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Super Mario RPG remake: What really caused Yoshi’s disappearance from the box art?

Why is Yoshi not on the box art of Nintendo's Super Mario RPG remake? People are putting forward various possible theories.
Why the Blood Moon in Tears of the Kingdom happens: There might be a technical reason

Users have discovered a way to trigger a Blood Moon in Tears of the Kingdom: Legend of the Zelda. The conditions in which it appears reveals a possible deeper purpose of the glitch.
Tears of the Kingdom: How to make a laser-shooting musical instrument

Players have discovered a way to play beautiful melodies on this laser-shooting music box-like instrument in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s vast maps might be many kilometers wide

A certain detail from the trailer for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth indicates that the world map of the new installment may be far more vast than previous titles.
Tears of the Kingdom: Players fed up with Iun-Orok Shrine even though they know the solution

The Iun-Orok shrine in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is one of those shrines that players can't be bothered to solve the right way even if they know how.
Politician and mangaka Ken Akamatsu pushes for legal video game preservation

Author of Love Hina and National Diet member Ken Akamatsu opened a discussion on the topic of preserving video games in playable form in the National Diet.
Tears of the Kingdom: Boomerangs have greater potential thanks to new abilities

The new abilities and Zonai Devices in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom unlock an array of new ways to enjoy boomerang weapons.
You can use Tears of the Kingdom’s Portable Pot as quality vehicle suspension

Players have discovered that the Portable Pot Zonai Device in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom can serve as an unexpectedly good vehicle part.
Robot-building in Tears of the Kingdom: a short history so far

The Ultrahand ability, combined with Zonai Devices in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, has led to the invention of a variety of impressive mechs.
Tears of the Kingdom: Shield surfing using Icy Meat has unexpected benefits

It turns out shield surfing in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom can be improved by using Fuse to combine your shield with Icy Meat.
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Ver. 1.3.1 fixes tournament-related issues

The Pokémon Company has released the Ver. 1.3.1 update for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet which contains fixes for multiple tournament-relates issues.
Sinakawak Shrine in Tears of the Kingdom makes many doubt themselves

The Sinakawak Shrine's puzzle in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom allows for numerous solutions, which has many questioning if what they're trying to do is right.
Yoshi’s Island fans reminisce its toughest stage as it heads to Switch Online

Nintendo announced Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 will be available for Switch Online, which caused fans to remember one of the hardest stages in the Mario series.
Yoshinori Ono gifts Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to his employees

Lasengle's Yoshinori Ono gave away copies of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to the company's employees.
Whistle sprint is gone in Tears of the Kingdom and players lament the loss

The convenient whistle sprint glitch that players had discovered and used in Breath of the Wild has been fixed in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Do game devs prefer high sales with bad reviews or vice versa?

Do game devs prefer high sales with bad reviews or a few diehard fans? A question posed by one game developer to other developers on Twitter has been gaining a lot of attention.
Should YouTube & Twitch share revenue with game devs? One creator speaks out

Game dev Hiromichi Takahashi voices his concerns about the fact that YouTube and Twitch don't share revenue with game devs for let's play videos and streaming.
Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection performs brilliantly in Japan

The Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection is performing well in Japan, with physical copies of the game being sold out in many locations. The collections are available on PC (Steam), PS4 and Nintendo Switch.
Sunsoft announces remake of Ufouria: The Saga

Sunsoft announced a remake of Ufouria: The Saga. The original Ufouria: The Saga is a NES game released in 1991. Sunsoft describes the game as "a Metroidvania that was ahead of its time.”
Shinji Mikami finishes the Resident Evil 4 remake and has good things to say

Shinji Mikami has finished playing through the Resident Evil 4 remake. He completed the game in two weeks and showed his approval by posting a tweet that said, “I enjoyed it very much.”
Why is Rajang so common in Sunbreak’s Event Quests? There are 10 of them now

There are total of ten Event Quests that feature Rajang/Furious Rajang in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. The new Event Quest Food Fight also includes a Rajang as one of the targets.
Whale Fall is a beautiful UE5 ocean-exploration game coming this summer

UE5 ocean-exploration game Whale Fall will be releasing in summer 2023 for PC (Steam/Epic Games Store). Whale Fall is a game where players become marine creatures and travel around its world.