In what has basically become an annual tradition (save for one year), Nintendo’s September Direct presentation will be taking place on September 12th, 2025, at 9 a.m. ET. Set to run for roughly 60 minutes with details on upcoming games, there’s bound to be a lot of information covered in…
Sega has revealed some striking statistics for the recent Open Network Test of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. The test – which was held last weekend from August 29th to September 1st – accumulated over a million downloads, and 10 million races were held. The numbers were confirmed on the official Japanese…
The first major update for Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound on Nintendo Switch has just been released, and it fixes a rather big problem the game had at launch. As noted in our review, the Switch version of the game did not include a 60 fps mode, which would have negatively affected…
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. …
The sci-fi JRPG sequel Phantasy Star II is beloved by many Sega Genesis fans who played it back in 1990, and its iconic soundtrack by Tokuhiko Uwabo likely plays a large part in its lasting legacy. If you’ve found yourself humming the Step Up theme then you might be interested…
It feels like every couple of months we hear about some long-forgotten game having its hood peeled off to reveal untold secrets, and every time it’s just the coolest thing imaginable. Such is the case with Super Punch-Out!!, originally released in 1994, which just had two huge secrets revealed by…
The World Ends With You remains one of the finest titles on the DS, using the handheld hardware in creative ways while delivering a superb soundtrack and stylish world when it was released 15 years ago. That legacy was continued last year with NEO: The World Ends With You, and…
