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…
Animal Crossing, the lovely life sim that Nintendo fans adore, has been around in Japan longer than the US thanks to debuting not on the GameCube, but the N64. Doubutsu no Mori, or Animal Forest (as it’s known over there) was present at Spaceworld 2000 — a full two years…
When Sega announced its Sega Ages program, which is slowly but surely bringing classic games from their back catalog to the Switch, it was hinted that Sega Dreamcast games would eventually be part of the line-up. Personally, I wasn’t too confident in it coming to fruition, but it turns out…
It was whispered of only in legend; a long-forgotten series of analysis pieces on various video game characters that once resided on this website — so ancient, it saw the time of the Inquirer. Tidings of its returns have been muttered, yet never come to pass… until this day. For…
File this one under “I didn’t see that one coming!” The folks over at Siliconera recently discovered a brand new Nintendo patent with features what appears to be a foldable Game Boy themed case for a cell phone. This isn’t just a fancy Game Boy themed design we’re talking about…
I haven’t heard a lot about Totaku figures since the initial reveal, when it seemed to be a PlayStation focused line of collectibles covering both newer and classic characters. It’s grown into something wider reaching since then, with multiplatform characters from Sonic the Hedgehog and Street Fighter joining in on…
Throughout the ’90s one video game publisher was almost unavoidable – Acclaim. The studio seemed to bring out anything, from genuine gems, like NBA Jam, to long-forgotten licensed adventures like Dragonheart: Fire & Steel, and it got something of a mixed reputation as a result. In 2004 the studio shut…
Mods of Super Mario 64 are nothing new — indeed, as one of the first and most iconic 3D platformers of all time, it’s long been a playground for modders to mess around with. Most recently, Modder Kaze Emanaur was commissioned to make a mod for the Queen Koopa of…
On September 28th, 1998, a phenomenon was born in North America with the launch of Pokémon Red & Blue. While the Pokémon Company as a whole celebrated the 20th anniversary back in 2016 to coincide with the Japanese release window, we felt it was worth reflecting on the franchise’s history…
Before I ever owned a home console, arcades were where my interest in games truly started, with more quarters spent than I’d ever want to sit and count. Within those hallowed grounds of lights and sounds two types of games managed to wring the most out of me: fighting games…
Video game speedrunner Kosmicd12 just set a new world record for the original Super Mario Bros.! Clocking in at 4:55.913, Kosmic executed a new trick in World 1-2 to set the new mark. In the full video of the speedrun, Kosmic said this is likely the final second barrier to…
In just a few short weeks, you’ll be able to experience Luigi’s original mansion adventure on the 3DS. When the port was announced back in March, I was jumping for joy for a few reasons. The most obvious is that Luigi’s Mansion is my favorite game of all time, but…
While nowhere near one of Nintendo’s most popular franchises, I loved the two Custom Robo games that made their way to the West. Custom Robo on the GameCube and Custom Robo Arena on the Nintendo DS were both delightful titles that had a unique mix of RPG stories and mechanics…
