Here's a video that analyzes why they did this. In short, it's a business decision. They want their sales to be compact, especially on re-releases where people are more likely to wait before they buy the game.

I posted my written review yesterday and now have a video review ready for those that would prefer it.

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony is a reboot of the cult-classic Danganronpa franchise. The basic idea is this: 16 students are brought to a school and informed that there is only one way out. To escape, a student must su...

Originally published on Nintendo Enthusiast. Nintendo’s president Tatsumi Kimishima hopes to sell 20 million Switch consoles during the next fiscal year, up from the company’s 14 million unit projecti...

First published on Nintendo Enthusiast. No, the Nintendo Switch is not going to sell 20 million units in the next fiscal year, despite the hopes of Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima. Yes, the platform has seen incredible ...

Each year I like to put together a list of games that released that year in order catalog my completion rates of those rated best on Metacritic, and also a few others of interest to me. Given that I have less time to play as I get...

Over the last week, Nintendo executives have found themselves scrambling upon the realization that opening up its system to cross-play might actually be a good decision. “We’ve worked so hard over the last ten years to ensu...

Yesterday, Nintendo held its online digital event. The stream, dubbed the “Nintendo Spotlight,” was meant to show off some of the company’s planned releases for its shiny new Switch console. The presentation, just a b...

FIFA 18 is coming to Nintendo Switch this fall. From the looks of it, however, the Switch version of the title is not the same game that we will see released on the PS4 and Xbox One. The Switch release will not run on the newest version o...

After Nintendo revealed its latest console, the Switch, in a three-minute trailer, the company announced it would not reveal any other details about the system until 2017. Across Twitter and Facebook, fans expressed outrage, claiming ...

Here’s something you don’t hear every day: Games should be expensive. In fact, games are cheaper now than they’ve ever been. Not only are indie, downloadable games available as a cheaper alternative to full $60 titles...

Dakota Lasky is a competitive Smash Bros. player. Known as “The Rapture” in competitive circles, Lasky competes mainly on the Wii U version of Smash, but also in Melee and on the Wii version as well. In 2014, Lasky was on...

  Note: This article was originally published on Nintendo Enthusiast. Although it may seem peculiar, some researchers are using tools as weird as hot sauce in conjunction with games like Street Fighter to study complex topics like...

Last week, Ubisoft provided a statement confirming that it is not only excited for the announcement and release of the Nintendo NX, but actually has several games in development for the new Nintendo console. At E3, the company announc...

When publishers launch really big games, reviewers often cut the game a little bit of slack. After all, if the game does so many things so well, sometimes we can overlook a little bit of a lack of polish. Bethesda games regularly get e...

When the Wii U first launched, it seemed like its price-point was in a pretty good place. For $299, players could get the console alone, while $50 would buy you an extra game and extra memory. Compared to the previous generation of con...

"Hey, did you see that Tauros?!" That was a question from one of my friends while playing Pokemon Go. Tauros, albeit a simple design taken after a bull, had all but slipped my mind. With more than 700 Pokemon now in circulation, I had ...

Is Pokemon Go a game? Yes, yes it is. There is no dispute in this discussion. A game by definition is a form of play or sport, where there are certain rules that dictate what a player can and can’t do, and some sort of objective...

A woman in Pennsylvania is blaming the new mobile title Pokemon Go for her daughters new injuries. Tracy Nolan, the mother, said that Pokemon GO lead her daughter across a busy highway during rush hour. Fortunately, the 15-year-ol...

One Louisiana couple did not go chasing Pokemon after the Nintendo’s newest smartphone application Pokemon GO launched last Wednesday. Their friend group reportedly would taunt them if they were to play the game. “We didn&r...

Note: This article is a satire and is not meant to be taken seriously. The quotes are not genuine, and were made up for comedic’s sake. Nintendo websites across the internet rejoiced last week as Nintendo launched Pokemon GO in ...

I’m a runner. Almost each day I pull out my Brooks running shoes, slide on some comfortable short-shorts, and run a few miles around my area to stay in shape. With Pokemon GO launching last night, it was the perfect fit. I could...

I’m a relatively young gamer. The first platform I owned and played a ton was the Gameboy Advance, which I received for my fifth birthday from a relative. From then on, Nintendo platforms saw the vast majority of my ga...

Disclaimer: Very light spoilers for Inside are contained in this article. Playdead’s new release Inside isn’t a particularly fun game. It doesn’t lead to the dopamine-like release of giddy emotion that other games m...

As a kid I was an entrepreneur. It was how I functioned. I was always looking for a way to earn a buck, and most of the time I was willing to perform more than a proportionate amount of labor to earn it. Sometimes, that meant mowing l...

Nintendo could put out a regular console – a Nintendo NX with the innards for a mid-tier PC, an HDMI port, a few USB ports, and a controller. The console could just be a piece of hardware, like a PS4 or Xbox One, and sell b...

Is the Persona franchise well-known? If I were to say the word “Persona” in a gaming message board or comment section, would people know what I’m talking about? If I were to ask for a Persona game at Gamest...

At this year’s E3, Sony talked about the present. The company showed off games that would be coming to its console over the next few years and it profoundly featured the Playstation VR, its Virtual Reality platform&nbs...