Character customisation is coming.
If you were getting worried about the silence surrounding Pikmin 4 since its February 2023 Direct release date reveal, then fear no longer.
Today, Nintendo has just shared a brand new trailer for the long-awaiting fourth entry in the Pikmin series. This new footage doesn’t show us much of the game at all, but it does set up what seems to be the premise for the game.
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According to an official Nintendo ‘How-To’ video.
The question of Mario’s age bubbled back up to the surface with the release of The Super Mario Bros. Movie earlier this year, but one topic that has never caused quite as much of a stir is for how long Bowser has been around.
On the one hand, the King of the Koopas appeared as a baby alongside Mario in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island, so we wouldn’t bat an eyelid to discover that the pair were the same age (around the mid-20s mark); that being said, he has always appeared to be that bit older, right?
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“Something’s gonna happen” next week.
Suda51’s Grasshopper Manufacture is apparently teasing something on its official website. It’s all part of the company’s 25th anniversary celebrations currently taking place.
The webpage in the link below shows a countdown timer, and attached to it is the message “Something’s gonna happen”. Suda himself has also retweeted this post, but what exactly could be revealed remains a mystery.
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Thanks for the memories.
After a number of notices, the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online has been permanently taken offline. This includes the removal of the original game from the App Store and Google Play.
“Thank you for playing the Pokémon TCG Online, and we look forward to seeing you in Pokémon TCG Live!”
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Thank you, chef.
Games Done Quick’s second speedrun marathon of 2023 is over, and what an event it was.
Held much earlier than previous years, Summer Games Done Quick 2023 kicked off on 28th May and concluded on 4th June, raising a staggering $2,239,204 (and counting) for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières. Jam-packed with hundreds of fantastic speedruns — from event favourites to some of the worst (and funniest) games ever.
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The plot chickens.
It didn’t take long for the good Zelda fans of the world to set their sites on the Koroks when Tears of the Kingdom was released a few weeks ago, and now, after countless times of watching these little guys getting rocketed, burnt, blown up or otherwise ‘oof’-ed, it seems that the community has set its sights on another target.
We are, of course, talking about Cuccos — any Zelda fan’s nemesis since they first jokingly took a swing at one back in Ocarina of Time. Unlike Koroks, this passive poultry is capable of dropping items when flustered, and that makes them all the more attractive a target to those bent on putting them through a living shell hell.
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Shooting Watch.
In the 1980s, Takahashi Meijin was a supermarket clerk turned home programmer, eventually picked up by Hudson Soft to work as a software salesman. This, however, was only the start of his journey into 8-bit stardom. In 1985 he co-presented a TV show in Japan that hosted tournaments, usually for Hudson Soft’s shoot ’em up catalogue and its featured competitive ‘Caravan’ modes: quick, timed stages designed to be perfected by accruing as high a score as possible. It turned out Meijin was a skilled player himself, and with his distinctive, bald appearance, he quickly rose to fame by demonstrating his ‘trigger finger’ speed technique. Kids at home attempted to emulate his impressively fast button mashing, to the point where a Mejin-branded Shooting Watch was released: a simple two-button toy with a digital display that would record the number of presses one could achieve within a time limit. At the height of his fame, Hudson Soft used his likeness for Master Higgins, the protagonist of their Adventure Island series.
Star Gagnant, partly crowd-funded and created with Meijin’s input, features him as Captain Takahashi in anime form. It also has a cute virtual version of his Shooting Watch toy tucked away as a bonus option, allowing you to test your own trigger finger speeds.
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Inkredible skills.
Last weekend saw the opening qualifiers for Nintendo’s official Splatoon 3 Championship 2023, pitting some of the world’s best splatters against each other to see who would come out on top.
A part of the ‘Nintendo Vs’ lineup, this opening event saw four teams facing off across several different game modes — Splat Zones, Tower Control, Clam Blitz and Rainmaker — in an attempt to win a spot at the Splatoon 3 Championship 2023. The teams making an appearance in this round are Jackpot, Starburst, Last Resort and Duck Gang, each battling for the two qualifying spots.
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The horrors of Hyrule.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is pretty darn scary.
I don’t mean in the same sense that Majora’s Mask is unsettling for its whole run-time, and there certainly isn’t a moment like that cutscene in Twilight Princess. But even now with my ridiculously overpowered, full hearts Link, Tears of the Kingdom has me on the edge of my seat more than any other Zelda game.
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It’s happening!
The Super Mario Movie made its digital debut last month, so when can we expect to see the physical version arrive?
Following a supposed leak that suggested the Steelbook release would be arriving on 6th June 2023, it seems some Mario fans in the US have already secured their copy. According to reports, a weekly ad by the retailer Target also seems to indicate it will be a Tuesday release next week.
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