Yesterday evening, Bloomberg reported that Nintendo of Japan would be selling units of the Switch 2 hardware to various retailers at wholesale prices so that each store/chain could earn more profit from a sale. Stated to be a margin of 5%, which is higher than the Japanese industry standard of…
After a remarkable 29 year tenure at Square Enix, director Tatsuya Kando has announced that he retired from the company this past weekend. On his Twitter account yesterday, Kando revealed he stepped away from the company on May 31st, 2025, and stated he gained “invaluable experience” from his time with…
Announced nearly five years ago, developer IO Interactive has been hard at work on its 007 game after having wrapped up the modern Hitman trilogy. Said to be a fresh start to the iconic character, it seems we’re very close to learning what shape this game will take. This morning,…
As part of a small update on its most popular franchises yesterday, Capcom announced that a new port of the original Monster Hunter Stories will be heading to Nintendo Switch on June 14th, 2024. Also coming to PC and PlayStation 4 on the same day, the most noticeable change for…
Following the MAR10 Day announcements, we finally got the official release dates for Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. That was the first news about these two titles since they were first announced all the way back in 2023. Needless to say, fans looking forward to…
Happy Mario Day, one and all! To celebrate the day, Nintendo announced quite a few things this morning, including a sequel to the Mario Bros. Movie, release dates for Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Tucked away at the very end of the announcement were three…
Happy Mario Day, everyone! To celebrate, not only did Nintendo announce a sequel to the Super Mario Bros. Movie is in development, but we also got some long-awaited release dates for upcoming Mario titles as well! Let’s start with my most anticipated title of the year: Paper Mario: The…
With the immense popularity of indie puzzler Suika Game, it’s surprising that official merchandise hasn’t yet been made available. That’s soon to change as a trio of green items are coming to brighten up your day. Surprisingly enough, these items aren’t just a ticket to your local supermarket, but an…
When it was first revealed that icons for all three Mother series titles would be coming to Nintendo Switch Online, many fans wondered if the Mother 3 icons would be available in the West. Disappointingly (but not at all surprisingly), the Mother 3 icon elements are indeed only available in…
With the release of the Princess Peach: Showtime! demo on the eShop today, fans have been doing some digging within the game’s files and have made a couple of discoveries. The biggest of these is a codename for the game, which is PJ037. While that normally wouldn’t mean much, that…
We’re mere weeks away from the release of Princess Peach: Showtime!, so it only makes sense that Nintendo would finally release a demo of the game. While not a tremendous sampling of the main game, this new demo will let players experience Swordfighter Peach and Patisserie Peach in short levels….
Two weeks ago it was revealed that the next wave of icons available via Nintendo Switch Online would be themed around the Mother series, in celebration of all three games being available on the Switch in Japan. The schedule for the icons was published on the Japanese Nintendo website and…
Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland is set to release digitally sometime this month on several platforms, including the Nintendo Switch. This new Rugrats game is inspired by several retro platformers, and features Tommy, Chuckie, Lil, and Phil as they adventure around Tommy’s house, which has magically changed into a video game…
The release of Princess Peach: Showtime! is just over two weeks away, and as the date grows ever nearer, more information is coming out. In particular, two new TV ads are now running for the game, featuring heaps of new gameplay footage. They’re around 30 seconds a piece, and they…
Nintendo has a pretty decent track record of letting players sample one of their first party titles before the full version officially arrives. Back in September, Nintendo updated all Nintendo Switch store kiosks in Targets, GameStops and Best Buys nationwide to include a Super Mario Bros. Wonder demo. Most recently,…
