the Nintendo Switch Online service. Grab a vine and join the thrills in the Land of Kong. Donkey Kong Land is now available to play…
What do we do to stave off the inevitable march of time? With the precious gift life has given us? There are many answers, but there is one that rings truer than all others — we exist to make kart racers. Alongside the legendary Smurfs Kart coming soon, Nickelodeon Kart…
PlatinumGames, longtime revered game developer, has lately been dipping its toes into game publishing with Sol Cresta and the Wonderful 101 Remastered. But the studio is always looking to have more control over its projects when it’s traditionally had to give up the IP rights of the games it works…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
With the original Octopath Traveler, Square Enix introduced the world to the now-trademarked 2D-HD visual style, which has gone on to power the strategy game Triangle Strategy, a Live a Live remake, and an upcoming remake of Dragon Quest III. With Octopath Traveler II comes the excuse to push the…
Call me a sap, but I think it’s better to love than to hate. There certainly was a lot of hatred during and after the reveal of last week’s Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer, where people’s worst fears about Chris Pratt — namely, that he’d be Chris Pratt — came…
Next year XSEED Games will be bringing two intriguing JRPGs to Switch in the form of Loop8 and Trinity Trigger. If you’re excited to try them out then you might be interested in this news – each adventure is getting its own physical limited edition. For starters we have the…
Initially announced on January 31st, 2020, Niantic announced it would begin testing new types of events during February 2020 – Pokémon Spotlight Hour and Mystery Bonus Hour. After testing and user feedback, Niantic combined both events into one and announced what Pokémon and bonuses would be featured in advance. Now,…
Ever since I started reporting on amiibo all the way back in 2014, one place that I always went for juicy details was the Nintendo Consumer Product Safety page (CPSIA). For those of you not in the know, the CPSIA is an act that was passed in 2008 which requires…
Persona 5 Royal launches for the Switch in a matter of weeks on October 21st but Atlus has jumped the gun and announced when you’ll be able to play the prior two entries on modern platforms, and it’s on the same day! As announced in the tweet below, Persona 4…
It’s crazy to think that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is only a few months away from release. While we haven’t seen much in terms of gameplay, what little we have been shown has Zelda fans (myself included) everywhere on edge for any scraps of news that…
The hot button topic of the Super Mario Bros. Movie teaser has been the same hot button topic surrounding the movie for well over a year: the casting of generic Hollywood everyman Chris Pratt as Mario, a move widely disliked by scores of internet-goers, especially intensified as the general consensus…
Nintendo has historically been relatively good about preventing leaks, but details about The Super Mario Bros. Movie have been oozing out of the internet the past few days – and it’s all because of Mickey D’s. First, a work program revealed what the official renders looked like before the teaser…
