The beat-em-up genre tends to stay in its lane. Its tried-and-true arcade format has rarely been deviated from or added onto. There have been some recent attempts at modernizing the genre such as Xbox Game Studios’ live service brawler Towerborne or the open nature of WayForward’s River City Girls games….
If you can believe it, a second Animal Crossing-like knock-off game has appeared on the PlayStation store recently. Dubbed “Anime Village Online,” the sole screenshot available for the game looks not only heavily inspired by Animal Crossing, but almost like an HD mod for New Horizons. Spotted by Redditor YellowFlower69,…
Switch Online subscribers are in for a treat this month. As announced by Nintendo last night, the Super Nintendo App is going to receive a trio of new games for October 2025. One of those is the western debut of Mario & Wario, the 1993 puzzle game developed by Game…
Of the many different video game genres out there, one that keeps bringing people together time and time again are the beloved cozy games. From staples like Animal Crossing and indie hits like Stardew Valley and so many more, the formula is seeing more success than ever before. That goes…
I’ll never quite understand the fascination with Pokémon cards, but one of the most infamous of the entire trading card game has just sold for $4 million on eBay. Making headlines a few years back when all-around imbecile Logan Paul purchased one for $5.3 million, the notorious “Pokémon Illustrator” card…
In preparation for our grand return to Starship Mario, Nintendo Music has added Super Mario Galaxy 2’s soundtrack to the streaming service! Originally intended to be an updated version of Galaxy with a few more galaxies, titled “Super Mario Galaxy More,” Nintendo realized that the development staff had more and…
Team Cherry is nearly ready to release the next patch for Hollow Knight: Silksong, its long-anticipated and hotly debated followup to Hollow Knight, after having just released a patch that tweaked some of the early-game difficulty balancing. This next patch, despite online debate focusing almost entirely on the game’s difficulty,…
Sega just released its new Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds commercial, and it seems to take jabs at a familiar racing franchise. In the 30 second ad, CrossWorlds shows off their vehicle customization, traveling through different worlds, and crossplay multiplayer. Immediately after, they mention “traveling around on an open road,” seemingly taking…
Last week marked a monumental occasion for Nintendo, as the beloved Super Mario franchise celebrated its 40th anniversary. Naturally, this occasion came with many Mario-related announcements in the Nintendo Direct aired a day prior. Among these reveals came the news of some of the most requested additions to the Nintendo…
In what is likely to turn out to be merely a rumor, the Instagram account for Cinépolis El Salvador (a movie theater chain in El Salvador) may have accidentally leaked some of the new characters set to be featured in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. In a post on the…
Author’s note: As of September 12th, 2025, the Nintendo Switch version of the game has received a significant performance patch that boosted the performance from a locked 30 fps to an unlocked 60 fps. On Nintendo Switch 2, this change improves the game considerably and the timing window for nailing…
We might still be half a year away from Final Fantasy VII Remake hitting the Switch 2, but that hasn’t stopped Square Enix from talking about some of the new features that will be heading to the belated port. While these features will presumably be available in all versions of…
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…
The Switch 2’s controversial Game Key Cards will likely forever be a topic of discussion until Nintendo either does away with them or finally allows for installation from cartridges to circumvent data read speed issues. The biggest argument in their favor came from a Ubisoft developer who stated that Star…
A new Wonder Pick event is happening in Pokémon TCG Pocket this September 2025. For this event, Miltank and Phanpy promo cards (with a Chansey promo stamp) are being featured. Plus, their releases from the Secluded Springs (A4a) will be mixed in the Wonder Event too, giving you a chance…
