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…
Pokémon fans will be delighted to hear that the series is once again getting some love over at Build-A-Bear. The company has just announced that two new exclusive bundles celebrating the 25th anniversary have made their way to the online store, this time featuring the familiar, beloved Pikachu — who’s…
The Pokémon Company has announced a new, massive figure and, fittingly for the summer, it’s all about water Pokémon. The figure is essentially two tiered, with Pikachu surfing on Lapras above the water and a bunch of other Pokémon swimming around the depths. These include Shellder, Staryu, Wishiwashi, and more….
Monster Hunter Rise still stands as both a favorite and most played game on my Switch. Capcom successfully reinvented the series with Monster Hunter World and went on to carry that momentum with Rise, bringing those quality of life improvements to handheld hunters while introducing some standout traversal and and…
The next wave of Good Smile’s Fire Emblem: Three Houses (and technically Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes) POP UP PARADE figures have been unveiled. Representing the Blue Lions is none other than the house’s leader Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd and one of his childhood friends and fellow classmates, Felix Hugo Fraldarius….
Are you a fan of Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes AND need to write stuff down on occasion? Well, the My Nintendo store has your back with the FEW:3H memo pad, featuring characters Shez (male and female), Arval, Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude. The memo pad costs 600 Platinum…
Reggie File-Aimé continues his forever press tour for his book Disrupting the Game, stopping by a Third-Place Books location in Lake Forest Park, Washington (a suburb of Seattle) to handle a Q&A about his time at Nintendo. Thanks to GameXplain, we have excerpts for slivers of the Q&A — specifically,…
We all enjoy raising little virtual pets, but what if those pets were instead international pop stars with synthetic voices? Fortunately, Bandai is here to provide an answer to that question we’ve definitely all had in the past, announcing that there will be an exclusive set of Hatsune Miku Tamagotchis…
According to Giant Bomb journalist Jeff Grubb, a remaster of the Nintendo 64 release of Goldeneye 007 is stuck in release limbo due to the ongoing war in Ukraine. Goldeneye is still in limbo because of the war. 1 v 100's team lead left Microsoft. I don't know what…
Four years ago, Octopath Traveler was released on Nintendo Switch! To celebrate the occasion, the official Japanese Twitter account for the game has released a brand-new illustration from artist Tatsuaki Urushihara. Urushihara was one of the leading artists who worked on Octopath Traveler along with some of producer Tamoya Asano’s…
During the month of June, Europe saw a small spike in gaming-related sales. Two of the games that helped drive these sales were F1 2022, the latest multiplatform racing game from Electronic Arts, and Mario Strikers: Battle League from Nintendo. According to sales data, Mario Strikers: Battle League sold over…
Nintendo has announced that it’s amidst closing a deal to acquire visual content company Dynamo Pictures. According to Nintendo’s official notification of acquisition, which was made publicly available by the company this morning, it will also be renaming Dynamo Pictures to Nintendo Pictures once the purchase is complete. Nintendo states…
Very soon English-speaking JRPG fans will be able to officially experience one of the best-regarded Super Famicom titles with the 2D-HD remake of Live A Live. To mark the coming occasion, Nintendo has put out a new trailer featuring the creation of some new artwork from Naoki Ikushima. In recent…
