Pillars of Eternity, Obsidian Entertainment’s epic role-playing game first released in 2015, won’t be patched further on the Nintendo Switch. In fact, the publisher says that it can’t be improved further due to the limitations of the hybrid console’s design. The announcement was made Tuesday on Twitter. Originally funded with nearly $4 million on Kickstarter, […]
Super Mario-themed Animal Crossing event coming in March
Animal Crossing: New Horizons will get a Super Mario-themed free update in March, Nintendo announced on Tuesday. It’s the next update coming after New Horizons’ Festivale event, which begins on Jan. 28. Nintendo first hinted at a Super Mario-themed update in September during a surprise Nintendo direct. No details were given then, and no more […]
Animal Crossing will get the Hello Kitty crossover that fans have been begging for
Since release, fans of Animal Crossing: New Horizons have bemoaned the omission of certain promotional items available in New Leaf, but a new partnership between retailer Target and Nintendo aims to change that. Sanrio’s Hello Kitty is coming to your island resort, provided you buy the associated amiibo cards, of course. Image: Nintendo The cards […]
Breath of the Wild players are racing to bake bread
Beating The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild as quickly as possible? Boring — we’ve seen that speedrun before. Nowadays, the Speedy Gonzaleses competing within BOTW are attempting more obscure and strange runs, like the one where you see how fast you can go home and die, or the one where you race to […]
This Mario Kart shortcut took almost 13 years to pull off
Mario Kart Wii is nearly 13 years old, but hardcore players are still trying to bend it to their will with “ultra shortcuts” — massive lap skips that require unreasonably high levels of skill. But years after the discovery of the Rainbow Road ultra shortcut and over a decade after the game’s release, a streamer […]
New Pokémon Snap comes to Nintendo Switch in April
Finally, some good news: New Pokémon Snap will be released for Nintendo Switch on April 30, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company announced Thursday. The sequel to the original Pokémon Snap, released in 1999 for Nintendo 64, will send players to the Lental region, where they’ll snap photos of Pokémon in the wild. Players will work […]
Super Mario 3D World on Switch will add online play, photo mode
When Super Mario 3D World makes the leap from Wii U to Nintendo Switch in February, it will add more than just the Bowser’s Fury bonus adventure. The Switch port of Super Mario 3D World will also feature some welcome new additions, including online cooperative play, a photo mode, and faster movement for Mario, Luigi, […]
An elderly dating game that’s all about sexual freedom
Here’s a truth that is rarely acknowledged: Old people fuck. Contrary to the popular belief that the older you get, the more you inflexible you become, the reality is that some seniors grow more adventurous and hungry with age. Later Daters, a visual novel about moving into a retirement home, is partially based on the […]
Breath of the Wild trick shot defies the laws of physics and understanding
Even in 2021, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the gift that keeps on giving. Today we’ve got one of the game’s leading players, Neko, showcasing a trick shot so amazing, it required ample planning and measurements to get just right. In the video above, the footage starts with Neko atop some […]
Gengar’s mouth is a portal to hell, and people want to get inside
2021, right? Who would have guessed? Everyone. We all guessed. We are only eight days into the new year, and yep, things are still terrible. I want to go crawl into a hole. In particular, a mouth-shaped hole that’s attached to a large, purple pocket monster with glowing red eyes. And by golly, it sounds […]