Games

A trio of Pokémom. In the magazine business, the Back Page is where you’d find all the weird goofs that we couldn’t fit in anywhere else. Some may call it “filler”; we prefer “a whole page to make terrible jokes that are tangentially related to the content of the mag”. We don’t have (paper) pages […]

Gotta watch it all. If you enjoy watching the Pokémon anime series, you might be interested to know that the Pokémon: Master Quest arc has now been added to the Pokémon TV service. It’s the fifth season of ‘Pokémon the Series‘ and continues the journey with Ash, Misty and Brock. Here’s some PR: Read the […]

It’s going to get Ness-y. Greetings, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last week, we took a look at the SNES classic Super Castlevania IV, and boy, you folks really didn’t like the Japanese box art, did you? The North American variant took a resounding victory with 94% of the vote; one […]

You should be able to play again now. The survival crafting game Minecraft has recently been experiencing some issues on the Nintendo Switch. Players on this platform have been reporting a build of the game “freezing”, making the whole thing unplayable. There has been mention of this across social media and certain subreddits. Fortunately, it […]

Based on Dawn’s Piplup from the anime series. Another Pokémon distribution event has been announced for Pokémon Legends: Arceus and Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl on the Nintendo Switch. Up for grabs this time is a special Piplup based on the one used by Dawn in the anime series. It will be available to […]

A new mode, playable wild PKMN and more… It looks like Pokémon Unite could be getting some exciting new content in the near future, according to recent datamines. Warning: possible spoilers ahead. As highlighted by TheGamer (via Eurogamer), dataminer ‘ElChicoEevee‘ has reportedly uncovered files that suggest there could be an update making wild Pokémon playable. […]

Inspirational, thought-provoking experiences. Every May you’ll see various organisations, groups and individuals taking the opportunity to raise mental health awareness. It’s a topic that now has far more research, understanding and knowledge attached to it, in the process helping people recognise and get help for related issues. The stigma around mental health issues is thankfully […]

The force is still with us. If you’ve noticed that things have been a bit quieter this week, that’s because it’s Golden Week in Japan, a series of four national holidays where a lot of companies grant time off. For others, Star Wars Day was on 4th May (okay, okay, May the 4th), and that’s […]

“Back to the lab again”. It’s been a while since we got an update from Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl , but next week that should be changing – with the official game account on social media teasing character news. Apparently, there’s going to be a reveal of sorts taking place next week during an IGN broadcast […]

A younger Ethel saves the day. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 will be arriving on the Nintendo Switch this July, and in the lead-up to the big release, its official Japanese social account has been sharing new clips of gameplay and cinematics. Read the full article on nintendolife.com