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Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch, and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Switch are the highlights of this week’s Japanese video game releases.

The series has become a celebrated franchise in the pantheon of Nintendo IP, and the upcoming release of is another chapter in that legacy. The most important accomplishment of the original was giving Luigi an identity of his own, one that distinguished him from his more famous brother. Just as Mario has an enemy in Bowser, the first game gave Luigi an eternal nemesis all his own — King Boo. Even as the green plumber encounters new bosses with each installment, it never fails that King Boo is behind the mayhem.

We all know that an Animal Crossing and Pokemon crossover would absolutely slap, but Twitter artist SpicyBeefu has been making it a reality for months, imagining various Pokemon from across the series as villagers.

Arcade classics collection TAITO Milestones 3 will launch for Switch in November in Japan and this winter worldwide, publishers TAITO and ININ Games, and developer Hamster Corporation announced.

The weekend is officially here, and we've got some amazing deals rounded up for you! Whether you're looking for a new game to play as we head into Summer or a new piece of technology to add to your EDC, we've got you covered. The best deals for Saturday, May 18, include Super Mario RPG, the Anker Prime Power Bank, Tekken 8, The Legend of Zelda Manga Complete Box Set, and more.

The film adaptation of The Legend of Zelda is being made in the "closest possible collaboration" with Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto. The chairman of Sony Motion Pictures, which is producing the film, adds that Miyamoto is a "true genius", citing the success of the Super Mario Bros. movie.

The amount of time I've spent sitting in a van would drive most people to madness, but it was made bearable by the glow of Nintendo's handheld consoles. Recently, however, I've found myself reaching for my Steam Deck more than my Switch, and I'm not the only one.

is the next big title in the series, and is hotly anticipated with promises to bring the games forward in a way no other game has done before. will be revisiting Gen 6's Kalos region, which was seen in the announcement trailer, and its futuristic, wire frame aesthetic hints at a high-tech setting for players to explore. Revisiting Gen 6, similar to how revisited Gen 4's Sinnoh region, seems like it will draw eyes with its grand Lumiose City, but its late release window could prove a problem for the the Nintendo Switch 2.

Delta, an emulator that can play Nintendo games, had to change its logo after Adobe threatened legal action. You'd think it would face trouble from Nintendo, seeing as it has been going after emulators these days, but no. It's Adobe who's going after the developer, which told TechCrunch that it first received an email from the company's lawyer on May 7. Adobe warned Delta that their logos are too similar, with its app icon infringing on the well-known Adobe «A,» and asked it to change its logo so it wouldn't violate the company's rights. Delta reportedly received an email from Apple, as well, telling the developer that Adobe asked it to take down the emulator app.

A tease for the upcoming title reveals that a rare Pokémon from the Alola region could be arriving in the revamped Kalos. Aside from the game's reveal trailer, very little has been officially confirmed about. Most expected features have thus come via unconfirmed leaks, including the hints that an exceedingly rare Mythical Pokémon is making a return.

Puppet Combo has announced PlayStation 2-style fixed camera survival horror game The Glass Staircase for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Switch.

You might not know this if you grew up in the later eras of Nintendo, but the company ran an esports competition called the Nintendo World Championships way back in 1990. The event toured 29 American cities and players from across the country gathered to compete using a custom Nintendo Entertainment System Game Pak. The cartridge used in the event went on to become a prized collectors’ item, but now, players will get a chance to buy a physical item directly inspired by it.

Publisher Thunderful Games and developer Image & Form Games have released a “story deep dive” trailer and screenshots for turn-based RPG sequel SteamWorld Heist II.

The Monster Hunter release wheel is starting to turn again as Capcom prepares for the launch of Monster Hunter Wilds, confirmed to be here in 2025. Let's hope that's by this time next year and not closer to a holiday release. Other than dipping back into Monster Hunter World, there are other ways to keep your love of the series ticking over in the meantime. Especially now that its set of desktop figures is finally easy to find and buy in the US.

