An aural tour with the composer of Nintendo Land, part 2

Commentary from composer Ryo Nagamatsu We’re back with part two of our audio walkthrough ofNintendo Landwith composer Ryo Nagamatsu. This time we visitLuigi’s Ghost Mansion,Mario Chase,Metroid Blast, andOctopus Dance. And be sure to readpart oneof our feature which covered four otherNintendo Landattractions. On his approach toNintendo Landand the main theme “ForNintendo Land‘s music, we decided to go with a mixture of nostalgia, fun, and novelty, something that could be enjoyed by people who have played a lot of the old games as well as those playing a Nintendo title for the first time....

May 26, 2025 · 4 min · 665 words · Ryan Gonzalez

Anime Max Simulator codes (October 2024)

Updated: August 09, 2025 Checked for new codes! If you’re interested in Roblox games that perfectly combine exploration and fighting, thenAnime Max Simulatormight be your next favorite. This fast-paced adventure will grab your attention as soon as you summon your first ally and beat your first boss. Remember to collect Yen after every battle—you’ll need it! Since you’ll need a lot of Potions, Gems, and Crystals to upgrade your hero, we looked for someAnime Max Simulatorcodes and found a bunch of them....

May 26, 2025 · 3 min · 454 words · Ashlee Griffin

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel will launch in October

Check out the new trailer Borderlands: The Pre-Sequelhas been dated, and that date is October 14th, 2014. Of course, bonus content will be arriving along with that launch, and the “Shock Drop Slaughter Pit” has been announced, which allows people to grab unique loot from what seems to be an arena-like situation. A new trailer has also dropped that showcases some of the new environments and characters, so be sure to check it out if you’re excited for the game’s impending release....

May 26, 2025 · 1 min · 101 words · Brandi Wheeler

Bravely Default II news teased by Square Enix

Series celebrates eighth anniversary Yesterday saw the eighth anniversary of celebrated adventure seriesBravely Default.In lieu of any actual news, publisher Square Enixsimply tweeted outthe announcement that new info pertaining to anticipated sequelBravely Default IIwould be coming “soon.” In addition, Square also released a cute sketch of series heroes Ringabel and Edea Lee, as realised by artist Naoki Ikushima. You can check out the artwork and Square’s succinct message in the tweet below....

May 26, 2025 · 1 min · 131 words · Brian Fisher

Canada gets anime tourism commercial from Your Name creators

Where are the Tim Hortons? Last year marked the release ofYour Name, one of the most successful anime films to come out in Japan and worldwide.Your Namewowed audiences with stunningly beautiful animation and evoked many emotions within its viewers while netting some pretty major awards and accolades. Now the creators ofYour Name, renowned director Makoto Shinkai and the studio CoMix Wave, have now put their skills to work to promoting the beautiful sites of Canada....

May 26, 2025 · 2 min · 247 words · Kelli Fitzgerald

Capcom says a Resident Evil 3 remake is possible, I say ‘bring it on’

STARRRSSS It’s another one of those “if the fans want it” kind of statements, but Capcom is open to the idea of remakingResident Evil 3in the same updated engine vein as2. Speaking to GameWatch, Capcom producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi (who worked on 2019’sRE2) stated that as long as fans “voiced their enthusiasm,” the company would look at updating the third game in the series. While that seems vague that fan-demand actually led toResident Evil 2‘s remakeproduction, which has paid off in spadeswhen it comes to sales....

May 26, 2025 · 2 min · 272 words · John Bradley

Capcom will bring Street Fighter 6, Mega Man, and Exoprimal to TGS 2022

Capcom wares headed to Japan’s premier trade show In a month’s time, the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan will open its doors to welcome the country’s biggest annual gaming event, Tokyo Game Show (TGS). As is the style of the event, a wide variety of developers and publishers will be in attendance to spotlight their new and upcoming hardware and software releases to press and players. Getting a little ahead of the game, developer Capcom has offered up a teaser of some of the titles that it will be bringing to TGS 2022....

May 26, 2025 · 2 min · 248 words · Jesus Jones

CES 2010: My Mega Man 10 fears are still not allayed

I can’t lie. Even as a devotedMega Manfan, I was worried about the announcement ofMega Man 10. “Too soon,” I thought. And Sheep Man1? I figured it was going to be the same old story that we’ve experienced in the past with the series growing stale due to a lack of good ideas. After playing a brief demo of the game this weekend at CES, I’m no more certain than I was before....

May 26, 2025 · 3 min · 498 words · Michele Powers

Contest: Win macabre card game Trial by Trolley from the minds at Cyanide & Happiness

Weird, not-so-family fun night! We’ve got a physical card game in today’s contest! WinTrial by Trolley, from the wackos at Cyanide & Happiness and Skybound! I’ve never been super big on web content outside of what we produce here at Dtoid, but man there are some fantastic webcomics out there. Hell, here in theQuickposts(JOIN US) we do #Striptoid where users post their favorite webcomics from around the ‘net. It’s great....

May 26, 2025 · 2 min · 329 words · Sarah Cain

Darksiders 2 launches June 26, pre-order stuff revealed

THQ has revealed thatDarksiders IIis coming to Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on June 26.Huzzah! It’s also revealed the various pre-order bonuses available at different retails.Huh … zuuuhr. Without further ado, here’s the extra stuff you can get, and where you can get it: Ah, pre-order incentives. Because the internal conflict of indecisive customers fuels the infernal engine powering our favorite industry. Silly DLC saturation aside, I’m looking forward to this game immensely....

May 26, 2025 · 1 min · 84 words · Laura Hall

Destructoid review: Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree

On the DS, Nintendo’s approach to attracting the “non-gamer” has worked triumphantly — games likeNintendogsandBrain Agehave been huge critical and commercial hits. Even though these “Touch Generation” games are simple in presentation, they have wide appeal and instantly addictive qualities that completely warrant their almost overnight success. Now, withBig Brain Academy: Wii Degree, Nintendo is hoping to transfer its Touch Generation success onto the Wii (a newPointGeneration, if you will)....

May 26, 2025 · 7 min · 1436 words · Anthony Dennis

Destructoid’s games of the week for 04/08/07: TV Guide edition!

(Editor’s note: Nex fell down a well. Apparently, Portland is full of wells. In place of his usual weekly slice of random, we, the Board of Directors behind Destructoid.com, have replaced his column with a local television listing for your home market. Enjoy, and please, click on some of the ads on this site. Without your support, we won’t be able to afford this mound of cocaine. — The Boardtoid)...

May 26, 2025 · 4 min · 769 words · Mike Mcdonald

Devolver Digital is publishing Gods Will Be Watching

A point-and-click game with tough moral decisions In these final days of theIndieGoGo crowdfunding campaignfor point-and-click titleGods Will Be Watching, Deconstructeam has announced a partnership with Devolver Digital that will result in the publisher matching funds raised “to ensure [the game] reaches its full potential.” The base funding goal has already been more than doubled, so they’re on the right track. The project started life as a prototype created during game jam Ludum Dare 26, which I only bring up because, more and more, I feel like some of the most conceptually interesting games come from these sleep-deprived events....

May 26, 2025 · 1 min · 164 words · Joseph Martinez