Category: Nintendo

First 4 Figures Shares Sneak Peek Of Sonic 2 ‘Knuckles Standoff’ Statue

Pre-orders open later this month.

Ahead of the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie and Knuckles Paramount series, First 4 Figures has shared a “sneak peek” of its new ‘Knuckles Standoff’ figure.

This is the second statue in the same series which also features the ‘Sonic Standoff’ figure. As you can see, instead of Knuckle’s look in the video games, it’s based on his appearance in the live-action movies (specifically Sonic the Hedgehog 2) as well as the upcoming Paramount series.

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Guide: Best Sonic Games Of All Time

Gotta score fast.

We’re republishing this list in honour of one of the best Sonic games of all time, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, which celebrated its 30th birthday on 2nd February 2024.

It was back in 1991 that Sonic the Hedgehog — the blue dude with the most ‘tude — first burst forth onto the Mega Drive in Japan and Sega finally presented a credible challenger for the platforming crown Nintendo’s jumping plumber had been wearing since the mid-1980s. In the decades since, the blue blur has starred in a host of platform games: some 2D, others 3D, some fantastic, others not so much.

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Talking Point: As A Nintendo Fan, Do You Really Need To Play The Virtual Boy?

Oh boy.

It’s Christmas morning, and amidst the thick haze of food already cooking for lunch and the soothing laughter of our children enjoying their new toys, my wife approaches me with a small, square package. I hadn’t seen this under the tree. “That’s your last one,” she says. I instinctively go to shake it – she knows me well enough to catch my wrist. “Don’t do that!” she interjects. Clearly this is an item of some delicacy.

I unwrap it carefully, and as I slip the box free of its decorative coat, I am filled with both giddy elation and a crushing sense of shame: Shame at the sheer averageness of the gifts I have offered her this year compared to the magnificence I hold in my hands; elated, because said magnificence is a boxed, Japanese copy of Mario’s Tennis for the Virtual Boy with manual inside. It’s a Christmas miracle. Eat your heart out, Dickens.

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Aspyr On Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Physical Release: “We Have Not Made Any Announcements”

Despite supposed listings online.

Tomb Raider I-III Remastered is out in just a few weeks and one thing many fans want to know is if there will be a physical version of this retro collection. While there have supposedly been some listings online, officially speaking there’s been no announcement.

During an interview with Nintendo Everything recently, Aspyr’s director of product Chris Bashaar mentioned how there’s been no official announcement. In other words, it’s not an outright “no”, so maybe there’s still hope. Here’s the full exchange:

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Random: Ash Ketchum’s OG Voice Actor Reflects On “Devastating” Moment She Was Fired

“You, as an actor, are so disposable”.

Before the appointment of Sarah Natochenny as the voice of Ash Ketchum, the original voice actor of the Pokémon character was actually Veronica Taylor. Now that Ash’s arc has come to an end in the anime series, Taylor has reflected on her own time when she was essentially “fired” from the role.

As a result the abrupt recast in 2006, she still struggles and isn’t even sure she’s properly said goodbye to Ash just yet. Here’s what she had to say during a chat with Kotaku:

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Beautiful Narrative Cooking Game ‘Venba’ Is Getting Cookbook DLC

Learn how to make South Indian food.

If you’ve played Venba, which launched on Nintendo Switch in July 2023, and you love cooking, you probably had one big question at the end of the game — how do I make all of that delicious food? Thankfully, the team at Visai Games have a solution that’ll save you a google or three — cookbook DLC!

The developer teased the upcoming DLC over on Twitter and TikTok (thanks, Kotaku!), revealing that fans have been asking how to make all of the recipes that you cook up in the game. From the soft and fluffy breakfast cake idlis to the warming chicken rasam soup to the delicious rice dish biryani, there will be 12 recipes covered in this upcoming DLC.

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Guide: Best Time Loop Games On Nintendo Switch

Okay campers, rise and shine…

Gooooood morning (afternoon? evening?), all! We’re republishing this piece in honour of Groundhog Day. Whether the groundhog saw its shadow or not, we want to celebrate the best games that throw you into an endless time loop. We’ve also added In Stars and Time and Outer Wilds to the list. Enjoy!

Most video games are either two-dimensional or three-dimensional. Most… but not all. Today, we’re celebrating the games that dip their toes into the underappreciated and underexplored fourth dimension: Time.

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Random: Thieves Rob 35,000 Pokémon Cards From California Store

But they miss the grand prize.

Thieves have broken into a San Jose, California store called Tofu’s Trading and made off with 35,000 Pokémon Trading Cards along with the store’s cash register, as reported by ACE7 News (via The Guardian).

Though the thieves missed an opportunity to dress up as Team Rocket, they did manage to get in and out of the store within minutes before the police were able to apprehend them. That said, although they did bag a whole bunch of Pokémon cards, they missed out on what we assume would have been quite a lucrative find: a special collection of cards released once per year that was due to launch just two days after the break-in.

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