Since launch, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has been holding online event tourneys that focus specifically on the characters introduced in each iteration of Smash, complete with cute call-back artwork. Back in August ’19 we had Smash 64’s original fighters, and in January it was Melee’s turn. Now? It’s time for…
We know Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the talk of the gaming world right now, but the new monthly domestic sales report, published by Famitsu, is in — and with it, we see big sales numbers: Animal Crossing: New Horizons sold over 2.6 million copies in just 10 days. Unsurprisingly,…
Searching for more games to look forward to in the summer? If so, we’ve got one for you: Void Terrarium, a new roguelike video game from developer Nippon Ichi Software, Inc., has been given an official release date of July 14th, 2020. The announcement was shared via Nintendo’s official YouTube…
Update (4/6): Even more sales have been added to Nintendo’s eShop! We’ve highlighted some of our new favorites in red text below. If you’re looking for some new digital pickups from the eShop, multiple publishers are holding sales across their libraries just in time for April showers. Whether it’s celebrating…
Nintendo’s online services, which includes its Switch, Wii U, and 3DS eShops and multiplayer networks, are temporarily down. This outage has lasted since at least 1:56 a.m. PT, according to Nintendo’s official network status page. Engadget suspects it may be due to the worldwide COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak; specifically due to…
Below you’ll find a previous article I wrote celebrating Super Mario RPG’s 21st anniversary. While the game has added three more years to its lifespan since that time, I feel that you’ll find the sentiments about the beloved and truly delightful story, music, and characters remain the same. Several small…
Capcom’s DuckTales has always stood as a licensed game done right back on the NES, with enough soundtrack sweetness to fill a money bin. This eventually led to WayForward remastering the game in 2013 for more contemporary platforms, reuniting some of the original voice cast with a team that knows…
Speedrunning is a long, storied tradition in gaming culture, and the concept is constantly evolving to fit new releases. While The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild certainly isn’t a new game, there is a new speedrun category within the massive Zelda RPG: “All Dog Treasures” — as it…
Indie platformers on the Nintendo Switch aren’t exactly uncommon. So seeing another one pop by my desk isn’t the most noteworthy thing, but hey, news is news! Let me just write while I take a big sip of water here, as I read off that classic ’90s style collectathon Regina…
Yoshi’s Woolly World was one of the Wii U’s best and most charming games, and that was due in large part to composer Tomoya Tomita’s soundtrack: light, whimsical, and bursting with imaginative joy. And now we have even more of his work to appreciate, as he’s posted 13 unused tracks…
Not all’s Shine Sprites and rainbows in the happy-go-lucky world of Nintendo video games. Throughout the years, Nintendo’s played host to a number of frightening, chilling, or downright disturbing moments on its systems — all of which are perfect if you’re in the mood to creep yourself out this Halloween…
The gorgeous pixel-art metroidvania Heart Forth, Alicia has been in the works for quite some time after being backed via Kickstarter in May 2014, and back then a Wii U port was promised. Now, years later, it’s been announced that the game won’t release there as “the Wii U’s eShop’s…
There’s sticking a knife into an already dead corpse, and then there’s desecrating its grave. This piece of news is metaphorically more in line with the latter, as it’s been revealed that Bayonetta 1 and 2 will not be available on the Wii U eShop starting September 19th. This is…
A shovel-ton of new features is headed to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, all of which have been detailed by developer Yacht Club Games during this morning’s Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove presentation. Firstly, players will now be able to change character pronouns to the gender-neutral “they” and “them” in the original…
With all the piled-on Platinum Points from mobile games and other methods, My Nintendo rewards come fairly easily as long as you’re looking out for them. At the top of each month and days surrounding big game releases is always the best time to check for new reward options, and…
