Just last September, Splatoon 3 celebrated its two-year anniversary in a spectacular sendoff with the Grand Festival. This celebration also marked the effective ending of the game, with new monthly Splatfest themes coming to a close. While the new content has slowed down, it hasn’t stopped entirely, as the seasonal…
For older Nintendo fans, Space World 2000 is one of the most pivotal moments in the company’s history. The event where Nintendo not only unveiled the GameCube to the public but showcased Super Mario 128 and some ridiculously high-quality 3D renders for a Legend of Zelda prototype, Space World 2000…
Across Nintendo’s vast reach, Mario has quite a few unique games under his belt. While most people tend to focus on the main series entries, there’s many games that fly under the radar for one reason or another. One such oft-forgotten title is Super Mario Run. This mobile-exclusive platformer doesn’t…
Few developers have an action pedigree quite like Team Ninja. Known for supremely and entertainingly difficult titles like Ninja Gaiden and Nioh, they’ve also seen a growing relationship with Nintendo over the last handful of years. This stretches as far back as 2010’s Metroid: Other M and to 2019’s Marvel…
As its 25th Anniversary year continues, the Tales of series continues to get attention from Bandai Namco. Best of all, it seems they’re more aware of their global audience than ever. In a new video, sales information of the entire series was shared for three specific regions: Japan and Asia,…
We were blown away last year when we reported on a special copy of Super Mario Bros. that sold for a record-breaking $114,000. Now imagine a copy of the game priced at almost three times that amount. An auction listing for a sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. has a…
Cheat codes may not be as prominent in games as they once were, but that doesn’t mean secrets from a bygone age can’t be uncovered. One such code has just been discovered for Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, as shared by @shirokirby and @Graample on Twitter. earlier today, someone2639…
If Nintendo fans should know any Tales of game, it’s Tales of Symphonia. The series’ first 3D entry was a success on the Gamecube and endeared itself as one of the finest RPGs on the system. While I’ll always praise the cast and combat, another important element here is the…
After the Genesis Mini released in 2019, Sega decided to go in a weird direction with its next throw-back systems. First there was the extremely tiny Game Gear Micro, and then there was the Astro City Mini, a tabletop recreation of its classic Japanese arcade cabinets. The Astro City Mini…
The deluge of Nintendo-related anniversaries is never ending, and curating the lot is none other than Masahiro Sakurai. This really shouldn’t be a surprise, though, as the man has poured that kind of all-encompassing attention to the video game industry into each and every Super Smash Bros. title. We’ve featured…
Pokémon Ruby Version and Sapphire Version hold a special place in my heart. They weren’t my first Pokémon games, or even the first ones I ever beat. Instead, they were the games that left the biggest impression on me — the games that took the Pokémon series to grander heights….
There seems to be no end to the Animal Crossing series’ success, with New Horizons recently receiving a BAFTA nomination and becoming Europe’s fastest-selling game in history. This time, it’s the game that started it all that’s gaining some recognition, with the original Animal Crossing a 2021 finalist for the…
26 years ago came the release of one of the greatest games of all-time, the quintessential JRPG developed by a dream team of creators that left a mark nigh-unparalleled across all epochs of gaming: it’s Chrono Trigger’s 26th birthday! This classic time-traveling adventure of a gang of plucky heroes from…
Way back in 2016, we reported on the release of an unfinished version of the cancelled Game Boy Color RPG Infinity. The game was being developed by Affinix Software towards the handheld’s life, but once the market shifted towards the GBA, the game had to be cancelled far into development…
Over the course of 2020, Sega celebrated its 60th anniversary in style, with plenty of merch and even a teeny tiny Game Gear. Now, to potentially close things out, the company is releasing a celebratory album that covers video game sounds from across the decades. I say “sounds” generally because…
