A Second Wii U Flop Could Have Sent Japan's Gamers to PC
Picture a 2026 where Nintendo ships PC ports and the Switch never happened. That's the alternate timeline Dr Serkan Toto, CEO of the Tokyo-based…
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Steam Deck 2 Will Wait for a Real Leap, RAM Crisis or Not
Valve didn't announce a Steam Deck 2 this week. It barely mentioned one — the actual news was registrations opening for the $1,000+ Steam Frame VR…
Super Mario Sunshine on Switch 2: Save States Fix It
Super Mario Sunshine is finally playable on a handheld without hunting down a GameCube, a memory card, and a CRT that still turns on. It's live on…
Switch 2's $500 Sell: All the Ports, None of the Fidelity
Nintendo spent a week shouting, and every decibel was aimed at one specific buyer: the Switch owner who doesn't have another console to upgrade to.…
Metroid Ravenous Is the 2D Handheld Banger Switch 2 Needed
Samus Aran eats her enemies now, and that grotesque little detail is somehow the least interesting thing about Metroid Ravenous. The Switch 2…
Ocarina of Time Remake: Too Much Detail for a 7.9-Inch Screen
Christian Donlan's Eurogamer piece on the Ocarina of Time remake art is, on its face, about a man changing his mind. He recoils at the reveal,…
Handheld-First 2027: Nintendo's Switch 2 Slate Is Quietly Stacked
Nintendo's September Direct may have underwhelmed docked viewers, but it quietly gave Switch 2 owners a 2027 worth waiting for. Buried under port…
Pokemon's $3.4B Record Year Is Powered by the Portable Crowd
Even with Pokemon Winds and Waves still waiting in the tall grass, The Pokemon Company has posted its best fiscal year ever: 531 billion yen, or…
Pokemon Champions' Z-Mega Evolutions Shake Up Portable Battles
Pokemon Champions is about to get faster. All three Z-Mega Evolutions from Pokemon Legends: Z-A — Mega Absol Z, Mega Lucario Z, and Mega Garchomp Z —…
That One Coin Just Reset Every Mario Kart 8 World Record
Nintendo snuck a tiny line into the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe patch notes that sounds administrative: player speed has been increased by the equivalent of…
Orbitals on Switch 2: Derivative Co-op That Still Shines Handheld
Orbitals is the kind of game that makes you want to call a friend and clear your schedule. Shapefarm's two-player co-op adventure borrows heavily…
ARC X1: Qualcomm-Powered Android Handheld Is Coming for India
Qualcomm just handed the Android handheld space a second front. On the day Anbernic introduces its first Snapdragon-powered device, the chipmaker…