As Shigeru Miyamoto never actually said, “A delayed game is eventually good, but a bad game is forever bad.” This sliding-doors concept gains an additional, poignant dimension when considering The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, because that game’s delay affected more than its quality. Originally planned for release...
Giratina ex just fixed going first in Pokémon TCG Pocket
Going first in Pokémon TCG Pocket sucks. You can’t equip any energy (unless you happen to have Misty). You can’t evolve. You kind of just put a Pokémon in the active spot and hope that your opponent doesn’t wallop you too hard on the second turn. It’s pretty rough —...
Netflix’s hidden action-comedy gem The Man Who Feels No Pain delivers on all fronts
I haven’t watched Novocaine yet, but I’m looking forward to it. The action comedy about a man who doesn’t feel pain and looks to save his co-worker from a hostage situation has been described to me as “what if the Crank movies were romantic comedies,” which sounds exactly up my...
Monster Hunter Wilds’ Gathering Hub NEEDS a Poogie, OK???
Monster Hunter Wilds has been keeping me busy since its drop a few weeks back. I’m working on boosting my hunter rank in the high-rank environments, and vacillating quickly on which new armor set I’m going to craft next. (Right now I’m hunting gnarly Jin Dahaad, but the armor-plated Gravios...
Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders to start in early April, leaks say
Pre-orders for the Nintendo Switch 2 will open on Wednesday, April 2 — if you believe retailer Best Buy Canada, which announced that pre-order date in a blog post (and then quickly pulled it) on Thursday. A new report from Insider Gaming, citing documents from an unnamed “large U.S. retailer,”...
‘Tea Bowls for Rikyu’ locations in Assassin’s Creed Shadows
“Tea Bowls for Rikyu” is a quest in Assassin’s Creed Shadows that you can pick up in Yamashiro after you unlock Yasuke. It’s part of the People of Yamashiro Objectives board.Tea Master Sen no Rikyu is setting up a new tea house and he needs tea bowl collections for it....
Mufasa: The Lion King, Queer, Dead Talents Society on Netflix, and every movie new to streaming this week
Each week on Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.This week, Mufasa: The Lion King, the Barry Jenkins-directed animated prequel to 2019’s The Lion King, comes to streaming on Disney Plus...
Getting Terminator 2’s T-1000 into MK1 was both easy and incredibly hard
“Guest characters are always a challenge,” says Nick Nicastro, design manager at Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm Studios. But there’s at least one thing that’s easy about bringing Mortal Kombat 1’s newest kombatant, the Terminator T-1000, to the fighting game: a shared understanding of what the character is and what he’s...
The Nintendo Switch traumatized my family and I cannot forgive it
Halfway through October 2021, my youngest daughter, just 7 years old at the time, came to me with concern in her eyes. The Nintendo Switch wouldn’t turn on, and its last few moments of operation were concerning. Something about a download that had just completed, she said, and a button...
‘An Evening in Otsu’ walkthrough and Aoi location in Assassin’s Creed Shadows
“An Evening in Otsu” is a main story quest in Assassin’s Creed Shadows that’s part of the chain to assassinate The Naginata, one of your primary targets. He’s hiding out in the Omi province, and you’ll need to locate an ally to help you get information on him.In this Assassin’s...