3D collectathon platformers occupy the same lane for me as comfort food or an AC/DC album. They’re reliable, and no matter how much time passes, I can always return to them and feel familiarity. Of course, the best 3D platformers that leave their mark on history end up feeling more…
Hamster Corporation has announced that the classic Namco arcade game Air Combat 22 will be heading to its Arcade Archives series for modern platforms. As the sequel to the industry defining Air Combat, Air Combat 22 expanded the gameplay by allowing players to select different aircraft to carry out their…
Limited Run Games is back with a brand-new lineup of merchandise based on a classic Sega title. To honor the 25th anniversary of Jet Set Radio, you can now get a whole slew of shirts, plushes, trading cards, and keychains to show your love for Beat and the crew. While…
Streets of Rage 4 brought the classic beat ’em up back in style earlier this year, and it seems like audiences are loving it, with Dotemu announcing that the game has been downloaded 1.5 million times. To mark the occasion a new patch has been released, with over 150 changes…
Last year we saw the release of Super Kirby Clash, a free to play and expanded subgame with mobile game sensibilities, for the Nintendo Switch. I dove deep into this one, learning the ins and outs of each of its roles to take on boss after boss after boss. …
Welcome back to the Nintendo WireCast. Today, Hero TJ and Amiibo Jason talk about the recent Super Mario Direct. What went well, what was missing, and what’s next?
It’s time for this week’s episode of Nintendo Minute, where the show is never a minute. We’re definitely not complaining about that, since Kit & Krysta gave us nearly 12 and a half minutes of footage featuring unboxings of Super Mario 3D All-Stars and those Super Mario 64 PUMA RS…
Independent game developers aren’t shy about sharing their characters for other projects, and the upcoming fighting game Bounty Battle already has a few heavy hitters confirmed. You can watch the likes of Owlboy, Flinthook’s piratical protagonist, and Juan from Guacamelee get quite literally pulled into the cross-over in the animated…
Merge Games has announced that it will be bringing developer Ion Lands’ neon-noir “story-based exploration game” Cloudpunk to Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on October 15th. The game originally launched for Steam back in April, where it has Very Positive reviews. The game has you explore a cyberpunk city…
Nintendo’s no stranger to bundling games with controllers, but how about bundling a controller with a game? Featured in Walmart’s latest weekly ad there’s a Nintendo Switch Pro Controller packaged with Super Mario Odyssey. No doubt this is done to compliment Super Mario 3D All-Stars and celebrate Mario’s 35th anniversary….
Even though it was just announced, Super Mario 3D All-Stars will be here before we know it! While everyone except Galaxy 2 fans is excited already, a trio of commercials from Nintendo Japan are leaning on nostalgia for each of the three included Mario adventurers. For Super Mario…
Today, World’s End Club, the “dream team” collaboration between the creators of Zero Escape and Danganronpa, has hit Apple Arcade, but it turns out that’s not the full version. Instead, writer Kotaro Uchikoshi describes the Apple Arcade version as essentially being an Avengers: Infinity War style release, giving 10 hours…
PQube games has announced that it will be bringing developer Kadokawa’s visual novel Root Film to the west in Q1 2021 for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4, while also confirming a limited edition version of the game. Root Film is the next game in the “Root” series, following Root…
One of the many stars in this morning’s jam-packed Super Mario 35th Anniversary Direct was that the Wii U hit Super Mario 3D World would be coming to the Nintendo Switch in February of next year. During the announcement, footage of the game running on Switch was shown off, and…
Let me be completely clear – today’s Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Direct was amazing, and I would never suggest otherwise. Nintendo completely surpassed my expectations, with huge surprises like Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit bringing an augmented reality/remote control hybrid racing experience and all-new content to the upgraded re-release…
