This Rise of the Ronin feature should become an industry standard
It wasn’t the combat that intimidated me most when starting Rise of the Ronin — it was the history.
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The best skills in Rise of the Ronin
While you do pick a starting class of sorts in Rise of the Ronin, that doesn’t lock you out of using any of the game’s numerous weapons or abilities. That initial choice simply determines your starting stats and skills, and you can still freely mold your ronin’s proficiencies with as much detail as you can their appearance. Previous Team Ninja games have had some less-than-friendly UIs for their leveling system, and while it is much better here, it is still quite overwhelming. You have multiple branches of skills spread across the four main categories, plus most skills can be leveled up more than once. If you’re ready to learn the ways of the samurai, enter our dojo to learn which skills are the best.
Nintendo Museum Opening Date Delayed
According to a recent construction notice, Nintendo's official museum opening will be missing its targeted March 2024 and will be ready for next month. Nintendo had first announced its plans to open a museum back in 2021, with the intent of sharing its «product development history and philosophy» among all gamers. This museum was going to put a wide variety of Nintendo products on display. The museum style facility was first announced as «Nintendo Gallery,» and it was going to be built on the site of its old Uji Ogura Plant in Kyoto.
Super Mario Maker Players Beat All Levels Ahead of Wii U Shutdown
A dedicated group of Super Mario Maker players have beaten all the levels uploaded to the game before the Wii U's services go offline. As Nintendo has been focused on the Nintendo Switch ever since its release in 2017, the Japanese gaming giant has also been phasing out the services of its previous consoles, the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. This closure would affect several games released on the console, including the first Super Mario Maker, a Wii U exclusive.
Rumor: Resident Evil 9 May Be Open-World
Resident Evil 9 will be an open-world game, a well-known Capcom leaker has said. The insider also claimed that Dragon's Dogma 2 is at least partially to thank for the Resident Evil series' purported open-world foray.
“Video Games Are Art”: An Interview With Yoshitaka Amano
The career of Yoshitaka Amano, the Japanese artist who is well-known for his art in the franchise, spans over 50 years, long before his work on Square Enix’s (formerly Square) popular gaming series. Amano’s work started off in the anime industry and has since reached far beyond, extending to games, graphic novels, comic books, and even music. Amano is wildly popular as an artist, having even illustrated the cover of .
After 27 years, the director of a Nintendo 64 cult classic returned to lead Princess Peach Showtime
Now Princess Peach: Showtime is out, it's time to talk about the feel-good comeback of an old-school director we've got thanks to the studio behind it.
World’s Largest Anime Store Officially Crowned by Guinness Book of World Records
There are a growing number of anime stores around the world to feed the continually growing trend of anime love, but Japan still has the most stores. And as the birthplace of anime, it probably always will. Some neighborhoods in Tokyo are almost entirely dedicated to anime and anime sales, including the famous Akihabara, as well as Ikebukuro. It is in the latter that a newly renovated anime store has re-opened, and it is huge — record-breakingly huge.