A Square Enix game about seeds, and maybe this one will DESERVE a 10.

Things we missed last week: Namco's Ordyne in the Archives.

Next week is another Square contribution to the Year of Tactics, but this week is their contribution of the Epoch of Farming Games as Harvestella is the big game de la semaine (check Neal's preview here), though Bandai Namco is apparently... Read more...

The producer of some of Sega's greatest games had been in poor health in recent years.

One of Sega's most prolific developers has died.

Rieko Kodama, who served in a production and directorial role for Sega games from Alex Kidd to 7th Dragon and was best known for producing the pre-online Phantasy Star games and Skies of Arcadia, passed away in May due to an undisclosed illness.... Read more...

Who's a good hellhound? Yes, you are...

Another new Pokemon has been semi-revealed another new Pokemon of the supernatural variety.

After a tease of a new Ghost typed-Pokemon, a video has shown an unnamed canine Pokemon with a small candlelight on the top of its head. It was seeing playing with a member of a Ghost-type club at "Naranja Academy". The pup was later revealed to be named Greavard, a pure-Ghost type who has the Pickup ability.

With action and horror in equal measure. And that's just the discourse on the game of the week.

Things we missed last week: A full-ass retail price cloud release (A Plague Tale: Requiem) that somehow manages to have DLC, the drop of Alan Wake Remastered which isn't cloud and has half the price, and Tecmo's fighting game Touki Denshou Angel Eyes in the Archives.

Nearly five years after its... Read more...

A squid, a kid, a turtle, and a steamroller walk into a sports bar...

The hotly anticipated September US sales survey from the NPD Group can probably explain why the Splatoon 3 servers suddenly start dying at 8pm ET every night.

All sales based on revenue from August 29 - October 1 unless noted, and some non-Nintendo companies include eShop sales in their reporting.

Or "how to ruin US Thanksgiving without politics, religion, anime, or the Great Pumpkin".

A double dose of pain will greet subscribers to the Switch Online Expansion Pack early next month.

Nintendo have confirmed that the first two Mario Party N64 games will be added to the N64 library on November 2. Originally released in 1999 and 2000 respectively, the games follow the launch of Pilotwings 64 last week.

Remember, it's all about the wording.

A report from Bloomberg Business Week (potential paywall) has provided new apparent details on this weekend's claims of a low-ball offer for Hellena Taylor to reprise the role of Bayonetta in next week's release.

According to reporting from Jason Schreier, Taylor was reportedly offered $3000 -... Read more...

Look for the second part on Wednesday.

After a weekend of lost time, the online is back running for Nintendo Switch Sports.

The online play and save backup was taken down on Friday following crash errors introduced in version 1.2.1 of the game. 1.2.2 - now available - has fixed the errors and the game's online play is now functional again.

"To Brian Roberts, CEO of Comcast: Your greed has crippled communication and media in the United States. We will steal your desires without delay. - The Blackpool CC"

Things we missed last week: Toy Pop (Namco) in the Archives and a late European launch for Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival.

After a weekend that we will hopefully never have to deal with again, it's time for one of the biggest retail launch weeks of the year. And though a sequel to the only... Read more...

Something is rotten in the state of hell.

Bayonetta might sound a bit different in Bayonetta 3, and according to the original voice of the Umbral Witch, it's intentional.

Hellena Taylor - who has voiced Bayonetta in the original two games, an anime adaptation, and in the last three Smash Bros. games - posted on her social media this morning... Read more...

The question must be asked "what do we do now"?

Nintendo has had to stop the distribution of a software update for one of their biggest titles of the year, and also stop its online play.

Version 1.2.1 of Nintendo Switch Sports was released on Tuesday night (North America time) and was intended to focus on online behaviour, including an automatic... Read more...

Fashionably late, as befits a streamer.

After two days of speculation, the ace Pokemon of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's gym leader Iono has been revealed.

The new Pokemon is Bellifrog, an Electric-type Pokemon with no second type. As promised in the initial guessing game, they have two lumps on the sides of their head that resemble eyes though their face is smaller and facing front. They also expand their body to produce electricity.

I hear she got banned from Poketube for some NSFW Octilleroon 3 streaming.

New information has been revealed (?) about another of the Gym Leaders of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.

Iono is an Electric-type specialist who doubles as an influencer / streamer when not working in the gym. She has colored Magnemite in her hair, but her introduction video doubled as a guessing game for their ace Pokemon.

Face the knight in a world of evil light and I'll survive, On my own, overthrown, yet not alone and I'm alive, Will to survive, My will to fight the knight

The Sonic universe will be dawning medieval armor (again) this November. It was announced this morning that Sonic Frontiers will be receiving a free Monster Hunter themed DLC pack on November 14th. The DLC includes two costumes for Sonic along with a meat grilling mini-game themed after the meat grilling in the Monster Hunter series. Sonic Frontiers itself will be releasing on Nintendo Switch and other platforms on November 8th.

"Last year was the trailer, now you get to see the movie." And the Super Mario animated movie will be about as good as the 2022 Blue Jays bullpen.

Things we missed last week: Let's Play Curling did end up coming out in the US (and Europe as well), the Archives title was the original Darius. And Japan got the Game Boy version of Sagaia for... reasons.

Last week was Nier and No Man's Sky, next week is Persona 5 Royal and Mario + Rabbids 2:... Read more...

If someone can come up with some way for the news desk to get out of work for a couple of months, that'd be much appreciated.

Atlus has confirmed the launch dates for the other two parts of the modern Persona trilogy spearheaded by 5 Royal's October 21 launch.

The company confirmed in a social media posting this morning that Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden would come to "modern consoles" on January 19: although... Read more...

The settling of the great debate: Fairy/Psychic, Ghost/Dragon, or Dark/Figh... oh, not that starter triangle?

The second post-launch Splatfest in Splatoon 3 will be visiting the Paldea region.

A Splatfest has been announced from November 11 - 13 beginning at 7 p.m. EST (4 p.m. PST), and the three sides will be the classic Pokemon starter question of the Grass-type, Fire-type, or Water-type . This is indicated... Read more...

Well, haven't seen this one in a while.

The next N64 game for the Switch Online Expansion Pack is, as promised, the other worldwide launch title for the platform.

Pilotwings 64 will be the next title to enter the Expansion Pack on October 13. The other title that launched with the N64 in all territories, this release will mark the first time it has re-released anywhere since its debut in 1996.

Several hundred times 18... OH MY ARCEUS THAT'S A LOT OF POKEMON.

The Pokemon Company has released a 14 minute trailer for Scarlet and Violet that expanded on known features and revealed a few new items.

Among a demonstration of the Terastal phenomenon includes a claim that any Pokemon can have a Terastal form of any type, and a battle against a wild Tera Pokemon... Read more...

Prepare the rotten tomatoes.

Nintendo is pre-empting New York Comic-Con with the next Nintendo Direct, although it won't feature any games.

A "Direct" dedicated to the Illumination Pictures-helmed Super Mario Bros movie will air on Thursday at 4:05 p.m. ET (1:05 p.m. PT). The presentation will include the first trailer for the April 2023 release.