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Super Mario Maker 2 Will Have Online Multiplayer, New Themes, and More

16-Mai-19A Nintendo Direct focused on Super Mario Maker 2 aired Wednesday (15), revealing new information about the game.

AI: The Somnium Files - Game Delayed to September

15-Mai-19AI: The Somnium Files, which was scheduled for worldwide release on July 25, has been delayed. The information came in a statement from developer Spike Chunsoft itself, and the full statement can be found on its blog. Also announced were the new...

Persona 5 Royal Will Have More Content Than Persona 4 Golden, According to Famitsu

13-Mai-19New information about the recently announced Persona 5 Royal was revealed in a recent article from Japanese magazine Famitsu. It featured interviews with Daiki Ito, Kazuhisa Wada, and Shigenori Soejima, who are part of the development team as di...

Tetris 99 Gets Paid DLC with Single-Player Modes

12-Mai-19Nintendo announced the Big Block DLC for Tetris 99, adding two offline single-player modes.

Nintendo Switch Online Will Get Three More NES Games This Month

10-Mai-19Nintendo will add Clu Clu Land, Donkey Kong Jr., and Vs. Excitebike to the Nintendo Switch Online NES library on May 15.

Devil May Cry Is Coming to Nintendo Switch This Summer

06-Mai-19The first Devil May Cry game will be released on Nintendo Switch this summer, as announced by the series’ official account.

Charles Martinet Solves Mystery About a Super Mario 64 Line

29-Abr-19No one can deny that Super Mario 64 is a classic and memorable game for many reasons. The settings, music and other aspects of the game became etched in many people's memories. However, one element always caused uncertainty: What...

Super Mario Maker: playing at being Shigeru Miyamoto

25-Abr-19In the 1980s, Super Mario Bros. unquestionably became a guide to how platform games should work, and its legacy can still be felt today.

Super Mario Maker 2 Gets a Release Date

25-Abr-19Following the announcement of Super Mario Maker 2 in a Nintendo Direct at the beginning of the year, the game finally received a release date. The date, which had previously only been specified as sometime in June, has now been confirmed by Nintendo on i...

Altered Beast: The Classic That Came with the Mega Drive

22-Abr-19As a child, I remember stores and supermarkets with Tec Toy's Mega Drive connected to a television at high volume to attract customers' attention. And it really worked, since until then those images had only been possible in a...

Puyo Puyo Champions Confirmed for the West and Trailer Leaked

21-Abr-19Puyo Puyo eSports will be released in the West under the title Puyo Puyo Champions. Game director Mizuki Hosoyamada confirmed the news in Neo Magazine. The same article also indicates that the game will launch on May 7. The title had already been...

Castlevania Anniversary Collection's Eight Games Revealed

19-Abr-19Konami revealed the eight Castlevania games included in Castlevania Anniversary Collection, focusing on the franchise's early NES, SNES, and Mega Drive era.

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