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…
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…
Masahiro Sakurai may have rolled over into another year of sharing anniversaries recreated in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, but that doesn’t mean he can’t work in some formerly unrepresented games as well. Last week saw a handful of game’s get that very treatment, the majority of them with the word…
A few days ago we covered the rumor that Game Boy and Game Boy Color games were Switch-bound via the Nintendo Switch Online service, becoming a third pillar following the NES and SNES apps. The proponents of that rumor were Nate the Hate and Nintendo Life, and now we have…
Taking their love of retro gaming consoles and handhelds, and mixing in some 21st-century upgrades, the modding community is always ready to make something better. … Or weird for the sake of weird and “Why not?” in the case of certain projects, like the WideBoy Advance. Today though, a new…
As Nintendo Switch Online closes in on its third anniversary, rumors of Game Boy and Game Boy Color games being added to the service have been making the rounds over the last day. On a recent episode of the Nate the Hate podcast, credible leaker and insider “NateDrake” discussed rumors…
We often see indie games put onto older consoles, be it NES or Atari carts, but we don’t often see Game Boy Advance games in this day and age. One indie game, however, is doing just that. Goodboy Galaxy is a pixel art game that the creators say is “like…
Fan translations are a mainstay of video game fandom at this point, with them often letting different countries experience classic games that never saw localization in certain regions. Of course, it’s unlikely that any ancient Greeks will ever find the chance to play The Legend of Zelda, but if they…
Square Enix announced today that the “pixel remaster” of Final Fantasy IV will be coming to mobile devices and Steam on September 4th. This SNES classic is often regarded as one of the best in the series, and the pixel remake looks to enhance the experience with updated sprites, rearranged…
