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…
Octopath Traveler was an inventive, experimental game when it released in 2018, but one of the most striking things about it was the now iconic “HD-2D” artstyle it pioneered, which has since been applied to this year’s Triangle Strategy and Live A Live remake. Now, with the sequel on the…
First 4 Figures has been teasing its Urbosa statue for quite some time now, and we’re happy to report that the wait for the newest Champions piece is nearly over. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Champions series from F4F will finally be one step closer to completion…
Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line is shaping up to be a massive celebration of the Final Fantasy series with well over 380 songs covering the main games and beyond. Perhaps the best way to celebrate the series, though, lies in the new Series Quests mode. While previous Theatrhythm games let you…
Yesterday the Brazilian game development team at QUByte Interactive announced a bunch of projects, many of which are set to bring more obscure classic games to modern systems. Perhaps the most noteworthy of the bunch is none other than Glover, the bizarre Nintendo 64-era platformer from 1998. Judging by the…
Are you ready to kill demons and save the multiverse — in style? Bayonetta 3 struts onto the Nintendo Switch today, after many years of waiting and a month rife with a voice actor controversy. And now, the third entry in Platinum’s vaunted action franchise arrives eight years after the…
As revealed in September’s Nintendo Direct, Marvelous is set to release a remake of the Gamecube’s iconic Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life next year. For those of us with nostalgia it’s a very exciting prospect, while those new to the game will likely have heard its praises sung for years….
In two weeks Square Enix will be reviving its Ogre Battle series with a remaster of the PSP game, Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, which itself was a remake. To get tacticians ready, a new, “Final” trailer has been shared that pretty much covers everything. Cutscenes are shown, complete…
The folks behind Pokémon have really broken down the art of revealing critters down to a science. Drop a little teaser to draw interest, and then, as the people line up, slaughter them with cuteness. That’s how multiple Paldean Pokémon and designs have taken the internet by storm – and…
There’s a lot of… junk on the Nintendo eShop. I hesitate to call it that because all games require at least a little bit of effort to get published (more effort than it takes to complain about them on the internet at least), but there’s no doubt that there’s a…
Back in May, retro 3D platforming mascot Kao the Kangaroo made his return with a long-awaited sequel. Of course his game is just one of several modern throwbacks to the genre, with Playtonic Games’ Yooka-Laylee arguably setting the stage. Fittingly, the two are now crossing over. Punching in out of…
Update (10/28/22): Thanks to OatmealDome, we know that Splatoon 3 ver. 1.2.1 is out on Switch, bringing with it a fix for the Rainmaker bug. Yup, that’s right, Inklings and Octolings — Rainmaker is back! From an outsider’s perspective, patching video games seems like a nightmare. You…
It’s time to pin a monster against humans in party action game OBAKEIDORO! If you’re ready for some thrills with a group of friends, this title should fit the bill. Even better, Nintendo Switch Online members have access to the free Game Trial that’s being offered — from today until…
