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…
Fans of the Metroid series have been eating well over the past few weeks. First, Nintendo shadow dropped an unbelievable remaster of Metroid Prime on the Nintendo Switch, and now it looks like a classic Samus adventure is coming next week for subscribers of the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion…
There’s something about mid March that lends itself very well to novelty date-based holidays. There’s the Ides on the 15th, Pi Day on the 14th, and of course MAR10 Day on the 10th, when we celebrate everybody’s favorite red plumber in style. And Nintendo isn’t deigning to just highlight festivities…
Ubisoft and Nintendo’s bizarre yet compelling strategy RPG sequel Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope took what the original Kingdom Battle did and improved on it, as we noted in our review. If you’ve yet to give it a shot, though, you’ve got a chance to try the game with…
After a few rumours and leaks, we finally have official confirmation from Nintendo regarding a new Mario-themed Nintendo Switch bundle. Capitalising on the upcoming Super Mario Bros. movie, it’ll feature a bunch of stickers from the film, as well as a voucher that’ll let you pick one of three games…
Get ready, drivers, as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’s next Booster Course Pass update is upon us! Arriving in one week’s time on March 9th is Wave 4, featuring eight new and returning courses, plus Birdo as a new racer. Check out the trailer and full list of tracks: …
The last of Hyrule’s champions and Divine Beast pilots is here at last – Daruk, hero of the Gorons, has been immortalized as a PVC painted statue from First 4 Figures, joining the likes of Mipha, Revali, and Urbosa. The statue features a LED light up Sheikah Eye base and…
One of the most intriguing JRPG releases of this year is Loop8: Summer of Gods, a game all about attempting to save humanity from a demonic apocalypse within a surprisingly relaxing timeloop. If that’s caught your interest, you might want to check out the game’s opening movie shared by publisher…
The Nintendo Switch is set to get another stylish action RPG, this time from the developers at FuRyu (The Alliance Alive, Caligula Effect). Crymachina is set thousands of years after humanity’s extinction, with three playable E.V.E. synthetics tasked with bringing mankind back. Needless to say, things are bleak. Check out…
The Nintendo Switch is a truly mighty console by now, one of the best-selling pieces of video game hardware ever and home to blockbusters like Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Super Mario Odyssey. But it wasn’t so long ago that accusations from a certain group of people (mostly a subset…
The upcoming RPG Trinity Trigger is a game from a powerhouse team of genre veterans, such as character designer Raita Kazama (Xenoblade), scenario writer Yura Kubota (Octopath Traveler), and composer Hiroki Kikuta (Secret of Mana). Now, XSEED has confirmed when it’ll be heaving overseas to English-speaking territories. Trinity Trigger is…
Inkoming! The long-awaited v.3.0.0 patch for Splatoon 3 drops today, finally bringing the Inkopolis DLC and Fresh Season 2023 update to the game. The detailed additions include the following: Inkopolis DLC Fresh Season 2023 on March 1st New catalog About 126 new items Stages Uma’mi Ruins and Manta Maria…
During The Pokémon Company’s Pokémon Presents presentation on February 27th, 2023 (a.k.a. Pokémon Day), connectivity between Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and Pokémon GO was detailed. Initially teased back in November 2022, the feature was rolled out shortly after the presentation. Trainers that connect Pokémon Scarlet and/or Violet to their Pokémon…
