Early last month, RPG fans were shocked to discover that the fan-favorite title Octopath Traveler had been delisted from the Nintendo eShop out of nowhere. The game was a big hit among critics and fans of the genre worldwide, releasing initially as a Nintendo Switch exclusive before arriving on other…
Starting in January 2018, Community Day is a monthly event in Pokémon GO that shines the spotlight on a particular Pokémon. For one day each month, a Pokémon selected by Niantic will have its spawn rate increased during a block of hours. Also, the Shiny appearance rate for the starring…
G-MODE has slowly but surely been reviving its back catalog of games that were once exclusive to Japanese feature phones, including fairly big names. The latest? The Atlus developed Persona 3 prequel, Aigis: The First Mission. The game is an action RPG set in 1999, ten years before the events…
Great box art can make a world of difference for a game. While it’s ultimately what’s inside that really counts, how else are you going to tempt people over that aren’t glued to every Nintendo Direct and social post? Thanks to updated retail listings, we’ve gotten a look at Advance…
Video game localization wasn’t nearly as comprehensive 20 years ago as it is today, with plenty of franchises going without release in English speaking territories. One such franchise was Shiren the Wanderer, Chunsoft’s in-house take on the Mystery Dungeon that didn’t rely on licensing major properties like Dragon Quest or…
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s title screen is absolutely iconic to longtime Nintendo fans and evokes nostalgic bliss in the hearts of many. It’s fitting, then, that during today’s Nintendo Direct presentation, it was used to introduce the latest addition to the Nintendo Switch Online service. That’s right,…
Announced during today’s Nintendo Direct, it was revealed that BioWare’s original Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic game from 2003 will be coming to the Nintendo Switch this November. As to be expected from the classic line of Star Wars ports, Aspyr will be the developer to bring the…
We’ve known about a revamped version of the Disney Classic Games Collection and that it would be releasing “soon” on a variety of platforms, including the Nintendo Switch. After all, it was rated by the ESRB last month followed by some finer details of what would be included thanks to a…
In the world of modifying handhelds and consoles, it’s no surprise to see micro-takes or giant upgrades of the classics. Enter TinyCircuits, known for their tiny takes on devices are going all out for their next release. Check out Thumby – the world’s smallest Game Boy-like handheld (thumbheld?) that resembles…
Earlier this year I had the tooth-rotting joy of playing through Cotton Reboot!, a touched up version of the cute ‘em up classic staring its titular sweets loving witch. More remakes and re-releases had been announced for Japan since then, but today I’m happy to report that multiple Cotton series…
Back in June, a “Castlevania Advance Collection” was rated by Australia’s Classification Board. Now it’s popped up again, this time in Taiwan, and this time it’s given us confirmation that the game will head to Switch, too. Unfortunately the listing has seemingly been removed, but Gematsu grabbed the screencapture above….
Back in 2017, Piko Interactive received the rights to the classic Nintendo 64/PlayStation/PC platformer Glover, and announced plans to re-release the game a few years later. Well, we finally have a look at their progress, and yep, it’s certainly Glover, but this time… in HD! Supposedly the port…
The NeoGeo Pocket Color has a healthy lineup of games available on Nintendo Switch, either all on their own or as part of the NeoGeo Pocket Color Selection Vol. 1 compilation. Now two pieces of that set are branching off for their own mission with guns blazing! Metal…
The Mario RPG’s have always been odd in the grand scheme of things. After all, the first had a claymation aesthetic, while Paper Mario flattered the plumber dramatically. Mario & Luigi, meanwhile, wasn’t as huge a departure but it undeniably had a style of its own, especially the first entry,…
One of the most treasured and popular games of all-time, Super Mario Bros., released 36 years ago today in Japan. It goes without saying that the title launched Nintendo into a new territory that revolutionized the gaming industry in a truly remarkable way. And with it came dozens of popular…
