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October 12, 2022 2 min read
Bayonetta 3 is nearly here after a years-long wait, and amidst its release, we have some Hideki Kamiya Switch thoughts. Those are arguably the best kind of Kamiya thoughts.
Speaking to VGC(alongside of Platinum vice president and CBO Takao Yamane and CEO Atsushi Inaba), vice president Kamiya chimed in on several industry topics (as...
October 12, 2022 2 min read
Nintendo's colorful arena shooter series made its grand return last month, with the arrival of madcap multiplayer release Splatoon 3 — And, according to new figures in Famitsu, it appears to have had nothing less than the proverbial blockbuster launch, raking in physical and digital sales worldwide and taking the retail market by storm in Japan in particular.
In...
October 11, 2022 1 min read
Recently, Nintendo held a "Nintendo Live 2022" celebration in Tokyo, Japan, which included concerts for both Splatoon 3 and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. But they also had a few other things on display, like this Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom statue.
Link is donning his newer outfit, complete with a badass shonen cape, a bow, a sword, and a killer arm. The detail on...
October 11, 2022 2 min read
I think it's pretty safe to say that Mario is one of the most instantly recognizable and beloved video game characters in history, and I think we chose well to have him represent the medium we hold so dear. There are many facts to what makes Mario so universally adored (which is in no small part thanks to the decades-spanning voice performance of Charles Martinet), but one...
October 11, 2022 2 min read
Welcome back! It is a new Tuesday, which means tonight there will be a new episode of Spot Dodge Podcast exclusively on Destructoid. Topics: With the controversy around the web regarding Sony possibly remaking/remastering Horizon Zero Dawn, I thought it'd be fun to do a roundtable discussion about what our favorite and actual...
October 11, 2022 1 min read
Nintendo has released a Switch 15.0.0 firmware update, and although it's mostly stability related, like some updates in the past, a few small things have changed.
The most obvious alteration is the following: "Screenshots can be taken using the Capture Button while in the Nintendo Switch Online application found on the Nintendo Switch HOME...
October 11, 2022 2 min read
The next Pokemon generation is just around the corner, and there's still some more info to share on what's in store. The Pokemon Company confirms that more info on Pokemon Scarlet and Violet will air on its YouTube channel this week.
A new drop will happen on October 12, tomorrow, at 6 a.m. PT. The video will go live on the official Pokemon YouTube channelthen....
October 11, 2022 1 min read
Several months ago, Nintendo teased a trio of Splatoon 3 amiibo (Octoling Blue, Inkling Yellow, and Smallfry) arriving "this holiday." Well thanks to a new YouTube video, the release date has been narrowed down to November 11.
Roughly the first minute of the video is a recap of everything we covered here: including basic amiibo functionality. But in the...
October 07, 2022 5 min read
The Ninja Jajamaru-Kunseries took a hard left turn after Jajamaru no Daibouken. Considering it started as something of a rip-off of Ninja-Kun after Jaleco published the Famicom port of that game. It never really had a strong identity, but Jaleco was going to throw it against the wall as many times as it could until it finally stuck.
It never stuck. Reinvention didn’t work....
October 07, 2022 1 min read
When Zelda: Breath of the Wild first came out, there was quite a bit of hubbub about the weapon durability system.
Look, I get it! It was incredible to play the game in a pre-launch bubble where it didn't really impact me that much: only to see the game actually come out, and witness the subject be debated on high for months on end. But as Reddit user Vados_Link shows us,...
October 07, 2022 1 min read
Chocks away and all that malarky, as Nintendo has announced that its skyfairing compendium, Pilotwings 64, will be the next Nintendo 64 classic to join the Nintendo Switch Online service. The new title will be added to the Switch Online archives on Thursday, October 13.
Released on N64 in 1996, Pilotwings 64 is a revamped edition of the much-loved 1990 SNES classic, best known for...
October 07, 2022 2 min read
A Splatoon 3 Pokemon Splatfest is on the way, thanks to a new announcement from Nintendo just this morning. It'll force you to choose between a grass, fire, and water starter: and make the same hard choice you made decades ago (or in whatever generation you started in).
Here's what Nintendo has to say about the upcoming event:
"Grass-type. Fire-type....
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