Clefairy and Teddiursa have arrived.
After an announcement earlier this year, Clefairy and Teddiursa have now joined the Pokémon-themed Squishmallows line.
These Squishmallows are now available to preorder from the official Pokémon website in the US and will take 5-9 business days to ship. They’re 12-inch, are priced at $29.99 USD each and come with an embroidered Pokémon Center Poké Ball logo. Here’s a look, along with one of the descriptions:
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Every RPG starring Mario, ranked by you.
There’s a question on many people’s lips right now — what is the best Mario RPG ever?
Well, we assume people are asking this now more than ever — Super Mario RPG just received a remake on Nintendo Switch, and 2024 will see a remaster of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on the console, too. Basically, there’s no better time to be in the middle of the Mario / RPG Venn diagram right now.
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Spoti-Fi.
November 21st, 2023 marked the 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s Japanese launch. To celebrate this historic Hyrulean occasion, we are running articles throughout the week dedicated to the game, our memories, and its legacy. Today, we’re ranking the titular instrument’s choons…
Here’s a spicy take for you: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is full of incredible music. What? You’ve never heard an opinion so out there? Well, let us hit you with another one: the tunes that you play on the titular ocarina aren’t all that bad either. Bosh. Thank you for coming to our TED Talk.
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Or ‘Castloid’ if you prefer.
Updated with Disney Illusion Island, 9 Years of Shadows, and Worldless. Enjoy!
The word ‘Metroidvania’ might rub some core gamers the wrong way, but it’s a useful catch-all to describe a very specific type of game experience. Combining elements from both the Metroid series and Koji Igarashi-produced Castlevania titles, this broad platforming genre has you using an ever-growing skill set to open up new paths across an expansive, layered map. As you explore and find secrets throughout the environment, these games empower the player in a way that makes them extremely addictive.
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Watermelon Game has been a huge success.
After becoming a viral sensation, Nintendo was quick to get a local release of Suika Game out of the Switch eShop. Since then, the title has now reportedly surpassed more than four million Switch eShop downloads worldwide.
This information comes from the Japanese website Gamer. To celebrate this milestone, there’ll be a special batch of digital stickers released on the mobile messaging app LINE in Japan, which fans can use to spice up their conversations.
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“Coming very early next year”.
Indie hit Cult of the Lamb has announced its next “free major content update”. It’s called Sins of the Flesh and will be arriving early next year.
There’s no specific release date for each platform just yet, but apparently, this update will be “packed” with new features, stories and more. Here’s the first artwork for this upcoming update:
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Worth the wait.
Sometimes good things come to those who wait, and few things embody this concept better than ASTLIBRA Revision, the final release of a game that’s been developed by one man for over 15 years. KEIZO, a humble Japanese salaryman, started work on Astlibra because he felt there weren’t enough 2D action RPG games that filled the niche he most enjoyed. Over time, he released the game in parts as an ongoing freeware project, and in the last couple of years, a team came together to help him finally get it across the finish line. Astlibra Revision isn’t without flaws, but this is overall an enjoyable and unique action RPG that we’d recommend you check out.
Astlibra’s story primarily follows a nameless blond boy who loses a young girl close to him in a sudden monster attack on his village. When he comes to, he’s been struck with amnesia (ugh) and has no idea who or where he is, though he finds himself accompanied by a mysterious but friendly talking crow named Karon. The two set out to find their way back to the protagonist’s hometown, but they spend over eight years roaming the wilds with no success, and without seeing a single other human for the entire duration. The gameplay picks up when you encounter your first traveler and share a campfire, only to find that he and the fire have seemingly vanished without a trace by morning… as if they were never there to begin with.
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New listing suggests physical is not import-only.
Earlier this year, we were excited to hear that even more courtroom drama would be heading our way in 2024 with Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy. A physical was later announced for Japan and while a multi-language version would be available to import, it looked like the collection would be digital-only in the West. Well, it looks like all that is changing.
Revealed in a recent post from Twitter account @Wario64, an ESRB-rated physical is now available to pre-order from the Canadian store Video Games Plus for $64.99 CAD (roughly $47 USD / £38). This North American version is still set to release on 25th January 2024, but will not require the import costs that we previously thought would be our only play option.
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“Something about ruining the Rockstar mystique”.
An ex-Rockstar North employee has removed several blogs detailing the development of games such as Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City, and the cancelled spy game Agent after the studio itself submitted a written complaint via email (thanks, Time Extension).
In a series of posts dubbed ‘Inside Rockstar North’, Obbe Vermeij, who previously worked at the studio as a technical director, extensively detailed his experience working on several projects during his tenure from 1995 to 2009. It seems, however, that Rockstar North has taken issue with the level of detail included, with Vermeij stating that it could potentially ruin the “Rockstar mystique”.
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Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?
Fortnite has reportedly had a resurgence thanks to its community-created content but it’s also been in the headlines for certain other announcements, like the controversial age ratings update which restricts cosmetics.
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