Amazon started canceling pre-orders for upcoming Nintendo Switch games last month without explanation. Those games have remained unavailable on Amazon ever since, and now Walmart has followed suit. Online pre-orders for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door at the big box store have been canceled, just like they were on Amazon a month ago. Walmart has been emailing apologies to those affected to let them know the game will be available in store when it's released on May 23.

The Pokémon Company has announced the next expansion to the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: Shrouded Fable.

We've had the MCU, the DCEU and even the Dark Universe. Hell, we're potentially getting the NCU, or the Nintendo Cinematic Universe. But have you prepared yourself for the JU... the Jason Universe? No, we're not being facetious. This is a real thing.

Publisher Spike Chunsoft and developer MAGES. will release romance visual novels The Quintessential Quintuplets: Memories of a Quintessential Summer and The Quintessential Quintuplets: Five Memories Spent With You digitally for PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam on May 23 in the west for $34.99 each, the companies announced. A “Double Pack” containing both games will also be available for $59.99.

New hands-on experience with an engineering sample for the upcoming Asus ROG Ally X reveals some surprising improvements over the original model, which prominent hardware leakers have further expanded on. 

Sony has replaced outgoing CEO Jim Ryan with an all-star tag-team partnership: Hermen Hulst will lead PS Studios and its intellectual property, while Hideaki Nishino will focus on hardware and services. The pair, together, will be tasked with leading PlayStation into a new era, as PS5 enters the latter half of its lifecycle and the company explores new initiatives, like PC, mobile, and television.

The board game adaptation of goliath manga and anime series Demon Slayer is coming to PS5 and PS4, after debuting meekly on Nintendo Switch last month. The title couldn’t top 20,000 sales in Japan during Golden Week, and so Sony subsidiary Aniplex will be hoping the CyberConnect2 title sells a little better on PlayStation platforms.

We're getting closer and closer to gaming's annual announcement season. Every summer sees the industry turn out for a few weeks of pre-recorded presentations and live broadcasts, all showcasing what's coming up in the near future. With E3 now sadly a thing of the past, the biggest of these events is now Summer Game Fest, created and hosted by Geoff Keighley. Whatever games you enjoy, it sounds like this will be worth watching — a lot of game developers and publishers are taking part.

As the industry digests the latest deluge of earnings reports, attempting to parse the information and present a clearer picture, one piece of news is likely to fuel more than a few pointless arguments on social media: despite marginally missing its own revised target, Sony shipped 4.5 million PS5s last quarter, estimated to be almost five times as many as Microsoft managed with its Xbox Series X|S consoles combined.

We all know retail PS5 software sales are pretty poor in Japan right now, so it’s a testament to Shift Up’s character action outing that Stellar Blade’s actually doing decently. The Korean outing tagged another 13,033 units to its total for the week ending 12th May, lifting its lifetime sales up to 80,164 units overall. With digital numbers excluded, that’s not a bad number at all.

Developer M2 has released Toaplan shoot ’em ups collection Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli: Toaplan Game Garage for PlayStation 4 via PlayStation Store and Switch via Nintendo eShop in North America for $34.99. The downloadable content “Console Ports + Get Star Pack” is also available for $17.99.

A prominent game leaker has revealed that Nintendo is developing a new unannounced game. The codename of the title is Banquet, and it is presumed to be a game for the Nintendo Switch 2. Just as important, while the game itself was not teased, the developers tasked with making it have teamed up to work on a key franchise in the past:

The Nintendo Switch is now the most successful platform in history in terms of Pokemon games sold, overtaking the Game Boy and Game Boy Advance.

DAVE THE DIVER downloadable content “Godzilla” will launch for free on May 23, developer MINTROCKET announced. It is a time-limited release that will only be available until November 23.

The franchise has had numerous titles appear on the Nintendo Switch, many of which are among the best-selling games the console has had in its seven-plus years of life. However, new information has revealed that the Switch's lifecycle has been the best period of the series, as it has eclipsed all past generations by large margins, even ahead of Gen 10 and future games' releases.

