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The Nintendo Switch 2 makes its Game Awards debut when next week’s show airs live from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, and it’s arriving with a contender for the biggest prize of the night. Donkey Kong Bananza is up for the prestigious Game of the Year honor, aiming to be just the second…

If you grew up playing video games in the 1990s and early 2000s, your go-to means for coverage of the gaming industry was probably on the pages of magazines like Nintendo Power, Game Informer, Electronic Gaming Monthly, GamePro, among many others. While video game journalism is alive and well on the web, print publications have…

At its onset, the Hyrule Warriors series was a silly idea that cross-pollinated between Team Ninja, Koei Tecmo, and Nintendo as a non-canon Legend of Zelda spinoff to the classic hack-and-slash Dynasty Warriors games, commonly referred to as “Musou.” The initial premise of the first Hyrule Warriors game was simple — throw a colorful cast…

With the release of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment we are perhaps witnessing the end of an era — one that started back in 2017. Breath of the Wild’s impact is still being felt almost a decade later, as its newest spinoff still features some of the same characters and art direction that were introduced…

When the fate of Hyrule hangs in the balance, nothing is more valuable than good allies. ‘Good’ can mean many things: Powerful, resourceful, reliable. It doesn’t always mean enthusiastic. While some of Link’s companions join the fight simply because it is the right thing to do, others have…varying priorities. Though thrown together by circumstance, these…

With Pokemon Legends: Z-A, the Nintendo Switch 2 officially has its first new release in the Pokemon series, and the original Nintendo Switch has one of its last. This dual release marking both the dawn of a new era and the twilight of another takes us back to the Kalos Region for the first time…

No matter how hot it may have been this summer season, we can all be thankful that we never had to deal with the same heat that Link has been forced to endure while exploring any of the volcanic environments in The Legend of Zelda. The series’ adventures have frequently sent players into dungeons that…

Square-Enix has enjoyed plenty of success thus far with their HD-2D RPGs and tactical strategies, and now they’re taking that distinct visual style to a slightly different genre. First announced in August’s Nintendo Partner Direct Showcase, The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is a top-down action RPG coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 sometime…

It’s no secret that Zelda II: The Adventure of Link has divided more fans of the series than almost any other entry. Being such a drastic change from the original game, and so dissimilar to the many entries that followed it, this reception is understandable. Zelda II is a demanding game: it demands attentiveness, planning,…

If anyone asks me what I remember the most about Donkey Kong, it’s the days when I played Rare’s Donkey Kong 64. Three memories come to mind. I was one of the lucky kids to get the game with a jungle green Nintendo 64 for Christmas. Every session of Donkey Kong 64 started off rebuilding…

Growing up in the early 2000s, I was fortunate enough to discover The Legend of Zelda at a time when the series had already begun to find its footing. Though I was too young to play Ocarina of Time or Super Mario 64 on my own, I remember intently observing as my uncle journeyed through…

In any given Legend of Zelda outing, players are sure to do battle with a wide variety of different foes and monsters as they complete their quest to save the land from certain doom. But the most challenging encounters are often those found outside of the story, waiting alongside the rest of the sidequests in…

Praise for the world that Breath of the Wild introduced comes in all shapes and sizes, from long-standing players who anticipated the game ever since its first teaser to those who were first introduced to Zelda by the 2017 title. A remarkable feature that persists both in of Breath of the Wild and later in…

The launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 ushers in a new era of Nintendo console gaming, as well as a new era for the beloved Mario Kart series. True to its name, Mario Kart World has huge ambitions, delivering size and spectacle unlike anything that fans have experienced in their time racing through the Mushroom…

The imminent launch of a new Nintendo console is always an exciting time, and in the weeks counting down to the release of the Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo’s gone on a worldwide Nintendo Switch 2 Experience tour to show off the capabilities of its newest hardware. We were invited to preview the Switch 2 in…