Official listings for Pokémon Winds and Waves, the upcoming 10th generation Pokémon games for Switch 2, have gone live on Amazon Germany, and they might give us some insight into how much each game will cost in the US. As you can see from the website, each game is listed…
While Blue Prince is an engaging and thoughtfully crafted roguelike puzzle game, it did lack some important features when it launched last year: accessibility options. While this has been rectified on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, the Nintendo Switch 2 version (which launched earlier this year) didn’t receive…
I’ve made no secret of my fondness for Bandai Namco’s Tales series of RPGs. Ever since my GameCube-era intro via Tales of Symphonia they’ve been a comfort food of engaging battle systems, subversive storylines, fleshed out parties and… well, comfort food. Though the Switch saw no unique entry in the…
Official listings for Pokémon Winds and Waves, the upcoming 10th generation Pokémon games for Switch 2, have gone live on Amazon Germany, and they might give us some insight into how much each game will cost in the US. As you can see from the website, each game is listed…
While Blue Prince is an engaging and thoughtfully crafted roguelike puzzle game, it did lack some important features when it launched last year: accessibility options. While this has been rectified on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, the Nintendo Switch 2 version (which launched earlier this year) didn’t receive…
I’ve made no secret of my fondness for Bandai Namco’s Tales series of RPGs. Ever since my GameCube-era intro via Tales of Symphonia they’ve been a comfort food of engaging battle systems, subversive storylines, fleshed out parties and… well, comfort food. Though the Switch saw no unique entry in the…
When Square Enix announced The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales last year, immediate comparisons were made to Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda series. Even I thought the same, especially since I love the Zelda games. From the top-down perspective to dungeons filled with puzzles, it was pretty clear that the…
Nintendo has published the opening cinematic of its upcoming puzzle-platformer, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, which launches this week. The cutscene sees the game’s main villain, Bowser Jr., entering a dark, seemingly abandoned room with a giant pile of books. Atop the pile is Mister Encyclopedia (Mr. E for short),…
In an interview with Pocket Tactics this past weekend, members from prominent porting studio Virtuous indicated that they would love to bring Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption II and Grand Theft Auto 5 to the Nintendo Switch. While more recently known for Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and The Elder…
A new trailer for upcoming platformer Yoshi and the Mysterious Book shows off some examples of the game’s puzzle-solving elements, as well as interactions with its weird and wonderful creatures. The video, titled “An Appetite for Discovery,” starts by showing Yoshi coming across a sleeping green giant creature, which coughs…
Nintendo is teaming up with Japanese convenience store chain FamilyMart to hold a nationwide Yoshi and the Mysterious Book campaign starting next week. Held in FamilyMart stores across Japan, the campaign (via GoNintendo) will include Yoshi merchandise that can be obtained with the purchase of qualifying products or by winning…
While Nintendo is no stranger to using third-party engines to power its games, it typically refrains from doing so with major releases. That doesn’t appear to be the case with the upcoming Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, which reportedly will be using Unreal Engine 5 to power its whimsical visuals….
With no buildup or hype, Nintendo uploaded five more games to the Switch Online Virtual Boy app last night. Among the games is Jack Bros., a rather solid dungeon crawler/maze game from Atlus that technically takes place in the Shin Megami Tensei series. I’m not really sure if you can…
In a new interview with IGN, BioShock creator Ken Levine was asked questions about his work on games such as System Shock 2, BioShock, and the upcoming Judas, as well as how he feels about the industry as a whole. While discussing artistic value in different games, Levine stated that…
The Pokémon Company has uploaded a behind-the-scenes look at the recording of Winds and Waves’ main theme, performed by the NHK Symphony Orchestra. The beautiful arrangement can be heard throughout while footage of the orchestra’s performance plays, mixed with clips from the games’ reveal trailer which debuted earlier this year….
