As 2025 carries on, Pokémon fans around the world are eagerly awaiting the release of Pokémon Legends: Z-A. For the first time in over a decade, the France-inspired Kalos region will be making its return in a new form. That being said, with no release date even yet known, it…
This week was the grand opening of Universal Orlando’s newest theme park, Epic Universe. Included as one of the five lands within is Super Nintendo World, Nintendo’s first step into the theme park world. And while park is split into two — one based on Mario and the other on…
With only a week left to go in May, it’s time for Nintendo to spring some new classic games onto its NSO service. Instead of a broad selection of titles, this month sees four new Game Boy games getting added, with one being a ludicrously expensive Game Boy Color game….
This week in the Nintendo eShop: Rabbids ravish the Mushroom Kingdom, Risky Boots reboots the Poop Toot, and pocket monsters duke it out in the Pokkén Tournament DX demo. Ready to get bucked by a Bullfango or bust some retro robots? Capcom’s Publisher Sale returns for the next two weeks,…
Hot off the heels of Sonic Mania’s successful release comes a pair of videos for the Blue Blur’s other new game coming this year. Sonic Forces is not only letting you run through stages as your own custom character, but apparently you can swap between them and Sonic himself in…
After being a badly kept secret for a few weeks now, Nintendo and Telltale have finally confirmed two recent comic-book adaptations are heading to the Switch, albeit through some bizarrely worded messaging. Get ready to defend the galaxy or become the Dark Knight when more @telltalegames adventures arrive on #NintendoSwitch!…
Ever since its release on Switch a few weeks ago I’ve been shamelessly obsessed with the slick and sticky platformer Slime-san: a game that quickly wormed its way into my heart thanks to its masterful melding of accessible antics, reflex-driven gameplay and penchant for punishment. Despite my intentions to storm…
In a new blogpost, indie developer and publisher Chucklefish Games gave an update on three highly anticipated Switch games: Stardew Valley, Pocket Rumble, and Wargroove. Stardew Valley and Pocket Rumble are currently in testing to make sure the ports don’t have any issues. The latter was originally supposed to be…
We’re just under two weeks away from the launch of Lego Worlds for the Nintendo Switch. In anticipation, Nintendo UK has uploaded a fresh teaser trailer for the port to its YouTube channel. The new video highlights the variety of bricks that’ll let you build all sorts of structures across…
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We play through the first 30 minutes of the recently released Shantae: Half-Genie Hero – Pirate Queen’s Quest DLC in our latest video.
Yes, that’s right: we’re already talking about DLC for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle before the game has even been released. Continuing this week with more news being dropped at Gamescom, Ubisoft had its blog updated to give everyone a quick rundown of what to expect for the game. From…
Available in the North American eShop at 9:00 p.m. PST | 12:00 a.m. EST, the demo can currently be downloaded in the Japanese eShop. The demo is limited to 15 battles, Single Player, Local Multiplayer, three fighters, two support sets and a tutorial. This battle between Empoleon vs. Pikachu was…
This year I was lucky enough to catch the Pokkén Tournament grand finals at the Pokémon World Championships in person. The matches and high level play reminded me how much I enjoyed it on Wii U and have me more excited for the game’s DX release on Switch than I’ve…
Starting yesterday, backers of the Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Kickstarter will want to keep an eye on their inboxes. Codes for Risky Boot’s adventure, dubbed Shantae: Pirate Queen’s Quest, are trickling out to all backers. It may take a few days to be delivered, depending on what platform you chose and…
