As we enter summer and approach July, Niantic is ready to reveal Pokémon GO’s July Community Day star. Continuing with the Unova region starters, Tepig the Fire Pig Pokémon is next in line for the Community Day spotlight. You’ll see this feisty and adorable Fire-type Pokémon appear everywhere on Saturday,…
If you’re a Nintendo collector, you probably don’t need to be told that Japan is the place to be if you want to get your hands on the very best Mario merchandise — but it’s especially going to be the case from this Friday, following a collaboration campaign from PARCO….
Final Fantasy IX stood out next to its other 3D Final Fantasy contemporaries by embracing the cartoony, “super-deformed” style of the classic entries, giving its characters big heads and exaggerated animations. It seems like Square Enix might have taken note, as it has reportedly penned a deal to adapt the…
Nintendo’s E3 2021 Direct had many surprises in store that fans didn’t see coming, and undoubtedly one of those was the reveal of Mario Party Superstars. The upcoming party title compiles the very best minigames from the original trilogy of Mario Party games on the Nintendo 64, and remasters them…
♪CRUUUUUUISSSSS’NNNNNNNN!♪ The beloved Cruis’n franchise is back with Cruis’n Blast, the latest entry in the arcade racing series of yesteryear. ’90s kids likely had at least one experience with Cruis’n USA, Cruis’n World, or Cruis’n Exotica on the Nintendo 64, or on one of the countless sit-down arcade cabinets…
With The Legend of Zelda celebrating its 35th anniversary soon, it was only natural that the series would receive the same glorious treatment Mario previously was catered with upon his major milestone last year. In the same fashion as the plumber mascot, Link will be heading to the micro-sized handheld…
The Limited Run Games’ Forever Physical E3 showcase was a seemingly non-stop torrent of physical versions of fan-favorite and brand new titles. Two particular standouts were the physical releases for Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol and Huntdown. Not only will Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol be…
Holy crosses! Today at Limited Run Games’ live E3 presentation, the physical games publisher revealed it’ll be bringing the critically-acclaimed Castlevania: Rondo of Blood back to the present with a localized version of what initially debuted on the TurboDuo system. Castlevania Rondo of Blood is getting a physical retro…
Flashback to June 11th, 2001. You’ve just picked up Nintendo’s newest handheld in that sweet purple color, and your copy of Super Mario Advance or Castlevania: Circle of the Moon. Maybe you didn’t understand the jump from 8 to 16-bit, or how decades later it’d still be celebrated as another…
Sometimes a week is stacked full of celebrations, and other times it’s just a few high profile ones. But what’s it look like when you have a week that’s overflowing with video game anniversaries that you’ve just gotta recreate in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate? A lot like last week, apparently….
You may not recognize the name Giles Goddard, but the Chuhai Labs CEO worked very closely with Nintendo back in the day and is the man responsible for some of our most cherished video game memories. He made Mario’s interactive face which greeted eager Nintendo 64 owners who booted up…
Masahiro Sakurai’s unyielding dedication to celebrating the games represented in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has hit a new height. Last week a seldomly seen title from Nintendo’s past got a high calibur screenshot for its birthday, blowing some heavy hitters out of the water. Behold, the majesty of Joy Mech…
We’ve covered Tee Lopes’ tunes here before – not only is he behind the stellar Sonic Mania OST, the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, and many other soundtracks besides, he still occasionally goes back to his roots and releases fan remixes from time to time. This latest release,…
TimeSplitters, the much loved first person shooter series from Free Radical Design, has lain dormant since 2005. The odds of it having any sort of future seemed non-existent, with Free Radical effectively defunct around 2014. Still, if I’ve learned anything from various media it’s that pretty much anything is possible…
It’s the year 2021, and you can preorder a Sega Genesis game very soon! Limited Run Games will be publishing a special physical Genesis version of Mega Man: The Wily Wars, meaning this will be the first time the game has found a physical release in North America! Mega Man:…
