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Real Life Should Have JRPG Victory Music

JRPG victory music is one of the best types of video game music. Every time you emerge from battle victorious, a familiar, stirring theme plays. I want that music to play in my everyday life. This post originally ran on 4/26/2012. Five years later, I’ve bumped it up and made a few edits, because Persona…

Cities: Skylines’ Mass Transit DLC releases May 18th. So much fun stuff! Here’s a trailer.

Nintendo Discontinues The NES Classic

Nintendo has abruptly decided to end North American production of the NES Classic, one of their most popular items in years, the company said today. In a statement to IGN, Nintendo confirmed that it will no longer produce new mini-NES systems in North America—at least in 2017: Throughout April, NOA territories will receive the last…

Despite Nintendo’s Bounty Program, Hackers Think They’ll Crack The Switch

In December of 2016, Nintendo launched a program with HackerOne, a service that provides bounties ranging from $100 to $20,000 for finding bugs and exploits, in order to stamp them out on the 3DS. This program has since been extended to the Switch, and so far has awarded three people with bounties. While some members…

Overwatch Players Hear ‘I Need Healing’ In Their Nightmares

“I need healing.” Yeah, well, get in line, buddy. In Overwatch, needing healing is a way of life. It’s also a thing you can spam in “All” chat until your teammates want to throttle you. And, of course, a meme. A week after Overwatch came out, players noticed that Genji mains in particular like spamming…

Yooka-Laylee Glitch Lets You Skip Half The Game

You’ve spent a handful of hours scurrying around thick jungles, frozen snow fields, and gloopy swamps to find enough shiny gold book pages to complete Yooka-Laylee. But wait! The game wants you to collect even more. Thankfully, with some out of bounds trickery, you can ignore that and skip to the final boss. One of…

Splatoon 2 Already Seems Just As Disturbing As The First

Yesterday, Nintendo unveiled a new co-op mode titled “Salmon Run” for Splatoon 2. On the surface, Salmon Run appears to just be a horde mode. If you look closely, however, something starts to feel a little off. Let’s break it down, shall we? Here’s the trailer, in case you haven’t seen it yet: The very…

Recent Switch Game Has A Surprising Feature: Emojis [Update 💩]

Graceful Explosion Machine is a fun shmup on the Nintendo Switch that makes good use of 🙏 and 💪 and 👍. Who knew this would be a good idea? The game is a throwback. It’s an arcade-style shooter that give players four beam weapons, a dash move, and a quick-turnaround option all in scrolling levels…

Pokémon Go’s Easter event, “Eggstravaganza,” begins this afternoon and lasts through April 20th. 2 km eggs will hatch more types of Pokémon. Each hatched egg will also earn players more candy.

Look At These Star Wars: Forces Of Destiny Dolls

Disney and Lucasfilmjust announcedStar Wars: Forces of Destiny, a series of animated shorts showcasing heroic women from a galaxy far, far away. Hasbro compliments the shorts with a lovely line of 11-inch “Adventure Figures.” It’s okay to say dolls. They’re very nice dolls. The official announcement from Hasbro says the Forces of Destiny toys, which…

New Basketball Game Is Basically NBA Jam 2017

For a fun time, watch this trailer for the upcoming NBA Playgrounds—out in May—and see how close they come to saying “NBA Jam” without actually saying “NBA Jam”. 2v2 arcade basketball, cartoon players, exaggerated moves, it’s all certainly very familiar to NBA Jam fans, as well as anyone who played NBA Street. It’s not a…

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During Japan’s version of the Nintendo Direct held earlier today, a new game in the Senran Kagura series—Refure—was announced for the Switch. For anyone not familiar with Senran Kagura, it’s a series about female ninjas, and caters mainly to dudes who like to see anime girls with big chests. The team went to great lengths…

New Joy-Con Color, Battery Pack Coming

Nintendo’s Joy-Con contollers will soon be available in a new colour—”Neon Yellow”—while you’ll also later this year be able to buy a battery pack to extend the life of the lil’ pads. Both accessories will be available in the US on June 16. No word on price for the battery pack, but Nintendo’s Japanese site…

The next Professor Layton game is releasing July 20 in Japan for 3DS. Starring the professor’s daughter, the logic-puzzle adventure was formerly titled Lady Layton but is now called Layton Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaire’s Conspiracy. A Western release is planned, but no date yet.

Overwatch‘s New Update Makes Losing Streaks Less Frustrating

In Overwatch, you win some and you lose some. Other times, you win some, you lose a lot, and you seriously consider going to Blizzard’s headquarters so you can do that thing where at first you’re yelling but by the end you’re crying, and somebody gives you a hug and says, “there, there.” That is…

Microsoft Tests Steam-Style Refunds For Xbox One

Microsoft is testing out a digital refund service on Xbox One, although it’s currently only available to alpha testers and might not make it to the public. If this service does go wide, Xbox One players will be able to return games that are less than two weeks old and that they’ve played for less…

Stop Making Me Go To Bed, Persona 5, I’m A Big Boy

Here’s a bad thing about a very good video game: there are too many nights in Persona 5 where I want to go out on the town and improve myself and hang out with my sexy teen friends, but I’m not allowed, because a talking cat thinks I need some sleep. Here’s how it works:…

Splatoon 2 Has Co-Op, Out In July

Splatoon 2 will come packed with something called “Salmon Run,” which looks a bit like horde mode—with paint, of course. Up to four players will be able to team up to defeat waves of baddies and collect treasure. Splatoon 2 will launch on July 21st for the Nintendo Switch according to today’s Direct livestream. Here’s the…

The Switch’s fighting game, Arms, will drop June 16th, as are yellow Joy-Con. Arms is a boxing game with some colorful characters—you’ll be able to equip both your arms with elemental powers. Cool to see a game take their core concept and run with it, even if that concept is “arms.”

Monopoly Is Coming To The Nintendo Switch

Ubisoft just announced that it’s bringing a digital version of Monopoly to the Nintendo Switch. It’ll be out in the Fall, and supports “up to six players online or offline”. You can get Monopoly on pretty much every gaming system known to man, but this version looks especially cool because of the Switch’s portability, which…