The Switch version of tactical roguelite monster-catching RPG Dicefolk will launch on June 20, publisher Good Shepherd Entertainment and developers LEAP Game Studios and Tiny Ghoul.

Cozy magical farm life RPG Garden Witch Life will be available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and Switch alongside its previously announced PC (Steam, Epic Games Store) version when it launches in 2024, publisher SOEDESCO and developer FreetimeStudio announced.

SEGA has released a new trailer, information, and screenshots for Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble introducing the game’s playable characters and customization.

Microsoft had announced in February that it would bring four of its exclusive Xbox titles to rival platforms from Sony and Nintendo. It seems the company is not stopping with its four first-party games coming to PlayStation and Nintendo Switch. A new report claims that the Xbox parent intends to make a multi-platform push for more of its games. Under the plan, internally codenamed “Latitude,” more upcoming first-party Xbox titles are said to be in development for the PS5.

It’s nearly that time of year when – for a week or two – there’s actual game news. And this not-E3 might be the most important yet.

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software data for Japan for the week of May 6, 2024 to May 12, 2024.

Cozy mining adventure game Core Keeper will leave Early Access and launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam on August 27, publisher Fireshine Games and developer Pugstorm announced.

Danny DeVito has revealed in a recent interview that he'd be up for playing the role of Wario in a future Super Mario Bros. Movie project, something that fans have been wanting ever since the movie was first announced.

The 12 GB LPDDR5X RAM the Nintendo Switch 2 is rumored to feature could deliver better texture quality than the Xbox Series S, and address many of the visual quality issues of the current Nintendo consoles.

While here in the US the Nintendo Switch Online service got three new Mario games this week (yes, Alleyway is a Mario game), the update for Japan included a bonus classic you may not have heard of. Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru (officially translated as The Frog For Whom the Bell Tolls) was a Japanese Game Boy release, co-developed by the familiar tag-team of Nintendo R&D1 and Intelligent Systems, responsible for much of the Game Boy’s lineup. And while The Frog For Whom the Bell Tolls may not be a household name, if you’re a fan of The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (and who isn’t?) you should take the time to play it.

Controllers have evolved and changed constantly throughout video game history, and everyone reading this right now will have their favorites. However, despite that evolution, aside from a couple of Nintendo anomalies, controllers have been the same basic shape and had the same default layout. That shape and layout doesn't work for everyone, particularly gamers with certain disabilities. Enter the Proteus, a brand new controller created by ByoWave that can effectively be any shape the user wants it to be.

According to well-known leaker Midori, Nintendo has been calling its new console the 'Switch 2' and 'New Switch' behind closed doors, but it might not be the actual name when it's finally unveiled to the public (outside of a random tweet on a Tuesday, that is).

Boys love visual novel The Town of Nie will launch for Switch and PC via Steam on September 19 worldwide, publisher dramatic create and developer √ZOMBILiCA announced. It will support Japanese audio, and English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese text.

Today, Amazon is offering Amazon Prime members the powerful and high capacity Anker Prime 20,000mAh USB Power Bank for only $89.98, a hefty 31% price drop from its original $130 MSRP. This is the successor to the Anker 737 that we deemed the best Steam Deck and ASUS ROG Ally charger. It boasts an absolutely massive 200W of USB power delivery to charge all of your mobile devices simultaneously.

Nintendo has revealed multiple new features for the upcoming Nintendo Switch remake of . Two separate announcements have come from the company regarding quality-of-life updates for the upcoming remake this week.More announcements of this nature could be made before its May 23 release date.

Publisher Spike Chunsoft and developer MAGES. will release romance visual novels The Quintessential Quintuplets: Memories of a Quintessential Summer and The Quintessential Quintuplets: Five Memories Spent With You digitally for PlayStation 4 and Switch on May 23 in the west. PlayStation Store and Nintendo eShop listings are currently live in regions where it is already May 16. A “Double Pack” containing both games will also be available.

