More Mario? Surely not!? Welcome to the future. You, dear reader, are reading these words in the far-off, distant, sci-fi future year that is 2024. While the hoverboards, flying vehicles, and inside-out trousers have all apparently been delayed in this branch of the timeline due to some spacetime-related cock up, at least Skynet is coming…
Discounted delights that we awarded a 9/10 or above. Blimey, another one? Hot off the back of Nintendo’s Festive Offers eShop sale, a brand-new bunch of bargains are available in the European 2024 New Year sale. Kicking off at the start of the new year, this eShop sale is bringing discounts of “up to 75%”…
We all know what we want, though. This year marks the 30th anniversary of EarthBound (known in Japan as Mother 2) and, according to the official X (formerly Twitter) page, plans are in place to celebrate the hefty milestone (thanks, My Nintendo News). What these plans are, exactly, is up in the air at the…
Must… Consume… Content. Ah, what a lovely way to kick off 2024, eh? Square Enix’s President Takashi Kiryu has revealed that the company will be “aggressive in applying” AI in its content development and publishing divisions in the future after he praised the technology in a New Year’s Letter (thanks, VGC). Read the full article…
Season Pass roadmap also revealed. The Koei Tecmo-published action role-playing game Fate/Samurai Remnant will be getting “DLC Vol. 1” next month in February 2024. It’s officially titled ‘Records Fragment: Keian Command Championship‘ and will be followed by two more DLC episodes later on in 2024. You can check out a teaser trailer of the first…
Here are the top 20 picks. Everyone has a favourite Pokémon and recently in Japan, the strategy guide website ‘GameWith’ ran a poll asking trainers to vote for their top Pokémon from Scarlet and Violet‘s Paldea region. “Close to 152,700 people” apparently put their vote in and in the end, the new-generation grass/dark-type evolution Meowscarada…
Unfortunately, it was too “hard to control”. Super Mario Bros. Wonder contains all sorts of hidden secrets and surprises, but there were also a lot of ideas left on the cutting room floor. As highlighted by producer Takashi Tezuka during a chat with Famitsu last week, there was a point during the game’s development when…
Metagross was also added recently. To bring in the New Year, the free-to-play mobile and Switch MOBA Pokémon Unite has announced it will be adding Magikarp and Gyarados to the game. They’ll be arriving later this month on 25th January 2024. Just like in the main series, Magikarp will come loaded with “Splash” and once…
His focus is on Nintendo’s future. Japanese video game creator Shigeru Miyamoto isn’t getting any younger, so what exactly are his plans regarding retirement? The Guardian recently asked the Nintendo legend if he was “ever tempted” to call time on his outstanding career and although he’s been at the company since its arcade era, he’s…
Get it now… y’know, if you want. Publisher Atooi has announced — and released — a brand new roguelike dungeon hopper called Knights of the Rogue Dungeons. That’s right, you can get it from the eShop right now for the price of $9.99 / £8.99 (with a bonus 10% discount if you’re early). Showcasing voxel-based…