What is your favorite N64 game?

The Nintendo 64 is a beloved console with classics like Super Mario 64, Perfect Dark, and countless others. The Game Freaks 365 team sat down for a roundtable discussion to answer the question: what is your favorite N64 game? Daniel: The Nintendo 64 is one of those consoles that, if you played it, will be … Read more

Best starter Pokemon ranked

I was discussing Pokemon with my roommate and some buddies, as I often find myself doing. We got to comparing the first five generations, and I thought it would be a great idea to break down my favorites in terms of the “starter” Pokemon. Here is the list of the best starter Pokemon I came … Read more

YouTuber Did You Know Gaming beats back Nintendo copyright strike

Game Over Nintendo

The documentary content of the Did You Know Gaming channel has survived and is back on YouTube. Nintendo has a very particular policy that has affected hundreds of thousands of content creators worldwide. It impacts everything from gameplay videos of Nintendo games to informative videos of Nintendo games. Many of these videos have seen the … Read more

Watch the Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Fest concert

Nintendo celebrated the 30th anniversary of Kirby with a special concert. If you haven’t heard, Kirby is turning 30 this year. Nintendo is celebrating with all kinds of Kirby-related games and events including the well-received Nintendo Switch game Kirby and the Forgotten Land. If you’re a regular reader of our site, you may have also … Read more

Top five most underrated retro(ish) Star Wars games

May the 4th be with you

If you haven’t played these retro(ish) Star Wars games, today is the perfect day to give them a try. One more year since the arrival of the sci-fi franchise that transcended the genre and became a pop culture icon. As every year, all fans of the incredible work of George Lucas celebrate today May 4th … Read more

Super Monkey Ball franchise just turned 20

Sega’s beloved monkey AiAi and his series of Super Monkey Ball games celebrate their 20th anniversary this month. In fact, it was just last week. We look back on the history of the popular franchise. You may not know this, but the first game was simply known as Monkey Ball. It appeared in arcades on … Read more

Nintendo planning museum gallery at Uji Ogura Plant

The Nintendo Uji Ogura Plant and the surrounding land will serve as a new museum for Nintendo products launched throughout its history. Nintendo has been talking about the possibility of constructing a gallery in the Uji Ogura Plant to share their product development history and philosophy with the public. The Japanese company has a long … Read more

Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate out now on PC and Switch

Spike Chunsoft today released Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate on PC via Steam and Nintendo Switch. Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate was originally released only in Japan as a Nintendo DS title back in 2010. An expanded version got released on … Read more

Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune gets bonus content on PC and Switch

Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate is getting bonus dungeons and added features in an upcoming port. Originally released on Nintendo DS, the game was later brought to PlayStation Vita. The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate is the fifth entry into the mainline Shiren the Wanderer series. The series is … Read more

Harvest Moon vs. Story of Seasons: A brief history of the farming sim controversy

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town came out last month. Why does it look so strikingly similar to Harvest Moon? I’ll come clean from the get-go and tell you that I haven’t played a single game in the long-running Harvest Moon series. So I have no first-hand experience to draw on here. As such, … Read more

Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics Preview

If you played the Nintendo DS regularly, you probably recall Clubhouse Games. The compilation included dozens of card, board, and parlor games. Now Nintendo is reviving the franchise on Switch. As the title suggests, Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics comes packed with more than 50 games in one collection. You’ll play everything from some of … Read more

Dragon Quest: Your Story is now available to stream on Netflix

Dragon Quest: Your Story is now available to stream on Netflix in the United States. The 3D computer-animated film is an adaptation of the 1992 Super Famicom role-playing game Dragon Quest V, which was originally released only in Japan. The game was first brought to the US almost two decades later as a Nintendo DS … Read more

Amazon opens Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX pre-orders

Announced early last month for Switch, pre-orders for Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX have opened at Amazon. The Nintendo Switch version reimagines the original Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team, a pair of games that were released back in 2006 on Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. As we previously noted, Rescue Team DX brings the game to life with … Read more

Dragon Quest: Your Story is coming to Netflix

The 3D computer-animated film Dragon Quest: Your Story is coming to Netflix in the US on February 13. The film was released last year in Japan. It bombed, managing to rake in box office sales of $11.1 million on a budget of $18.5 million (converted to American dollars). It’s somewhat surprising that it is getting … Read more

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX announced for Switch

During today’s Pokémon Direct, Pokémon Company president Tsunekazu Ishihara revealed that Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX is coming to Nintendo Switch. DX for the Switch reimagines the original Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team, a pair of games that were released back in 2006 on Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. Despite the significantly different … Read more

Nintendo remains best-selling game hardware manufacturer as lifetime sales top 750 million

Since it first released the Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan in 1983, Nintendo has been one of the leading video game hardware manufacturers. Thanks to the success of the Nintendo Switch, the company just topped all-time hardware sales of 750 million units. The official tally of Nintendo hardware sales since the NES – both console … Read more

Brain Age is coming back, this time on Nintendo Switch

Nintendo is bringing back the Brain Age series for the Nintendo Switch. Brain Age was a rather surprising hit when it was first released back in 2006, but unorthodox games did quite well on Nintendo DS. Brain Training, as it was called in Japan, became one of the best-selling games on the Nintendo DS. It … Read more

Montage pays tribute to the history of Nintendo consoles and handhelds

It’s fun to look back every once in a while at where we came from in video games. Few, if any, companies will be remembered as fondly as Nintendo. For a large percentage of us, Nintendo was our introduction to gaming. For many, the house of Mario remains their favorite to this day. A fan-made … Read more