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…
Today Outright Games shared the first trailer for its upcoming game based on the animated Star Trek Prodigy series, subtitled Supernova. Primarily aimed at a younger audience, Prodigy as a series still features plenty of Star Trek iconography and themes, not to mention a familiar face in the holographic form…
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 launches in about two months, and after revealing a handful of areas over the past few weeks, Nintendo has released a bit more info on the mechanics of traversing the world. After going over the same areas previously revealed, they launch into enemy types, traversal, and more….
The ’90s and very early 2000s were the pinnacle of games about goofy lil’ cartoon animals bouncing around and throwing punches. While some, like Sonic and even Gex, have remained in the public consciousness in one way or another, any number of others have faded into obscurity (remember Rocky Rodent?)….
After a period of extended maintenance, the promised Pokémon HOME update that adds support for Legends: Arceus and Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl has arrived. Jump into the app on the Switch and you can transfer over your collection of Pokémon. By linking the games you’ll also net yourself some…
We’re only about a month off from its release, and the events of AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative remain as cryptic as ever. Spike Chunsoft continues to string us along with the barest of informational threads, and now we have a character trailer revealing what appears to be…
Last week, Nintendo showed off a couple areas in Xenoblade Chronicles 3, namely the Millick Meadows and Eagus Wilderness. Now they’ve spilled the beans on two more areas in the game. The first is Great Cotte Falls, a watery lakeside with a very large waterfall. It seems the most “original”…
Earlier this week, Capcom showcased three of the series’ trademark weapons in terms of what the upcoming Sunbreak expansion is adding to their movesets. Even those who’ve spent hundreds of hours in Monster Hunter Rise will have some new techniques to master against the new and familiar creatures on the…
Falcom’s Trails series is well known for its many, many characters and soon English-speaking fans will be able to see where a number of them made their first debut as the long-awaited localiztion of Trails from Zero is upon us. In this latest trailer from NIS America we get an…
Another Eeveelution has come to Pokémon Unite, and it’s my personal favorite of the whole batch. Espeon dates all the way back to Gold and Silver, and it’s more than welcome in this new kind of Pokémon competition. The above video showcases its powerful Psychic-type capabilities as a…
First 4 Figures’ series of Champion statues from Breath of the Wild continues, as pre-orders are up for a statue of the Zora Champion Mipha, complete with trident and light up LED base. The 9” painted PVC statue with the usual marks of authenticity and even a little leaflet. …
Life imitates art (which is to say, depositing Pokémon in and out of PCs) more each day: Pokémon HOME will be updating soon to Ver 2.0, which will add two-way transfer compatibility for Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends: Arceus. These games will join Sword/Shield and the one-way transfer support…
The Wholesome Direct has become one of my most anticipated pieces of counter-programming in the video game news space. Sure, the heavy hitters with their swords and guns are fun, but sometimes you just want to sit down and chill out with a cool frog. Now we know when the…
