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Random Masahiro Sakurai Calls Cyberpunk 2077 A "Dream Game"
That's one way to put it
As you likely already know, Masahiro Sakurai has a regular column in Famitsu where he talks about everything and anything related to games. In the latest one, the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director took the time to reflect on CD Projekt Red's new game Cyberpunk 2077. You see, he started out playing it on PC and...
Random Someone At Nintendo Keeps Writing The Word "Embiggen" In Scripts
It's a perfectly cromulent word!
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines "embiggen" as "to make bigger or more expansive". Coined in 1996 by The Simpsons writer Dan Greaney, and used in the Season 7 episode, "Lisa The Iconoclast", the word was later added to the dictionary in 2018 (thanks to Ms Marvel using it), making it totally legitimate to use in...
Random Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury Box Art Receives A Very Welcome Tweak
Two games in one
With fresh details surrounding Super Mario 3D World's Bowser's Fury mode now out in the open, we finally have a decent grasp on what the new adventure will have to offer. It's perhaps fitting, then, that Nintendo has also updated the game's official box art to show off the glorious new imagery that was revealed this week. That's...
Random Hades In French Adds Lots Of Puns, And Makes Hypnos Extra-Sleazy
Bonjour ténèbres, mon vieil ami
Translating games is hard work. For one, there are usually a lot of cultural references that are tricky to get right in a different language - remember Ace Attorney's clumsy localisations back in the day? But even more important than culture is puns, and puns usually just don't translate at all. The mark of a great...
Random Welp, The Internet Thinks Bowser Is Hot Again
We're more Luigi fans, to be honest
Listen, we're not going to get too deep into this, because we are a family website, gosh darn it, but it seems that Big, Angry Bowser in today's Super Mario 3D World trailer is exactly what some people are looking for in a man. We admire the candour and courage of these people in publicly admitting it to the rest...
Random Someone's Already Reimagined 3D World's Giant Bowser As A Dynamax Pokémon
Check out this fantastic art piece
Here's an official screen showing Bowser in the new game Today's Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury trailer has only been online for a matter of hours, but that hasn't stopped one talented fan from sharing a seriously good piece of art inspired by Bowser's new, giant form. Twitter user @gonzarez1938 ha
Random Let's Look At All The Things That Are Cats In Bowser's Fury
Meowio fights Meowser
We just saw the trailer for the new Bowser's Furry - er, Fury - adventure, included with the upcoming Switch release of Super Mario 3D World, and we're starting to wonder if there's something in the water over at Nintendo HQ. Why are there so many cats? What's made Papa B so angry? And, if Bowser gets a Dynamax Evolution, does...
Random This AGDQ Speedrun Of Majora's Mask Is Basically Magic
"That's time, by the way."
For anyone who wasn't tuned in to Awesome Games Done Quick last week - the charity marathon where people try to speedrun a variety of games as fast as possible - you may want to watch this video to witness ClaireLynnD's incredible wizardry to complete The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask in just under 27 minutes. Up until...
Random Cheap Clones Of NES LEGO Set Feature Duck Hunt, Contra, And Super Mario Bros
Who's going to post the cease and desist first, we wonder?
Remember that gorgeous LEGO set that came out last year, with a deliciously retro TV and NES console playing Super Mario Bros.? Yes, the one that cost over £200. Yes, the one that none of us can actually afford. Well, it seems like a few enterprising companies have taken it upon themselves...
Random Watch Someone Speedrun Celeste Using A Dance Pad
Speeddancing, more like
Celeste is a challenging platforming game that will make your thumbs bleed and your brain ache, but apparently that's because we've all been playing it wrong: we should have been playing with our feet. During last week's Awesome Games Done Quick stream, speedrunner PeekingBoo performed a 14:41 speedrun of Celeste's C-Side...
Random Pokémon Red Is Being Played Inside Someone's Avatar On Twitter
Step aside, Twitch Plays Pokémon
Twitch Plays Pokémon is so 2014...nowadays, it's all about playing Pokémon Red inside someone's avatar on Twitter. Yeah, we're not joking - Gameloft Montreal programmer Constantin Liétard (@screenshakes) managed to somehow assemble a script that updates his Twitter avatar every 15 seconds, which is playing the...
Random Japan Gets Exclusive Pokémon Treats For Valentine's Day
When you love someone so much you want them to eat Pikachu's face
Japan always gets all the fun. They get to put their head in Gengar's mouth. They get all this super-cute Animal Crossing loungewear. Here in the UK, we're lucky if we get a localised release of a five-year old game (
Random Scott Pilgrim Vs The World's New Cover Art Is A Parody Of Sonic Adventure
Sonic vs Scott Pilgrim vs The World
Bryan Lee O'Malley - creator of Scott Pilgrim - is trolling us, isn't he. The new cover art for Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game features the titular boy antihero is a pose familiar to many of us, and that's because it's a direct replica of/homage to Sonic's iconic under-the-leg pose from the box art of Sonic...
