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…
The latest entry in the Wii Sports series, Nintendo Switch Sports, has finally landed in our hands and I’ve been able to spend a ton of time with it over the last few days. Six sports are available to play at launch: Volleyball, Badminton, and Soccer are all brand-new to…
Ever since 1998, a variety of Japanese airlines have decorated their jet planes with Pokémon designs. Another has just been announced, as reported by Game Watch, and it features quite the eclectic cast. Starting May 30th, Skymark will be sending a plane to the skies of Japan featuring Pikachu, Wailord,…
The Switch Online Expansion Pack has seen steady growth since it began. N64 and Sega Genesis games have been added to the service semi-regularly, but the main “value” kicks in when it comes to Switch DLC. Animal Crossing: New Horizons set the stage, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has boosted the…
Do you have hundreds of dollars to spend? Do you wish you, like Master Xehanort, could master the flow of time? Well then these Kingdom Hearts 20th anniversary watches are for you, coming in two designs of two colors each — the Quartz Black/Quartz Silver design goes for $302, while…
Chocobo GP had a bumpy launch, to say the least. As criticisms of the game continue, Square Enix continues to run a version of damage control — such as in this instance, where the game’s first season will be extended until the end of May, as opposed to ending on…
Over the years, the people have cried out for Nintendo to Hire This Man, and yet they never seem to, which means that This Man, Unhired, will continue to make hyper-realistic Unreal Engine mockups for our viewing pleasure. This Man (which does not refer to one specific person but rather…
Reggie Fils-Aimé’s new book, Disrupting the Game, is out now — a chronicle full of business advice, the story of his rise, and anecdotes about his time working with Nintendo. One of the most striking tales has to do with Reggie fighting to make Wii Sports a pack-in game for…
I’ve made my love of 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim consistently known, but I’m hardly the only one. Our own Amelia Fruzzetti dove deep into its narrative herself, and Atlus has shared a new accolades trailer that echoes two main sentiments. Both the visuals and the narrative are given…
It’s been a while since we heard about Netflix’s new Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon, titled Sonic Prime, but we’ve finally got a look at the show in motion at the end of a new commercial focusing on the streaming service’s animation-for-kids slate. You can catch it in the video below…
If you’ve been looking for some anti-gravity racing on Switch, and the 500th race through of Mute City in F-Zero X isn’t enough anymore, then you might want to prepare yourself for the exhilirating speeds of Redout II. The sci-fi racer is the sequel to the original Redout, ported to…
Warning: Potential Spoilers for Breath of the Wild 2 are ahead. Proceed with caution! The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 feels like an eternity away, especially with its recent delay to 2023. And while fans, myself included, have been watching the reveal trailer over and over…
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…
