When it comes to crossovers, we’ve seen some bizarre ones in the past. There were EA’s sports games on GameCube, where Mario and co made guest appearances in the likes of NBA Street V3 and SSX3: On Tour. There are the various Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest crossovers in the Mario series, like Mario Hoops…
As you likely know, the last year has been an incredible one for fan games and ROM hacks. We’ve seen Super Mario Eclipse utterly replace Super Mario Sunshine, with new levels, characters and mechanics. We’ve seen the Super Mario 64 scene go mad, with everything from Mario Maker equivalents to full-blown adventures being released throughout…
In recent years, features like loot boxes have been an increasingly controversial part of the gaming landscape. Designed to offer players random rewards for either spending in-game currency or real-world money, they’ve come under fire from everyone under the sun, with gamers, advocacy groups and governments alike comparing them to unlicensed gambling. As a result…
When The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom was first announced, there were a lot of questions about who was actually developing the game. After all, with the core Zelda team having just finished Tears of the Kingdom, and other teams having worked on all manner of other Nintendo titles, it was clear that the…
When Palworld was first announced, lots of people were predicting that it’d attract Nintendo’s ire. After all, the core concept was basically Pokémon with guns, with many of the creatures in question sharing a strong resemblance to characters from that series. As a result, just about everyone expected some sort of legal fight with Nintendo…
When it comes to fan games and mods, projects that do the opposite job to each other are not a rare occurrence. You’ve got Super Mario Starshine and Super Mario Solarshine, which recreate Super Mario Sunshine in Super Mario Galaxy’s engine and Super Mario Galaxy in Super Mario Sunshine’s engine respectively. You’ve got DKC X…
Well folks, it seems like we may have some plausible Switch 2 leaks at long last. Indeed, according to various sources online (including Digital Foundry and VGC), photos and mock-ups for the console have recently been posted on a Chinese forum. What’s more, the specs and setup seem about what you’d expect for a system…
Update: Our sources say it’s definitely leaked now, given videos of the title screen taken by Nintendo of America. For better or worse, it seems like certain ROM sharing/piracy groups have the files, but they’re not being particularly public about it. Well folks, it’s happened yet again. Just like many other Nintendo games before it,…
Well folks, it’s here! After plenty of excitement and marketing on Nintendo’s part, the Tears of the Kingdom Master Works book is now available in Japan. あさって8月30日（金）に、公式設定資料集「ゼルダの伝説 ティアーズ オブ ザ キングダム マスターワークス」が発売されます。書籍を編集されたアンビットさんより、本書を紹介する映像が公開されましたので、よろしければご覧ください。#ゼルダの伝説 #TearsOfTheKingdomhttps://t.co/8qDSEMzRcP pic.twitter.com/Gbce96KQgL — ゼルダの伝説 (@ZeldaOfficialJP) August 28, 2024 And along with it, we get to see all things that didn’t make the cut. From…
When it comes to characters in Tears of the Kingdom, almost everyone returned from the last game. Indeed, whether it’s the future champions or village elders, Hudson Construction staff or tech lab managers, just about everyone you can think of from Breath of the Wild makes an appearance in Tears of the Kingdom as well.…