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…
The early ’90s saw a transition away from the 2D arcade games of yore to the 3D space, meaning a lot of new ground had to be broken to stay relevant. This meant 2D games were left behind somewhat, and in some cases even outright cancelled. That’s what happened to…
Last night saw the debut of the Sega Game Gear Micro, launching in four colors each with different games, and it looks like people are already in love with the palm-sized collectible. All the colors are now sold out on Amazon Japan, but they aren’t the only retro fun Sega’s…
Sega has announced a product to celebrate on their 60th anniversary, bringing back their battery draining handheld system in a new, tiny way. The Sega Game Gear Micro will be available in four different colors, each of which will feature unique line ups of four games each. These are all…
Video game preservation has come a long way in the past few years, with collectors and historians alike recognizing the importance of maintaining games that would otherwise be long forgotten. This latest development from the scene is quite an unusual one – a scrapped video game based on 1990 NASCAR…
Joining Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition on the Nintendo Switch today are three robust gaming collections that you can now play anywhere for the first time on a Nintendo console. Publisher 2K Games is celebrating the releases with release trailers for each game and showing us all the different ways that…
Next year marks the 20th anniversary of the Mega Man Battle Network series, if you can believe it. Originally released worldwide throughout 2001, Battle Network took a totally different approach to the blue bomber. Instead of being about robots and featuring 2D platforming action, it instead focused on the digital…
The recent Hobonichi Mother Project — a series of tributes and products for Shigesato Itoi’s acclaimed trilogy — has revealed another set of merch, showcasing a set of Mother t-shirts (4,950 yen each) and a Mr. Saturn tote bag (680 yen) that will both go on sale June 12th in…
If you’re a fan of Noriyuki Iwadare’s music for the original Grandia you’ll be happy to hear that it’s getting a lavish re-release, courtesy of Wayô Records. For starters, there’s the CD edition, which will compile the four-disc original soundtrack, the arrange album “Vent”, and a new 20 page booklet…
Care to show off your inner gamer within your liquor cabinet? If so, you’re in luck, as Pac-Man 40th Anniversary Sake has been revealed! Overall, there are five different sake bottles to choose from, each costing 3,000 yen, plus tax, along with another collaboration with singer Hosokawa Takashi: Pac-Man –…
This year marks Sega’s 60th anniversary and the company has already celebrated in a few ways, like introducing the son of the iconic Segata Sanshiro, but this latest celebration is sure to excite some fans of the company’s more obscure franchises. To let fans show their love, Sega has released…
On May 22nd, 1980, a new arcade game from Namco was unveiled in Shibuya, Tokyo – Puck-Man. Nowadays you might know him by his other, less vandalism-prone moniker: Pac-Man. To mark yellow guy’s 40th anniversary, companies around the globe are celebrating. We’ve already covered First 4 Figures’ new statue, some…
Cook and Booker, a company dedicated to artists and illustrators of video game art, has also had a hand in publishing art and notebook collections. They’ve decided to join in on Bandai Namco’s announcements celebrating Pac-Man’s 40th anniversary by showing off their next big release: the official Pac-Man 40th anniversary…
