13 Classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games return in The Cowabunga Collection!

Two days ago, Konami revealed they are collaborating with Nickelodeon and partnering up with game developer Digital Eclipse to re-release 13 classic TMNT to modern consoles! This collection - titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection - ranges from titles from the arcades, the Nintendo Entertainment System, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the Sega Genesis, and the Game Boy. All of them were inspired and based around the 1987 cartoon that was airing on TV at the time, as well as the original Mirage comic book and even the Archie comic book.

The game list goes as follows 

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (Arcade)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game (NES)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project (NES)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (NES)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (Super Nintendo)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (Super Nintendo)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist (Sega Genesis)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (Sega Genesis)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of The Foot Clan (Game Boy)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back From The Sewers (Game Boy)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue (Game Boy)

Additionally, the game will come with their Japanese counterparts as well! The only exceptions are for TMNT (Arcade) and TMNT: Tournament Fighters (NES), which have none. Online support for multiplayer will be provided for TMNT (Arcade), TMNT: Turtles in Time (Arcade), TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist, and TMNT Tournament Fighters (Super Nintendo).

The player will also be able to save their game at any point, as well as rewind to an earlier point if they made a mistake somewhere. (This will no doubt prove valuable to some games, such as the notoriously difficult Tournament Fights (Sega Genesis))

The game will also come with extras, such as a Museum that compiles images from the original cartoons, comics, and other TMNT-related content. Additionally, there will also be never-before-seen development artwork, sketches, and game design material.

The game is planning to release sometime this year in 2022 and will retail at $39.99. The game will release on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, and Xbox One.

Unused original character designs found in Super Mario Strikers!

Back in February 24th, a Twitter user named Dogon McBanana decided to dig around in the files of the game Super Mario Strikers, which was released for the Nintendo Gamecube back in 2005. He ended up finding some unused characters - as well as other unused assets - for the game!

Pictured above: Mario's intended sidekicks. The guy on the bottom-right's textures are really messed up.

According to Dogon McBanana, these unused characters appear to be intended to be sidekicks for the Team Captains (Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario, and Waluigi for those who never played the game) and would've been styled after them.

Pictured above: Donkey Kong's intended sidekicks. The middle one kind of resembles Bluster Kong from the Donkey Kong Country cartoon show.

However, only Mario's and Donkey Kong's teammates were left in the game's code.

Luigi has a teammate as well, but it's nothing more than a duplicate of himself wearing his usual attire, which may suggest these original sidekick characters were scrapped early on. (and possibly replaced with the Toads, Koopas, Hammer Bros., and Birdos)

Additionally, some other interesting unused characters include a Security Pianta (which was initially found in the E3 Prototype of the game) as well as a 3D interpretation of the Dull Bones enemies from the Paper Mario series who are simply labeled "Medic."

There are also some models of a camera crew, specifically a yellow Pianta, a Shy Guy, and a TV Van. Dogon McBanana theorizes they were replaced with the futuristic cameras the game went with.

There are also a variety of unused banners, though the textures for them were coded differently compared to the other stuff, so Dogon McBanana didn't know how to properly fix it. (Even Diddy Kong gets a banner, even though he's not in the final game!)

Finally, a Goomba Guard was found that has ties to a cut stage in the game, "peach_palace." While it's not a lot, it does give one an idea on the stage's theme.

Would do you think? Would you have liked to see these original characters make the cut, or do you think Nintendo and Next Level Games make the right call scrapping them? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below!

Pokemon Scarlet & Pokemon Violet announced!

Today, the Pokemon Company hosted Pokemon Presents as part of Pokemon Day, where they talked about upcoming news and updates for various games such as Pokemon Go, Pokemon Cafe Mix, and Pokemon Legends: Arceus. The stream ended with the reveal of the 9th generation of the Pokemon games: Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet!

From what can be seen in the trailer, the games appear to be following up on the open-world gameplay that Pokemon Legends: Arceus built. The trailer showcased a few areas, such as some grassy plains, a forest, a desert, a beach, and a town. Some familiar Pokemon from past titles were also seen during this, such as Starly, Hoppip, Petilil, Bounsweet, Driftloon, Meowth, and of course, Pikachu.

But speaking of Pokemon, it also showed off the new three Starter Pokemon! A green cat called Sprigatito, a duck with what appears to be either a hat or some stylish hair called Quaxly, and a red crocodile-pepper-thing called Fuecoco.

The trailer also showed off what appears to be the protagonists. Unlike the Pokemon, their names were not revealed. (Though following Pokemon tradition - mainly the naming conventions that the Pokemon Adventures manga goes with - the boy's placeholder name will be Scarlet, while the girl's placeholder name will be Violet) Notably, their designs resemble how the humans looked in the spin-off game, New Pokemon Snap.

