“Imagine a game with only five houses”. The utterly brilliant translation site Shmuplations has just published a 1989 discussion between Shigeru Miyamoto and Shigesato Itoi, and during the surprisingly in-depth chat between the two legendary game designers, the former predicts the arrival of ‘cosy’ titles like Animal Crossing. Originally published in Gamer Handbook and published…
Dock is back in stock, though. Analogue has revealed that its Pocket handheld will increase in price by $20 due to Donald Trump’s infamous tariffs. The FPGA-based Pocket – which runs a range of physical cartridges – will now cost $239.99. Its previous price was $219.99, which was already $20 more than the initial launch…
Adds viewmodels, a better HUD, and more! A new first-person mod has just been released for Duke Nukem: Zero Hour‘s work-in-progress PC port. If you played the original N64 game back in the late ’90s, you may recall the game did actually feature a first-person mode of sorts when it was initially published on the…
Currently exclusive to the Pokémon Center in Japan. Pokémon is celebrating its 30th anniversary in all sorts of ways, and one of the most in-demand products is the “Beginning Pikachu” plush, available at the Pokémon Center. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Another generation winds down. Following last week’s reveal of the next major Pokémon game Pokémon Winds & Waves, The Pokémon Company has officially announced it will be winding down Pokémon Scarlet & Violet‘s seasonal Ranked Battle content. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Pokémon life-sim launches on Friday. Pokémon Pokopia launches on Switch 2 on Friday 5th March 2026, bringing a life-sim flavour to the Pocket Monster world as you play a human-looking Ditto building a town, chatting with fellow Pokémon, and generally enjoying a cosy, colourful, crop-harvesting life. It’s been very warmly received by critics, and we…
Every dog has its day. Nintendo revived the Game Boy Advance titles Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen on the Switch last week, and while they offer the same classic experience, there are some notable changes. If you’re planning to catch one of the Gold and Silver legendary beasts on your adventure, it seems you’ll no longer…
Expect Mega Man and multiple other titles. Nintendo has already got an Indie World showcase taking place this week, and now Capcom has announced it will be holding a special ‘Spotlight’ broadcast later this week on 5th March 2026. This Spotlight will run for 30 minutes and wills include news Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted…
Listen to the full soundtrack today. Nintendo previously released a sample of Kirby Air Riders on Nintendo Music, and in a new update today it’s released the entire album. This soundtrack comes loaded with 114 tracks in total and has a runtime of three hours. This includes tracks such as Starlit Journey, Floria Fields and…
Last week, one of the most circulated reactions to the Marathon server slam was a YouTuber who took one look at the menus and declared it the first ever “fontslop” game. He wasn’t the only one who felt their eyes were assaulted by Marathon’s unorthodox graphic design. UI feedback was one of Bungie’s major takeaways…