When looking back at JRPGs and their communities over the years, a concern that will come up time and time again is localization. Oftentimes, especially in the past, whether or not a new game would see release outside of Japan felt like a coinflip. Ys X: Nordics, the latest entry…
It’s been roughly 15 years since I last played Madden, about the same amount of time since I last played football in real life, actually. I played football for a big chunk of my youth, and even declined an opportunity to play junior college football to focus on my grades….
In a new interview posted by Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier today, the noted industry pundit had a chance to talk with Team Cherry ahead of the announcement of Hollow Knight: Silksong’s release date. As many have been wondering for the better part of a decade, why did Silksong take seven years…
It’s the first day of spring, and I’m always hoping for the dark, rainy moodiness of winter to dissipate so I can see the bright, warm light of day for just a little bit. (I live in Seattle.) Fortunately, while it still drizzles outside, there are other ways to light…
Though Kirby’s next adventure is nearly here, there’s still a lot to learn about the Forgotten Land he’s washed up in. A new clip shared by Nintendo of Europe shows off Treasure Road, a strange series of challenges designed to both test and reward our floaty hero. Have you…
Now two weeks out from its release, it’s been announced by the official Triangle Strategy Twitter account that game has sold nearly 800,000 copies worldwide. To celebrate, they’ve also tweeted a new piece of art from the game’s character designer, Naoki Ikushima, featuring Anna, Benedict, and Decimal, one of the…
It was a great surprise yesterday when, after a detailed showcase in a PlayStation 5 State of Play, the website for Hogwarts Legacy, the upcoming Harry Potter adventure game, showed that the title is coming to Nintendo Switch. A surprise that just formed a little pit in my stomach. Not…
The spirit of humankind is something else. Our lives are so ephemeral, so fragile in the grand scheme of the universe, and yet we spend them on endeavors that at a glance seem utterly frivolous. Take this intrepid The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild player, /u/ThornyFox, who —…
If you’ve bought it individually, or are a Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack subscriber, you can download the first wave of Mario Kart 8’s Booster Course DLC today! Consisting of two cups with tracks from Mario Kart Tour, 64, and more besides, it’s the first of six waves. Check out…
I don’t know about all of y’all, but I love jigsaw puzzles. They’re a really fun, simple hobby where you have to think a little but not too hard and exercise only a small part of your brain while the rest can chill. I also love Hatsune Miku, beloved international…
This is unequivocally the most important thing you will read today. Please make sure you’re stable before reading this. I hope you’re wearing brown pants. Deep breaths. Okay. Okay. You’re ready for this. You’re strong. The latest pic of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’s version of Coconut Mall… looks a little…
Few franchises can claim to have as many competitive offerings as Pokémon, with this year’s World Championships set to feature no less than five options for head-to-head face-offs, and now we have a venue for where the best-of-the-best will duke it out! The 2022 Pokémon World Championships will head to…
Mario Strikers is one of the most stylistically interesting spinoffs among Mario sports games, if not the whole series, what with the tackling opponents into electric fences and all — but the original prototype was even more out there in a completely different direction, as revealed by former Next Level…
It might not be raining, but today’s the perfect time to turn back to the Midnight Channel. Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is back, with the game making its way to Nintendo Switch as well as PlayStation 4 and Steam. Check out the launch trailer and see what happens when two…
Out of the blue, three more Sega Genesis classics have been added to the console’s library of games available via Nintendo Switch Online’s Expansion Pack. The most notable addition is Alien Soldier, a critically acclaimed 1995 run-and-gunner by the fine folks at Treasure (Guardian Heroes, Sin and Punishment)…
