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…
Update (7/14/22): All five new Animal Crossing plushes are up for pre-order at Play-Asia for $17.99 each. You can save 5% on orders over $20 when you use the code NWIREQ4 at checkout! This past April, Sanei Boeki announced that more Animal Crossing plushes would be coming to…
As part of yesterday’s Nacon Connect, the publisher announced a new game featuring Detroit’s state-of-the-art police officer, RoboCop. RoboCop: Rogue City is set to be a first-person shooter where you naturally play as the titular character, complete with the weapons you’d expect. Of course there’s plenty of corruption and greed…
After an unexpected delay back in March the indie monster taming and battling game Coromon has finally gotten its Switch release date! The port will finally arrive on July 21st, and you can catch a new trailer below marking the announcement.
Nintendo has announced the next game addition to its Nintendo 64 library and it’s the beloved puzzler Pokémon Puzzle League. Featuring plenty of clips from the early years of the anime plus instrumentals of classic vocal tracks, it’s definitely a time capsule of the era it released. Panel…
We all consume Nintendo products in the form of video games, but now we can consume them more literally — ice cream store Cold Stone Creamery, vaunted (or avoided?) for its hyper-sugary confections, has added a small selection of Nintendo-themed ice creams to its storefront. There are three flavors and…
You’re probably familiar with Hironobu Kageyama, whether or not you realize it. A rockstar Japanese vocalist whose career spans all the way back to the early ’80s, you probably know him best for singing Dragon Ball Z’s original opening Cha La Head Cha La, and he’s lent his voice to…
Square Enix has dropped a bunch of new Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- Reunion details, expanding on what they tweeted earlier this week and giving us even more details regarding the upcoming PSP remaster. First up we have a couple of new screenshots. One features the iconic Sector 6 playground…
The next Lego Super Mario set aimed primarily at adults has stomped onto the scene and it’s already making quite the impression. The Mighty Bowser set is the largest kit so far in the series at 2,807 bricks and it also has a poseable head and legs. You can…
The dark fantasy dungeon delving manga series Made in Abyss will soon be getting a video game adaptation on Switch and publisher Spike Chunsoft has released a new trailer detailing what to expect. Two main story modes will be available – one where you play through the anime’s…
Maybe you’ve caught wind of the recent wave of Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope news and thought to check the game out, but wondered what its predecessor is like. Well, wonder no longer, because Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is the next free Game Trial for Nintendo Switch Online…
Square Enix is keeping the hype train chugging for Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- Reunion’s launch this winter, with a recent tweet giving us a quick run-down of what to expect from the remaster alongside some striking screenshots. 🎥 Improved camera and character movements📝 Optimised UI⚔️ A new menu-based…
Get ready to splat in style as Splatoon 3-themed hardware is on the way! Nintendo has announced both a Switch OLED with custom dock and purple and lime green Joy-Con… As well as a new Pro Controller! These will release on August 26th, a little before…