Random This Super Mario-Themed Minecraft Parkour Level Looks Really Hard
Jump, man!
If you're a glutton for punishment, you probably don't think Minecraft is hard enough. You probably laugh in the face of Creepers. You eat Phantoms for breakfast. This Minecraft map, by builders midnighthoil and Bertibus, might be for you, you crazy son of a blaze. "Jump-and-Run" maps, or "JaR" as they're known to the community, are...
Random Sleepy At Work? Put Your Head In Gengar's Gob With This New "Pokémon Sleeping Companion"
Check out that 5.5-foot tongue!
Pokémon has given us some pretty incredible consumer products in recent years, such as a Snorlax plush which is literally large enough to sleep on. The company that created that particular dream product, Premium Bandai, is back with yet another Pocket Monster-related plush that we didn't know we needed: the Gengar...
Random This Switch-Style Mini-PC Takes A Leaf Out Of Nintendo's Book
Lenovo and NEC latest device concept looks awful familiar
Lenovo and NEC have just revealed a concept mini-PC which shows just how effective Nintendo's approach with the Switch has been. Part of the LaVie range – which is a joint venture between the two firms – the LaVie Mini is a tiny portable computer with an 8-inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel...
Random Game Show Contestant Thinks Nintendo Of America Is Run By Wario
Hmm, close enough
If you've watched a game show before, you'll know contestants are under a lot of pressure and often give some funny answers. On the US adaptation of The Chase, one contestant was asked what name the president of Nintendo of America and Mario's arch-nemesis share. While this might be an easy one for Nintendo fans, obviously Mario...
Random Pokémon In Unreal Engine Looks Like Skyrim
Meowth has wares, if you have coin
Every now and again, a fan takes it upon themselves to rebuild a game in Unreal Engine. We've seen Mario and Peach's Castle, a very fancy Temple of Time, and the original starter Pokémon from Pokémon Red and Blue looking
Random Artist Draws Smash Bros. Characters In The Style Of Cuphead
We're calling it "Smash Cups"
No, Cuphead still isn't in Smash Bros. - he's only a Mii costume for now - but artist Daniel Cortes has imagined a world where Smash Bros. is in Cuphead instead. As part of a daily challenge to himself, Cortes is drawing every single Smash Bros. character in the signature art style of Cuphead, based on 1930s...
Random Lovers Who Met Through Animal Crossing Get Engaged In Real Life
I can hear the Bells
It started the same as any romance: inside a magical fantasy world constructed by a villainous Tanooki landlord. But it ended with two people crossing borders and travelling thousands of miles to be with each other. Steven Brown had a unique problem: he had too many Bells in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and wanted to get rid...
Random Man Forges Popsicle Sticks To Win Pokémon Contest, Gets Arrested
Zarude used Sandstorm
Oh dairy me - looks like someone got caught with his hand in the ice cream jar. Takashi Ono, a 43-year old man from Japan, was arrested today under suspicion of fraud, after attempting to win Pokémon cards through illegal means. A competition run by Japanese ice-cream manufacturers, Akagi Nyugyo Co., asked people to send in...
Random Fake Nintendo Direct Leak "Reveals" The Name Of Breath Of The Wild 2
My friend's uncle who works at Nintendo told me
We can't believe they did it again. Who at Nintendo keeps leaving these one-page lists of Nintendo Direct reveals around the place? How very silly of them. The piece of paper even says "INTERNAL USE ONLY" right there at the top! Well, it looks like 2021 is a big year for Nintendo! The Switch Pro...
Random Family Video Closes Its Doors After 42 Years
The pandemic killed the video store
Video rental stores like Blockbuster might have thrown in the towel a number of years ago, but in North America, a Midwestern chain by the name of Family Video was still operating right up until the end of 2020. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic and lack of movie releases, the family-owned company founded in...
Random This Mario Kart And LEGO Mario Fusion Is A Work Of Genius
Augmented augmented reality
We're starting to get a bit scared of Mario. The behatted, bemoustached plumber has has been slowly leaking into real life, with Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit using AI to turn our messy living room into a go-kart course, and LEGO Super Mario letting us scan barcodes to create platforming levels made entirely out of...
Random A Real-Life Diamond Pickaxe Would Cost £5 Billion, Apparently
Damn! We JUST threw ours into lava
If you're looking for a bit of post-Christmas dosh, perhaps you need to look no further than the video games you've been playing the whole time. According to H&T Pawnbrokers, just one of Sonic the Hedgehog's golden rings would net you £5.8 billion ($7.7 billion) on the market, weighing approximately 256...
