Alongside the myriad of announcements this morning from the Switch 2 Direct was the confirmation that certain Nintendo Switch titles would be getting enhanced Nintendo Switch 2 Editions. First up for the enhancement process are two of the Switch’s biggest titles, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and…
Not revealed in today’s Direct, Nintendo has a new wrinkle in store for publishers that opt to sell physical games without the physical component. For anyone looking to sell a “key-in-a-box,” Nintendo has a brand-new option: the Switch 2 Game-Key card. As the name suggests, this will be a Switch…
Mario Kart World, the newest entry in the Mario Kart franchise and the first new console game in over a decade, races on to Switch 2 in just two months! First teased back in January for the Switch 2 reveal, Mario Kart World was the first trailer shown off in…
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…
No, it’s not the SNES port of Pac-Man — Super Pac-Man is a 1982 sequel to the little yellow munching circle that could. Remember that period? Where in the wake of Pac-Man’s thunderous success, they (“they” being multiple developers with a hand in the rights, not just Namco) released like…
Humongous Entertainment released two of their point-and-click classics on Switch just a couple days ago, and while Putt-Putt Travels Through Time seems to be clear of issues, the same can’t be said for Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell. The game has giant chunks of missing…
If you’re like me, then you were raised on the childhood PC games of Humongous Entertainment — from their cornucopia of Backyard Sports titles that etched the name “Pablo Sanchez” into the echelon of all-time great athletes to a huge array of point-and-click classics like Pajama Sam and Sly Fox….
After more than 20 years, another peripheral for the Game Boy line of handhelds has been discovered long after being cancelled by Nintendo. Uncovered by video game historian, researcher, and journalist Liam Robertson of Did You Know Gaming?, the Page Boy was going to be a Game Boy Color add-on…
The recent explosion in prices across the retro gaming market is well documented, but that doesn’t stop the headlines from popping eyes. Case in point: a Famicom copy of the original Legend of Zelda sold for ¥453,000 (~$4000), price inflated due to the fact that the cartridge’s label contains the…
One of Japan’s leading bag brands “Porter” will be teaming up with The Pokémon Company later this week to deliver an exclusive new lineup of collaborative products at Japanese Pokémon Center stores. Being part of The Pokémon Company’s year-round 25th anniversary initiative, the latest set of fashion products pays tribute…
Disclaimer: Grid Studios provided this sample for review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Back in 1999, I still remember walking into Toys”R”Us with my dad and picking out my very first Game Boy Color. I remember staring at the selection of colors for what seemed like an eternity…
It’s been just over two years since we got our first look at the Analogue Pocket, and handheld enthusiasts like myself have been waiting patiently for orders to start shipping out. For those of you uninitiated with the device, the Analogue Pocket allows players to play original Game Boy, Game…
Despite launching late into the Game Boy Color’s lifespan, hitting the system in 2001, the puzzle platformer Toki Tori has endured over the years, netting itself a WiiWare remake in 2009, which has since been ported to many platforms, and a sequel in 2013. If you’ve been curious what the…
