Another chance to get Mega Rayquaza is happening during the Season of Forever Forward! While Mega Rayquaza won’t be appearing in Mega Raids, instead, Trainers will have access to a free Timed Research that include an encounter with Rayquaza, 400 Rayquaza Mega Energy, and the Meteorite (which is needed for…
In this week’s issue of Famitsu magazine, Sega president Shuji Utsumi was questioned about the company’s stance on physical media following Sony’s announcement that it would stop producing physical games in January 2028. While it seems that Sega has a strong desire to push for digital distribution, the company has…
During Ubisoft’s latest earnings conference call for FY2027 Q1, CEO Yves Guillemot commented that he does not believe Sony ceasing production of physical games will “disturb the industry too much.” Much has been written about Sony’s decision to drop physical game production in January 2028. While we still don’t know…
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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