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The ultimate version of “Control” quietly launched an update on Monday. It has been five years since the game was released, and it can still have new tricks. The most eye-catching thing about this update is Hideo Kojima’s guest appearance. He plays the role of “Dr. Zenmi Tokami” in the game. This content was originally limited to the PlayStation 4 Digital Deluxe Edition, but now it is finally open to all players!

“Interestingly, some of the people on the American Pokémon team were actually former Nintendo employees. They left because the sales and marketing department was relocating, so…you know, it’s inevitable that there’s a bit of resentment. Sometimes the hostility and competitiveness is very obvious, and there are often fights between American and European Nintendos, like brothers competing for the attention of Japan’s Nintendo father, competing for favor!”

Even with the success of Super Mario Bros.: The Movie, we still felt like a Zelda adaptation wasn’t that feasible, and it seems Nintendo has felt the same way for years. Former Nintendo “marketing wizard” Gail Tilden said that every time Shigeru Miyamoto was asked to make a “Zelda” movie, he always refused directly.

“In January 1998, I was assigned to lead the team to promote “Pokémon” from Japan to the world. We had already seen the black and white Game Boy RPG. At that time, our advertising agency asked: ‘Can we simply change the art style? Make it more realistic and rough? Like graffiti on the walls?'”

Since “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time” landed on the PC platform, this classic N64 game has received countless imaginative MODs. We have seen the abilities of “Kingdom Tears”, such as “Ultimate Hand” and “Remnant Construction”, successfully ported to this old game, and even other Nintendo series such as “F-Zero” and “Pikmin” have entered Hyrule. But this MOD gives this game a whole new meaning.

The Gameboy version of “Donkey Kong” has just recently been added to Switch Online (NSO). This game is not only a direct sequel to the 1981 arcade version of “Donkey Kong”, but also the origin of the subsequent “Mario vs. Donkey Kong” series. This game was originally released in 1994, and now you can finally replay it on the NSO service!

This time, “Suikoden I & II HD Remaster” finally provides an official Chinese version. This is an excellent opportunity for players who were unable to experience the text in depth due to language barriers in the past. The lines of this work are very charming and the characters are profound. Now you can finally savor it in Chinese without having to rely on the Japanese or English versions to understand the plot!

The ad features a group of actors dressed as Link, Princess Zelda, and enemies Gibdor and Skeleton Soldiers, singing and dancing to a rhythmic rap soundtrack. For years, we have thought that this song was specially composed by Nintendo for the commercial. However, the truth was recently revealed – the song was not actually composed entirely for the commercial, but was adapted from an earlier work.

Players who own a Nintendo DS will be familiar with PictoChat. Whether it was the novelty when you first started it or the fun of chatting and painting with friends late at night, this simple chat room software was once all the rage. And now, in 2025, PictoChat is back – thanks to Overkill, of course!

Recently, LEVEL-5 president Hino Kohiro published his development blog “Five Star Kobo Diary”, in which he talked about the development status of the game “Fantasy Life i” and revealed for the first time that Inafune Keiji has resigned in mid-2024. This news should be the first time he officially revealed that he has left LEVEL-5 comcept.