Fans of 2D Zelda games were thrilled when Nintendo released the Link’s Awakening remaster in late 2019. In its launch weekend, the game sold over three million copies. The industry praised the upgraded aesthetics as well as Nintendo’s homage to the original game. While players continue to heap nostalgic admiration onto the 1992 remaster, Link’s Awakening is an abbreviated experience.
Read moreVideo games and credible journalism have a troubled history. While most respected media outlets feature a variety of industries on their front pages, critics continue to reserve the latter sections for the video game segments. Despite being larger than music and movies combined, the video game industry remains locked in an era defined by false perception. But one respected outlet
Read moreAs retailers continue to migrate sales to online platforms, the potential for data compromise increases. While consumers are familiar with data breaches from brick-and-mortar retailers like Target and Sears, video game publishers have seemingly protected their players’ information. But on Friday, an unsuspected industry leader had a grave announcement: a hacker compromised data from 160,000 Nintendo account login users. Data
Read moreRandom number generator (RNG) has plagued gamers for decades. Dubbed the “speedrun killer”, RNG is slowly infiltrating more video game franchises. While most gamers can tolerate a degree of randomness, an unbalanced experience is equally frustrating and debilitating. The Animal Crossing community witnessed the epitome of deranged RNG with last month’s Bunny Day event. Despite an outpouring of fan rage,
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Read moreLego and Nintendo are collaborating to create a Lego Super Mario Set The new toy will be released this fall Perhaps no other industry defined collaboration quite like the music industry during the 2010s. Artists from various genres came together to create new styles of music unlike anything seen before. Now in 2020, a prominent video game character and a
Read morePokemon Sword and Shield is the best-selling game in Japan for 2019 Sword and Shield is poised to become the best-selling title in the series since the Game Boy’s Gold and Silver games While Nintendo released many successful games in 2019, one of the company’s flagship series rose to the top. Despite releasing in the latter half of 2019, Pokemon
Read moreThe Tokyo Sky Tree is hosting a daily Final Fantasy VII Remake promotional event from atop the 450 meter building The building manager postponed the event until March 15 due to the coronavirus outbreak Yesterday, we discussed the impact that the coronavirus is having on Nintendo’s next Direct. Today, the virus halted a promotional event for one of this year’s
Read moreNintendo already backordered popular items made in China The coronavirus outbreak shut down all Japanese schools until April 8th Most of Nintendo’s first-party development occurs in Kyoto Last month, Nintendo released a statement about the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on hardware production. Popular items, such as Ring Fit Adventure, were backordered amid the temporary closure of Chinese manufacturing sites.
Read moreWestern fans coerced Intelligent Systems to add features, such as petting dogs and cats, into Fire Emblem Three Houses The additional Sauna activity was originally meant to be a male and female bathroom It is no secret that many video game fans are also animal lovers. From the Nintendogs craze to feeding the animals in Breath of the Wild, Nintendo
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