Last month, Nintendo revealed that the Nintendo World Championships would be happening again this October, over two years after the last one in 2015. Qualifying matches are currently going on around the US, and have players aiming for the best time in Mario Kart 7’s time trial matches. Today, Nintendo launched a Sweepstakes through their My
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Last month, Nintendo revealed that the Nintendo World Championships would be happening again this October, over two years after the last one in 2015. Qualifying matches are currently going on around the US, and have players aiming for the best time in Mario Kart 7’s time trial matches. Today, Nintendo launched a Sweepstakes through their My
Yacht Club Games revealed a new “treasure trove” 3-pack amiibo set featuring characters from their retro 2D action game Shovel Knight. This new set features playable DLC characters, Plague Knight, Specter Knight, and King Knight, as they join Shovel Knight in amiibo form. Additionally, they wouldn’t be proper amiibos unless they unlocked something: By scanning in
Yacht Club Games revealed a new “treasure trove” 3-pack amiibo set featuring characters from their retro 2D action game Shovel Knight. This new set features playable DLC characters, Plague Knight, Specter Knight, and King Knight, as they join Shovel Knight in amiibo form. Additionally, they wouldn’t be proper amiibos unless they unlocked something: By scanning in
Today the traditional awards ceremony for CEDEC 2017 (Computer Entertainment Developers Conference 2017) was held at the Pacifico Yokohama Hotel in Japan. For those unfamiliar, CEDEC is basically the Japanese equipment of the Game Developers Conference in the United States. The Engineering Award was won by PlayStation VR for offering a low-cost and high-performance VR
Today the traditional awards ceremony for CEDEC 2017 (Computer Entertainment Developers Conference 2017) was held at the Pacifico Yokohama Hotel in Japan. For those unfamiliar, CEDEC is basically the Japanese equivalent of the Game Developers Conference in the United States. The Engineering Award was won by PlayStation VR for offering a low-cost and high-performance VR
Today Enterbrain released issue 1,500 of the popular Japanese magazine Weekly Famitsu, and it included the culmination of a few weeks of surveys conducted by the publication. This time around, Famitsu simply asked its readers to vote their favorite game of all time, without any restriction of release date, genre, or platform. In addition to
Today Enterbrain released issue 1,500 of the popular Japanese magazine Weekly Famitsu, and it included the culmination of a few weeks of surveys conducted by the publication. This time around, Famitsu simply asked its readers to vote their favorite game of all time, without any restriction of release date, genre, or platform. In addition to
Yesterday, PayPal announced a new partnership with Japanese video game company Nintendo that now allows Nintendo hardware owners to purchase digital games from the eShop by using their PayPal account. On top of that, the company also confirmed that Switch owners will now have the option to use PayPal as a payment option on Nintendo’s web
The Switch seems to be getting a number of solid indie ports over the last few months. The latest one is the Metroidvania title, forma.8. The Italian studio MixedBag released the game on Steam, PS4, PS Vita, Xbox One and Wii U this February. It will be joining the most recent Nintendo console on August 24th.
Today, Media Create released its weekly sales chart of the Japanese video game market. For the week between August 7th and August 13th, it was once again Square Enix’s 3DS and PS4 game Dragon Quest XI at the tippy top of the software chart, making it a three-peat for the eleventh main series entry in the iconic
Time sure does fly when you are traversing the Fountain of Dreams — the fan favorite Nintendo character and pink puff ball just celebrated his own 25th birthday a little less than two weeks ago. And by way of recognizing the occasion, publisher Nintendo has released a sizzle reel of every game within the Kirby series. Starting with
Independent studio Atooi has announced that Mutant Mudd is coming to Switch. The announcement was made on Jools Watsham’s Twitter account. Meanwhile, on the Switch… pic.twitter.com/Zac4Hviv7R — Jools Watsham (@JoolsWatsham) August 9, 2017 Originally released on January 26th, 2012 for 3DS, Mutant Mudds is a platform game developed and published by former independent developer Renegade Kid. Players
Critically-acclaimed platformer Super Meat Boy is making its way onto the Nintendo Switch. The announcement was made on the developer’s official Twitter account yesterday evening. Oh by the way… pic.twitter.com/Wfg1diDSTa — Team Meat (@SuperMeatBoy) August 9, 2017 Originally released in 2010 Super Meat Boy is a platform game; players assume the role of the titular character
