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…
A new limited-time mode, “Battle for Olympus,” has gone live in Overwatch 2. Battle for Olympus features seven reworked heroes wielding the power of Greek gods, goddesses, and creatures going head-to-head in a free-for-all deathmatch. Players can pick from Poseidon Ramattra, Zeus Junker Queen, Minotaur Reinhardt, Cyclopes Roadhog, Hades Pharah,…
It’s time for everybody’s favorite kind of content: hot, steamy financial reports! 2022 is in the rearview mirror, and in terms of scintillating spicy gaming sales metrics it was a mild decline, with a 6% fall in game sales and a much more hefty notable 29% decline in console sales…
Update (1/18/23): Instax has rolled out its update that allows users to customize their photos in Splatoon 3 style. Get a look at these frames and stickers! One of the most bizarre-but-welcome collaborations in recent years was between Fujifilm and Nintendo for Instax Mini Link support, with…
Ah, popularity polls. Picking favorites always has somebody steamed, but it can be fun to see which characters rank high compared to others. And in Southeast Asia, Sega and Atlus recently conducted a poll to see which Persona 5 Royal characters are most popular. The results: Hero Makoto Nijima…
It’s a good time to be a fan of Bub and/or Bob, as yet another batch of classic games featuring the dino duo is heading to Switch, hot on the heels of the original Bubble Bobble arcade game. Publisher City Connection has announced that it will be bringing two Puzzle…
Raid Battles made the jump from Pokémon’s Generation VIII (Sword and Shield) to Generation IX (Scarlet and Violet). While similar, the big difference this time around is the Terastal phenomenon, where Pokémon’s type can change to one of the 18 different types available in-game. Not to mention, Pokémon will receive…
Nintendo Switch-exclusive Sports Story is getting an update soon, aiming to address bugs and performance issues that players have encountered since the game’s surprise launch last month. According to developer Sidebar Games, the version 1.0.3 patch has not yet been approved, but they’ve provided a list of patch notes breaking…
The Nintendo Switch isn’t fully an unprecedented lifetime success yet, but it sure is rising closer and closer to the mark as time goes on – coming close to the 6th anniversary of the console’s release, the holiday season sales have launched the sales numbers of the console to 118.99…
Namco’s iconic arcade shooter Galaga has appeared everywhere from a Super Smash Bros. assist trophy to a cameo in The Avengers which makes it all the more surprising that the original game has yet to be ported to the Nintendo Switch. Thankfully Hamster Corporation is remedying that situation by releasing…
After years of relative silence, the Switch has been a haven for strategy RPG fans, with everything from huge titles like Fire Emblem to long-awaited ports such as the Langrisser duology. There are also a variety of smaller attempts at the genre, and this latest game is indie through-and-through. Developed…
A couple months ago, Lego Ideas (the website that accepts fanmade Lego set ideas with the consideration of turning them into commercial products with enough support) announced that they would no longer be accepting Legend of Zelda sets due to a license conflict. While this prompted speculation on many people’s…
Welcome to 2023, my amiibo friends! It’s hard to believe that we’re only a few months away from the launch of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, but somehow, we know so little about what to expect. Well, according to fnac, a French e-commerce site, we might…
