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NewsThe most mid Square Enix game in existence, Balan Wonderworld, shocks the nation and sells a single copy in the US this September: "Somebody made the conscious decision to pick up that game"
By Ashley Bardhan Published
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NewsKirby Air Riders main menu takes cues from the Super Smash Bros desk – and after being shown in the latest Nintendo Direct, its weirdly beautiful design may already be my favorite ever
By Scott McCrae Published
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NewsMario Galaxy and Astro Bot-inspired 3D platformer demolishes its Kickstarter funding goal in just 47 minutes, now smashing through multiple stretch goals
By Kaan Serin Published
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News"I've thrown everything I have into this game from the start": After giving Smash Bros. Ultimate fans almost 3 years of DLC, Masahiro Sakurai says "everything is here" already in Kirby Air Riders
By Catherine Lewis Published
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News2 Kirby Air Riders beta weekends will give you an early preview of 3 tracks and 3 modes in the Switch 2 racing game, including City Trial, in November
By Dustin Bailey Published
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NewsSuper Mario Bros speedrunner is now just 11 frames away from the absolute perfect playthrough of the 40-year-old classic, after beating the world record for the third time this year
By Kaan Serin Published
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NewsSonic Racing: CrossWorlds has sold 1 million copies in under a month while the "overwhelmingly positive" Steam rating holds strong
By Scott McCrae Published
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Crash Bandicoot
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NewsCrash Bandicoot co-creator says the remake "got almost everything right, except the most important 30 milliseconds," and that's why it "feels worse than the 1996 original"
By Issy van der Velde Published
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newsLong before the Super Mario Bros. movie grossed $1.3 billion, Sega's president tried making a Crash Bandicoot movie but was told "video games is like a toy business"
By Jordan Gerblick Published
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NewsActivision reportedly canceled a Crash Bandicoot 5 that also starred Spyro because it wanted more live-service games
By Kaan Serin Published
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NewsCrash Bandicoot is teasing an appearance at The Game Awards 2022
By Hope Bellingham Published
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NewsCrash Bandicoot 4 developer teases upcoming project, sparking hopes of a new Crash game
By Hope Bellingham Published
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GuideWhere to find all Crash 4 N. Verted hidden gems
By Daniel Hollis Last updated
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guideCrash 4 bosses you'll face off against in It's About Time
By Ford James Last updated
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guideCrash 4 N. Verted mode explained and how mirrored levels work
By Ford James Published
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guideCrash 4 Flashback Tapes locations to unlock special levels
By Ford James Published
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Donkey Kong
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NewsSales exec who helped launch the NES says Donkey Kong Jr. Math is "the worst game we released" and Nintendo "thought it'd be great for kids' education, but we couldn't give it away"
By Scott McCrae Published
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NewsIconic voice behind Donkey Kong's "oh banana" says he only did it because he "got so sick of asking" others to do the voice acting, and he "never thought" Nintendo would still be using it 25 years later
By Dustin Bailey Published
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NewsDonkey Kong 64 composer who went uncredited in the Super Mario Bros Movie was "so pissed" that he still hasn't watched the film, even if he has "seen that bit" with the DK Rap
By Dustin Bailey Published
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NewsThe Rock hasn't cared about a single Donkey Kong game in 44 years because "none of them matter" – it's all about the arcade original that put Nintendo on the map
By Dustin Bailey Published
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NewsPeak recognizes peak as Donkey Kong Bananza gets a shoutout from Final Fantasy 7 Remake series director as one of his "top picks" of 2025: "I thought it was amazing"
By Scott McCrae Published
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Now PlayingI'm still disappointed by Donkey Kong Bananza's newest DLC, but Nintendo's bolt-on roguelike mode is so good that I keep coming back
By Scott McCrae Published
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NewsDonkey Kong Bananza is getting DLC that lets you explore DK Island, complete with a new roguelike mode that's available today
By Scott McCrae Published
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NewsAs scholars analyze every frame of Donkey Kong Bananza for lore implications, the game's director says "please enjoy it without thinking too deeply about it"
By Scott McCrae Published
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NewsDonkey Kong Bananza's baffling default button settings were suggested by Shigeru Miyamoto himself
By Scott McCrae Published
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Kirby
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NewsKirby Air Riders main menu takes cues from the Super Smash Bros desk – and after being shown in the latest Nintendo Direct, its weirdly beautiful design may already be my favorite ever
By Scott McCrae Published
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News"I've thrown everything I have into this game from the start": After giving Smash Bros. Ultimate fans almost 3 years of DLC, Masahiro Sakurai says "everything is here" already in Kirby Air Riders
By Catherine Lewis Published
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News2 Kirby Air Riders beta weekends will give you an early preview of 3 tracks and 3 modes in the Switch 2 racing game, including City Trial, in November
By Dustin Bailey Published
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NewsA new Nintendo Direct as long as the Switch 2 reveal is coming this week, but this one is dedicated to Super Smash Bros creator Masahiro Sakurai's true love: Kirby Air Riders
By Scott McCrae Published
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Hands-onI played Kirby Air Riders and it's the perfect racer for players who've had enough of Mario Kart
By James Daly Published
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NewsNintendo confirms Kirby Air Riders is out in November, and it's only $70, leaving no question which Switch 2 racer is better
By Scott McCrae Published
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NewsKirby Air Riders director Masahiro Sakurai says those who haven't already played the GameCube racer might ask themselves "if it's basically Mario Kart," and, uh, yeah, "it basically is like Mario Kart"
