River City Girls Is Like River City Ransom But With Girls
Wayforward’s River City Girls turns that tired formula on its head. The River City series, known in Japan as Kunio-Kun, has always been about tough boys beating people up or doing sports.…
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The Genesis Mini Will Include A Fan-Made Game [Update]
Screenshot: SegaSega has revealed the final batch of games on its Genesis Mini, and there’s one particularly surprising inclusion: a game that’s never been seen before on Genesis, seemingly made by a…
Mario Is Officially A Plumber Again
In September, Nintendo crushed hearts across the world by declaring that Mario was no longer a plumber. This week, the publisher has remedied that horrible mistake, changing Mario’s bio to note …
Player Recreates The Dragon Ball Z Opening With No Man's Sky Footage
The No Man’s Sky community is full of creative players doing interesting things with the game, like making a rudimentary version of Rocket League. One player used footage and assets from the gam…
Yakuza 7 Announced, Ditches Action Combat For JRPG Battles
The first true post-Kiryu Yakuza game has just been shown off in Tokyo, and Yakuza 7 is changing up more than just its location. It’s absolutely wild—this is a long-running and success…
Looking Back on Dragon Ball Z's Best Filler Episode
When the Dragon Ball Z anime premiered in April of 1989, it was a mere six months behind its Dragon Ball manga source material. Within Dragon Ball Z’s nearly 300 episode run, around 40 filler ep…
That Time Nintendo Took the Game Boy (and Pokémon) Online
As the late ‘90s gave way to the new millennium, Nintendo decided it was high time its long-standing Game Boy handheld made the jump to an online space of its own. This move was likely insp…
Breath Of The Wild Is Getting A Sequel Because The Team Had Too Many DLC Ideas (And Other Info From Zelda's Producer)
Breath of the Wild is getting a sequel because the team had too many ideas for downloadable content, Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma told me last week in Los Angeles. Schreier: I thought Breat…
Diorama Theme Park Coming To Tokyo With Sailor Moon And Evangelion Miniatures
Image: All images Small Worlds TokyoLike dioramas? In 2020, Small Worlds Tokyo will open. It is purported to be the world’s largest indoor diorama theme park. Small Worlds Tokyo will h…
Japan Polled Over Nintendo Switch Lite Interest
Are folks in Japan interested in buying a Nintendo Switch Lite? The poll asked Switch owners and non-owners whether or not they planned to purchase a Nintendo Switch Lite. “I already h…