In the realm of retro gaming, a key principle many live by is the idea of the preservation of history. After all, the very nature of the hobby is appreciating that which has been lost to time, and not just games, but hardware itself. This naturally extends to the iconic…
There have been more than a few truly amazing Lego Nintendo sets over the last few years, and it looks like Nintendo and Lego are continuing their partnership into 2025, with Nintendo of America announcing a brand-new Lego set coming this October. This new set will be the second of…
Drip, drip, drip. For a company with a freaking plumber as its mascot, there sure has been a lot of leaks about the Nintendo Switch 2 lately. So far, we’ve allegedly seen the dock, the Joy-Con, the Joy-Con magnetic rail system, the motherboard, the kickstand, and even a supposed replica…
Fire Emblem is no stranger to DLC, as its past three mainline releases have all featured extensive amounts of add-on content. And Three Houses will be no different, as a full Expansion Pass for the game that will include all planned DLC has been announced. The Expansion Pass will release…
UPDATE: Anime News Network is reporting that XSEED will be localizing the game for the west with the title Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town. No release date has been given. Just a few days ago we saw the announcement that the GBA’s Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town…
The pixel wizards at WayForward are back with a new addition to the long-running River City (aka Kunio-kun) series: River City Girls. River City Girls finds Kyoko and Misako pinching and kicking their way through River City to rescue their boyfriends, Kunio and Riki, who star in other games in…
Earlier this year, remakes of the first two games in the classic Langrisser series were remade for the Nintendo Switch in Japan, but a localization wasn’t mentioned – until now. NISA has confirmed it’ll be bringing the games west in 2020, to the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC. If…
It was almost inevitable that Super Mario Maker 2 would launch last week to critical and commercial acclaim, and the latter has been proven already thanks to the latest phsysical sales reports from the UK’s UKIE/GfK coming in, courtesy of GamesIndustry.biz. Super Mario Maker 2 took the top spot for…
Daemon X Machina has been in the works for a while now, and after its Prototype Mission demo earlier this year the dev team invited those who played it to share their thoughts and suggestions. Today the results of some of those efforts have come to light, with a new…
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I love Dragon Quest. Prior to last year I’d only dabbled in the franchise, but Dragon Quest XI pulled me in all the way. I’ve played a little bit of the original Dragon Quest Builders, but ever since the sequel was announced, I’ve been excited to dive into the world…
Nintendo has done a pretty good job of detailing the various characters we’ll be seeing in Fire Emblem: Three Houses… at least, on its Japanese Twitter accounts (which we round up weekly in nice little featurettes you should check out). Now, with less than a month to go until release,…
Previously, several months before Studio MDHR’s masterful cartoon action-platformer Cuphead landed on Switch, the developers revealed they were working on a batch of DLC for the game, titled The Delicious Last Course. In the wake of the Switch release, we all assumed that the platform would receive said DLC whenever…
Last year, Dragon Quest Builders was one of many well loved and welcomed port additions to the Nintendo Switch library. Whether you’ve been a longtime fan of the franchise or you just know about Slimes, you’ll no doubt enjoy this spinoff that lets you explore the world while having fun…
Shantae 5, the upcoming next title in the Shantae franchise of platforming games, will feature a “brand-new opening animation” done by Japanese animation studio Studio Trigger. Shantae 5’s developer, WayForward, announced the collaboration on Twitter, where it also shared a “sneak peek” at some production artwork of both Shantae and…
