We’re now just about a week away from the launch of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, and while two of the three Prime 4 amiibo are already in stores as I type this, we still haven’t known much about what these figures actually do in-game… until now! Nintendo of Japan has…
In a rather unexpected update, Valve has just updated Steam to include semi-official Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller support in its beta branch. In patch notes released by the company, it states that users can plug in their Switch 2 Pro Controllers via USB and use them via Steam input…
Alongside the addition of some games last night, Nintendo has quietly updated both the NES Classics and Game Boy Classics apps for NSO subscribers with a long-requested feature: in-app controller remapping. Surprisingly, NES games have not had the ability to remap button layouts on the app level, requiring players to…
As revealed earlier this morning, Pokémon Legends: Z-A’s DLC, Mega Dimension, will be hitting the eShop on December 10th, 2025, for both Nintendo Switch and Switch 2. Costing $30 USD, the DLC will take players to a hyperspace variant of Lumiose City where they will be able to capture critters…
It’s the update Animal Crossing fans have been begging for since the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2! That’s right, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting a brand new Nintendo Switch 2 Edition packed with enhancements, updates, and exclusive features only possible on Nintendo’s next generation console. Not only that,…
An official five-piece figure set based on EarthBound – or Mother 2, as it is known in Japan – is now available to order from the Hobonichi store. The $170 set includes the characters from the beloved SNES RPG’s party members – Ness, Paula, Jeff, and Poo – as well…
After so many years as a fan you’d think I’d stop being surprised when Masahiro Sakurai does something I never considered that makes perfect sense after the fact. Yet here we are, in the wake of a second Kirby Air Riders Direct, and he managed to blindside me yet again. …
The beat-em-up genre tends to stay in its lane. Its tried-and-true arcade format has rarely been deviated from or added onto. There have been some recent attempts at modernizing the genre such as Xbox Game Studios’ live service brawler Towerborne or the open nature of WayForward’s River City Girls games….
One of the stranger omissions in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was the identities of the sages that helped Zelda, Rauru, and Sonia battle Ganondorf during the Imprisoning War. For whatever reason, the five sages all wore masks and kept themselves mysterious during the details that Link could discover while…
In what is likely to turn out to be merely a rumor, the Instagram account for Cinépolis El Salvador (a movie theater chain in El Salvador) may have accidentally leaked some of the new characters set to be featured in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. In a post on the…
It’s been an absolutely crazy day to be an amiibo fan! During today’s Nintendo Direct, a whopping SEVEN brand-new amiibo were announced from Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 4, and Kirby Air Riders! Unfortunately, these also happen to be some of the most EXPENSIVE amiibo we’ve seen yet, with prices…
Though Kirby Air Riders’ core presence in today’s Nintendo Direct was on its spectacular, detachable amiibo, there was one other crucial bit of information. Namely that another Kirby Air Riders Direct is on the way, hosted again by Masahiro Sakurai! Having followed all things Super Smash Bros. as well as…
Following a bunch of indie game trailers, Koei Tecmo delivered a new trailer for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment that confirmed the game will be hitting Nintendo Switch 2 this year. Scheduled for release on November 6th, 2025, this latest Warriors title will be packing all the features you’d expect…
In today’s whirlwind Nintendo Direct, we learned that Donkey Kong Bananza will be getting DLC through DK Island — and we don’t even have to wait, as it’s available today. You’ll be able to explore DK Island, Donkey Kong’s home, and explore to your heart’s content. What can you expect…
Closing today’s stellar Nintendo Direct was something both surprising and rightfully expected. Of course the Nintendo Switch 2 would get an all-new Fire Emblem. For all that’s new in this reveal, you might notice a few familiar elements, and at least one returning character… Yes, that appears to…
