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Soapbox: Mother 3 Isn’t Sad, It’s Hopeful

It’s SMILES and Tears, remember? Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve got on their minds. Today, Alana wants to tell you why you should find hope and not just gloom in Mother 3. You’ll still cry, though, don’t worry. Now, are you […]

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Memory Pak: Making New Memories With Earthbound In 2022

“Getting real big Undertale vibes from this”. I didn’t have a SNES growing up. I didn’t have a NES, either. I had an N64, though, so I’m not totally hopeless. Lately, I’ve been able to remedy the gaps in my gaming knowledge, since Nintendo’s been adding a ton of games that I either missed (because […]

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Back Page: Pokémon Moms Speak Out About Palindromic Regions And Raising Champions

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 […]

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Pokémon: Master Quest Is Now Available On Pokémon TV

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 […]

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Poll: Box Art Brawl: Duel #95 – Earthbound / Mother 2

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 […]

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New Minecraft Patch Addresses “Freezing Issues” On Nintendo Switch

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 […]

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Piplup Distribution Announced For Pokémon Legends: Arceus & Diamond/Pearl Remakes In South Korea

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 […]

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Datamine Reveals What Pokémon Unite Might Add In The Future

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. […]

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Feature: 11 Switch Games To Play During Mental Health Awareness Month

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 […]

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Rifftrax: The Game serves the fun, will make you crow in laughter

Enlarge (credit: Wide Right Games) At Ars Technica, we’re fans of the Jackbox Party Pack series, which gathers friends around a TV to play social, joke-filled minigames that revolve around cracking jokes and voting on the group’s favorite gags. Really, any game that turns the trading of jokes into a group contest is up our […]