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Retro charm aplenty but no purring.As one of the earliest animated characters dating back to the silent film era, Felix the Cat’s popularity has waxed and waned over the decades. His…
“I love these kind of games”.
Masahiro Sakurai is back at it again with another YouTube video, this time looking at games that don’t feature the ‘pull and pull’ or ‘risk and reward’ mechanics that he generally believes make up a games ‘essence’.
As such, he goes on to endorse “work” games such as PowerWash Simulator, Car Simulator, House Flipper, and Cookie Clicker. Basically, games that don’t offer up what many would deem ‘traditional’ game mechanics, but are nevertheless fun to play in their own way.
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Is there anything the man can’t do??
We are approaching six months (!!) since Super Mario Bros. Wonder leapt onto Switch, and while the launch chit-chat was dominated by the vocal talents of Kevin Afghani — the new voice of Mario — it turns out that the voice acting performance we should have been talking about was one by Nintendo’s own Koji Kondo (thanks, GamesRadar).
Note. We are about to head into some discussion of Mario Wonder’s final Badge. If you are still grinding out the platformer to discover its secrets yourself then we’d suggest looking away now. If not, brace for potential spoilers ahead.
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Nintendo Entertainment System While the Atari 2600 might be the first home console success, the Nintendo Entertainment System is a…
Victory!
Update :
Here’s your reminder the ‘Beta Test Demo’ of Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road is now available for Switch. You can compete against players from all over the world in the game’s “competition mode” and also provide feedback, impressions, and bug reports via the official website. There’s a survey to fill out as well!
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The first of four chapters is “coming soon”.
Bandai Namco has announced brand new DLC is on the way to the Switch version of Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2.
It’s officially titled “Future Saga” and will be delivered in four chapters, with Chapter 1 “coming soon”. Here’s a tiny bit of PR along with a video above featuring Vegeta, Goku Black, and some other familiar faces.
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A certain character has also been teased…
Leading the charge for a new generation of video game movies was Sonic the Hedgehog. After two successful live-action movies featuring star power like Jim Carrey, the blue blur is now back for a third big- screen outing later this year in Sonic the Hedgehog 3.
If you’re wondering how it’s all going ahead of the 20th December 2024 release, in an update on social media, the director Jeff Fowler has announced filming has officially wrapped! To confirm this, he shared a shot of himself featuring some cool drawings of Sonic and the gang including…spoiler…Shadow! The same character was previously teased in the second movie.
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Pepper Grinder! Open Road! Otxo!
The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy!
SOUTH PARK: SNOW DAY! (THQ Nordic, $29.99) – Team up with Cartman, Stan, Kyle and Kenny to save the town in this co-op* action game. Customize your own New Kid and battle your way through the snow-piled streets of South Park solo or with up to three friends in an all-new story. Equip a variety of weapons and deploy devastating special abilities on an adventure to save the world and enjoy a day without school. – Read our SOUTH PARK: SNOW DAY! review
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Although the popularity of retro gaming consoles may have waned since Nintendo’s NES Classic Edition was released in 2014, that…
The first quarter of 2024 is in the bag, and that means it’s time in favor of us to update…
Now in its 11th year on the market, PS4 — the second-best-selling home console of all time — has amassed…
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“Some” contractors will be cut, others will become full-time employees.
It’s been a difficult start to the year for the video game industry with mass layoffs across multiple companies, and now a new report from Ethan Gach of Kotaku suggests Nintendo of America has massively downsized its “small army of contractors” responsible for testing games and hardware.
In an official statement, a Nintendo spokesperson confirmed these changes would involve “some contractor assignments ending” as well as the creation of a “significant number of new full-time employee positions”. Nintendo’s American branch will also provide support to the contractors’ agencies during this period. Here it is in full:
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Wanted: Dev ‘fore it’s live.
Welcome to the Wild West of the modern gaming landscape.
Game sales are soaring. Film and TV adaptations are crawling out of the wilderness quicker than they can be counted. All eyes are on the saloon doors of a bar named ‘Nintendo’ as the smell of something tasty wafts from the kitchen and out into the nostrils of hungry customers after some fresh grub.
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