Trainers looking to get a head start on the Cleffa Hatch Day event can clear out their Egg stash thanks to a hatch distance bonus happening before the event. This Cleffa Hatch Day Extended Bonuses “event” will also add some Field Research tasks into the mix. (For more details about…
Thanks to the efforts of the Video Game History Foundation, another bit of Nintendo history has been preserved and released online. Yesterday, Frank Cifaldi (founder and director of VGHF) uploaded the ROM data for a prototype cartridge of the original Legend of Zelda on NES. Twitter user MrTalida then dug…
As part of the typical Nintendo hype cycle, the company has uploaded a new trailer that gives fans an overview of what to expect with Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. It’s kind of funny to start with the narrator being surprised Mario is made of paper considering we’ve had six…
Spoilers are no good, but there’re a few for the Sonic the Hedgehog movie in the following article. You’ve been warned! After clinching the biggest opening for a video game movie and running circles around others in terms of critical and fan reception (not to mention a cameo from Tails),…
Today’s the day RPG fans have been waiting for, as the Operation Rainfall spearhead that is Xenoblade Chronicles has received its Definitive Edition on Switch. While the original game is more than worth revisiting, the new Future Connected story content is likely to see the most attention from hardcore fans….
Imagine planning your 2020 convention and game festival tour so that you can show off and drum up press for your latest video game. Then, having to scrap those plans and shift to working from home. Streamline Games has been navigating this dilemma when they planned on taking Bake ‘n…
Do you hear that? It’s the sound of wild fluff appearing at the Japanese Pokémon Center, as the Poké-merch website has released three new Galarian plushes to collect. The newest Pokémon plushes are none other than Rillaboom, Cinderace, and Inteleon. All of these plushes are set to retail…
As we quickly approach June, various online game shows that have stepped up to fill the void created by the hole left by E3 2020’s cancellation. While some are already active, others like Guerrilla Collective are psyching up fans by releasing the names of more game companies involved in their…
Trials of Mana has been available for a bit now, updating the SNES gem with more modern flair. That includes the original music from Hiroki Kikuta, and to promote the upcoming release of that soundtrack Square Enix has shared an official preview video of multiple songs. It’s a…
Shantae and the Seven Sirens is now available to play on the Nintendo Switch. To celebrate its release, publisher WayForward has released a new launch trailer, which can be seen below: The newest adventure-platformer sees Shantae on a new underwater adventure, complete with new characters and minigames to…
There’s no denying the Nintendo Switch is in high demand, and that goes for countries around the world, including the console’s home, Japan. The lineup of games available is a big part of that, and Nintendo wants to make sure shoppers know everything on offer. That’s why they put together…
Since the split between Marvelous and Natsume concerning the Bokujō Monogatari farming sim series, Natsume has taken the Harvest Moon name and grown their own farming games. Starting with Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley in 2014, all Harvest Moon games that have been produced by Natsume have all used the…
Though June (and summer!) are almost here for Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Nintendo’s given spring one last shoutout in a new video. It focuses on some of the critters that are popping up during May in the Northern Hemisphere. Maybe you’ve already caught these fish and bugs, donated to Blathers,…
Games becoming genres has happened a handful of times in video game history, with names like Metroidvania and roguelike transcending their origins. It’s a compliment of the highest order for those progenitors, and though those particular examples have seen countless send-ups, there’s always been a sense of knowing when you’ve…
Next week will be an exciting one, if what Japanese technology journalist Zenji Nishikawa’s hint at a huge reveal is true. Nishikawa mentioned during a YouTube livestream that a “huge scoop” will be published the 4th of June in an issue of Weekly Famitsu, where he currently writes columns about…
