Sometimes a series makes a radical change that alters it forever. All it takes is one game to experiment, and this did just that to an iconic franchise. It arrived on a console when technology was ...

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During Rare's Nintendo days, the studio made a habit of producing cutting-edge games on aging hardware. In late-1994, its pre-rendered platformer Donkey Kong Country allowed the sprite-focused SNES to ...

Extraordinarily authentic re-creation of the original hardware. Maintains compatibility with classic peripherals. A few welcome concessions to modernity. “Digital detox” approach is compelling.

There is a particular kind of fear that only video games from childhood can create. It is not the polished, cinematic horror of modern releases, but something rougher and more intimate. The kind that ...

The ACNH 3.0 update is bringing a plethora of new content to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, completely free for both Switch and Switch 2 players. If you've played a bit of the version 3.0 or read over ...

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The physical edition of Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 is on sale for $59 (was $70) at Woot. The deal is part of the Amazon-owned retailer's Video Game Mega Sale, which runs through January ...

If you unwrapped Nintendo’s powerful Switch 2 during the holidays, we have opinions on which games you should play. If you unwrapped Nintendo’s powerful Switch 2 during the holidays, we have opinions ...

If you've been waiting to see the Switch 2 drop in price, your time has arrived. The highly sought-after console has produced a lot of hype, with Nintendo gamers loving all of the improvements made to ...

Video game console sales cap out each generation at around 250 million, so how will the console manufacturers break through that barrier? By learning a crucial lesson from the videotape format war, ...

Digital game codes remain one of the simplest ways to add new titles to a Nintendo library. The Nintendo Switch 2 handles code redemption in a familiar way, building ...