Just last September, Splatoon 3 celebrated its two-year anniversary in a spectacular sendoff with the Grand Festival. This celebration also marked the effective ending of the game, with new monthly Splatfest themes coming to a close. While the new content has slowed down, it hasn’t stopped entirely, as the seasonal…
For older Nintendo fans, Space World 2000 is one of the most pivotal moments in the company’s history. The event where Nintendo not only unveiled the GameCube to the public but showcased Super Mario 128 and some ridiculously high-quality 3D renders for a Legend of Zelda prototype, Space World 2000…
Across Nintendo’s vast reach, Mario has quite a few unique games under his belt. While most people tend to focus on the main series entries, there’s many games that fly under the radar for one reason or another. One such oft-forgotten title is Super Mario Run. This mobile-exclusive platformer doesn’t…
Maybe you kids these days are too young to remember the experience of strolling Blockbuster video isles, gazing at dozens of VHS tapes with the same box that you’d have to squint at the title to see what it actually was. Well, old fogeys like me remember! (Disclaimer: I am…
If you were picking up Happy Meals in the 2000’s you might remember the occasional LCD game buried beneath the burger, perhaps with Sonic the Hedgehog’s grinning face adorning the bezel. Well, you can recreate those memories as Sonic fan Difegue has recreated a bunch of the devices in a…
DuckTales isn’t the only classic Disney side-scroller seeing a modern iteration. Gargoyles, the Sega Genesis side scroller based on the cult classic Gargoyles cartoon, is getting a rerelease with Gargoyles Remastered. As Goliath, you’ll bound through all the stages of the originals with new features like instant rewind…
The Nintendo Switch Online libraries of retro games continue to expand with four more games joining the service, and this time around there’s a heavy emphasis on Japanese imports! For the NES we have two titles. The first of these will be familiar to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate…
Before the advent of touch screen smartphones gaming was much different in the mobile space, with number pads and rudimentary directional buttons making for some rather unique experiences, especially in Japan. Unfortunately many of these games have been lost to time, but publisher G-MODE has been going above and beyond…
Start revving your engines as the next Nintendo Switch Online addition to the Nintendo 64 library has been confirmed! Excitebike 64, first released in 2000, was the second game in the rather short series after the NES original, taking the action behind-the-back of racers while keeping an emphasis on sick…
Here’s a nice little treat for the day – storyboards for Sonic CD’s opening animation, drawn by none other than original Sonic designer Naoto Ohshima himself. Toei has turned the SonicCD OP storyboard I drew into a wonderful video.ソニックCDの絵コンテだよ。これを東映アニメが素晴らしい映像にして頂きました。 pic.twitter.com/dEQN2Vh88j — Naoto Ohshima (@NaotoOhshima) August 18, 2023 Ohshima…
The GBA’s Sonic Advance trilogy is often regarded as one of the unsung high points in the hedgehog’s history, offering up three portable platformers in an era where Sega was readjusting to being a third party developer. Sonic Advance 2 is regarded by many as the best of the bunch,…
In the arc of Sega console history, it’s sometimes easy (at least in this part of the world) to forget there was a whole console between the Genesis and Dreamcast. While the Sega Saturn was ill-fated stateside for several reasons, including one of the most botched console launches of all…
In the late ’90s the Final Fantasy series left Nintendo consoles for the plentiful file space afforded by PlayStation’s discs. That’s why the announcement of Crystal Chronicles for the GameCube was a big deal years later – sure it wasn’t a traditional FF, but it meant Moogles were back where…
My fellow Americans. It has often been stated that, uh… former President Barack Obama… does not know how to game. “He’s a poser,” they would say. “I bet he doesn’t even know what a video game is. I could beat his–his butt at Smash Bros. any day. He can’t footsie…
The all-new Double Dragon Gaiden just hit modern consoles, giving the beat ’em up duo of Billy and Jimmy an all-new adventure. If you want to head back in time, though, Arc System Works has you covered with the announcement of a Double Dragon Collection. Double Dragon Advance and Super…
