Legendary game designer and director Hideki Kamiya has revealed that a particular Legend of Zelda game is a primary source of inspiration in his work. Speaking to Japanese gaming publication Famitsu, Kamiya recalled a handful of games that had the biggest influence on him. The first game that came to…
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…
Roughly one month ago, Nintendo announced that it would be hosting its annual Halloween Splatfest (aka Splatoween) in Splatoon 3 with the question: Which would be the best friend? The three choices were a Zombie, a Skeleton, or a Ghost. As you can tell from the headline, Zombies managed to…
It was announced a couple months ago that Aurora from Child of Light was being added to Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night as a playable character, a very out-of-nowhere announcement that was simultaneously neat and flabbergasting. While added to most platforms at the time, she took a bit longer to…
As Sonic Frontiers gets it world first reveal, another upcoming title of the Blue Blur is getting a spotlight — Sonic Origins, which collects Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, and Sonic CD, has been shown off on stream by Japanese publisher Famitsu. And we have a…
The hair-whipping, belly-dancing, half-genie hero is nearly 20 years old! To celebrate the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Shantae series, developer and publisher WayFoward will be holding a sale on the Nintendo Switch eShop from now until June 16th at 11:59 p.m. PT. Every game and piece of downloadable content…
Sonic Frontiers had its world gameplay debut earlier this week, which focused on movement and exploration in the big, wide open world. Now, continuing its slate of reveals as part of IGN First, the game has shown off its combat in various contexts, which looks… well, you can see for…
Over this last week, a quintet of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R character trailers have been released. Riding off the heels of reveals of four new characters coming to the astonishingly true to the source fighter, these videos have given us a look at some of the most…
Klonoa’s return is nearly upon us, though Bandai Namco has been fairly quiet when it comes to the dreamy platformers. What we do have is a brief graphical comparison between the original versions of the series’ titles and how they’ll look in Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series. It’s worth…
A crafting, “find all the items” journey awaits with Super Rare Games’ next physical release. From Whitethorn Games and Alientrap, Wytchwood is a beautiful, storybook-like game filled with gothic fables and fairytales. Plus, you’re a witch that lives in the woods and will be concocting spells when you’re not solving…
Kotaro Uchikoshi is one of the most interesting men working in video games. The Zero Escape and AI: The Somnium Files director/writer has a distinct frankness and bawdiness when discussing his work (one that you can often feel in the writing itself). And now, he’s conducted another interview with Nintendo…
Father Time comes for all things, and while most of us live in blissful ignorance of when we will shudder off this mortal coil, the same cannot be said for the likes of the video games we play. Apparently. And the clock is ticking on this beloved title — Animal…
Konami has sad news for fans of Super Bomberman R Online, the latest title in the Bomberman series. Servers for the free-to-play online multiplayer game will be shut down on December 1st, 2022, at 01:00:00 (UTC) (which is 6 p.m. PT on November 30th when converted). In a recent statement,…
You best play your opponents better than those cards. The highly-anticipated indie game Card Shark from publisher Devolver Digital and developer Nerial releases today on the Nintendo eShop. Below, viewers can check out Card Shark’s animated launch trailer previewing the game’s deceitful skills players will have to utilize to survive…
The Nintendo eShop’s web browser version may have accidentally revealed that a demo for Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes could be on the way soon. As can be seen in the photo below and currently on the Nintendo eShop product page for Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, a “Download demo”…
