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8 Circuit Studios, which is comprised of industry veterans formerly at Nintendo, Microsoft and EA, is attempting to create an efficient cryptocurrency ecosystem to benefit gamers, developers, and publishers alike One of their goals includes the creation of a metaverse. By using the Ethereum blockchain, 8 Circuit Studios is able to create, attribute and safeguard digital[...]

Another fun item we managed to pick up from the ThinkGeek booth over at PAX East was an interesting officially licensed Nintendo product I never thought I'd see them brand as they produced a Cartridge Canteen To be clear, I've seen this product before in different forms as other companies have created knock-off versions that[...]

More Sega Fes news, this time, Sega has announced that they'll be bringing Valkyria Chronicles to the Nintendo Switch. The strategy game was first released on the PlayStation 3 back in 2008 to wide acclaim, and has seen a recent resurgence with a remastered version hitting both PlayStation 4 and PC in recent years The Switch edition[...]

Back in March it was leaked that several Sega Genesis games would be making their way to PC, Xbox One, and PS4 as part of the Sega Genesis Classics bundle, and many were sad at the suspicious lack of a Switch release. Now, there will be a Switch version.

We, unfortunately, didn't get to book much of anything with Nintendo this time around at PAX East inside their booth The one appointment we were able to secure was with inside developer Henchman & Goon who wanted to show off their game Pode on the Nintendo Switch The game revolves around a co-op system where[...]

As you can see below from the version they sent us when we got home from the event, the game focuses on Nintendo's Mario Kart with a simplified board and a different set of rules Every time you go around the board, you start a new race for people to compete in, all while they[...]

Nintendo's Shinya Takahashi took some time out during the BAFTA Awards after-party rounds to tease the idea of new hardware coming from the company Nintendo did take home a hanful of awards at the show this year, nabbing two for Super Mario Odyssey and another for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Speaking to[...]

Some cool news from Atlus today as we now know when we'll be seeing Etrian Odyssey X be released for Nintendo 3DS After posting a teaser for the game last week, this week we get a full announcement that the game will be released in Japan on August 2nd Not a ton of details have been[...]

If you haven't been playing Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp in a while, now might be a great time to go back to the game and try some new stuff out as Nintendo have added in a new character this week called Gulliver As you can see from the promo picture below, he is a seagull dressed[...]

Niantic Labs has partnered up with Mission Blue and Playmob for their upcoming Earth Day event for Pokemon Go, which encourages players to try and make the world a greener place.

Psyonix has added a new option for Rocket League on the Nintendo Switch which will allow players to bump up the game's resolution and add effects while sacrificing some framerate speed Meaning Switch players now have to make the dreaded choice of performance versus quality The different modes come as part of the game's 1.43 patch[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Kirby is one of my favorite creations from Nintendo, if for anything the fact that his design was a placeholder until it was decided he was too good to be replaced, making him one of Nintendo's best happy accidents Over the years he's gained a cult following of bubblegum-chewing marshmallow-loving gamers who love the[...]

Access to new in-game equipment is regulated almost entirely through Loot Boxes, but in Cuisine Royale they are not only free with their content known in advance, but also come with a 100% guaranteed drop chance on the labelled content." And Nintendo decided to celebrate with the 25th anniversary of the best Kirby character ever, Waddledee. [...]

Yes today might be Easter Sunday, but it is also April 1st, meaning that the video game dev gags are in full swing. Niantic Labs have gotten in on the fun this year by running Pokémon Go in 8-bit graphics to give you that retro feel.

An interesting choice has been vocalized by Akihiro Hino, the CEO of Level-5 this week, as he informally announced that the company will be focusing efforts to only release their top major titles exclusively on the Nintendo Switch In an interview with Japanese pop-culture website Nikkei Trendy, Hino said "Basically, in the future our main titles will all[...]

The last time we wrote about Xenoblade Chronicles 2, we were told that Nintendo would be making some improvements to the game after breaking it in a few key areas Not ones to disappoint, the latest update for the game fixes a lot of issues while teasing new features on the way The first is that[...]

In case you'd like to try out Arms again for the Nintendo Switch, we've got some cool news as the company will be holding a Global Testpunch for every region to get in on the action and try the game out for free The event already kicked off this morning at 12am PDT and will run[...]

Straight from the rumor mill, Marcus Sellars claims to have insider information on a couple of items coming to the Nintendo Switch version of Super Smash Bros., as well as a new story mode feature He sent out this tweet yesterday with the short details. Super Smash Bros Switch will see the return of the Ice Climbers[...]

Nintendo just released a brand new update to Super Mario Odyssey this week, in which you can now buy two specific outfits in the game's shop that will let you dress Mario up like a baseball player or an astronaut The news came down on Nintendo's official Twitter channel earlier today. New special outfits have been added[...]

One of the biggest issues Nintendo Switch owners have to deal with at the moment is the memory For those of you who don't know, the Switch only comes with 32GB of memory on the system, and after all the necessary software is downloaded with updates (just over 7GB) you're left with about 25GB for[...]

The game is barely two weeks old and already Nintendo is sending updates for Kirby Star Allies to enhance the game and give you a little more variety This week, the company sent out their 2.0 update for the game, which added five new characters to the mix from Kirby's past, along with a couple[...]

A lot of younger gamers don't know that the classic boxing game started out as an arcade title for Nintendo It was a dual screen cabinet made in 1983 (first in Japan, then in the U.S in 1984) where you played a green wire-framed version of Mac against a lot of the characters you may be[...]

Yesterday, Level-5 released a brand new trailer for Layton Mystery Detective Agency, which contains a few mysteries that will need solving when the series is released in April.

As we've previously talked about, Nintendo will be shutting down the Wii Shop next year as they move forward with the more popular and, in some cases, easier to navigate eShop being used on the Nintendo Switch The transition was expected as Nintendo will shed off their old consoles and focus primarily on the current[...]

No insult to the Nintendo Switch or any of the other consoles, but have you noticed how bland they look on the outside The Switch, when docked, is basically just sitting inside a case being hidden Now sure, I could slap some stickers on the front of it like I did my NES, SNES, N64, and[...]

Okay, we get it. Everyone loved The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Hell, we even considered it for Game of the Year 2017 ourselves. However, at this point in the award show season, giving a ton of awards to Breath of the Wild is pretty much just rubber stamping.

7Levels' classic RPG Castle of Heart has launched exclusively on the Nintendo Switch in the Americas, Europe, and Austrailia You can find it on the Nintendo eShop for digital download The game should feel pretty familiar, as it hits most of the classic fantasy RPG buttons. Players take on the role of a cursed night, who has[...]

1 by using the appropriate materials. Other: The Nintendo Switch version is now capable of using the Video Capture function. You are now able to choose to instantly cast the same Blessing as the previous battle from a new menu option in Battle Preparations. UI Improvements General bug fixes Koei Tecmo released a new set of patch notes for the[...]

One of the best and worst items to ever come out of the Wii era for Nintendo was probably the Wii Wheel, primarily designed to be used with Mario Kart titles and whatever other racing games came on the console that used the controller's positioning for steering The upside was that you got to feel like[...]

for the Nintendo Switch at E3, we finally got an answer today from Nintendo, in a sense Below is a tweet that went up from the official Nintendo Versus account that confirmed a couple different tournaments will be taking place at the event in June, including a Super Smash Bros Invitational. The Super #SmashBros Invitational 2018[...]