Over the past 15 years, most of the Super Mario cast has remained pretty similar in appearance. Ever since the New Super Mario Bros. era of games, the looks of the characters have been fairly standardized. In recent times, however, they’ve begun to experiment once more. From Super Mario Bros….
As we continue to soldier through this period of civilization where every company attempts to make “AI” a thing, Epic Games recently added a Darth Vader chatbot to Fortnite that utilizes an AI-generated version of James Earl Jones’ voice. While it does sound rather authentic (consent was given by Jones’…
Nintendo has revealed the first batch of games that will be receiving a free update on the Nintendo Switch 2. These updates will either upgrade the graphics, add new features such as GameShare, or both. Check out the list below to see which games will be getting an update and…
Tricolor Turf Wars are one of the most inventive wrinkles of Splatoon 3 Splatfests, a unique three-way battle for dominance that can’t be executed in normal gameplay. Up until now, though, participation in them has been fickle, based purely on matchmaking chance – but now, after the big seasonal update…
Octopath Traveler II is just around the corner so it’s a perfect time to reflect on the wide array of 2DHD games Square Enix has released for the Switch. One of the more intriguing experiments with the style was Triangle Strategy, which swapped the traditional JRPG gameplay with tactical battles…
Nintendo kicked off a special holiday House of Indies week yesterday, where a number of indie games would get spotlighted each day (like an Indie World presentation stretched out over multiple days). On day two, four more scintillating titles were shown off, a couple of which are available right now….
December 2022’s special two-day Community Day recap event is over for Pokémon GO and Niantic hasn’t wasted any time in announcing the next event. With January, not only will we see the start of the new year, but we’ll also get back to the standard one-day Community Day event. Oh,…
We’ve known for many months that Toby Fox worked on multiple tracks for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, but we didn’t know the exact number. Speculation has run rampant in the weeks since release as to which tracks he specifically worked on, but – thanks to a Undertale/Deltarune newsletter – now…
After being teased a few days ago, First 4 Figures has officially revealed its We Love Kirby mini metal statue, a small but powerful symbol of affection for the pink puffball. PREORDERS NOW OPEN! Preorders for our We Love Kirby mini metal statue are NOW OPEN! Take advantage of…
We found Dragon Quest Treasures to be a rather fun and satisfying adventure in our review and aspiring treasure hunters are set to receive new monsters through promotional codes. The first two of these have arrived via the official Dragon Quest Twitter account. The first monster is unlocked with the…
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet have been around for over a month now and while we’ve all grown familiar with the late-game ‘mon, The Pokémon Company is still focusing on promoting its early reveals when it comes to merchandise. This means Lechonk, Pawmi, and Smoliv are next in line to get…
The Nintendo Switch is a haven for indie titles and the company has been nurturing those games for years now under the Nindies and Indie World banners. Now, to ring in the holidays, Nintendo has announced the Inside the House of Indies holiday event. In the five days running up…
Unexpected prequel/spinoff Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon was announced recently at The Game Awards 2022. Supervising director Hideki Kamiya already sat down with IGN briefly to talk about the series in general (and some other topics), but now he’s offered an official message on the Bayonetta Origins via…
We’re in that phase before a big movie release (The Super Mario Bros. Movie’s, that is) where we know the basic shape of the film, but are still lacking in a number of details. Fortunately, leaks of the oncoming merchandizing blitz for the movie give us glimpses – as is…
This week on Masahiro Sakurai’s YouTube channel where he discusses the development of video games, the Smash Bros. and Kirby director talked about two subjects: Making Lead-Ins Instant and Impactful [Animation] – Sakurai discusses making windups for attacks and other motions striking and memorable. He also points out how…