Random Surely This Is The Smallest N64 Console Ever?
And yes, it uses real N64 internals
The N64 is a chunky monkey, of that there is little doubt. Compared to the sleek lines of its biggest rival, the Sony PlayStation, it looks positively bulky – which is perhaps why so many attempts have been made over the years to create portable versions of the legendary console which are a little less...
Random Animal Crossing Meets Hades With These "Chthonic Villagers"
Who needs Raymond, tbh
It's the crossover no one asked for, but we all secretly wanted: Animal Crossing: New Horizons x Hades! Thanks to Twitter user @greatsenpai, AKA Krizzia, we can enjoy the idea of our most favourite Greek gods dwelling in our AC towns. Imagine giving Lion-Achilles a wrapped-up gift of Nectar! Picture a beachside walk with...
Random Tekken Director Thinks His New Game Might Be Bandai Namco's Most Expensive Project Ever
And it may not even be a fighter
During a New Year live stream, Bandai Namco Tekken 7 director Katsuhiro Harada mentioned how he was quite possibly working on the Japanese company's "most costly development project" ever. Harada himself can't even believe the higher-ups within the company gave it the green light. Here's the translation, courtesy of...
Random Doomguy And Animal Crossing's Isabelle See In The New Year Together On Twitter
"happy new horizons"
Perhaps the most unlikely duo in 2020 was Doomguy and Isabelle. It all started when DOOM Eternal got delayed until 20th March, knocking the release date back to the same day as Nintendo's Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The internet thought it was a match made in
Random Edge Magazine Is Teasing A "World Exclusive"
Update: It's Hollow Knight: Silksong and we've got new details
Update 2 [Sat 2nd Jan, 2021 04:45 GMT]: The anticipated issue of Edge spotlighting Hollow Knight: Silksong is now available. A post over on ResetEra has shared some of the highlights. Unfortunately, there's still no release date, so keep an eye out for that in the future. There are some...
Random Hades Fan Transforms Last Year's Indie Hit Into A Fully-Functioning Arcade Cabinet
Imagine this in your home
One of the highlights of 2020 was the indie hit Hades by Supergiant Games. The title was one of the best-selling indies on the Switch eShop and we said it was a heavenly trip to hell, awarding it an outstanding ten out of ten stars. As you can probably imagine by now it has got some serious mega fans, and one over on...
Random Sakurai Won't Be Sharing As Many Smash Ultimate Photos Next Year
Update: And here's his last shot of 2020
Update [Thu 31st Dec, 2020 03:35 GMT]: Masahiro Sakurai has now posted his final Super Smash Bros. Ultimate photo for 2020. Here it is: Original article [Tue 29th Dec, 2020 03:30 GMT]: Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai is known on Twitter for uploading photos of Ultimate, but next year he'll slow...
Random Dust Off Your Wii U, It's Time For Some Banjo-Kazooie And Blast Corps
Update: Maybe not...
Update [Wed 30th Dec, 2020 10:00 GMT]: Nintendo has updated the release schedule on its Japanese website and sure enough it was a mistake. Sorry folks! "Banjo-Kazooie's Adventure" and "Blast Dozer" have been posted as Wii U software delivered on December 30, 2020, but they will not be delivered. We apologize for the...
Random Finally, Someone Made Ramen For Gamers
Featuring Doritos noodles and Mountain Dew broth
Don't you just get so disappointed when you're eating ramen, but it doesn't represent your favourite hobby: playing video games and chugging soda? No? Well, Twitter user @huynasaur apparently does, and rectified that oversight with a barf-inducing Christmas meal made with plenty of original flavour...
Random Everyone Loves Super Nintendo World's 'Chonky' Toad
What a unit
We could have sworn that Toad had a neck, but apparently, he doesn't, and never did. It's just huge mushroom head, and round mushroom body. Yet, somehow, Super Nintendo World's mascot version of everyone's favourite Mario Kart character is even rounder than the original, and we love him, and want to squish him on his big round head...
Random Nintendo Had To "Politely Decline" The Chance To Work With Kanye West, Says Reggie
"Oh my gosh"
Collaborations with musicians aren't uncommon in the video game industry (we still shudder when we're reminded about the likes of Kris Kross: Make My Video and the Aerosmith-heavy Revolution X) and it seems that we very nearly had a similar team-up between Nintendo and good ol' Yeezy himself. Former Nintendo of America president Reggie...
