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Animal Crossing: New Leaf Update Adds Amiibo Support, Mini Games
If you’ve been collecting the many Animal Crossing amiibo figurines or cards released over the last year, good news: they’re more useful now. Using Amiibo, you can now invite more characters to your town, and some will come with special items as well. The Amiibo support goes beyond Animal Crossing specific toys, too: both Splatoon…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 2, 2016 -
Five Nights At Freddy’s Creator Says The Fandom Isn’t “Toxic”
Once a fandom gets big enough, it starts to develop a reputation. In the case of Five Nights at Freddy’s, the reputation isn’t necessarily a good one—and the creator of the series knows it. Yesterday, developer Scott Cawthon took to the Steam forums of Sister Location,and he explained why he takes umbrage with people who…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 1, 2016 -
CulturePlayers Have Spent Years Trying To Get Peach To Save Herself In Paper Mario
In 2001’s Paper Mario, our favorite hero in blue overalls saves the day, just like he always does. Peach helps, but in the end, it’s Mario who defeats Bowser. For years, however, speedrunners and glitch hunters have attempted to rewrite that sequence of events. Many of us have played through Paper Mario sequentially, chapter after…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 1, 2016 -
Culture16 Years Later, Fans Find Secret Messages Hidden In Paper Mario
Sometimes, developers put stuff inside of a game that players are never supposed to see. Such was the case with the original Paper Mario, which apparently had a bunch of dialogue that was not discovered until very recently. As Paper Mario expert Stryder7x explains in the video below, if you go out of bounds using…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 28, 2016 -
20 Mods You Should Get For Skyrim: Special Edition on Xbox One and PS4
So, you’re about to start an exciting new adventure in Tamriel. Maybe you’ve played Skyrim before. Maybe this is your first go-around. If you’re playing on console, a wealth of options are now available to you, all thanks to the power of mods. Accessing mods is easy: there should be an option right on the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 28, 2016 -
Someone Hacked Missingno Into A Modern Pokémon Game
Missingno was never supposed to exist; it was a glitch monster that could appear in Red and Blue only under special circumstances. Despite being a mishap, even now, twenty years later, fans still love and remember Missingno. While Game Freak may never bring Missingno back, VGMoose went ahead and modded Missingno into Pokémon Omega Ruby…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 27, 2016 -
The Creators of Pokémon Explain Why Sun and Moon Has Ridiculous Monster Designs
Haunted sandcastlePokémon. Dugtrio with luscious hair. Garfield’s shitty blue cousin. Maybe you’ve noticed, but Sun and Moon’s creature design is actively absurd, sometimes bordering on troll-like. All of that is intentional, according to the creators. Earlier this month I spoke to Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda, producer on Sun and Moon, as well as Shigeru Ohmori, director…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 25, 2016 -
For Five Years, One Woman Chronicled Her Boyfriend’s Fixation With Slender Man On YouTube
On July 29, 2011, a YouTube channel named “Tulpa Effect” uploaded a vlog where a woman named Marissa explained that her boyfriend, Roger, had acquired a new obsession: Slender Man. “He reads these forums, and he looks online, at the YouTube videos…and originally, he was talking about wanting to make a Slender Man video,” Marissa…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 24, 2016 -
Pokémon Sun and Moon Fans Are Obsessing Over A Mysterious Old Man
The Pokémon Sun and Moon demo has secrets, some of which are only viewable if you play multiple days in a row. Some players are convinced that a creepy NPC must be a part of those special events, even though he repeatedly admits there’s nothing to him. Meet the mysterious old man. That’s not a…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 24, 2016 -
Pokémon Go’s Halloween Event Makes Ghosts Appear More Often
If you play Pokémon Go from October 26th to November 1st, you might notice an increase in spooky apparitions. That’s totally intentional! As the trailer for Pokémon Go’s seasonal event states, the mobile game will be celebrating Halloween. Trainers will enjoy an increase in candy rewards, which is very appropriate. Niantic says that having a…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 24, 2016 -
