With how popular Shantae has become over the years, it’s surprising to learn that one of the games in the series was actually cancelled over 20 years ago. Despite that, Wayforward didn’t give up and would revive the project many years later to create a long-lost interquel for the series….
While home consoles are a widespread and ubiquitous part of the greater video game industry now, it hasn’t always been that way. Video game consoles have their origins from arcade machines, and the transition they made to end up in people’s living rooms was thanks in large part to systems…
As part of today’s financial report for Nintendo, company president Shuntaro Furukawa noted that Nintendo will be considering a price adjustment to the Switch 2 depending on how the situation of President Trump’s tariffs evolves in the coming months. With nobody sure of what the impact will be when Trump’s…
With the Switch 2 unveiling happening in just mere days, it seems likely that developers would already be creating games for Nintendo’s upcoming platform. Nintendo obviously wants people to upgrade ASAP, so why would it hold back dev kits? A rumor last week (from Insider Gaming) stated that Nintendo is…
Earlier this month, Square Enix Asia announced via its Facebook account that it would be releasing a physical bundle of Octopath Traveler 1 and 2 for Switch. Slated to release on April 2, 2025, the bundle includes both games in a single box and, supposedly, on a single cartridge. There…
It’s hard to believe Final Fantasy IX is turning 25 on July 7th. I still remember playing it on my beat-up PlayStation 1, with a disk tray so finicky I had to weigh it down just to get the game to load. But I played it anyway—and I’m so glad…
Not even a day has passed since we learned when the upcoming Legend of Zelda film would be hitting theaters, and we now have a ton of new details about the project. Surprisingly, these didn’t come from the Nintendo Today app, but from Production List, a tracking service run by…
Update (4/10/2025): This year’s Spring Fest in Splatoon 3 is nearly upon us! With just one day to go, the Japanese Splatoon Twitter account has given us a delightful display of what’s to come this weekend through some pretty stunning art. If you haven’t yet chosen your team — Morning,…
Rejoice, physical game collectors! We now have one less thing to laud over our virtual-collector counterparts, as Nintendo has announced its plans to introduce a system that allows virtual games to be shared between Switches. I can already hear you. “What? Is that possible? How can that be?” It’s true….
Today’s Nintendo Direct may have only had a few triple-A games, but it was packed to the brim with exciting indie announcements. One of the overlooked ones was the reveal that the Monument Valley Trilogy would be coming to consoles this year. Developer UsTwo games announced that Monument Valley 1+2…
In what has to be my favorite surprise from today’s Nintendo Direct, developer Tribute Games announced a brand-new Marvel beat-em-up that not only looks like TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge, but features designs seemingly cribbed from Marvel Vs. Capcom. Marvel Cosmic Invasion will be hitting PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One,…
As part of today’s Nintendo Direct, i.e., the final Switch-era stream, there was a surprise announcement of two previously PlayStation-exclusive games getting new ports to other platforms. Being distributed by Bandai Namco, Patapon 1+2 Replay will bring the 4K remastered versions of the first two Patapon games to PC, Nintendo…
“HUH???” “Did they actually… There’s no way” “Is this really it…?” “The Tomodachi Life guy on Twitter is going to lose his MIND” There’s no point in burying the lede. The above is just a tiny peek into not one, but several different group chats that I’m a part…
Nearly four years ago now, a remake of the iconic Dragon Quest III using the HD-2D style was announced for the first time. It would take until last year to hear anything more about it, when finally it was revealed when the game would arrive. Little did anyone know though,…
One month ago, we received more news on Pokémon Legends: Z-A, the newest title in the Pokémon series. In a surprise announcement, we received more news in today’s Nintendo Direct, explaining the mysterious symbol shown at the end of the Pokémon Presents. A day/night cycle was teased and we have…
