Samus Aran’s adventures continue this fall with the release of the long-rumored Metroid Dread, the 5th in the mainline 2-D games returning after a 19-year absence and onto the Nintendo Switch. Given the sudden resurging interest in the franchise and…
Is Your Favorite Character Going To Join Smash 5?
Super Smash Bros is coming to the Nintendo Switch this year, and by some great miracle appears to be a brand new entry in the series rather than a port of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U! It’s a miracle that…
The Legend of Zelda Franchise Ranked
Now that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and the Nintendo Switch have each reached their first anniversary of release into the wide world of video games history, we’ve dusted off each of the 18 games in the…
Link’s 6 Best Hairstyles in The Legend of Zelda
Link has ventured to both far off lands and places old and familiar throughout the Legend of Zelda franchise, and his costuming has always been a mainstay. The image of his green tunic, long hat, shimmering swords and shields and…
Survival Horror Spotlight: Maniac Mansion
In the early days of gaming consoles, well before “survival horror” was even a coined term (it started in 1996 with Resident Evil), gamers only got to experience a few select horror games. Some were innovative at the time (like…
Retro-Graded Games: ‘Castlevania’ After 30 Years
There is something strangely ironic about returning to 1986’s Castlevania for the game’s 30th anniversary: picking the title up on the 3DS Virtual Console feels more like I myself am waking the dead as opposed to taking them on. If…
Nintendo announces NES Classic plug-and-play system
Nintendo is banking on the retro game boom for the holiday season with the announcement of a miniature NES plug-and-play system. The company announced the release of the NES Classic Edition in a press release issued earlier today. The system marks…