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Nintendo Releases Original Star Fox 2 Design Docs

Last week, Nintendo quietly uploaded the digital manual for Star Fox 2, which will be included on this month’s SNES Classic hardware. But what’s really interesting is that said manual included a whole batch of concept art and game design documents for the canceled Super FX Chip shooter. Nintendo doesn’t often release these sort of…

Quiz: There Are Too Many Good Games Out Right Now. Which Should You Play?

The video game gods have been good to us in 2017, but that means there are way too many games to choose from. Take this quiz to find out which one you should devote your precious time to.

Five Of The Coolest Indie Games At PAX West

PAX West was a wailing stampede of video games large and small. It’s impossible for a single person to play everything there. That said, I did go hands-on with a bunch of indie games and happened upon some very pleasant surprises. Here are a few of the best. Way of the Passive Fist Way of…

Secret of Mana Remake’s Demo Is Low-Frills Fun 

Much like the game’s Mad Mallard, a soldier helmet-wearing waterfowl who lays exploding eggs, the upcoming remake of Secret of Mana is an odd duck. The 1993 Super NES action RPG, one of Square’s classics of the 16-bit era, is having a bit of a moment in 2017. It’s been re-released on Switch in Japan,…

Ubisoft Finally Patches Rainbow Six Bug That Had Players Forcing Each Other To Cheat

After nearly a month, Ubisoft has patched a bug in Rainbow Six Siege involving Doc, the game’s medic. The bug was big enough that players actually pressured one another to use it in ranked matches, and in extreme cases, killed fellow teammates if they didn’t use it. Normally, Rainbow Six Siege has no regenerating health,…

The 11-Year-Old Who’s Dominating Competitive Pokémon

Pokémon may be marketed toward younger fans, but the most well-known competitors are adults. This year, however, the most impressive performance belongs to Nicholas Kan, an 11-year-old from Australia who makes Ash Ketchum look bad. Kan plays in the Junior Division, which encompasses competitors born in 2006 or later. He won the World Championships in…

The final DLC pack for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare will arrive for PlayStation 4 on September 12. The “Retribution” map pack, which includes four maps, will send players to an ice planet in the final chapter of the Infinite Warfare Zombies saga.

A Card Game That Makes Awesome Music Mashups

Music mashup creators work long and hard stripping down popular songs into their component elements and then weaving them together into compelling new tracks. Dropmix, the new mobile-connect game from Hasbro and Harmonix, makes this as easy as shuffling cards. The $99 Dropmix starter kit comes with an electronic board with spots for five cards…

“Is it political? Is it a PC thing?” Fox News’ Steve Doocy asked of a recent profile that sent Mario’s job as a plumber down the drain. The removal of his working class status, his grab bag of millionaire playboy hobbies, his elevation into the highest echelons of the Hollywood elite—how did we not see…

A Beginner’s Guide To The World Of Destiny

So you want to play Destiny 2 but are a little foggy about the first game? No worries, I got you. If you’re new to the series and want to catch up on what happened over the last three years, this article is for you. Likewise if you’ve got a friend you want to get…

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Dating Sim Lets You Kiss A JoJo

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is one of the most influential mangas of all time. References to it show up in dozens of anime, and Hirohiko Araki, the manga’s author, has even shown his work in the Louvre. Despite all these accolades, you’ve never been able to kiss any of the characters, until now. Joestar Struck is…

Is Squall Really Dead? Final Fantasy Producer Addresses The Series’ Biggest Fan Theories

Was Aeris ever going to come back to life? Are Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy VII set in the same world? Is Gogo actually Daryl? Thanks to Yoshinori Kitase, we now have the answers to all of these questions. And they’re mostly “No.” Kitase, whose résumé is far too long to list in one…

Resident Evil 7 will get new DLC, End of Zoe, on December 12 That same day will see the Resident Evil 7 Biohazard Gold Edition, which includes all the DLC.

Jesus Kicks Ass In New 2D Fighting Game

Jesus died for your sins. Now he’s gonna kick your ass. Fight of Gods is an early-access fighting game that looks hilariously bad. Just look at this launch trailer, which features the likes of fighters such as Buddha, Moses, Anubis, and Zeus going toe-to-toe with one another: My favorite part is watching supposedly peaceful deities…

Knack II Is Actually Pretty Good

Words I didn’t expect to type in 2017: I really like the new Knack. So much for the running joke that this PlayStation 4 exclusive is a sequel that no one wanted. Good thing we got it. Knack II is the follow-up to a mediocre PS4 launch game and is testament to the value of…

I Wrote A Book About How Video Games Are Made, And It’s Out Today

If you are interested in hearing the stories behind games like Uncharted 4, Star Wars 1313, Shovel Knight, and Dragon Age: Inquisition, then I sure do have the book for you! Starting today, you can get your hands on Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, which is available in physical, digital, and audiobook forms. It’s a book…

How To Spot Fake Japanese Figures

Fakes are a problem in the world of collectibles. That’s why Japanese figure company Good Smile has acustomer support page dedicated entirely to spotting pirated goods. The page updates on a regular basis, showing recent phoney items and how customers can spot them. The differences are sometimes small but noticeable. Other times, they’re big and…

Sega launched a new teaser According to this Japanese site, it’s for a smartphone game called Dx2 Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation. This is unconfirmed, but obviously expect more once the title is officially announced.

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Why Wario And Waluigi Don’t Have Girlfriends

If Mario has Peach, why doesn’t Wario have…I dunno, Meach? It’s a fair question, and one that I’d never known the answer to (if in fact there ever was an answer). I do now, though, thanks to the unearthing of an old Nintendo Power interview by the excellent Supper Mario Broth Back in 2000, the…