Just about a week ago, Nintendo announced a massive 3.0 update coming to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, complete with new items, buildings, and a whole heap of amiibo rewards — including four new amiibo villagers that can visit your town: Mineru and Tulin from The Legend of Zelda series, and…
With Pokémon Legends: Z-A having been out for three weeks now, it’s safe to say that many players have wrapped up the main story and are now working on the post-game. When it comes to Pokémon post-games, often the most exciting prospect is Shiny hunting, which naturally means that getting…
Just in time for the holiday season, Sega has announced that the digital version of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds for Nintendo Switch 2 will be hitting the eShop on December 4th, 2025. Priced at $69.99, owners of either the physical or digital Switch version can upgrade their copy for $10. During…
The Pokémon franchise has come a long way ever since the days of taking over the world in the late ‘90s. With the 30th anniversary coming up next year, the world and the Pokémon that live in that world have had a long time to develop and grow into what…
Late last night, Nintendo announced the new additions to its Switch Online classic games catalog and, surprisingly, they are all Koei Tecmo games. While the titles, in question, are technically Koei games (the two companies merged in 2009), that doesn’t matter. All four of them are solid games that should…
In a rather bizarre turn of events, it appears that older SNES consoles are actually getting faster with age rather than degrading completely. As spotted by Time Extension earlier this week, SNES consoles are seemingly getting faster at audio processing as they get older, at least according to some tests…
Yesterday marked the 30th anniversary of Chrono Trigger’s original Japanese release and to celebrate, Square Enix announced that it has plans to launch various projects to commemorate the game. In a tweet from the official Japanese SE account, the company wrote, “As we mark the 30th anniversary, we will be…
In honor of MAR10 Day, Nintendo Music has updated to add the soundtrack of Super Mario Bros 3! Available now on the Nintendo Music app, Super Mario Bros. 3’s addition consists of 42 tracks from the NES game, with a runtime of 32 minutes. The 42 tracks are listed below:…
This is a big one. Nintendo took it upon itself last night to significantly increase the mileage of the Game Boy NSO library by adding two of its best hits. Donkey Kong ‘94 and Mario’s Picross are the latest additions to the service. Personally, I couldn’t be more thrilled. If…
One of the most hotly debated subjects across the greater video game circles is the simple question of what the greatest video game of all-time is. While the true answer is subjective and open to each individual’s interpretation, another way to tackle the question is to answer what the most…
In this week’s Nintendo Music update, Super Mario Bros 2’s soundtrack has been added! This is one of the shorter soundtracks on the service, with a total of 14 tracks. It should be noted that this is not the soundtrack for The Lost Levels; this is the soundtrack for the…
Over the weekend, a controversy was starting to brew concerning retro game publisher Retro-Bit. As spotted by Time Extension, game translator Krokodyl posted on their personal blog a series of photos that compared official Retro-Bit releases to previous fan translations for not only text but the specific font of the…
It’s probably been a minute since most of us have visited a Chuck E. Cheese’s. If you’re a parent, it’s a no-brainer. It’s practically the birthday party mecca. However, gamers most likely don’t frequent a CEC as a hangout spot or seriously think about it as an arcade. What makes…
During the heyday of the fourth console generation, Nintendo created one of the most pivotal games ever with Super Mario Kart. Practically inventing a sub-genre overnight, this unsung kart racer would see some imitators in its infancy, but its true impact wouldn’t be felt until the following generation. Thanks to…
It’s that time of the week again, Nintendo Music has added a new soundtrack. This week’s entry: Golden Sun! Originally released in 2001 on the Game Boy Advance, Golden Sun is regarded as one of the best games on the Game Boy Advance and was widely popular upon release. Golden…
