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…
One of the most contentious topics among video game fans over the years is the price of products. From new systems to their games, each generation sees a bump in price that often causes unrest. That being said, it’s not often that a previous-generation system sees a significant price change…
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…
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…
Last night, Nintendo announced that the previously revealed Super Mario Strikers would be heading to NSO’s GameCube app on July 3rd, 2025. As one of the first games announced for the service when Nintendo did its full Switch 2 unveiling, fans were wondering if we’d need to wait eons to…
We’ve saved the best for last. In the final episode of our Ultimate Home Arcade series, we’re going full tilt into the world of Stern pinball machines! In this video we: Break down the differences between Stern’s Home, Pro, Premium, and LE models Show off some of…
With only a week left to go in May, it’s time for Nintendo to spring some new classic games onto its NSO service. Instead of a broad selection of titles, this month sees four new Game Boy games getting added, with one being a ludicrously expensive Game Boy Color game….
To Pokémon fans who were there since the beginning, there is nothing more nostalgia-inducing than the global PokéMania phenomenon of the late ‘90s. If that’s you, then this newly uncovered video is a must-see. The rare footage shows the first-ever Pokémon theme park attraction, Pokémon Island Adventure, which was held…
Seemingly as a way to promote the upcoming Switch 2, Nintendo will be introducing a series of “Nintendo Classics” NSO icons for subscribers to its online service. Set to release in three waves, these icons are all focused on Nintendo’s classic consoles and feature things such as the NES gamepad,…
This week’s Nintendo Music update is smaller than the massive soundtrack we got last week with Pokémon Sword & Shield, but it’s just as iconic! Kid Icarus has been added to the service, with both the NES and Famicom versions available. Tracklists are identical for each — check it out…
In a rather humorous bit of discovery related to Super Mario 64, one YouTuber discovered that you can get trapped in the game’s star selection menu for two and a quarter years if you wait a ridiculously long time to select a stage. How long must you wait? Two and…
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….
Welcome to the start of our Nintendo Wire Home Arcade series. To celebrate my 40th birthday and the 10 year anniversary of Nintendo Wire, I’m making a childhood dream come true: building the ultimate home arcade. Preparing the Space Fast forward to today, and I’ve set aside…
There’s truly no rhyme or reason to the Nintendo Music uploads, as we’ve gotten a new release this first week of May. This time: Mario Kart 7! The 3DS racing title was the 7th installment in the Mario Kart series, bringing us new mechanics to the series like gliding, underwater…
In a surprising bit of news for fans of Nintendo’s Wii console, the legendary Homebrew Channel has ceased development, and its GitHub repository has been removed, effectively shutting down the piece of software. No one is certain when this occurred, but a user on Twitter posted a letter from the…
