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…
Leading up to Pokémon Day on February 27th, The Pokémon Company has teased that they’ll be celebrating the series’ different regions with art and announcements for a variety of games. Yesterday, the focus was on the mobile game Pokémon Masters EX, but for today it’s all about the Galar region…
In the wake of the meteoric release of Pokémon Legends: Arceus, it’s easy to forget that remakes of the original Sinnoh games released only a few months ago — but indeed, many have forgotten the presence of Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, except maybe to dunk on it for being…
If you’re at all familiar with the history of the Mario Strikers games, then you know that the first two games were developed by Next Level Games, the Vancouver, BC-based Canadian developer also responsible for Punch-Out on the Wii and the Luigi’s Mansion sequels. Well, now we have confirmation that…
Bandai Namco surprised us all in December 2021 with the unexpected announcement of a new DLC character coming to 2018’s Dragon Ball FighterZ. Android 21 (Lab Coat), which depicts the game’s main antagonist in her standard form before succumbing to her evil, Majin-like appearance, now has a confirmed release date…
Just this past weekend, Retro Studios updated their social media banners with a brand new piece of Metroid Prime artwork featuring Samus in what looked like a new iteration of her Varia Suit. While Metroid fans were of course all sure that the updated artwork banner was connected to the…
Nintendo has finally given us some official confirmation on the upcoming releases of the Min Min and Steve & Alex amiibo, and it’s not exactly what amiibo fans were hoping to hear. The Min Min Super #SmashBros #amiibo will be stretching onto the scene April 29th! pic.twitter.com/c0xuIWFNvZ — Nintendo…
There are few scenes more iconic in the Final Fantasy series — nay, all of video gaming — than the Opera in Final Fantasy VI, a musical masterpiece of lyrical memorization, octopal shenanigans, and theater drama. And Square Enix appears to be letting loose a bit with the sequence in…
We’re almost to the end of the (financial) year, which means it’s time for corporations to make presentations for shareholders convincing them to keep stake in their companies. You know, just like you and your friends do on weekends. Capitalism! Anyway, in the Capcom Integrated Report 2021 to shareholders, the…
When you say the name ‘Detective Pikachu’ to a common layperson, they’ll probably think of the 2019 Justice Smith and Ryan Reynolds film. But to the truly knowledgeable, they’ll know about the 2018 3DS game the movie was (technically) based on. Well, in 2019 a sequel to that game was…
UPDATE: The Wonder Boy Collection has been officially confirmed for PS4 and Switch though a release date has yet to be given. The Wonder Boy/Monster World series has had a resurgence in recent years thanks to a variety of remakes and sequels, but if you’ve been itching to…
Pokémon Red and Green’s original release date of February 27th has become “Pokémon Day” for a handful of years now. Since 2016 this anniversary’s been used for promotions, events, and announcements – with the lattermost just confirmed for 2022. In fact, an entire week’s worth of announcements are on the…
The 2021 Capcom Pro Tour finals were yesterday, and while fists flew at that location, all eyes were on that Capcom countdown clock. The week-long wait ended, and while the main reveal was a Street Fighter 6 teaser we also have a new compilation release on the way. Ten arcade…