By Ashley Bardhan Published
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NewsMashiro Sakurai says he's making Kirby Air Riders because, well, Nintendo asked him to while he was working on Smash Bros. DLC, ending speculation it was his own doing
By Scott McCrae Published
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NewsNintendo confirms a Kirby Air Riders Nintendo Direct is coming tomorrow and it's going to have 45 minutes of new info on the Switch 2 racer
By Scott McCrae Published
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Rayman
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NewsUbisoft casually confirms its best series is coming back with job postings for "a prestigious AAA title for the Rayman brand"
By Scott McCrae Published
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NewsRayman Origins is free on the Ubisoft Store right now
By Connor Sheridan Published
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ReviewRayman Legends PS4/Xbox One review
By Ryan Taljonick Published
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Why Rayman Legends is a better Sonic and Mario game than Sonic and Mario
By David Houghton Published
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Rayman Legends patch to add missing Vita stages
By Tom Ivan Published
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Rayman Legends reportedly missing content on Vita
By Tom Ivan Published
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Vita version of Rayman Legends delayed
By GamesRadar Published
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Rayman Legends on the Vita is touching
By Sophia Tong Published
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Rayman Legends coming to Vita
By Tom Ivan Published
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Sonic the Hedgehog
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NewsSonic Racing: CrossWorlds has sold 1 million copies in under a month while the "overwhelmingly positive" Steam rating holds strong
By Scott McCrae Published
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NewsSomewhere at Sonic Team is a whole "roadmap of Sonic titles," says head honcho Takashi Iizuka, and the devs "think about which game to release in which year"
By Scott McCrae Published
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NewsSonic the Hedgehog's Takashi Iizuka said Sonic Adventure remakes aren't happening, but Sega just filed a trademark that's fueling hopes for a Shadow the Hedgehog revival
By Scott McCrae Published
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NewsSonic Racing: CrossWorlds has Sega's "secret sauce" thanks to the devs combining "the essence" of multiple other "legendary" racing games like OutRun and Initial D
By Catherine Lewis Published
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NewsJust in case you thought Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds wasn't chaotic enough, its next online event has a mode rotation dedicated to throwing items at fellow racers to earn Minecraft prizes
By Scott McCrae Published
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NewsI think Sega is sneak dissing Mario Kart World again, says Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds races are won by "players who think strategically and race skillfully, not just those who get lucky"
By Jordan Gerblick Published
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NewsSonic Racing: CrossWorld's cross-play was "leagues more difficult" than any other part of development, but including it was crucial for good matchmaking
By Anthony McGlynn Published
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OpinionSonic Racing CrossWorlds' Avatar and SpongeBob packs are a start, but I'm desperate for classic Sega rep – Crazy Taxi, when?
By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published
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NewsSonic the Hedgehog's Takashi Iizuka says a remake of Sonic Adventure isn't in the works because Sega developers "could make a brand new game instead"
By Kaan Serin Published
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Super Mario
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NewsSuper Mario Bros speedrunner is now just 11 frames away from the absolute perfect playthrough of the 40-year-old classic, after beating the world record for the third time this year
By Kaan Serin Published
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NewsMario creator Shigeru Miyamoto says Nintendo's new fascination with movies is because "Ultimately what people remember are the IPs"
By Scott McCrae Published
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NewsSuper Mario Bros speedrun legend returns to the most competitive category after $5,000 bounty and sets 2 world records in a day: "If this isn't proof that I'm him, I don't know what is"
By Dustin Bailey Published
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NewsSuper Mario Galaxy has a "horribly inefficient" secret: the credits are always loaded in the background while you play, which has the "inadvertently heartwarming" side effect of making sure the platformer always remembers the Nintendo legends who made it
By Dustin Bailey Published
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NewsMario Kart 8 has outsold Mario Kart World for 2 months straight in the US, but since "over 80%" of Switch 2 owners already have World via console bundle, that "kind of makes it impossible" to outdo the 11-year series GOAT
By Dustin Bailey Published
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Best ListThe 15 best Mario games of all time
By David Meikleham Last updated
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NewsDiscovering new Super Mario Bros levels that have "secretly been accessible" for over 30 years, "legendary Mario scientists" find themselves in a psychedelic cyberpunk hellscape hiding on their childhood SNES cartridges
By Dustin Bailey Published
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NewsAs Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds seeks to overtake it, Mario Kart World gets a massive patch that tackles some of the game's biggest complaints: "WHY WAS THIS NOT ON LAUNCH"
By Scott McCrae Published
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NewsNintendo devs were so obsessed with Konami's legendary 1994 dating sim that they filled Super Mario 64's code with references to it
By Dustin Bailey Published
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NewsSonic Racing: CrossWorlds has sold 1 million copies in under a month while the "overwhelmingly positive" Steam rating holds strong
By Scott McCrae Published
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NewsSomewhere at Sonic Team is a whole "roadmap of Sonic titles," says head honcho Takashi Iizuka, and the devs "think about which game to release in which year"
By Scott McCrae Published
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NewsA new Nintendo Direct as long as the Switch 2 reveal is coming this week, but this one is dedicated to Super Smash Bros creator Masahiro Sakurai's true love: Kirby Air Riders
By Scott McCrae Published
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