Shigeru Miyamoto Predicted Animal Crossing’s Appeal Over A Decade Before It Launched

“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…

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The RAMpocalypse Strikes Again, As Retroid Reveals Changes To Pocket 6 Pricing, And The Discontinuation Of Its 12GB Model

Prepare to pay more. We have some bad news for people hoping to pick up the Retroid Pocket 6. Yesterday, Retroid announced on social media that significant changes are on the way to the handheld’s pricing and availability, citing “ongoing shortages and sharply rising costs for both RAM and storage.” This includes a price rise…

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