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The official Japanese Fire Emblem Heroes Twitter account shared a teaser for the game’s first “Special Costume Heroes” that will arrive to the mobile strategy game on March 30.
Read Fire Emblem Heroes Teases Its First Special Costume Heroes With Bunny Ears on Siliconera!
If you, like me, are an evil dungeon master, you will love Dungeons & Dragons adventure Dead in Thay’s map. If you are a mascochistic D&D player who loves getting trapped in fiery pits with ferocious liches, you will also love it.
Last weekend’s Super Smash Bros. 4 tournament, one of the most anticipated yet, was a wrestling-style rivalry match between two crews led by two Smash titans. Drawing over 50,000 viewers, Civil War was a DIY event from the ground up. It’s the kind of event that could only exist around a gaming community left to its…
Ex-film director and notorious crank Uwe Boll now spends most of his time running a restaurant in Vancouver, and by some accounts it’s the best thing he’s ever done. Yes, even better than Bloodrayne.
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games, a remaster of the first two games in the Zero Escape trilogy, were released today on PC, Playstation 4 and the Vita. If you haven’t played 999 or Virtue’s Last Reward before, this is the release to pick up. And if you have, the remaster of 999 is still worth it.
The way later Animal Crossing titles have scrolled make it appear to the player that the game world is round. Zoom the camera out past the confines of a DS/3DS/TV screen, though, and the world is not so much round as it is a giant, habitable roll of toilet paper.
DsiderYou know, I don't think I've ever bought this even once before in my entire life.
Oh dear. This is bad news! Very bad. Starting April 4, you cannot order a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Japan, because the country’s McDonald’s restaurants won’t be offering it.
I’ve now seen Kirby with realistic human feet and I feel like maybe the Internet was a mistake.
DsiderThank god this game won't be marred by this idiot's presence.
Recently, popular YouTuber Jon “JonTron” Jafari made some damn extreme comments about race, which set off a chain reaction of, well, reactions across the internet. The latest consequence of Jafari’s ugly remarks: upcoming N64-era platformer revival game Yooka-Laylee is removing his voice acting.
Overwatch Fantasia is a project by some Korean artists to take Blizzard’s roster of Heroes and make them look like they walked out of something like a Final Fantasy artbook.
In February of 2011, Atlus released a DS role-playing game called Radiant Historia that I described as the love child of Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy Tactics. It was under-appreciated. And now it’s coming back.
To fix the numerous Joy-Con controllers suffering from connectivity issues, Nintendo has been fixing the problem by inserting a piece of conductive foam into their controllers.
Read The Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Con Controllers Are Getting A Fix For Their Connectivity Problems on Siliconera!
Over the weekend, Naughty Dog artist Alex Neonakis started getting nasty Twitter messages from GamerGaters and other internet cretins. Exasperated, she tweeted some screencaps, along with a message: “I just donated to @GirlsMakeGames in honor of these lovely boys. Thanks guys!” Other developers followed her lead.
DsiderI still have a hard time imagining being able to sit down at arcades by default, probably another reason they're still popular enough over there.
Atlus announced that they’re hosting a special program called “Atlus New Title Announcement Special” on March 26 at 7:00pm JST, where we’ll get to hear about the company’s newest titles.
Read Atlus To Host A Special Program For New Game Announcements On March 26 on Siliconera!
Since the Michalis: Ambitious King early Grand Hero Battle challenge was beaten by 13,415 people on Lunatic and 54,666 on Hard during a 45-minute period this morning, all Fire Emblem Heroes players will receive Orbs, Hero Feathers, and Stamina Potions.
Read Fire Emblem Heroes’ Early Grand Hero Battle Challenge Completed on Siliconera!
DsiderYeah, it's like Christmas if NO ONE EVER KNEW WHAT YOU WANTED. Fucking idiots.
Opening Overwatch loot boxes or Halo 5 REQ packs adds a special drama to a gaming session. The crate shakes. A jingle chimes. Lights peek out from the cracks. It swells with potential. Game developers make subtle design decisions that stoke the hope that keeps players opening mystery boxes, crates and packs. And not…
“Daddy? DADDY!” I look up from my laptop. This video game was supposed to give me a precious 15 minute respite from the endless drudgery of parenthood. What the hell’s gone wrong now?
DsiderThis poor, deluded fool... I'm right there with him.
NieR creator Yoko Taro recently shared his thoughts on Twitter about wanting a successor for the PlayStation Vita, and more from next-gen handheld consoles that he feels smartphones can’t offer.
Read Yoko Taro Hopes To See A PS Vita Successor, Something With Physical Buttons on Siliconera!
Nintendo shared the latest on Splatoon 2 with an introduction to the fresh new rock band called “Wet Floor.” Here’s a sample of one of their tracks called “Rip Entry” and more on its members.
Read Introducing Splatoon 2’s Fresh New Rock Band “Wet Floor” on Siliconera!
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On the official Mana Twitter site, footage of what looks like Seiken Densetsu 3 on the Nintendo Switch has surfaced. No other details were revealed, but there you go.
Over the past week, the fanbase for YouTuber Jon “JonTron” Jafari has been forced to reevaluate how they feel about their favorite YouTuber.
Everyone has a dream. Corey Bunnell’s was to one day work for Nintendo. But he wasn’t sure how to make that happen so he asked for advice one day on a forum. That was ten years ago. This month, Nintendo shipped The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild with his name in the credits under “Wildlife Programming.”
Dsidergoooooooooo fuck yourselves publishers
For Honor’s all about deadly duels and flashy sword fights. Oh, and micro-transactions. With the release of new emotes, some fans are less than pleased with their high price.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Nintendo is doubling the number of Nintendo Switch consoles its plans to make in 2017 from 8 million units to 16 million. Kotaku reached out to Nintendo for confirmation but didn’t hear back prior to publication.
DsiderI played this at PAX East! It's really fun!
One of my favorite genre hybrids just got a huge kick in the pants, courtesy of Robot Circus’ Ticket to Earth. It combines tile matching and strategic positioning in a way I’ve never seen.
DsiderI would use this just for regular play.
This is not an official peripheral—it’s a custom 3D model by The Engineer—but it’ll still be a useful add-on for your Nintendo Switch when the inevitable Punch-Out game is released.
Here is a note Allie’s daughter brought home from her after school care, after she used the gravest insult of all: calling another kid a “Hanzo Main”.
In Japan, fast food restaurant Lotteria is rolling out two cheesy burgers, providing patrons with measures for them to see just how long the mozzarella stretches.
