Editor’s Note: Today, September 27th, would have marked the 6th anniversary of Dragalia Lost. To celebrate, we are re-publishing a piece we created for its 5th anniversary. Enjoy, and thank you, Mr. Lost! With the recent announcement that Mario Kart Tour will no longer be getting new content, I’ve been…
Back in the ’90s, Nintendo, Sega, and Sony were locked in what is now commonly referred to as “The Console Wars”—a fierce rivalry between gaming giants that played out through advertisements, lawsuits, and even, in one instance, a public feud in front of Congress over video game violence. While Nintendo,…
There are many reasons to celebrate what Nintendo is doing in the gaming industry from both a creative and hardware perspective (especially when it comes to pricing), and the best place to do so right now is at the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto, Japan. The museum is an entire building…
Just when I thought we were all clear, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate comes in with the wake up Shoryuken… On the heels of the three Metroid Dread spirits becoming readily available, a new Spirit Board event has been announced. This one marks the Street Fighter 35th Anniversary, and is doing…
Can you believe it? It’s been over seven years since amiibo first launched in North America, and the good folks at Nintendo keep pumping out figures at a steady pace. While 2021 didn’t see as many Smash amiibo as I would have liked, we still got 14 brand-new figures and…
2021 was a year that didn’t quite go the way anybody expected it to, but at least in the world of video games, that platitude is less heavy. Nintendo had a year of inertia, continuing forward momentum without doing anything to cause tidal waves. Not that there weren’t nice surprises…
The best-selling eShop games of 2021 in Japan have arrived, offering an interesting look into the year’s hottest sellers on the other side of the Pacific. It’s not particularly surprising to see Monster Hunter Rise, the most recent entry in a franchise extremely popular in Japan, top things off, though…
Embracer Group — the parent company of Gearbox Entertainment, THQ Nordic, and others — announced today that they’ve acquired Dark Horse Media along with a number of other subsidiaries. Embracer now has over a dozen groups under its umbrella. Dark Horse is known first and foremost for its comics division,…
Everybody’s favorite video game is a gift card. This is the only logical conclusion that we can come to looking at Amazon’s best-selling video games of 2021, where seven – SEVEN – of the Top 10 best-selling products are gift cards for various storefronts (PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, and… Roblox). Is…
Adolescence still defines much of gaming culture. Even now as audiences grow older and older and the reach of the industry expands ever onward, the foremost image of gaming in many people’s minds is that of high schoolers playing Call of Duty or pre-teens buying Fortnite dances. This, of course,…
The Game Awards have become an annual tradition for reveals and spectacle, setting the stage for the industry heading into the next year. Nintendo has traditionally shared at least one reveal during the show, and with the likes of Reggie Fils-Aimé and more making appearances you might be wondering when…
These days, every big company wants to get into universes and brand expansion. Big movie studios want to turn everything into a cinematic universe, while game companies are looking into more and more new ways to utilize their IP’s outside of their normal games. Just look at Nintendo with the…
Another great gift-buying opportunity has arisen — this time, from GameStop! The retailer is hosting a buy 2, get 1 free offer right now, and it includes a number of great Nintendo Switch titles. Even better, a lot of the games are already on sale at the time of this…
With less than a month to go until The Game Awards 2021, the nominees of the game industry’s grandest year-end celebration have now been announced, and Nintendo seems to have left a decent impression on players this year. Metroid Dread has been nominated for “Game of the Year,” and other…
Mario Kart Tour has taken players to several real-world cities, but it’s just set its sights on a new horizon. So long, Mushroom Kingdom, because we’re blasting off for the Space Tour! Who better to “let’s-a-go” off the rails on this interstellar experience than a special space-faring version of Mario?…
