Games

Pokopia is very similar to Animal Crossing, offering players a customizable world to explore and shape as they like. Throughout the game, you’ll encounter numerous Pokémon, and it’s your job to find homes for them and create a comfortable environment. With over 300 Pokémon needing accommodation, there’s plenty to do! You’ll also be building a home base in each town you visit, allowing for quick travel around the game world. Players can spend hours designing and constructing houses with complete freedom, experimenting with different styles and designs.

Games can take a long time to truly master for a couple of key reasons: the high level of skill required and the overwhelming amount of information players need to learn. Some games are complex, with many different rules and systems to understand, while others demand precise execution, meaning even experts can slip up. Ultimately, this shows that even games that seem simple can offer endless opportunities for improvement and discovery.

Capcom appears to be a strong supporter of the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2. While the company initially released mostly older games or collections on the original Switch, they’ve recently shifted gears. Newer titles like Resident Evil Village and Street Fighter 6 are now being ported to the Switch 2, and even brand-new games like Resident Evil Requiem and Pragmata will launch on the Switch 2 at the same time as their releases on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. Adding to this, Capcom is collaborating with Nintendo to create amiibo figures for its Switch 2 games.

The current arc in One Piece, focusing on Elbaf, has felt unsettling since the Loki flashback concluded. This is largely because the Straw Hats and the Giants have been experiencing an unusual string of successes. Throughout the arc, allies of Imu – including Sommers, Killingham, and the Domi Reversi army – have been consistently defeated.

Rumors last year suggested the new Pokémon game, Winds and Waves, would be released around late 2026, but that’s not happening. Instead, Game Freak now plans to launch the game in 2027. While a specific release date isn’t known yet, at least we have a year to look forward to. We can expect Game Freak to share more details about Winds and Waves throughout the year, and some initial glimpses of the new generation of Pokémon (Gen 10) may arrive as early as August – though not directly through the Winds and Waves game itself. Winds and Waves isn’t the only project Game Freak is working on; Beast of Reincarnation is coming out later this year and might even offer clues about what to expect in Winds and Waves.

When games connect your character’s social standing or history to the story and conversations, it feels more personal and responsive to you as a player, not just your actions. Even games without strict character classes often find ways to integrate your skills or past into the experience.

Although Crimson Desert initially faced some criticism after its release on March 19th, player reviews have steadily improved. The game’s Metacritic score has risen from 7.7 to 8.6 in just a week. This increase is likely because players are becoming more comfortable with the controls, which were a major concern at first. Positive feedback about the game’s engaging gameplay and beautiful fantasy world – reminiscent of Pearl Abyss’s 2014 game, Black Desert Online – has also contributed to the higher ratings.

Just like other types of comics and anime have their iconic, intensely focused fighters – like the Hulk or Guts from Berserk – shonen anime also features characters who fit that ‘berserker’ mold. A ‘berserker’ is someone who thrives in battle, potentially losing control when fighting gets intense. Naturally, these characters are usually incredibly powerful, as it takes a strong fighter to repeatedly throw themselves into chaos and survive. This passion for battle makes them some of the most exciting characters in shonen, regardless of whether they’re portrayed as heroes, villains, or something more complex.

Nintendo’s first game designed specifically for the upcoming Switch 2, Mario Tennis Fever, has been doing well since its February 12th release. Players and critics have generally given it positive reviews, and it’s been welcomed by fans who have been waiting almost eight years for a new Mario Tennis game after Mario Tennis Aces on the original Switch. The game’s success is partly due to players’ fondness for the series, but also thanks to its fun, over-the-top special moves and the large selection of nearly 40 playable characters from the Mario universe.

Finding all the pages hidden in Wrestful Retreat will earn you the R&R trophy or achievement. Don’t worry about missing any – you can always replay the levels to collect anything you skipped!