When Street Fighter 6 released for Nintendo Switch 2 on the console’s launch, it came with some new features exclusive to the Nintendo port. The most obvious feature was amiibo support, including Street Fighter character figurines and a brand-new set of cards specific to SF6. With DLC characters still coming…
When the Switch 2 was announced, a number of industry pundits were concerned that Nintendo had played things too safe. In the past, Nintendo has taken wild swings with its hardware and done outlandish things like include motion controls or force people to play with a tablet. The Nintendo Switch,…
Nintendo of Japan has just revealed one of what will surely be multiple announcements leading up to Mario’s 40th anniversary in September. My Mario, a new child-focused product line of merchandise and engagement experiences, is launching on Tuesday, August 26th in Japan. You can view the My Mario…
Sakurai may have made waves for Nintendo fans with Kirby but it’s Super Smash Bros. that shot the developer into the mainstream. The first game in the series, released for the Nintendo 64 in 1999, is the next game to be spotlit in Sakurai’s ongoing video series The video covers…
Fan tributes come in all shapes and sizes. Whether it’s a simple piece of fanart, a complex re-imagining featuring multiple animators, or anything in between, passion can bleed through the proverbial canvas to reconnect us with the art we love. And there may be no better example of that than…
It’s almost time to take to the skies as one of the Nintendo 64’s launch games is finally heading to the Nintendo Switch Online’s retro library! Pilotwings 64 was a launch game in Japan, North America, and Europe developed collaboratively between Nintendo EAD and the visual technology group Paradigm Simulation….
Masahiro Sakurai has released the latest video on his YouTube Channel, which chronicles his experiences directing Kirby Super Star for the SNES. The third and final 2D Kirby sidescroller he’d direct, the account is full of tidbits — from Shigeru Miyamoto asking him to implement multiplayer, which indirectly led to…
On September 24th, 1992, SNK launched its second fighting game series in the form of Art of Fighting. Originally pitched as a prequel to the iconic Fatal Fury, the game introduced genre elements like its drainable spirit gauge, graphical sprite scaling, and super attacks. To celebrate its recent anniversary, SNK…
Over the month of September Nintendo has been updating its Switch Online selection of icon elements with a variety of classic NES sprites and hardware images. With October fast approaching, the fourth, and presumably final, wave has landed. The games featured this time are Metroid, Kid Icarus, and Excitebike, and…
A fresh batch of Sega Genesis games have been added to Nintendo Switch Online’s library of classics, and this time around we’ve got a beloved Zelda-like, a quirky platformer, and an action packed sorcery simulator. Check out Beyond Oasis, Earthworm Jim, and Alisia Dragoon in the trailer below! …
Masahiro Sakurai’s latest project — a YouTube channel where he releases videos every couple of days exploring various aspects of making games — has been going well, with him releasing vids on everything from Risk vs. Reward in game design to lag to frame rates. One topic he’s begun to…
Good Smile Company has been making Fire Emblem scale figures for a short while, releasing gorgeous figures of Lyn, Ike, Marth, and Byleth since last year (though Byleth has yet to release). I have Lyn and Ike on my desk as I type; they’re absolutely splendid. And now GSC has…
Earlier today Sega of Japan held a livestream confirming the last few games for the Sega Mega Drive Mini 2 in Japan. Shortly after, the western branches of the company confirmed the list and we finally have confirmation that the system will be heading to Europe on the same date!…
One of the rarest NES games is Sunsoft’s Gimmick! Released in 1992 and developed to rival its 16-bit rivals on SNES, it had a hard time finding publishers outside of Japan and as a result only had a very limited release in Scandinavia. Thankfully that is finally changing as Bitwave…
Just in time for the end of summer, Wave Race 64 is revving into the Switch Online Expansion Pack library. Wave Race might not be the most recurring series in Nintendo’s catalog, but there’s no denying the appeal of riding the waves through these courses on your jet ski. …
