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The History of Kirby Air Ride

All eyes are on Nintendo’s second half of 2025, which includes the upcoming releases of Pokémon and Metroid titles. Also included from the first-party slate is a little game called Kirby Air Riders. The title, which holds significance for GameCube fans but little for those who…

Indie World Showcase August 2025 Rundown

The Nintendo Indie World Showcase for August 2025 showcased a ton of new indie titles upcoming in the next 12-18 months, including some fun shadow-drops. There are a lot of games to overview, so rather than spend too many characters at the…

Nintendo eShop Summer Sale 2025 First-Party Deals

With a brand-new console on shelves that can play games from the previous generation, Nintendo is looking to help players expand their Switch library in the Nintendo eShop Summer Sale 2025. There are quite a few games on discount, including several first-party…

Switch 2 Needs a Pokémon Conquest Sequel

Pokémon Conquest isn’t the type of game you name-drop to your friends and begin a deep, long conversation about memorable moments like you would a mainline Pokémon game. Even the Pokémon Snap franchise gets more nostalgia-laced discourse going online than the 2012 tactical…

PNY Launching microSD Express Card Just In Time for Switch 2

In an increasingly digital age, storage space to store your digital downloads is less of a luxury and more of a necessity. When the Switch 2 reveal included details about the need for a MicroSD Express card for any external storage, gamers…

Switch 2 Price Concerns Highlight a Changing Industry

The Switch 2 debuted to a roller coaster of feedback, hot takes, and mixed emotions. The presentation was generally received well if you judge the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct in a vacuum. Once that press release dropped, indicating the price tag of the…

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition (Switch) Review

I wrote a few intros for this review and kept deleting them. I don’t want to continue harping on the fantastic library of games the Wii U had. I don’t even want to talk about how despite its cult following, the Xenoblade Chronicles…

What Accessories Will Work with the Switch 2?

After yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, the Nintendo Switch 2 is the only thing on my mind. With new information coming out almost nonstop since the presentation, gamers are curious as to what games and accessories will work with the new console if they’re…

Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Switch 2 Rundown

The Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Switch 2 event revealed that the company’s new console will launch on June 5th, 2025. We also learned a lot about hardware specs, games being released for the console, and a ton of other updates in over one…

Two Nintendo Treehouse Live Events Announced

There is a ton of speculation surrounding what the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct will show off. We still don’t have much information about the follow-up console to one of the hottest-selling hardware platforms of all time. From a game lineup to the…