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…
The special holiday House of Indies week is beginning to wind down, but there are still a ton more indie games wrapped under the tree. After three days of features, another four games are up today. Here, as always, is the lowdown: Melatonin (Available Now) – A…
Ready to face the fury? Megaera from Hades is the latest to get the Nendoroid treatment, her stark features and harsh glare minimized to an endearing chibi form. (Don’t tell her I said that, though Zagreus would probably quip something worse.) She comes equipped with her whip, the Skull Earring…
Ah, Joy-Con drift. The bane of every humble Nintendo Switch owner. The problem has been so pervasive that multiple legal entities have become involved in reprimanding Nintendo for releasing a product this way – and the latest is UK Consumer Report group Which?, which has found evidence that the notorious…
Nintendo’s special House of Indies celebration is ongoing, after two days strong. Another four titles were shown off today, including a couple now released. Here’s the lowdown again: Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator (Spring 2023) – Collect herbs, mash them up, and infuse them into potions in a…
Tricolor Turf Wars are one of the most inventive wrinkles of Splatoon 3 Splatfests, a unique three-way battle for dominance that can’t be executed in normal gameplay. Up until now, though, participation in them has been fickle, based purely on matchmaking chance – but now, after the big seasonal update…
Octopath Traveler II is just around the corner so it’s a perfect time to reflect on the wide array of 2DHD games Square Enix has released for the Switch. One of the more intriguing experiments with the style was Triangle Strategy, which swapped the traditional JRPG gameplay with tactical battles…
Update (4/4/23): GrimGrimoire OnceMore is available on Switch today! Celebrate by watching the launch trailer: NIS America has announced when it will be bringing Vanillaware’s PlayStation 2 real-time strategy game to modern consoles and fans of gorgeous artwork might want to keep next spring free. Originally released…
Nintendo kicked off a special holiday House of Indies week yesterday, where a number of indie games would get spotlighted each day (like an Indie World presentation stretched out over multiple days). On day two, four more scintillating titles were shown off, a couple of which are available right now….
We’ve known for many months that Toby Fox worked on multiple tracks for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, but we didn’t know the exact number. Speculation has run rampant in the weeks since release as to which tracks he specifically worked on, but – thanks to a Undertale/Deltarune newsletter – now…
We found Dragon Quest Treasures to be a rather fun and satisfying adventure in our review and aspiring treasure hunters are set to receive new monsters through promotional codes. The first two of these have arrived via the official Dragon Quest Twitter account. The first monster is unlocked with the…
The Nintendo Switch is a haven for indie titles and the company has been nurturing those games for years now under the Nindies and Indie World banners. Now, to ring in the holidays, Nintendo has announced the Inside the House of Indies holiday event. In the five days running up…
Unexpected prequel/spinoff Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon was announced recently at The Game Awards 2022. Supervising director Hideki Kamiya already sat down with IGN briefly to talk about the series in general (and some other topics), but now he’s offered an official message on the Bayonetta Origins via…
