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‘Elephant Mario’ From Super Mario Bros. Wonder Has The Internet Screaming
21.6.2023
Immediately after Nintendo wrapped up its 40-minute Direct presentation with a look at the upcoming side-scroller Super Mario Bros. Wonder, fans across the internet have been posting about how much they love the mustachioed plumber’s new form that turns him into a giant elephant man.Read more
This Game Boy Advance SP Was The Star Of The Nintendo Direct
21.6.2023
Nintendo just wrapped up its latest Direct presentation, and if you’re a fan of Mario and/or Pokemon, you were eating pretty well by the time the show was over. If you were anyone else? You probably were disappointed. As for the rest of the showcase, Pikmin 4 had one of the longer segments. Yeah...
The Best Game In The Star Ocean Sci-Fi RPG Series Is Getting A Stunning 2.5D Remake
21.6.2023
Star Ocean: The Second Story was originally released on PlayStation back in 1999. Now it’s back by way of a 2.5D remaster in the style of Octopath Traveler and Triangle Strategy. It’s a revival that the best game in an uneven and often overlooked sci-fi RPG series deserves.Read more
Everything At Nintendo's 40-Min Direct For 2023's Big Switch Games
21.6.2023
Hey, listen: You weren’t playing Zelda during that whole presentation were you? It’s okay. I don’t blame you. Well, whether you were elsewhere during Nintendo’s Direct presentation today or exploring the vast world of Hyrule, we’ve got the roundup of everything Nintendo showed off, including Pikmin...
Nintendo's Next Mario Game Is Here And It's Not What You Expect
21.6.2023
Nintendo revealed the next major Super Mario game and it’s called Super Mario Bros. Wonder and it’s a 2D side-scroller with some completely new mechanics, like Mario turning into an elephant. Read more
The New Detective Pikachu Game Still Exists And It's Coming This Year
21.6.2023
Detective Pikachu has more mysteries to solve. The Pokémon spin-off sequel still exists and is just a few months away with a Switch release date of October 6, 2023. Read more
Princess Peach Is Getting Her Own Switch Game After Kicking Ass In The Movie
21.6.2023
Nintendo announced an untitled game centering Super Mario’s Princess Peach at its Direct showcase on June 21. It’s been nearly two decades since we last saw the smiley pink princess as a true protagonist; the last time she got her own game was 2005 platformer Super Princess Peach.Read more
Beloved Classic Super Mario RPG Gets A Remake Fans Have Wanted For Years
21.6.2023
In the lead-up to today’s Nintendo Direct, rumors have swirled that, among whatever else might be announced, we’d be seeing a remake of a beloved Super Nintendo classic. Just which game it might be, however, remained unclear, so fans on Twitter took the opportunity to drum up hype around their...
You Can Nab A Tears of the Kingdom $10 Discount Right Now
20.6.2023
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is Nintendo’s most expensive game, the first the developer debuted at the (unfortunately) new industry standard price of $70. Now, though, a baked-in Amazon discount lets you buy the game for $60, or the price nearly all Nintendo games retain even several...
Get Ready For A 40-Min Nintendo Direct For 2023's Big Switch Games
20.6.2023
Not one to be left out of the Big Summer Video Game Revealapalooza, Nintendo has announced it’s holding a Direct presentation this week, and it will feature Switch games coming out in the second half of 2023.Read more
Gaming Just Isn't About You: Consoles Are Thrashed By Casual Games
19.6.2023
Gaming still isn’t all about you. New data released by PwC shows that “traditional” games make up only 26.7 percent of the revenue earned by the U.S. games industry, the vast majority of 2022's $54.1 billion coming from social or casual games. Esports, meanwhile, contributed just 0.8%. Added...
Someone At Nintendo Snuck Pride Month Into The Switch's eShop
16.6.2023
It’s Pride Month, meaning there are gay flags all over the place. This is true for the Nintendo eShop, too, though you may have to look a little more closely to find it. Scroll down for a while in the Featured section and you’ll see that someone has quietly snuck in a rainbow flag to call attention...
The West's First Fire Emblem Comes To Nintendo Switch Online
16.6.2023
Nintendo has announced Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade is coming to Nintendo Switch Online, and a lot of fans are probably feeling nostalgic about it because it was the first game in the tactical fantasy series to make its way to the west.Read more
Nintendo Switch Piracy Subreddit Banned After Giant Tears Of The Kingdom Leak
16.6.2023
The Nintendo Switch piracy subreddit r/newyuzupiracy managed to fly under the radar for years. However, on June 13, three years after it was originally created, Reddit banned the forum after it blew up in the wake of the massive pre-release leak of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.Read more
Save A Bunch On Great Switch Games In Nintendo's Latest Summer Sale
15.6.2023
Another season, another Switch sale. In celebration of the summer solstice or just to pad those quarterly earnings, several Switch exclusives and excellent indie games have huge discounts right now. If you need something to play by the pool, like say a 2D side-scrolling arcade-y throwback like...
How They Ended Up Making A Mickey Mouse Metroidvania
15.6.2023
When you’re working with a character whose legacy is as long and storied as Mickey Mouse’s, there’s a lot of history to contend with. But according to Disney Illusion Island creative director and Diala Studios CEO AJ Grand-Scrutton, the House of Mouse was willing to play ball on his studio’s ideas...
Tears Of The Kingdom Glitch Lets Link Double-Jump Infinitely
15.6.2023
A newly discovered The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom glitch allows Link to endlessly double-jump his way to victory, using the Fuse ability to its most natural end. Read more
Tears of the Kingdom Fans Are Building Computers Now, Because Of Course
14.6.2023
I mean, it was only a matter of time, right? Nintendo’s hit open-world game Tears of the Kingdom features a surprisingly robust and dynamic physics system you can build with, so it stands to reason that if you create a few “if this then that” scenarios, then bam, you basically have the working...
News Of A Whopping 77 'Wholesome Games' Just Dropped, But We Think You'll Love These 26
12.6.2023
The annual Wholesome Direct stream always brings with it the same question: What exactly is a wholesome game? Well, if this year’s batch is any indication, it’s a game with a cartoony font where an animal or witch runs a farm on an island. More generally, it’s about games where the emphasis is...
This Game's Like Stardew Valley But With An RPG On Top
10.6.2023
I sit down at my Summer Game Fest Fae Farm hands-on expecting just another Stardew Valley clone, another cozy game that will temporarily capture the attention of Disney adults and children. But within minutes, I realize I am very wrong. Sure, Fae Farm has crops you can farm, and cutesy little NPCs...