3D collectathon platformers occupy the same lane for me as comfort food or an AC/DC album. They’re reliable, and no matter how much time passes, I can always return to them and feel familiarity. Of course, the best 3D platformers that leave their mark on history end up feeling more…
Hamster Corporation has announced that the classic Namco arcade game Air Combat 22 will be heading to its Arcade Archives series for modern platforms. As the sequel to the industry defining Air Combat, Air Combat 22 expanded the gameplay by allowing players to select different aircraft to carry out their…
Limited Run Games is back with a brand-new lineup of merchandise based on a classic Sega title. To honor the 25th anniversary of Jet Set Radio, you can now get a whole slew of shirts, plushes, trading cards, and keychains to show your love for Beat and the crew. While…
When Breath of the Wild launched last year for the Nintendo Switch is was a huge deal, showcasing just how powerful the portable system could be. In our latest video we decided to highlight this massive technological leap by mocking up what the game would look like if it released…
It’s been a while since we’ve checked in on the Street Fighter: Miniatures Game Kickstarter. Headed by AngryJoe and Jasco games with support from Capcom, it KO’d its base goal of $400,000 and in its final hours it’s nearly quintupled that amount. In doing so it’s gained the rest of…
While the Pokémon Company is generally quite secretive, we still know of a few ideas that never came to light in the franchise, from ridable skateboards in Gold & Silver to a Professor Oak trainer battle in Red & Blue. Now another idea from the early days has come to…
In anticipation for Hallmark’s Keepsake ornaments for 2018, individual pages for some of the products have been added to the company’s site. Sure, Christmas may be seven months away, but it’s important to keep in mind that Hallmark splits its collection between two dates. The first one — its Christmas…
Sonic games have had their share of inter-game distractions over the years. While the “adventures” of these are what usually get cited, the varied modes are just as welcome. Sonic Mania brought along plenty, from Blue Sphere to even a working Puyo Puyo mode. Now, through Twitter, fans are getting…
Kirby, Kirby, Kirby. Chances are if you’ve read an article about the pink puffball on here it was written by me, and that dedication and consistency is completely intentional. This is my favorite Nintendo series and character, and even coming off of Star Allies I could go on and on…
Late April is a popular time to release Fire Emblem games, it would appear — after Awakening, Path of Radiance, Echoes, and the very first entry in the series celebrated birthdays just last week, today marks the 15th anniversary of Fire Emblem: Blazing Blade’s release in Japan. How time flies!…
Mega Man 11 is still quite a ways away, but Famitsu wants to know what fans think about the Blue Bomber’s history in celebration of the 30th Anniversary. Most interestingly, they’ve outright said they want the opinions and memories of overseas fans to feature in an upcoming issue. So if…
There’re plenty of ‘lost’ games out there, but thanks to a recent game design talk at Reboot Develop 2018 (a game developers conference just wrapping up in Croatia) with Yoot Saito we can add another to the list. As reported by Destructoid, “Mario Motors” was an idea from Mr. Saito,…
For whatever reason, the 20th of April has been the release date for several significant games throughout the past 30 or so years. (As for why, we can only speculate.) And thus, it is with much celebration we say happy anniversary to the grand genre-creating strategy-RPG Fire Emblem, the godly…
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