The next round of Pokémon GO Fest Weekly Challenge is getting a slight change. Thanks to Team GO Rocket taking to the skies and acting out some farfetched plan, the previously announced theme (Battle) is going a different direction. Thanks to the recent blog post, the GO Fest Weekly Challenge:…
The music rhythm, taiko drum video game series Taiko no Tatsujin has reached a big milestone! The Nintendo Switch version of Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun had sold a million units worldwide. Thus, it’s time to celebrate! SONG PACKS – FREE AND ON SALE Note: The following is only…
What’s better than a Nintendo Direct? A nice stream from the Nintendo Treehouse crew showing off up-and-coming games and making an announcement or two. Since E3 2020 was cancelled this year, we missed our three-day dose of Nintendo Treehouse Live. Instead, we’ll see them on Friday, July 10th, starting at…
Today, Limited Run Games hosted its annual announcement discussing what’s on the physical game horizon. A glorious day for physical media fans, LRG is bringing a variety of titles to the Nintendo Switch and Game Boy Color. Yes, you read that right — the Game Boy Color. That particular print-run…
Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – Director’s Cut is coming to Nintendo Switch in both digital and physical formats thanks to Limited Run Games. The announcement was made during today’s LRG3 2020 show — an annual livestream during which Limited Run Games announces new releases. By popular demand, Shantae: Risky's Revenge…
The very first Shantae game is getting a physical re-release on both the Game Boy Color and Nintendo Switch thanks to Limited Run Games. The announcement was made during today’s LRG3 2020 show — an annual livestream during which Limited Run Games announces new releases. The original Shantae from…
Yesterday we got word on the Sega Astro City Mini, and while info continued to drip out over the day, Sega Japan has officially debuted the ⅙ scale replica arcade cab with both its first trailer and a dedicated website. The video may be in Japanese, but it…
It’s not every day you unearth a little Nintendo history, but thanks to the work of Mother Forever and Kody Nokolo we have the earliest interview (and a prototype logo) of Mother 3, from the July 1996 issue of Japanese magazine Dengeki Nintendo 64, scanned and translated. This interview is…
During 2019’s E3 Nintendo Direct, Square Enix surprised us all by announcing a long-awaited localization of Seiken Densetsu 3 for the Super Famicom (SNES), now known as Trials of Mana. That might not have been a one-off dive into the archives, either, as the company has filed a new mysterious…
When it comes to long running JRPG series, for me there’s no touching the Tales of series. Maybe it was how impressionable I was when playing Tales of Symphonia, or seeing more of these games regularly localized, but you just can’t replicate the legacy they’ve laid. That’s why I’m happy…
Today SNK confirmed what I’d been hoping for since I had the chance to play SNK Gals’ Fighters – more NEO GEO Pocket on Switch. This umbrella of titles, now known as NEO GEO Pocket Color Selection, will include the return of Samurai Shodown! 2 (previously only available as an…
If you like abstract gridlines and stacked monitors, Bandai Namco’s got your number with its news compilation’s launch series. No stranger to bringing back their arcade classics, Namco Museum Archives Vol. 1 & 2 are both arriving today with each volume packing together 11 titles each. The full…
It’s a pretty good time to be an EarthBound fan, with the series being actively recognized both in official and fan capacities as of late. And it seems everyone except Nintendo is interested in celebrating the Mother series. Spotted in the just-released Mother tribute book Pollyanna are some upcoming and…
Update: We’ve made a correction to the title of this article. The new high score was achieved for the first time in one year, not two years. The back-and-forth world record for the high score in the original arcade title Donkey Kong is a highly competitive — and well documented…
The recently announced Mother series tribute book Pollyanna, published by the games’ creator Shigesato Itoi’s company Hobonichi, is nearly here. While the Mother Project official Twitter has been sharing looks at the illustrations and comics within, the latest share comes from a source you might more easily recognize — none…