Random The Pokémon Company Has Spotted A Slight Print Error With One Of Its Trading Cards
And it's changing it right away
There are already five different sets of Pokémon Sword and Shield trading cards, with a sixth expansion arriving early next year. With the sheer volume of cards The Pokémon Company is pumping out, it's no surprise there is a printing error from time to time. With this in mind, an error on a Cinderace card (p
Random KFC Made A Console, For Some Reason
Fowl play
The console war is heating up once again with the addition of a new contender: the KFConsole. Yeah, really. It's not the first time we've seen fast food turn to gaming: we've seen Arby's partner with Cuphead, McDonald's getting into
Random Looks Like You Have No Control Over Mario Party Dice Rolls After All
Timing means nothing
Ah, Mario Party – a series full of bright colours, charming characters and absolute, rage-inducing gameplay that can make even the strongest of friendships end in tatters. Lots has been said about the series' dice rolls in the past, with some players believing that you must have some control over the rolls you make, others...
Random Epic Games Apparently Still Needs Your Help To "Free Fortnite"
"Spread the word"
Back in August, Epic Games declared war with Apple (and Google), when the tech giants removed Fortnite from their stores for violating the terms of service. In case you forgot, Epic introduced a more direct way to pay in its battle royale game - essentially bypassing the payment system on these digital stores. Epic followed this...
Random Sakurai's Nod To Super Mario RPG In His Latest Smash Ultimate Photo
"He had to show Geno"
Geno's Mii Fighter costume made a return to the Smash Bros. series this week, and although it's a bit of a letdown for some - as we've already said this weekend, it's arguably better than nothing. To acknowledge the return of this outfit, Super Sma
Random YouTuber Shows Google Stadia Version Of Cyberpunk 2077 Running On Switch
Powered by Android
Cyberpunk 2077 might have only been released last week, but someone is already playing it on the Nintendo Switch. YouTuber Nintendrew has uploaded a video of CD Projekt Red's latest release running at full speed on Nintendo's hybrid system. The game can even output 1080p when the device is connected to the dock, and it's playable...
Random Nintendo Extracts Customer's Missing Wedding Ring From Their Wii U
My precious
A Twitter user has shared a story about Nintendo repairing a Wii U that had a missing wedding ring lodged in it. User @sam_nama explains how their daughter put the ring in it - treating the system as if it was a piggy bank. Obviously, it didn't work out and the console had to be sent to Nintendo for repair. Upon return, it was...
Random Think You've Got What It Takes To Become A Pokémon Consultant? Then Tencent Might Choose You!
Chinese video game giant needs to fill 19 positions
As you might recall, TiMi Studios - a subsidiary of Chinese conglomerate Tencent Games, is working with The Pokémon Company on the upcoming release Pokémon Unite for Switch and mobile devices. As a result of everything going on between these companies at the moment, Tencent currently has 19...
Random Miyamoto Confirms That He Is, In Fact, Mario And Luigi's Father
The real Nintendo Direct bombshell
Rounding off 2020 in the nicest way possible, Nintendo decided to treat fans to a bonus Direct presentation to show off the upcoming Super Nintendo World theme park in Japan. It looks absolutely stunning, but there was one particularly surprising fact given away during the show. The Direct was hosted by none other...
Random Man Accidentally Names Nephew After A Pokémon
Plans to reveal it to parents as Christmas gift
On the notorious Reddit board, TIFU - short for Today I F***ed Up - one user has spilled the beans on the inspiration behind his newborn nephew's cool name. Little baby Zacian's parents have no idea that his name is actually the name of a big dog with a sword in his mouth, it would seem, and user...
Random Smash Bros. Fans React To Geno's Return As A Mii Fighter Costume
"pour one out for my star boy geno"
After ongoing requests from fans, Masahiro Sakurai and his team have finally added Geno from Super Mario RPG to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate...as a costume. Yep, he's made it into the latest entry as an outfit, not an actual fighter. As you might recall, this technically isn't Geno's first time appearing in the...
Random UK Retailer GAME Has Created A Mario-Themed Luxury Perfume, "Eau De Plumber"
"Painstakingly blended with deep, toadstooly undertones"
UK high street retailer GAME – which is no stranger to festive gimmicks – has announced that it has produced a Super Mario-themed luxury perfume for Christmas. Called "Eau De Plumber", the unisex scent has been "expertly curated and crafted by some of Basingstoke’s leading perfumers"...
Random RE4 Director Was Worried About PlayStation And Xbox's Future, So He Did A Deal With Nintendo
A scary thought
Capcom director, Shinji Mikami, this year celebrates his 30th anniversary in the video game industry. To mark this special occasion, he's done a lengthy interview with Variety discussing everything under the sun about his long-running career. During one section, he reflects on Resident Evil 4, which as you might recall, was...
Random Watch Out Next-Gen, Real-Time Ray Tracing Is Now On The SNES
Well, with a little bit of extra help...
Ray tracing is more than a buzzword, it's actually a big deal for next-generation gaming. Although we likely won't be seeing it on a Nintendo platform any time soon, game developer and software engineer Ben Carter has at least found an unofficial way to get this rendering technique up and running on Super...