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…
A wild adventure of tropical typhoons, insane litigation, and fish testicles. Ten years ago, I was given the great privilege of living in Japan for three months to interview a diverse and eclectic range of game developers. This would produce three volumes in the The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers series (plus a DVD)….
“No one in the team expected such a warm reception”. Whatever your opinion might be on fast food outlet McDonald’s, it has been allied with some surprisingly decent video game crossovers over the years. Global Gladiators on the Genesis / Mega Drive was a fun time (and boasted a wonderful Tommy Tallarico soundtrack), and while…
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…
Predicting the future of something as volatile and changeable as videogames truly is a mug’s game. Well, fill us up with coffee because we are apparently mugs. In 2023, the most talked-about game of the year was a CRPG with turn-based combat, and the most quickly forgotten one was a new Bethesda open world. While…
Alan Wake 2 is a worthy successor to the original, and dare I say, even outdoes it in many ways. But there is one thing that Remedy’s long-awaited sequel has in abundance that I wish there were less of—or none at all—and that is the jump scares. I get it: a well-placed jump scare can…
“It didn’t quite work as a game show”. Video games and TV have always had a bit of a difficult relationship. For every success like GamesMaster, there have been countless failures that have struggled to capture what people love most about the popular pastime. So, when the BBC spent an estimated £3-4 million on a…
We’re just weeks away from the biggest tech jamboree of the year, the Consumer Electronics Show or CES. It’s expected that 130,000 attendees and 3,500 vendors will descend on the sprawling complex of exhibition centers and show floors across Las Vegas for the event, which opens on January 9. Among them will be our very…