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Nintendo Announces Mario Kart, Animal Crossing Switch Bundles
5.9.2023
Nintendo announced in a September 5 blog post that it will release both a Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Nintendo Switch and two Nintendo Switch Lite Animal Crossing: New Horizons bundles on October 6. The Mario Kart bundle “offers players everything they need to start their Super Mario adventures,” Nintendo...
Animal Crossing Fans Find Secret (But Easy) Way To Double Money Years Later
10.8.2023
Three years on, players are still finding new ways to maximize Bell-making in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. A recent Reddit post revealed a get-rich-quick scheme using donation boxes. Read more
Looks Like Lego Animal Crossing Sets Are Coming
4.8.2023
Nintendo and Lego are planning to release Animal Crossing Lego sets according to the latest information from reliable Lego leakers online. While this news might be exciting, keep in mind none of this has been confirmed by Lego or Nintendo yet. Still, the idea of a Lego minifig version of Tom Nook...
Hello Kitty Life Sim Is This Summer’s Animal Crossing
28.7.2023
Hello Kitty Island Adventure is everything I want in a repetitive, relaxing open-world life sim of its kind. The Animal Crossing heir, made by Hello Kitty’s massive merch company Sanrio and small game studio Sunblink, is a honeycomb-sweet combination of taking care of friends and a surprisingly...
Before Barbenheimer, There Was Doom Eternal And Animal Crossing
21.7.2023
Friday marks the theatrical release of both Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, two diametrically dissimilar films that have together drummed up an ungodly amount of what might be called organic online cross-promotion, with the mutually beneficial counter-programming clash...
PowerWash Simulator's New DLC Is Going To Clean Up (Not Sorry)
4.7.2023
The rise and rise of 2022's PowerWash Simulator is everything that’s right with video games. It’s a game about washing the dirt off stuff, delivered with absolute sincerity, and extremely well made. It got me through a horrible bout of Covid, as I meticulously scrubbed every fleck of dirt from...
10 Games That Have Something Meaningful To Say About America
4.7.2023
America is complicated, to put it mildly. Writers, filmmakers, songwriters, and other artists have been grappling with the complexities of this multifaceted nation for as long as it has existed. And in recent decades, games, too, have begun engaging with what America stands for, what it strives...
New Hello Kitty Game Is Basically Animal Crossing, A Deadly Combo
27.6.2023
Calling all Animal Crossing and Disney Dreamlight Valley fans, there’s a new cozy build-up-and-decorate-an-island game for you to get excited about and you don’t have to wait long to play it. And if you love Hello Kitty, well, even better. Read more
Why Are Video Games So Afraid Of Everyday Life?
3.3.2023
Go look through your Steam Library, flick across the spines of your PlayStation collection or gaze up at the shelf with all your Xbox games on it and tally for yourself: how many games are there set in the world you live in?Read more
11 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting The Full Version Of Ooblets
9.9.2022
Anyone who has spoken to me in the last week knows that I am slowly losing my grip on reality due to the presence of rats in my apartment. The only thing keeping me from confronting the greasy creatures with a tactical vest made of rat coronavirus spike proteins and knives is Ooblets,...
11 Hours In, Dreamlight Valley Is Way More Than A Disney Animal Crossing Knock-Off
7.9.2022
It’s almost surprising that it took this long for a game like Disney’s Dreamlight Valley to finally be made. The new game, out now in Early Access, combines the life-sim gameplay of Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley except with a deadly combination of famous Disney characters, films, and worlds....
Disney Dreamlight Valley's Scrooge McDuck Is Way Worse Than Tom Nook In Animal Crossing
7.9.2022
Maybe you’ve rolled your eyes at the modern interpretation of Tom Nook, Animal Crossing’s capitalist overlord. You know, the one where people try to say that it’s totally OK that he’s saddling you with crushing debt and perpetual house upgrades you don’t want, all while hand-waving away the fact...
Management Sim Bear And Breakfast Isn't Animal Crossing, So Don't Expect That
4.8.2022
Bear And Breakfast is a hotel management sim that plays like Animal Crossing. You gather resources every day, complete delivery errands, and build your Airbnb empire–all while playing as an adorable bear. The problem is that Bear and Breakfast lacks the relentless optimism of business sims while...
Animal Crossing's Biggest PC Rival Sure Has Grown
2.8.2022
Over the past year, an idyllic life sim starring anthropomorphic animals has quietly picked up steam. No, it’s not a new Animal Crossing. It’s an under-the-radar game called Hokko Life, and it’s coming to consoles next month.Read more
We Taste-Tested Cold Stone Creamery’s Special Nintendo Flavors
14.7.2022
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The Best Cozy Switch Games To Tap Out Of Your Daily Grind
11.7.2022
I know your mind is racing, so why don’t you sit down tonight with your Nintendo Switch and try out one of these six relaxing games? Read more
‘Animal Crossing Meets Minecraft’: Branch Raises $12.5M for Play-to-Earn Project
11.5.2022
Dragonfly, Polychain and Coinbase Ventures were all participants in the game’s seed round
Former Nintendo Icon Reggie Wishes He Could Sell His Animal Crossing Island On Blockchain
28.4.2022
Let’s just get the easy, obvious joke out of the way now: Reggie’s body is ready for the blockchain. Very funny, moving on…But yes, apparently the former Nintendo of America COO and president is a fan of blockchain technology and play-to-own games, with the caveat that it “makes sense for...
New Disney Game Looks Perfect (For Disney Adults)
28.4.2022
While my household is still in mourning over the untimely demise of Disney Infinity, the former movie studio and now cultural monopoly has today unveiled a new video game that, if Disney is your thing, is very much catering towards your things.Read more
Nintendo Buys Longtime Partner And Super Mario Bros. Programmer SRD
24.2.2022
Today, Nintendo announced it’s acquiring longtime partner SRD (Systems Research and Development), a company that has helped in programming some of the company’s most iconic games, including Super Mario Bros.Nintendo acquired 100 percent of SRD’s outstanding shares for an undisclosed sum, making...