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…
One of the earliest PlayStation 5 exclusives is setting sail for new horizons, with googly eyes set firmly on the Switch. That’s right – Bugsnax has arrived! Based on tracking and capturing its titular creatures, Nintendo fans will be able to join the fun on Snaktooth Island. It’s not just…
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes is shaping up to be a much grander experience than its older spinoff sibling. The first FEW wasn’t bad, and some of the ideas it had that came from Fire Emblem itself were implemented well, but it’s looking like Three Hopes is out to narrow…
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…
NIS America has tasked Trails fans with deciding the reversible cover art for the long-awaited The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero localization to PlayStation 4 and Switch. Simply head on over to the official poll website and cast your vote for one of the three box arts shown below….
We’ve all mourned how Nintendo never cuts the prices on their games before — over five years later and Breath of the Wild still goes for $60 — which makes sales on first-party games all the more attention-grabbing. Thankfully, Best Buy is having such a sale right now, which includes…
Takashi Tokita is nothing short of a legend, having directed the timeless Chrono Trigger as well as Parasite Eve and, of course, Live A Live. Tokita recently sat down with Famitsu to discuss the new port, and we have a brief excerpt where Tokita discusses how the remake came to…
Believe it or not (and I personally cannot — TIME IS FAKE), it’s been five years since the release of Yooka-Laylee in 2017. To celebrate and mark the occasion, developer Playtonic has released a celebratory video shouting out the game’s fan community — artists, musicians, and speedrunners — and announcing…
Last year, Capcom released Capcom Arcade Stadium, a free download (that included one game: 1943 – the Battle of Midway) that allowed you to purchase up to 32 different Capcom arcade games for $2 each. It appears to have been a great success, because they’re following up with Capcom Arcade…
The Pokémon TCG has been a staple for over two decades now, but it was only recently that it tapped into the Pokémon fandom’s endless and overwhelming supply of artistic talent, holding the Pokémon Card Game Illustration Grand Prix in 2019 and 2020 in Japan only. Now they’ve expanded the…
Kadokawa Games, Cattle Call, and 24Frame’s post-apocalyptic JRPG Metal Max Xeno: Reborn now has a Western release date from publisher PQube – June 10th, 2022. The game, which is a re-imagining of 2018’s Metal Max Xeno featuring updated graphics and gameplay, tasks the player with traversing the ruins of a…
Initially announced on January 31st, 2020, Niantic announced it would begin testing new types of events during February 2020 – Pokémon Spotlight Hour and Mystery Bonus Hour. After testing and user feedback, Niantic combined both events into one and announced what Pokémon and bonuses would be featured in advance. Now,…
For Trainers living in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s spring! And with Easter around the corner, Niantic is celebrating the season by releasing the next wave of Season of Alola’s Special Research as well as some spring and egg-themed Pokémon. Get ready to enjoy this budding season of new beginnings with…
