3D collectathon platformers occupy the same lane for me as comfort food or an AC/DC album. They’re reliable, and no matter how much time passes, I can always return to them and feel familiarity. Of course, the best 3D platformers that leave their mark on history end up feeling more…
Hamster Corporation has announced that the classic Namco arcade game Air Combat 22 will be heading to its Arcade Archives series for modern platforms. As the sequel to the industry defining Air Combat, Air Combat 22 expanded the gameplay by allowing players to select different aircraft to carry out their…
Limited Run Games is back with a brand-new lineup of merchandise based on a classic Sega title. To honor the 25th anniversary of Jet Set Radio, you can now get a whole slew of shirts, plushes, trading cards, and keychains to show your love for Beat and the crew. While…
Universal has been very vague with the opening date of Epic Universe, their brand-new theme park in Orlando, Florida, but our wait might be over sooner than we had thought. Universal had previously given a timeframe of Summer 2025, before changing it to just 2025. However, according to a new…
With a new theme park expansion on the way for Super Nintendo World, it was only a matter of time for the Nintendo Switch to get another Donkey Kong Country title. Today’s Nintendo Direct didn’t disappoint in that regard with the announcement of Donkey Kong Country Returns HD. …
Hot off the heels of the announcement that Super Nintendo World’s Donkey Kong Country expansion at Universal Studios Japan will be opening up its gates in Spring 2024, there’s a new batch of Kong-themed merchandise available at the park! The new merchandise features a headband with both Donkey Kong and…
Right on the heels of the big announcement that Universal Studios Japan’s planned Donkey Kong expansion Country to Super Nintendo World would be opening in Spring 2024, the park has shared another image and some details to highlight its signature experience. The ride is named Donkey Kong’s Crazy Mine Cart…
For all you amiibo collectors and theme park fans, Universal Studios Japan has unveiled something just for you! Alongside the confirmation of USJ opening its Donkey Kong Country addition to Super Nintendo World in Spring 2024, a new pair of Power-Up Bands have been revealed. The oft expected Donkey Kong…
I struggle to think of a Nintendo series that has consistently “found itself” the way Pikmin has. Few titles get the kind of treatment it has – a myth-like origin story involving Miyamoto in his garden, multiple Japanese pop songs, cameos in unexpected places (data transfer apps? Super Nintendo World?),…
With The Super Mario Bros. Movie only weeks away and Super Nintendo World now open to the public, Nintendo is riding high on the expansion of what its intellectual property can do outside of the video game market. Naturally, fans are wondering what’s next for this expansion of their IP,…
There’s something about mid March that lends itself very well to novelty date-based holidays. There’s the Ides on the 15th, Pi Day on the 14th, and of course MAR10 Day on the 10th, when we celebrate everybody’s favorite red plumber in style. And Nintendo isn’t deigning to just highlight festivities…
Shigeru Miyamoto continues a string of interviews related to the opening of Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Hollywood, this time appearing on the bastion of public radio and background noise for suburbanites driving kids to school in the morning, NPR’s Morning Edition. Miyamoto discussed several items, the primary of…
Update 2 (3/25/22): Reddit user /JerrodDRagon has shared an updated look at the Kirby walkthrough at Universal Studios Hollywood CityWalk. In the images below we can see more of the large statues decorating the scene that include the likes of Bandana Dee, newcomer Elfilin, various forms of Kirby (including some…
My number one most-desired travel destination, Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan, is no stranger to difficulties. Just one month after its delayed opening, the park had to be temporarily closed due to increased COVID-19 cases in the area. Then, the adorable Goomba Tower fell onto the tracks of…
As if having access to Mario wasn’t enough, Universal Studios Japan has announced that it will be partnering with The Pokémon Company for attractions based on the monster catching franchise. Right now there’s little info to go on – all we know is that “multiple” projects are in the works…
