With how popular Shantae has become over the years, it’s surprising to learn that one of the games in the series was actually cancelled over 20 years ago. Despite that, Wayforward didn’t give up and would revive the project many years later to create a long-lost interquel for the series….
While home consoles are a widespread and ubiquitous part of the greater video game industry now, it hasn’t always been that way. Video game consoles have their origins from arcade machines, and the transition they made to end up in people’s living rooms was thanks in large part to systems…
As part of today’s financial report for Nintendo, company president Shuntaro Furukawa noted that Nintendo will be considering a price adjustment to the Switch 2 depending on how the situation of President Trump’s tariffs evolves in the coming months. With nobody sure of what the impact will be when Trump’s…
You may or may not be familiar with Billy Mitchell, the one-time world champion of Donkey Kong and other arcade games depicted villainously in The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters who then in 2018 became a sort of IRL villain after it appeared he cheated on Donkey Kong…
Sonic Adventure fans rejoice as two of the characters who first made their debut in the Dreamcast classic will soon be getting Jakks Pacific figures! Better yet, we’ve got our first look at them. As spotted by Sonic Merch News, the not-quite-God of Destruction Chaos 0 and Big the Cat…
Do you want some little guys for your desk? Some friends? Some neighbors you can say howdy-do to? Well, you no longer have to wait for that orb spider in your windowsill to lay eggs — now you can just order these delightful and not creepy-crawler Hollow Knight mini-figures from…
This year’s Psychic Spectacular event in Pokémon GO is coming to a close, but before then there will be a special Raid Day event. All four forms of Deoxys have been available in Pokémon GO’s 5-Star Raid pool (until Tuesday, September 13th, 2022 at 10 a.m. your local time). Yet,…
A few late game Legends: Arceus Pokémon will soon be getting plushes in Japan, alongside an old Platinum favorite, and an iconic Hisuian form will be getting a sizeable figure. As announced on the official Japanese Pokémon Center store, the Origin Formes of Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina will be getting…
The Season of Light’s focus on the sun, moon, and stars lines up with a yearly event – the Harvest Moon! Yes, it’s a full moon, but this particular month has always been special. Since it’s so close to the Autumn Equinox, this full moon gives off plenty of light…
Masahiro Sakurai’s latest project — a YouTube channel where he releases videos every couple of days exploring various aspects of making games — has been going well, with him releasing vids on everything from Risk vs. Reward in game design to lag to frame rates. One topic he’s begun to…
We’re almost at the end of the special Ash’s team Mystery Gift code distribution for Pokémon Sword and Shield! This week’s release is all about Ash’s Sirfetch’d. From now until Thursday, September 22nd, 2022, you can add Ash’s Sirfetch’d to your team in Pokémon Sword and Shield by…
Now with Splatoon 3 released, Nintendo has started to roll out brand new, Splatoon 3-themed icons for Nintendo Switch Online members. Looking to freshen up your icon? You’ll have the chance to exchange icon elements for My Nintendo Platinum Points over the next four weeks! That’s right, the Splatoon 3…
Splatoon 3 is finally here! Now that Inklings and Octolings can make the trek to The Splatlands, grab a catalog from Hotlantis, and jump into online matches and/or Salmon Run shifts, it’s gonna be quite busy in Splatsville. Of course, we can’t forget about the game’s companion app via the…
Today marks the beginning of the D23 Expo, with plenty of news regarding Disney and its many, many IP expected to be shared over the weekend. One of the earliest streams is focusing on video games, featuring “announcements, trailers, and reveals for new and upcoming games from Marvel Games, Disney,…
Earlier this week Sega shared a snippet of Sonic Frontiers’ ending theme from the Japanese group ONE OK ROCK. It turns out that wasns’t all the game has to offer, as the game’s main theme has also been revealed. Composed and arranged by the series’ regular Tomoya Ohtani with vocals…
