When comparing to the past few years, it’s fair to say that 2024 has been quite slow in terms of Nintendo content. Most of the year’s lineup has been ports and remakes, so needless to say, when rumors start to circle about new games on the horizon, it’s exciting. Notably,…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
In 2020 I would have called Hades the rare kind of game that so successfully interweaves its gameplay, narrative, art direction, and voice acting (among other things) that it’d be impossible to single out any one as its strongest element. That’s not to say my opinion on those qualities has…
With respect to video game history as a whole, we’re reaching a point where certain, longstanding series are reaching milestones like 35th and even 40th anniversaries. Along the way have been multiple generations of systems, games flipping sides when it comes to exclusivity, and for a time there was the…
With the Switch’s booming success, Nintendo has once again made its way back to becoming the richest company in Japan. According to yearly Japanese analytics conducted by Risk Monster, the video game giant’s NetCash account holds an estimated total of over 890.4 billion yen (roughly $8.4 billion). The only other…
As the summer begins to draw to a close, developer Jackbox Games is ending the season off with a banger of an eShop sale. For a limited time, customers can purchase every Jackbox Party Pack game released on Switch at a sweet discounted price. Party Packs will range from 35…
Gaming as a business is bigger than ever. That was true before the pandemic, but surprisingly, it’s even more evident now. In a recent article, The NPD group reported the highest quarter in US gaming-related spending ever. The company reports a 30% growth in revenue from the same quarter last…
Another region can now prepare to get fit with Nintendo’s best-selling exercise title. Yesterday night on August 6th in China, authorities granted Ring Fit Adventure permission to release in the region by giving the game an ISBN (international standard book number, more commonly known as the digits under barcodes). With…
Yesterday, Nintendo of Korea finally dated the release of Animal Crossing’s third series of amiibo cards. South Korean shoppers will be able to purchase individual packs starting today, with a single pack containing three different amiibo cards retailing for 3500 won just as the last two series had. Nintendo of…
Team, unite up! Earlier this year, The Wonderful 101 managed to make a comeback on current generation platforms through a successful Kickstarter campaign funding a Remastered edition. Previously the game had been locked away as a Wii U exclusive, but now it’s digitally available on Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC….
The farming-sim fandom is passionate, resilient, and loves whenever Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town (shortened to FoMT) is remade again and again. It’s understandable as FoMT combined the best parts of Harvest Moon: Back to Nature, Harvest Moon 64, and Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life. Now the newest version…
Nintendo recently shared its Annual Report of 2020, which outlines the company’s monetary and investment information for the fiscal year that ended March 31, 2020. In this year’s report, Nintendo also mentions how COVID-19 has affected them, while also outlining how the pandemic could hurt them moving forward. Specifically, Nintendo…
The music rhythm, taiko drum video game series Taiko no Tatsujin has reached a big milestone! The Nintendo Switch version of Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun had sold a million units worldwide. Thus, it’s time to celebrate! SONG PACKS – FREE AND ON SALE Note: The following is only…
It’s easy to forget just how addictive the gameplay loop in the casual farming sim can be – every day is short enough that you can whittle down a routine set of tasks, and by the time you’re done the next day beckons. That plot of crops you planted will…
Capcom are no strangers to eShop sales, with some of their greats getting discounts regularly. Earlier this month we saw the Resident Evil series and a few other titles get some temporary price cuts, and now they’re back at it again with a Capcom Greatest Hits sale. All of the…
