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If you feel that Japanese role-playing games are way too modern and prefer the Famicom/NES style of turn-based combat and dungeon-crawling, then this next piece of news may entice you. AMATA Games will release an upcoming 2D title named Crescent Tower, with development handled by Japanese indie studio Curry Croquette. In a nutshell, you and your...
After 33 years, the NES action title Shadow of the Ninja is coming back in current gen form. Yes, it's still a 2D pixel graphics game, but it's a lot more colourful and animated now, with the two ninjas being a bit more "well-formed" than before. Right now, there's a playable demo of the game now ready on PC (via Steam) and Xbox Series X/S. The ...
In an exciting announcement at this year's Nintendo Direct, fans were thrilled to learn about the return of the beloved Nintendo World Championships, specifically the NES edition, now making its way to the Nintendo Switch. This revamped edition brings back the nostalgic charm of the original NES games, offering over 150 speedrunning challenges a...
Feeling competitive with 8-bit games but don't want to bust out the old NES, since it's more than 40 years since you've had one? Well, Nintendo has the next best thing coming out in a few months. Nintendo has announced Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition for the Nintendo Switch. The game is basically a collection of NES 8-bit games (13 of ...
After many years, Apple is loosening some of its restrictive practices. In a recent update this week, Apple announced that game emulators can come to the App Store globally and offer downloadable games (via The Verge). This bold move from the company allows retro console emulators already on Android to bring their apps over to the iPhone and App...
2024 marks the 40th anniversary of the Ghostbusters franchise. Yes, it's been a whopping 40 years since the release of the iconic first Ghostbusters movie directed by the late Ivan Reitman all the way back in 1984. Since then, the franchise has been a mainstay of pop culture, sparking spinoff animated shows, comics, and of course, even video games....
The Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer from Universal Studios, Nintendo, and Illumination looks pretty solid. It may be a teaser, but the voice casting with Chris Pratt as the titular Mario brother and Jack Black as Bowser seems appropriate for now. That said, some comparisons between the adaptation and the source material are inevitable. Here's wh...
You may not be familiar with the name Mitsuhiro Yoshida, but you should know the work he has done: the River City Ransom series of games, or the Nekketsu titles in Japan. Mitsuhiro Yoshida passed away on 30 August. He was the president of Miracle Kidz, but he was remembered more for creating the Kunio-Kun games like River City Ransom and Super D...
The recent announcement of Dotemu and Tribute Games' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge is another addition to the awesome wave of new-yet-kinda-old beat-em-ups we've been seeing since 2019's River City Girls. It's also a stark reminder that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had been a merchandise juggernaut since the 90s, video games ...
We bid farewell to yet another legend of video games. Masayuki Uemura, the lead architect for the Famicom/NES and the Super Famicom/SNES has passed away on 6th December. He was 78, according to an Oricon News report. Previously, Uemura worked at Sharp, selling photocell technology to various companies. Though everything changed when he got a ...
To celebrate the release of Ghostbusters Afterlife this week in Malaysia and Southeast Asian cinemas, I'd like to bring up a good number of Ghostbusters licensed games that came out and were fun to play. Okay, that was a lie: there weren't that many. A good chunk of them ended up being complicated for their own good, while the ones that came out...
Right now, it's a common problem for gamers to complain about how hard it is to get their hands on a PS5. Well, almost four decades ago, gamers in the 80s experienced the same problem, but with the iconic console that was the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) or Famicom (to those who lived in Japan or Asia). This new original HBO Max movie is ...
Square Enix's Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster has a release date : 28 July 2021. However, the games in the remastering (Final Fantasy to Final Fantasy VI) will not be released as one bundle. Instead, each remastered game will be out as individual releases. This is still tentative, as Square Enix deleted a recent video that details the remaster. ...
The Super Mario titles from Nintendo are arguably the most influential and iconic games around. Anyone who tells you otherwise is probably lying through their teeth. Without the mind of Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto at the helm of these mothership games, there wouldn't be a Nintendo at all in the late 80s and the 90s. In fact, Nintendo and ...
Nintendo and Puma have announced a new collaboration to celebrate Super Mario‘s 35th anniversary, with four pairs of themed trainers set for release on 27 November 2020. The three main shoes are based on the three games in this year’s Super Mario 3D All-Stars collection. The ‘Future Rider’ is based on Su...
Nintendo recently unleashed a Nintendo Direct stream that highlights the birthday of its Italian plumber mascot, Mario. Here's a recap of what went on during the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Direct. Super Mario Bros. Game & Watch This special Game & Watch liquid colour display device features Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros....
Few games out there have a cultural footprint as significant as Final Fantasy. Originally a fantasy role-playing game inspired by western titles such as Ultima and Wizardry, the first Final Fantasy in 1987 was a small project that followed four Warriors of Light as they set off on a grand adventure to save their world. The game was a commercial su...
Did you know that we wouldn't be getting a bunch of Nintendo theme parks, Nintendo-branded mobile games, and even an upcoming Mario movie from Illumination were it not for one of Nintendo's prized possessions? According to Nintendo's legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, he talks about why his stance towards the Mario movie changed since the 1...
Good news for you Asian RPG fans out there: the first three Dragon Quest games for Famicom/NES/Game Boy Advance will be released for the Nintendo Switch as one nice bundle. To recap, they are: Dragon Quest - $4.99 Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line - $6.49 Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation - $12.49 Yes, it's already avai...
Final Fantasy's music has always been the best kinds of OSTs to default to; they're inventive, fun, and catchy at times. To celebrate the Distant Worlds concert that's scheduled for this weekend starting tomorrow night, here's a SoundScape video Mr Toffee did that focuses on the many arrangements of the Final Fantasy theme. You know, the one that ...
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