The beat-em-up genre tends to stay in its lane. Its tried-and-true arcade format has rarely been deviated from or added onto. There have been some recent attempts at modernizing the genre such as Xbox Game Studios’ live service brawler Towerborne or the open nature of WayForward’s River City Girls games….
If you can believe it, a second Animal Crossing-like knock-off game has appeared on the PlayStation store recently. Dubbed “Anime Village Online,” the sole screenshot available for the game looks not only heavily inspired by Animal Crossing, but almost like an HD mod for New Horizons. Spotted by Redditor YellowFlower69,…
Switch Online subscribers are in for a treat this month. As announced by Nintendo last night, the Super Nintendo App is going to receive a trio of new games for October 2025. One of those is the western debut of Mario & Wario, the 1993 puzzle game developed by Game…
We’re now officially in the final stretch of the wait for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. Nintendo has been sharing characters this past week, though the focus now seems to be on music. This includes a preview of a song titled “Divine Beast Vah Naboris Looms”, that’ll sound familiar to…
A new Nintendo Versus Autumn Series event has been announced, and it’s for the freshest multiplayer game around. Splatoon 2 returns with a North American Open December 2020 tournament event. While there are still My Nintendo Gold Coins to be won, this time around the top prize is something even…
During the Switch’s launch window I had my eye on one game more than any other. Puyo Puyo Tetris had been a localization wish of mine for a long time, and seeing it confirmed for a North American release paved the way for it to be my earliest obsession on…
For anyone who set out for Galar at launch, congratulations! Your journey is now one year old, as Pokémon Sword and Shield have reached their 1st anniversary milestone. Did you grab Grookey? Squad up with Scorbunny? Softly tend to Sobble’s needs? Whichever of the three starters you chose to be…
Part Time UFO has only been on Switch for about a month, but elsewhere it’s a much more experienced employee. Three years ago the game released in Japan on mobile as Hataraku UFO, with that eventually coming to US app stores before being upgraded for the recent eShop debut. …
Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory has officially launched in all regions on Nintendo Switch! To celebrate the release, Square-Enix has released a new trailer, announcing its launch from the rooftops of social media. While the trailer is simply footage from older trailers with “Available Now” replacing the release date at…
The Nintendo Switch’s sales success needs no introduction at this point, but how about a new milestone? Per a press release from Nintendo of America, it’s been announced the Switch and Switch Lite’s combined sales for this October numbered 735,926 units – an all-time record for the month. With 136%…
Sure, we should all be excited for the story developments and chance to play as familiar Breath of the Wild characters in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. But have you stopped to think that we’re also getting new music and arrangement too? BotW was scored fairly minimally, but that won’t…
Gungeoneers have quite the arsenal at their disposal between two titles. The latest update for dungeon climber Exit the Gungeon, has arrived just in time for the game’s launch on PS4 and Xbox One. The Hello to Arms update brings the following new features and adjustments to the…
The next Pokémon movie, subtitled Secrets of the Jungle, has been announced for a western release in 2021. The news comes alongside a deluge of new information regarding the mythical Pokémon Zarude, who’ll be the star of the show. Check out the first English trailer below: We also have a…
There’s not long now till we can return to Breath of the Wild’s rendition of Hyrule 100 years earlier in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. In one final push for the game, Nintendo of Japan has put out two new commercials, one running at 15 seconds and another at 30….
Last month we got our first look at the latest mainline entry in the Story of Seasons series; Pioneers of Olive Town. Featuring the same tried-and-true farming life sim gameplay, with the added wrinkles of settling land and crafting, it looks to be a faithful follow-up. You can check out…
