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…
For farming sim fans that have built a homestead in Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town, the parade of version updates have been a welcomed addition. From fixing loading times and bugs to changing the game’s maker machine functions and adding new dialogue, everyone has had their eyes on…
There are plenty of parallels to be drawn between the Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo Wii: Both systems broke into the mainstream with immense popularity, appeal to all ages, support motion controls, and are an absolute blast when playing with others. As amazing as the Switch is, however, it still…
Welcome to this week’s episode of Mii Weekly, a series where we feature headlines, impressions, and an assortment of variety segments all centered around Nintendo! In this edition, we cover Nintendo’s E3 plans, the announcement of a new Nintendo Museum/Gallery in Japan, the release of Super Hero Girls for Switch,…
For those, like me, who were looking forward to spending this summer in The Good Life’s fictional town of Rainy Woods, it looks like we’ll be waiting a little longer to delve into the strange world of the upcoming “debt repayment RPG.” In a recent press release from Playism –…
Ahead of E3 this weekend, we’re sure to hear little somethings from developers. At least that’s my hope, and so far Sidebar Games has delivered. The makers of Golf Story haven’t said much about their more varied follow-up, Sports Story, but today felt fit to bring out a new screenshot…
Hero TJ and Amiibo Jason are back! On today’s episode, the dynamic duo discuss E3, the rumored Switch Pro, and an amiibo controversy that’s exploding online.
In a genre commonly populated by swords and sorcery, one game dared to pick up a baseball bat and SMAAAAAAASH! expectations. That game was Mother 2, though we all know and love it as EarthBound. This Super Nintendo gem has gone from store shelf oddity, to obscure cult classic, to…
Fire Emblem Heroes continues to lay on its own unique plot elements, and even if you’re mostly here for the gameplay or familiar faces you’ve got to admit they’re upping the presentation. Its Book V story is about halfway through, and to mark the occasion a new video was shared….
The PokéToon series of shorts have been a wonderful mix of different animation styles thus far; from a tribute to Golden Age animations like Tom and Jerry, to a tale of perseverance and heroism with an almost-papercraft aesthetic. The latest entry in the series has officially been released and features…
It’s been a long time since IGA asked us all to choose between sword or whip (and then gave us both anyway), but it looks like Bloodstained will have a future after all. After some murmurings, it’s been confirmed a sequel is in the early planning stages. Regarding recent…
When the chips are down and the world needs saving, you can always count on the kids who have spent hundreds of hours studying the apocalypse across countless video games. The Last Kids on Earth and the Staff of Doom, the first game set in the universe of the New…
Yuji Naka, the prolific game programmer and designer behind many Sega classics, appears to have left his position with Square Enix following the disappointing performance and reception of his latest title, Balan Wonderworld. Naka’s personal LinkedIn and Facebook pages have been updated to state that his time with Square Enix…