Like The Rest Of The Internet, PSN Has Been Struggling Today
Half the internet has been unreliable today as the result of what seems to be a major attack by unknown parties. Adding to that list of annoying outages now is PSN, given that many users are reporting issues with it since this morning. If you’ve been having trouble connecting a PlayStation console to PSN today, you…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 21, 2016 -
What It’s Like Inside A Pokeball, According To A Pokémon Developer
For years, Pokémon fans have argued over what happens when a monster is recalled into a Pokeball. The theories are endless. Does a Pokémon simply shrink down in size? Is a Pokeball just an empty prison? Does a Pokémon transform into pure energy, or perhaps information, once inside a Pokeball—meaning there’s no “inside” of a…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 21, 2016 -
Pokémon Sun and Moon’s Pikachu Imposter Has A Heartbreaking Theme Song
It was sad enough to read about how Mimikyu dresses up like a popular Pokémon because it also wants to be loved. It’s another thing entirely to hear Mimikyu sing about its woes. A Japanese version of Mimikyu’s song was uploaded by the official Pokémon channel yesterday, and YouTuber Tobias went ahead and subtitled the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 21, 2016 -
Fans Are Already Improving Pokémon Sun and Moon’s Graphics
The Sun and Moon demo has only been out for a couple of days, but people are already finding ways to tweak and mod it. You know, in addition to unlocking the entire Pokedex before it was announced. KazoWAR has footage of Sun and Moon running with a “no-line” patch that was created by Shiny…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 20, 2016 -
Here’s Your First Look At The Nintendo Switch, Nintendo’s Next Console
Ladies and gentlemen, here’s the system that will be replacing the Wii U (and possibly the 3DS) as Nintendo’s main console. Meet the Nintendo Switch. It will launch on March 2017. Here’s Nintendo: Introducing Nintendo Switch! In addition to providing single and multiplayer thrills at home, the Nintendo Switch system also enables gamers to play…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 20, 2016 -
Pokémon Sun and Moon’s Devs Respond To The Popplio Backlash
Earlier this month, Kotaku asked the folks at Game Freak which starter Pokémon they prefer in Sun and Moon. Unfortunately, poor Popplio didn’t make the cut. I got a chance to speak over the phone to Junichi Masuda, producer on Sun and Moon, as well as Shigeru Ohmori, director on Sun and Moon, and they…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 19, 2016 -
Here’s What The Creators of Pokémon Sun and Moon Think About Fan Games
The recent controversial takedowns of high-profile yet unofficial Nintendo-related creations paints a picture of an aggressive corporation that punishes fans. But Game Freak, the creators of Pokémon, actually seem remarkably chill about the existence of fan games based on a recent conversation with Kotaku. As some of you know, 2016 has been a fraught year…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 19, 2016 -
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The Internet Reacts To Pokémon Sun and Moon’s Pokedex Demo Leak
Well, the Meowth is out of the bag now. Thanks to datamining of the recent Sun and Moon demo, we now know what a good portion of the Alolan Pokedex will look like, including many monsters which haven’t even been announced yet. (Spoilers ahead.) You know what that means, right? Pokémon fans are inundating the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 18, 2016 -
The Pokémon Sun and Moon Demo Is Out Now, And It’s Worth Playing
Good news, 3DS owners. You can now go into the Nintendo eShop and download a small taste of the upcoming Pokémon games. The demo is not hard to find: it’s currently the first thing that pops up in eShop when you load into it. While much of the content inside of the demo is currently…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 18, 2016 -
Red Dead Redemption 2 Coming Fall 2017
After two days of teasing the internet with images, Rockstar has now come right out with it: Red Dead Redemption 2 is a real thing that is happening, and we can expect a trailer for it on Thursday, October 20th, at 11am. And…that’s it for now. The final image reveal does however give us a…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 18, 2016
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