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…
We’re two weeks away from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 launching, and in that lead-up certain outlets have their early copies already. That means video footage and previews are starting to make the rounds, giving fans just a taste of what this huge game has to offer. While we may not have…
We live in an era of hot takes and hasty judgment. In the age of social media, most things are prescribed with one of three labels – good, bad, or eh – before we quickly move on to the next piece of information. When confronted with a deluge of content,…
Solitaire and horse racing are two concepts one normally wouldn’t associate with one other. At first, it sounds like an imperfect pair: peanut butter and cement mix; peaches and bleach; Paper Mario and stickers. However, with Pocket Card Jockey, Pokémon developer Game Freak has once again proven that sometimes the…
Hyrule Warriors Legends serves as both an expansion and a retooling of its console-based older brother. When it was released in 2014, my friends and I frequently gathered around the Wii U and traded off turns to head through the game’s story, or Legend, mode. It was a fantastic time…
With a total of nine games released under its name, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon is the longest running spin-off from the monster catching RPG franchise. The last title, Gates to Infinity, however, was a bit of a letdown for fans, and it seems Spike Chunsoft is trying to fix some of…
Next week another Square Enix RPG will be added to the ever-expanding Theatrhythm Final Bar Line as DLC – the critically acclaimed Xenogears! Three songs will be arriving in the game, which you can check out below: Awakening Blazing Knights Soaring Suit up, soldier! The Xenogears Pack launches for…
With 2022 now firmly in the rearview mirror, Metacritic has put out its yearly publisher rankings – an “objective” metric as to how well each publisher did in terms of critical acclaim last year. Nintendo did pretty alright for itself, scoring a #12 on the ranking – narrowly missing the…
The Nintendo Switch is a truly mighty console by now, one of the best-selling pieces of video game hardware ever and home to blockbusters like Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Super Mario Odyssey. But it wasn’t so long ago that accusations from a certain group of people (mostly a subset…
It’s that time again, folks – Nintendo is here to bring out the big guns. F Zero is coming back from the grave! We’re seeing another Kid Icarus! Mother 3 is finally! Getting! Localized! All of your dreams are coming through, no matter how implausible they may be! And if…
2022 was a year of grand, sweeping games on Nintendo Switch. We had one of the biggest RPGs ever in Xenoblade Chronicles 3, a luscious sci-fi epic in 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, a time-spanning remake of the ages in Live A Live. All these and more were up for Game…
2023 is just a few days away, which means that the time for year-end roundups and statistics. And Nintendo is no different – after releasing a tool for us all to reflect on our own playtimes throughout the year, the company has also released its ranking of eShop titles by…
Video games! They’re still selling. And the folks at Nintendo are still making them. However, businesspeople tend to like to keep track of the games that they’re selling, and so the company has released a mid-fiscal year report (fiscal years begin in April and end the following March, which I…
