Amanda is back with some new Zelda and Zelda-adjacent news! The big news that has the internet abuzz is the release of footage from Pokémon Legends: Arceus during Friday’s Pokémon Presents. The trailer shows the character running through fields in ancient Sinnoh, which look very similar to Breath of the Wild’s wide-open spaces. It just…
The Game Boy Advance SP was the first Nintendo handheld to use the iconic clamshell design, and once closed, it was small enough to actually fit in your pocket. On top of that, it has a backlit screen, another first for the company. However, the design is prone to easily damage in one specific place:…
Ready for some more Zelda News? After a year of waiting, Zelda Universe is ready to break down the latest Nintendo Direct. Join Amanda as she tells you all about it. More details have been announced for the Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity DLC which is available for preorder on May 28, 2021. Although Eiji…
The man, the myth, the legend Reggie Fils-Aimé has been very vocal since his retirement. In a recent interview with Gamertag Radio, Reggie opened up about his decision to retire. “Knowing that [the Nintendo Switch] was going to be successful is what helped make my retirement decision easy,” Fils-Aimé said. “I knew the company was…
The Crackle exclusive Playing With Power: The Nintendo Story has dropped its debut trailer recently. Although pretty joyful and positive to start with, the latter half of the trailer hints at Nintendo’s dark side during its rise to power. The trailer starts with a lot of celebrities and gaming insiders praising Nintendo and recounting all…
Imagine this: You’re dropped into a world with zero context (unless you read the instruction booklet). You’re surrounded by trees. You have no weapon. There are three exits around you to get you onto your adventure. And a cave. Each path leads to monsters. You take the cave. There is an Old Man standing in…
This week, there have been lots of announcements regarding miHoYo’s Genshin Impact, a gacha-based, Breath of the Wild-style game. Here’s a quick round-up of what you might have missed. How does the Theater Mechanicus work? Genshin Impact’s latest release is the Theater Mechanicus tower defense event, which started on February 10, 2021. In order to…
The numbers for sales related to gaming in the UK have been out for a while, but the broader picture has just been released. Nintendo claims the top spot in several categories. In Europe, which includes UK and Ireland, mainland Europe, Middle East, and Africa, 211.9 million games were sold. Of those 211.9 million, Nintendo…
Breath of the Wild has been out for a few years now, but the new content just keeps coming — mainly from the modding community. Noted modder Waikuteru has released a full version of the MarioClubTestDungeon which was used as a debugging stage during testing. The video, clocking in at just over 18 minutes, shows…
Everyone knows the general dangers of smoking. Things like lung cancer, decreased oxygen levels, being stinky, and, you know, death. Twitter user Arare_Wansaka discovered a new one: console coloration. Look at them. Disgusting. Famicoms are usually white or off-white, depending on usage, with gray or maroon accents. The gray and maroon are there, but as…
Food is great. That’s not really an opinion that needs to be stated, but it needed to be said. The best kind of food is the food you can’t have. Barbara from Genshin Impact just wants some of Amber’s delicious meat and, unfortunately, can’t cheat on her diet. Barbara, the deaconess the Church of Favonius,…
While there is still no opening date set for Super Nintendo World, the Universal Parks News Today YouTube channel recently released numerous videos giving an in-depth look at the park. The Mario Kart: Koopa’s Challenge and Yoshi’s Adventure rides, shop tours, and much more are highlighted in the videos. The aesthetic of each game is…
Sometimes it’s just best not to mess with a good thing. As much as we may want it, Nintendo has yet again confirmed in an interview with Bloomberg that there will be no new Switch hardware anytime soon. Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa has previously said that there would be no Switch Pro in 2020 and…
Award season is right around the corner and the nominees are rolling out. The 32nd annual GLAAD Media Awards announced the 10 games that present the outstanding representation they look for. Most notably, the Zelda-like Immortals Fenyx Rising is among the pack for “Outstanding Video Game.” Immortals features many dialogue options that focus on LGBTQ+…
Reggie Fils-Aimé, former Nintendo president and meme king, took part in a revealing gaming roundtable discussion leading up to the New York Game Awards. He was joined by other former industry leaders to discuss the video game industry’s past and where it is going. Many topics were covered over the almost three-and-a-half-hour stream, but one…
