As time marches ever forward, I’m beginning to have this bizarre sensation of writing retrospectives for films, games, and consoles that I was alive for the launch of. Released on November 18th, 2001, in the US, the Nintendo GameCube came at an exciting time for the games industry. Even to…
Here we go! Let’s take a look at the nominees for the 2024 Game Awards. While Nintendo doesn’t have an entry in the Game of the Year category this year, it currently holds three out of five nominees for Best Family Game, where the company has historically been the favorite…
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…
Despite being a follow up to 2018’s Octopath Traveler, Octopath Traveler II is an entirely standalone experience. The new title features a brand new setting, eight new stories, and eight new travelers to experience those stories with. A lot of the bones are the same here – the eight new…
Ready to unravel the past? Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon releases this month on Nintendo Switch, a spinoff/sequel that swaps Bayonetta’s flashing spectacle action for a more restrained dual-control puzzle-action hybrid with a storybook aesthetic. The tale of young Cereza and her demon friend Cheshire is unraveled in…
After a long period of anticipation, Rune Factory 3 Special – which just released in Japan – finally has a release date for North America and Europe. The remaster of the classic DS action-RPG/farming sim will hit the Nintendo Switch in those territories come September 5th. The new…
Get ready to race through Yoshi’s Island and more as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’s fourth Booster Course Pass wave has arrived for the Nintendo Switch Online subscribers and owners of the DLC! While it’s plenty exciting to take to the new tracks, there’s another exciting reveal. The arrival of Birdo…
While the last Nintendo Direct featured two big announcements from Level-5 for returning franchises, Layton and Fantasy Life, the company also had an all-new IP revealed during the event. Decapolice looks set to be a unique merging of detective drama with turn-based combat, and if you were intrigued you’re in…
During today’s Level-5 Vision livestream the developer shared trailers for a bunch of games that were revealed during the last Nintendo Direct, giving us better looks at what to expect from the titles. For Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, that means a better look at gameplay, from…
The last Nintendo Direct gave us the surprise reveal of an all-new Professor Layton game, and now we have a few more details courtesy of a fresh trailer. Professor Layton and The New World of Steam will take place one year after the events of Professor Layton and the Unwound…
With the imminent closure of the Nintendo eShop on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS on March 27th, players are scrambling to get their hands on any games and applications they don’t want to miss out on. If you’re not sure what to get your hands on, make sure you…
There’s about a month left until the remaster of Vanillaware cult classic GrimGrimoire hits the Nintendo Switch and other platforms with GrimGrimoire OnceMore, a unique combination of visual novel and 2D tower defense game. And in anticipation, a demo for the game is out on the eShop, along with a…
Update (10/5/23): Wargroove 2 has landed on Switch today, October 5th, offering players the opportunity to duke it out on the battlefield using their wits in turn-based battles. Check out the game in the launch trailer below! Raise the sails and hail the trumpets of war –…
Barely over a month since the game’s release, we’re already up to Wave 3 of Fire Emblem Engage’s Expansion Pass DLC. This Wave adds the last (known) round of Emblems to the game, namely Chrom & Robin from Fire Emblem Awakening and Veronica from Fire Emblem Heroes. Clear their respective…
Tunic is a love-letter to classic games, with more than a few mechanical call-backs to The Legend of Zelda. Perhaps its most unique aspect, though, is the collection of manual pages in lieu of traditional dialogue and tutorials. If you’ve been wanting to get a physical version of that very…
