VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
A new title by Good-feel, developer of the Gambare Goemon series, called Otogi Katsugeki Mameda no Bakeru: Oracle Saitarou no Sainan!! will be released in winter 2023 for the Nintendo Switch.
Japanese game developer Vanpool announced that the company is dissolved as of May 31. They worked on Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland and several Kirby titles.
Splatoon 3’s latest Ver. 3.1.0 update contains a number of changes to weapons, but it’s a buff to the Angle Shooter that has grabbed the attention of players on social media.
Game creator Masahiro Sakurai released a video about his cat to his YouTube channel and has been receiving an impressive number of views and likes, while even surpassing his recent videos about game development.
The schedule for RTA in Japan Winter 2022 has been released. RTA in Japan is a biannual speedrunning event that was first held in 2016. The upcoming winter event will run for six days, from December 26 to 31 (JST), and will include 80 speedruns.
The videos on Masahiro Sakurai’s YouTube channel, “Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games,” have drawn even more attention after it was discovered that they are being used to teach students in game development lectures.
Game creator Masahiro Sakurai has launched a new YouTube channel called Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games. Sakurai gave his reason for creating the channel by saying, “I want to try and help make games around the world a little more fun,” and explained that it will consist of videos that provide easy-to-understand explanations about various game design elements and methods.
“I have come to believe that games with leveling systems are a complete waste of time.” This is the title of an opinion piece posted to a Japanese anonymous blog site that has struck up a discussion among Japanese gamers and developers.
Acquire’s “復活してほしいゲーム”(DesiredGameRevival) hashtag gets flooded with posts unrelated to Acquire’s games. It can be difficult to squeeze context into a hashtag, and users that just happened to see the hashtag without knowing where it came from would have no idea it was originally meant to be about Acquire games.
Game developer Taro Masuda recently took to Twitter to ask gamers how they felt about the term “Easy Mode” on difficulty selection screens and if it gives them an unpleasant feeling.
Japanese marketplace Mercari has updated its guidelines to state that all sales of Nintendo Switch download cards/codes are now prohibited to prevent fraud.
/r/place experiment contains tiny Among Us crewmates hidden throughout the canvas like some kind of subliminal messaging.
An arrangement of the classic Kirby series song “Meta Knight’s Revenge” was awarded a Grammy at the 64th annual Grammy Awards in the Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella category.
Banjo-Kazooie is coming to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack on January 20. Banjo-Kazooie is a 3D action game initially released for the Nintendo 64 in 1998.
An arrangement of the classic Kirby song "Meta Knight's Revenge" gets a nomination at the 2022 Grammys. It was performed by The 8-Bit Big Band and features chiptune artist Button Masher.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ new Polishing Effects spark creativity from players. When combined with custom designs, Polishing Effects can be used in unexpected ways.
New N64 controller promotional images have fans talking about the grip rather than the new buttons. Most gamers insist that holding the controller with your right hand on the right prong and your left hand on the middle prong is the natural way to hold it.