Niantic will be attending DreamHack Melbourne and they’ll be hosting a little in-person Pokémon GO event in the area. Pokémon Trainers can visit Melbourne & Olympic Parks for some extra bonuses, Field Research tasks, and the return of the You, Me, and Pikachu! Timed Research. Trainers looking to add Unown…
Trainers looking to get a head start on the Cleffa Hatch Day event can clear out their Egg stash thanks to a hatch distance bonus happening before the event. This Cleffa Hatch Day Extended Bonuses “event” will also add some Field Research tasks into the mix. (For more details about…
Thanks to the efforts of the Video Game History Foundation, another bit of Nintendo history has been preserved and released online. Yesterday, Frank Cifaldi (founder and director of VGHF) uploaded the ROM data for a prototype cartridge of the original Legend of Zelda on NES. Twitter user MrTalida then dug…
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition launches on Switch on September 27th, and there’s a demo in the eShop now so you can get started on your journey through Erdrea. If you’ve never played a Dragon Quest game before and want to prepare for…
If you miss sit-down cabs and side-by-side versus, it’s time to take yourself back to the arcade with the latest pair of Sega Ages titles to come to Nintendo Switch. Both Puyo Puyo and Space Harrier are fantastic games in their own right, making each of them worth the time…
Previously when it comes to Sega Ages coverage for Switch, I spent a long while gushing over OutRun, both as it’s presented in this new lineup and in its place in history of the games and its genre. Its ability to simulate depth and speed while putting your reflexes to…
2017 was a big year for Sonic, with the release of Sonic Mania and Sonic Forces. Mania was a critically acclaimed return-to-form for 2D Sonic; a love letter to the franchise perfect for fans of Sonic’s Genesis glory days. Meanwhile, Sonic Forces was a lukewarm entry in the 3D Sonic…
Two years ago on August 15th, 2017, Sonic Mania dazzled the world as the blue blur made a brilliant return to his 2D roots. The fanbase is now clamoring for a follow-up, but while a Mania 2 would be all well and good, I can’t help but feel a certain…
One of the many niche oddball Nintendo peripherals of the ’90s was the Game Boy Printer — a blocky chunk of plastic that could be connected to your little game console’s fellow Game Boy Camera, which would print out some intensely gray-scale portraits. The staticky monochromatic aesthetic of the printer…
The Sega Genesis Mini is nearly here, and to mark that release and help celebrate the system’s 30th birthday a new commercial’s here to remind you what the Genesis Does. With 40 games (plus a couple bonuses), two controllers, all the features and conveniences we’ve come to expect…
While Capcom is currently reveling in the success of modern hits like Monster Hunter World, Resident Evil VII, and Devil May Cry 5, they also have a huge back catalog of incredible franchises that are dormant. Everything from Strider Hiryu to Final Fight to Darkstalkers, Capcom has some amazing games…
While every Final Fantasy has its share of iconic party members, Final Fantasy IX was a revelation in its day for reviving the classic Jobs with individual characters that infused the basic designs with tons of personality. That was all down to character designer Toshiyuki Itahana, who has continued to…
Is there any video game music track more iconic than the standard Super Mario Bros. level theme? It’s an argument that could be had for hours, but it seems like the people over at Capcom had it on the mind when they were putting together Dino Crisis 2, as a…
When it comes to Nintendo franchises with forgotten, untranslated gems, Kirby is pretty lucky, with only a few games stuck overseas. One of the most notorious was Kirby’s Super Star Stacker, a Super Famicom remake of the Game Boy original, that launched in 1998, well after Nintendo of America’s 1997…
The stories of game collecting are filled with many twists of fortune and fate, and it’s often the most mundane that somehow end up as the most remarkable. Case in point — a man in his mid-30s went into local Seattle game trading establishment Pink Gorilla with a paper sack…
