Over the weekend, a controversy was starting to brew concerning retro game publisher Retro-Bit. As spotted by Time Extension, game translator Krokodyl posted on their personal blog a series of photos that compared official Retro-Bit releases to previous fan translations for not only text but the specific font of the…

It’s probably been a minute since most of us have visited a Chuck E. Cheese’s. If you’re a parent, it’s a no-brainer. It’s practically the birthday party mecca. However, gamers most likely don’t frequent a CEC as a hangout spot or seriously think about it as an arcade. What makes…

In the years since Nintendo walked away from its deal with Sony to create a disc-based add-on for the Super Nintendo, there have been lingering questions about whether or not Sony ever got to develop anything for the platform. While we initially didn’t even think the console had been made,…

If you’re anything like me — old, tired, and chronically nostalgic — you’ve probably played a few rounds of the ’80s arcade classic Donkey Kong. While most games last around ten minutes (if you’re lucky), a select group of incredibly skilled players has spent years pushing the game to its…

Nintendo’s video game legacy has come a long way since its inception; from the company’s first games in the ‘70s to the worldwide influence it holds now, there’s been a lot lost to time along the way. One of the more memorable relics of the past was the Nintendo Space…

Update (1/31/25) Author: Peter Glagowski In a statement on its official website, CGC Cards has addressed the recent reports of fake Pokémon prototype cards being sold at an auction for tens of thousands of dollars. The company states it was made aware of the reports and is currently undergoing a…

Talk about repressed memories coming back to me suddenly, but anyone who was a kid during the N64’s lifespan will likely remember the brash commercials Nintendo aired. One of the more obscure was for the 1998 classic Banjo-Kazooie. A brief 30-second ad had some men camping in the forest and…

When you think of Kirby, you usually think “pink, round, adorable” to describe the iconic character. And while that’s true, if you’re an older Nintendo fan, you might remember Kirby looking a bit… angry whenever he appeared in advertisements in the United States — whereas in Japanese ads, he was…