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…
Justice comes to all who err on the side of crime. It has been a known truth that one T. Yoshisaurus Munchakoopas, more colloquially known by the common nickname Yoshi, is a chronic tax dodger, avoiding audit after audit in a relentless and clever elusion of federal law. Part of…
Some games are incredibly easy to identify from across an arcade, and near that top of that list for me is Out Run. First released in 1986, the sit down cab and bright design mimicked its in-game ride and captured a certain, special feel immediately. Once you started playing it…
Nintendo Switch Online’s NES game library has been contentious to say the least since the service launched back in September, with a slow drip feed of iconic titles gradually filling up the library. If a new datamine is anything to go by, though, the service could be getting a…
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Another month, another batch of new games for the Nintendo Switch Online’s NES service. Some more unmitigated classics are coming, as both the original Blaster Master and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link make their way to the service. For those unaware, Blaster Master is a proto-Metroidvania where players take…
Arcade1Up has been bringing retro fans a compact and affordable way to play yesteryear’s classics, and that’s not about to stop in the new year. It’s been announced that five more cabinets are going to be produced, with some releasing as early as next month and with enough variety across…
We always wonder “what might have been,” especially in regards to cancelled or stopgapped game projects. Case in point: Headcannon, one of the developers behind the excellent Sonic Mania, pitched a Darkwing Duck game to Capcom that was never picked up. The game was styled a bit like Ducktales Remastered,…
One of the best, most recurring Nintendo easter eggs is whenever “Totaka’s Song” pops up. Usually well hidden or requiring direct player input (or rather, a lack thereof) to start it up, this latest discovery of it comes from a game that already featured the song in a different spot….
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Just days after the 20th anniversary of Sonic Adventure, Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka has fans dreaming of a remake of the hedgehog’s first true foray into 3D. In an interview with Retro Gamer, Iizuka said that 20 years later, he can see the rough edges in the game, and…
The Video Game History Foundation has done the world a great service this Christmas by making a playable ROM of the NES prototype SimCity available to the public. Originally thought to be lost to the world, the unfinished game was last seen by playtesters at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show…
