The Nintendo Switch 2 is officially here, and while everyone’s off racing in Mario Kart World or hacking away in Cyberpunk 2077, I’m doing what I do best: opening amiibo! That’s right, four new Legend of Zelda amiibo just dropped: Yunobo, Tulin, Riju, and Sidon. Each one unlocks special gear…
When Nintendo unveiled the Switch 2 earlier this year and revealed its new GameChat feature, one of the key elements to making that whole thing work was a new webcam for the console. Plugged directly into the console via USB-C, the camera wasn’t anything special and didn’t require any additional…
In what is sure to be a devastating story for some, there have been various reports across social media of GameStop customers receiving their Nintendo Switch 2 units with staple holes in the screen due to the flimsy packaging used for the console. IGN reports that US GameStop customers found…
Most localizers in the game industry aren’t well known, or at best are simply in-house for the wider developer/publisher, but the Shibuya-based 8-4 has made a name for itself over the years with some truly top-notch translations. With classics like Tales of Vesperia, NieR Automata, and Undertale under their belt,…
Lip sync has always been a tricky business in the world of video games. We’re not even that far past the point where games had portions without synced lips at all — anybody remember Kingdom Hearts 1? Or heck, even Xenoblade Chronicles the first, which saved any lip syncing for…
Appearing in Nintendo’s E3 2021 Direct, the action-adventure shooter Strange Brigade is back a year later with a different release. For 2021, it was a digital drop on the Nintendo eShop once the Direct was over. As for 2022, it’s a standard and SteelBook physical release courtesy of Super Rare…
One of Splatoon 2’s freshest additions was the musical duo of Off the Hook, serving as announcers and color commentary every time you booted up the game. We haven’t seen hide or hair of Pearl and Marina since Splatoon 3 was announced, though, leading us all to wonder where they…
As part of the Pokémon North America International Championships, a code was shared commemorating one of the party members of the Europe International Championship’s winner, Eric Rios. As reported by Serebii, the Pokémon in question is an east sea Gastrodon with the moves Earth Power, Ice Beam, Yawn, and Protect….
Today marks the day you can return to the battlefields of Fódlan in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. To mark the occasion, Nintendo UK has released a launch trailer for the game that serves as a short-but-sweet summary of what to expect. You can pick up Fire Emblem…
Super Mario Odyssey was designed to be a one player game (with a buddy pinching in as Cappy if really wanted or needed), but its wide open zones certainly seem like they would be a lot of fun if you had some pals to platform around with. That must be…
It’s summertime, which means beaches, picnics, and spending time with dear friends in the great outdoors — or maybe just huddling up in your dark room and playing video games. Nintendo assumes it’s the latter, as they’re hosting a “Big Ol’ Super Sale” where you can, in their own words,…
It’s hard to believe that just a matter of years ago Taiko no Tatsujin rarely saw releases in the west, as now Bandai Namco’s drumming series is making regular appearances on the Switch and beyond. The next game to feature Don-chan and co. is Rhythm Festival, which was previously announced…
During February’s Nintendo Direct we got confirmation that the once-panned, now loved open-ended space exploration game No Man’s Sky would be heading to Switch. Now we have a release date, plus some extra details. You’ll be able to explore six years worth of updates in No Man’s Sky…
It’s only a couple of days until AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative (the first game in history to score a trillion out of ten) releases, and Spike Chunsoft is still giving out deets on some of its finer points – such as the minigame where you raise a…
Remember Blades from Xenoblade Chronicles 2? The gacha-based mechanic that determined your party loadout for the game in a very random and disorganized fashion? Well, the concept of extra party members has returned for the sequel, but in a way that appears a lot more tidy: the Xenoblade Chronicles 3…