Nintendo has gotten a decisive victory for the Nintendo Switch which has been the center of multiple lawsuits over the years due to Joy-Con drift. However, a pair of these lawsuits have been filed for dismissal at the concession of those who filed them. The result of this could affect the upcoming Switch 2 console.

Nintendo’s latest additions to the Nintendo Switch Online lineup of Game Boy games is led by Super Mario Land, the 1989 platformer made exclusively for the company’s handheld system. Super Mario Land is joined by two other Game Boy launch titles now available for Nintendo Switch Online, and they’re both Mario games too.

The release windows for the next games may have just been revealed and fans may need to wait longer than expected for them to drop. Announced in early 2024, the forthcoming is one of the series' most anticipated releases while the Generation 10 games, which haven't been formally unveiled, is already generating plenty of hype and speculation. While these tentpole installments are no doubt the biggest titles fans are anticipating, it seems that 2024 may be a significantly slower year for The Pokémon Compant as it prioritizes a smaller but still exciting game.

Many are the things that have been done on modded Nintendo Switch consoles, but getting Windows 11 to run on it has got to be the most disastrous among them.

Sword of the Necromancer 3D remake Sword of the Necromancer: Resurrection will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam at the end of summer, developer Grimorio of Games announced.

Three Game Boy games have been added to Nintendo Switch Online.

NVIDIA and MediaTek might be working on a brand new SOC that will be powering gaming handhelds and consoles.

This week’s Famitsu review scores are in.

A GTA 5 player has found a new side mission in the single-player mode, a discovery that has remained hidden for years. While GTA 5's open world was initially considered Rockstar Games' most immersive experience, it was later surpassed by Red Dead Redemption 2. With the anticipated release of GTA 6, which has a trailer available below, Red Dead Redemption 2 may soon see its position overtaken.

Nintendo Switch enthusiasts are gearing up for an eventful year ahead, as the gaming giant unveils its lineup for the latter half of 2024. With a blend of new releases and anticipated sequels, gamers have much to anticipate. Here's a concise rundown of what's on the horizon:

FuRyu has announced “Beyblade action” game Beyblade X: XONE for Switch and PC (Steam). It will launch on November 14 in Japan.

Inti Creates has released a new trailer for side-scrolling action game Umbraclaw introducing the game’s cast.

The Game Boy – Nintendo Switch Online app will add has added Alleyway, Baseball, and Super Mario Land, Nintendo announced.

Sony shipped almost five times as many PS5 consoles as Microsoft did Xbox Series X/S consoles during the first calendar quarter of 2024.

Developer Atlus has announced that the original version of Shin Megami Tensei 5 and all of its downloadable content (DLC) will be removed from sale on June 13, 2024.

Singapore-based publisher Soft Source Publishing and developers Digital Happiness and MassHive Media have announced DreadOut Remastered Collection for PlayStation 5 and Switch. It includes the original DreadOut and the new standalone game DreadOut: Keepers of the Dark. It will launch both physically and digitally in 2024 in Asia.

It’s best not to put too much stock in Gundam Breaker 4’s name. Despite its title, it’s not the fourth game in the series. That honor goes to New Gundam Breaker, which Bandai Namco prefers to overlook due to its middling reviews and overall poor reputation with the fanbase. Instead, Gundam Breaker 4 will be the fifth console release in the now decade-old series, and what Bandai Namco hopes will be a fresh start for the franchise overall.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons‘ laid-back gameplay has taken the world by storm and shows no sign of slowing down. There’s never been a better time to stay inside and enjoy the leisurely island lifestyle — and people are loving what the title has to offer. But once you’ve burned through your first 40 hours, New Horizons is best played in short bursts. Most people will log in for a few minutes each day, see what’s happening on the island, finish their daily tasks, and quickly log out. While mods can add more variety, sometimes you need a fresh take to really scratch that itch. None of the following suggestions are identical to New Horizons, but they all offer a unique combination of crafting, exploring, and chatting with your NPC neighbors that New Horizons fans are bound to enjoy.