Today, Media create released its weekly sales chart of the Japanese video game market. For the week between July 31st and August 6th, it was once again Square Enix’s 3DS and PS4 game Dragon Quest XI at the top of the software chart, making it two straight weeks for the eleventh main series entry in one of
Today, Media create released its weekly sales chart of the Japanese video game market. For the week between July 31st and August 6th, it was once again Square Enix’s 3DS and PS4 game Dragon Quest XI at the top of the software chart, making it two straight weeks for the eleventh main series entry in one of
Today, Media create released its weekly sales chart of the Japanese video game market. For the week between July 31st and August 6th, it was once again Square Enix’s 3DS and PS4 game Dragon Quest XI at the top of the software chart, making it two straight weeks for the eleventh main series entry in one of
Today, during the Dragon Quest Summer Festival 2017 at the Big Sight venue in Tokyo, Square Enix announced the new expansion of its popular MMORPG Dragon Quest X. The expansion is titled “Dragon Quest X 5000-Nen no Tabiji Harukanaru Furusato e Online,” which translates as “The 500-year Voyage to a Far-away Hometown.” We also get a
Today is the Wednesday that many Dragon Quest fans waited for, as the Media Create charts related to the period between July 24th and July 30th have been released. That includes the first two days on the market of Dragon Quest XI. Unsurprisingly, the game took Japan by Storm, it’s Dragon Quest, after all. Check
If there was any doubt on the fact that Japanese gamers love Splatoon, it has been wiped off the face of the planet today. The newly-released Media Create charts related to the period between July 17th and July 23rd were absolutely dominated by Splatoon 2, which of course also pushed sales of the Nintendo Switch.
Today Nintendo announced its financial results for the first quarter of the current fiscal year, ended on June 31st, 2017, and they’re definitely solid. The hardware manufacturer and software publisher from Kyoto ended the quarter with all numbers in the black. Sales are up 148.6% year-on-year, with profit figures definitely improved compared to the negative
Nintendo announced today its financial results for the first quarter of the current fiscal year, and like every quarter, they updated the total number of consoles shipped to retailers. You can check out the new figures below. The Switch shipped 1.97 million units during the quarter (Between April 1st and June 30th), while 8.14
When DualShockers’ Co-Founder, Joel Taveras, successfully managed to land his pre-order for the highly-anticipated SNES Classic Edition at Walmart, we knew in an instant that the scenario was too good to be true. In a flurry of pre-orders from nostalgia-prone gamers and Nintendo fans alike, the SNES Classic Edition sold out mere minutes later. But just
Like every week, Media Create just released its top-twenty software sales charts for the Japanese market, on top of the hardware sales charts. The charts are related to the period between Monday, July 10th, and Sunday, July 16th. You can check out the full software chart below, that sees Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
On July 13, 1987, a new video game was released for the MSX2 computer system in Japan and Europe. Designed and directed by a man whose name would become synonymous with his long-lived series, the original Metal Gear debuted and Hideo Kojima’s story about espionage, betrayal, and nuclear armament began. Today, this game is often
With E3 in our rear-view mirror, the summer sun of 2017 is upon us! And besides barbecues, road trips and catching up with your gaming backlog what else is summer good for? Giveaways! This summer at DualShockers is the Summer of Community. Among other community events we have in the works, every Friday of the
Today, Media Create released its weekly sales chart of the Japanese video game market. For the week between July 3rd and July 9th, Bandai Namco’s new release Gundam Versus has replaced Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology as Japan’s top-dog. Meanwhile Mario Kart 8 Deluxe green-shelled its way back to No.2. Rounding out the top five is
Nowadays, anime opening and ending themes, alongside most Japanese video games, are the domain of young female vocalists and idol groups. Yet, those of my generation will remember a time in which the heroic deeds of giant robots and space pirates were accompanied by the much deeper voices of a handful of male singers. While
Dragon Quest XI‘s release is coming close, and Square Enix is preparing to celebrate alongside the franchise’s previous chapter, Dragon Quest X. The event will be a crossover between the two games, and will happen in two parts. The first part will start on July 14th and end on August 14th. Dragon Quest XI character
When a major movie hits theaters nowadays, most people expect a cheap tie-in video game to get announced in order to cash-in on the movie’s success. Without hesitation, most people write the game off immediately. So lets cut right to the chase: Cars 3: Driven to Win is most certainly not going to win any