With the Nintendo Switch 2 finally revealed and the first look at what’ll be on it, excitement is at an all-time high. Among the discussion behind what the system can do and what games are yet to be shown, there’s a large amount of talk about the one we have…
Get ready for a Ninja blast from the past! Konami has just announced that the 2003 Game Boy Advance classic, Ninja Five-O, is coming to Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Steam on February 25th. Ninja Five-O is an action platformer originally released on the GBA back in 2003. For…
Initially announced on January 31st, 2020, Niantic announced it would begin testing new types of events during February 2020 – Pokémon Spotlight Hour and Mystery Bonus Hour. After testing and user feedback, Niantic combined both events into one and announced what Pokémon and bonuses would be featured in advance. Now,…
While many major game soundtracks are released physical and digitally shortly after their corresponding game releases, Nintendo has been a little more hit-or-miss, often resulting in fans uploading the tunes to their own YouTube channels. Thankfully, Pokémon fans may be in luck as The Pokémon Company has officially released the…
Today, January 31st, 2022, marks Final Fantasy VII’s 25th Anniversary. The iconic JRPG first hit the original PlayStation on the same date in Japan way back in 1997 and it quickly reinvigorated the genre on a global scale. Since then it has made its way to numerous platforms, including finally…
An underappreciated surprise from last month was Lyn, perhaps best known for her vocal work on the Persona 5 soundtrack, covering Sonic Adventure 2’s Escape from the City. Now, she and the Sonic Sessions remix project are back with an even more retro cover in the form of a jazz-infused…
Rareware left an undeniable mark in Nintendo history thanks to the Donkey Kong Country series, but it’s the old bear and bird that endeared them to many. Banjo-Kazooie is now playable via Switch Online, and though the most googly-eyed developer of our childhoods is a part of the ever-growing Xbox…
Young gamers in the ‘90s were in a constant war with each other when it came to their system of choice: the Super Nintendo Entertainment System versus the Sega Genesis. The debut of Sonic the Hedgehog certainly gave Genesis diehards bragging rights when it came to speed, but there were…
Time for some more salt for the ol’ wounds, fellow North Americans, as Nintendo of Europe has added three beautiful retro N64 posters to their My Nintendo Platinum Points store. For 500 Platinum Points (plus shipping), European fans can get three classic Nintendo Power era posters based on The Legend…
How sweet it is! The good folks at First 4 Figures have done it again with the announcement of another brand-new Conker’s Bad Fur Day-themed statue, scheduled for released in the near future. Unlike the previous statue of Conker sitting upon his throne, this one is a bit more action-packed,…
The bear and bird are about to have another Switch homecoming! Nintendo has confirmed the exact date that N64 era platforming fans and curious Smash Ultimate players can take a trip back to Spiral Mountain. First, have a look at — and it’s still surreal saying this — the Banjo-Kazooie…
The original GBA was a fine little console in its heyday, but it of course had limits — nobody would expect it to run a game in 3D very well, if at all. Yet in a seismic showcase of porting chops, the console has now been shown to run the…
Gachapon toys in Japan always provide fun little novelties, and this appears to be one of the most charming yet — a set of watches based around the Sony PlayStation One and the Sega Saturn of the ’90s, going for ¥400 (~$3.50) a pop. 「セガサターン」と「プレイステーション」が腕時計になってカプセルトイに登場！ 2月中旬発売 “白サターン”に“PS one”も！ 盤面はディスクデザイン https://t.co/zhO2dcXlIx…
Arceus above, did you know that TwitchPlaysPokémon is almost eight years old? The crowdsourced attempt to play Pokémon took the internet by storm when it debuted, creating a flurry of memes and arguably its own competing religions, and while its heyday has come and gone, its legacy lives on —…
To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Castlevania franchise, everybody’s favorite company Konami has deigned to release a ‘Memorial NFT’ collection of mostly NES media (pixel art, bgm, and sequences) for auction. And you know what? They would, wouldn’t they. If you had told me a year ago that Konami…