Behaviour Interactive has announced two of six upcoming Chapters for Dead by Daylight, including the Dungeons & Dragons Chapter on June 3 and a Castlevania Chapter this summer, as well as a new “2V8 Mode.”

Serenity Forge and developers WSS playground and Xemono will release physical editions of point-and-click adventure game Needy Streamer Overload for Switch in North America, the companies announced. Pre-orders are now available via Serenity Forge Store.

Two significant lawsuits over Nintendo Switch Joy-Con drift have been dismissed in the US courts.

Three of Square Enix‘s most high profile recent releases sold worse than expected, the company’s president has reportedly said.

Shin Megami Tensei 5 will be removed from the Nintendo eShop on June 13, 2024 ahead of the release of expanded edition Shin Megami Tensei 5 Vengeance.

Map-crafting / puzzles / battle RPG KAMiBAKO: Mythology of Cube will launch for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam on August 29 in Japan for 5,800 yen, publisher and developer Gravity Game Arise announced. Physical editions will be available for PlayStation 5 and Switch for 6,380 yen. The Japanese release will only support the Japanese language. A release date for other territories will be announced at a later time.

The Switch version of Tokyo Xanadu eX+ will launch on July 25, a delay from its previously planned June release window, publisher Aksys Games announced.

Red Dead Redemption may finally launch on PC 14 years after its original release, judging from some recent findings.

Prominent Nintendo insiders are hinting that could be ported to the upcoming Switch 2 console. Furthermore, it could be one of the launch titles for the new system, arriving on the Switch successor with some much-needed upgrades.

Worldwide cumulative sales of the Monster Hunter series has surpassed 100 million units, Capcom announced. Monster Hunter Rise has surpassed 15 million units, and expansion Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak has surpassed eight million units.

One of Super Mario 64’s few remaining mysteries has been solved, thanks to a player who figured out how to open a previously “unopenable” door from the 1996 Nintendo 64 classic. We can thank a nearly four-hour YouTube video that exhaustively detailed how invisible walls work in Super Mario 64, and the tenacity of the game’s community for the new discovery.

It looks like Red Dead Redemption is finally headed to the PC, as a new update for Rockstar's launcher has included a file with a description of the title, as well as its zombie DLC, Undead Nightmare.

Two and a half years on from its exclusive release on Nintendo Switch, your chance to buy Shin Megami Tensei 5 through the eShop is about to come to an end. Atlus has confirmed that the base game and all of its DLC will be removed from the eShop at 11:59 pm on June 13, 2024. After that point, you will no longer be able to buy the game directly through Nintendo, but if you own Shin Megami Tensei 5 and its DLC, you will still be able to play it, and presumably re-download it if you've bought it in the past.

Square Enix is set to make an unconfirmed number of layoffs as part of ongoing company restructuring, it told staff in an internal meeting on Monday, VGC understands.

The PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and Switch versions of fantasy city builder Fabledom will launch in Q3 2024, publisher Dear Villagers and developer Grenaa Games announced. Physical editions will also be available for PlayStation 5 and Switch via Merge Games. The PC version launched via Steam today after just over a year in Early Access.

It’s only been a month since Apple started allowing retro game emulators on the App Store and we already have our second bona-fide hit. The newly-released Gamma is a free PS1 emulator with plenty of bells and whistles for those looking to dive back into the world of blocky polygons. It joins the massively popular Nintendo emulator Delta. We have no idea why these apps keep getting named after the Greek alphabet, as both are made by completely separate devs.

It's officially been one whole year since the release of . Nintendo's sequel to the immensely popular was in the unenviable position of having to follow up one of the most culturally impactful video game releases in the medium's history. As one of the best open-world action RPGs, stands among its peers as one of the most fully realized interpretations of the form — but so does, and the latter revolutionized what was considered possible in development scope.