You can watch the trailer here! The game is planning to release in late 2022 for the Nintendo Switch.

Digimon Adventure: 2020 anime will receive an English Dub!

Yesterday, it has been confirmed that one of the recent anime of the Digimon franchise, Digimon Adventure: - and yes, the colon is part of the name, though it's easier to just refer to it as Digimon Adventure 2020 - will be receiving an English dub, though when it will be released is unknown.

For those who don't know, Digimon Adventure 2020 serves as a reboot of the classic 1999 Digimon Adventure show. Set in more modern times, the series sees Tai, and his friends - Matt, Sora, Mimi, Izzy, and Joe - getting transported to the Digital World, where they meet Agumon and his friends - Gabumon, Biyomon, Palmon, Tentomon, and Gomamon. Together, they must work together to stop the evil Digimon, who's relentless attacks on the Digital World are causing disastrous effects in the Real World.

When it comes to the voices, it's been confirmed that all of the characters will be receiving new voice actors. However, only Tai's and Agumon's new voices have been revealed. Tai Kamiya will be voiced by Zeno Robinson, who notable works include voicing Hawks from My Hero Academia, as well as Genya from Demon Slayer. Agumon will be voiced by Ben Diskin, who previously voiced Shoutmon from Digimon Fusion. Both voice actors appeared in a video message to the fans, with Robinson commenting that he had grown up with the original show and was honored to be voicing the series' main character.

Following this news, some fans wonder if the current Digimon anime, Digimon Ghost Game, will be dubbed as well, though nothing was said about it.

Are you excited to see this? Would you have preferred if some of the original voice actors returned? Let us know in the comments!

Kirby gets new powers in the Kirby and the Forgotten Land!

A new trailer shown in the Nintendo Direct goes into more depth with Kirby and the Forgotten Land... including a new power for Kirby called Mouthful Mode!

When Kirby tried to inhale certain objects - such as the car pictured above - he'll be able to get them in his mouth, but won't be able to fully swallow them, hence the name "Mouthful Mode." During this, Kirby will gain access to new abilities. In Car Mouth mode, Kirby can race around at high speeds, jumping over ramps and ramming into enemies!

Other new Mouthful Modes include Arch Mouth, allowing Kirby to glide through the air; Cone Mouth, which slows him down greatly, but allows him to poke through certain terrain; Light-Bulb Mouth, which can allow Kirby to brighten up dark rooms, at the cost of moving slower while doing so; and Vending Mouth, which allows Kirby to shoot juice cans at his foes.

Another thing new to the game is upgrading Copy Abilities! During his adventure, Kirby can visit Waddle Dee's Weapon Shop to evolve his Copy Abilities into stronger forms, and each one appears to have three levels of evolution. An example given of this was the Fire ability, which can evolve into Volcano Fire, than then mighty Dragon Fire! Each upgrade costs a certain amount of stars to evolve them.

The final shot of the trailer shows more members of the Beast Pack, who are the antagonists of the game. It also shows King Dedede is with them as well, though whether he's working for them, commanding them, or being mind-controlled is currently unknown.

Kirby and the Forgotten Land will release on March 25, 2022.

New race tracks heading to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe!

While the news may disappoint some fans hoping for a Mario Kart 9, those who don't mind may be excited to hear that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for Nintendo Switch is receiving 48 new courses via the Booster Course Pass!

The Booster Course Pass will be sent out in 6 waves, with each wave having two 2 Cups that have 8 race tracks each. All of the tracks are picked from previous games in the series, as well as some courses from the Mario Kart Tour mobile game!

The Golden Dash Cup contains Paris Promenade (Mario Kart Tour), Toad Circuit (Mario Kart 7), Choco Mountain (Mario Kart 64), and Coconut Mall (Mario Kart Wii). Lucky Cat Cup contains Tokyo Blur (Mario Kart Tour), Shrom Ridge (Mario Kart DS), Sky Garden (Mario Kart: Super Circuit), and Ninja Hideaway (Mario Kart Tour).  Wave 1 will be released on March 18, 2022.

The Booster Course Pass costs $24.99. Even if you don't buy the DLC. you can still race on these new courses with others in the online mode, as long as one of the players your up against has purchased the DLC. You just won't be able to race on them whenever you want offline.

What are your thoughts? You excited for this upcoming DLC? What courses are you hoping make the cut? Tell us in the comments below!

Master Splinter joins the battle in TMNT: Shredder's Revenge!

As revealed a few days ago, the Ninja Turtles sensei, Master Splinter, is the fifth playable character in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge! Though the initial reveal trailer teased this, this is outright confirmation of it.

Compared to his rambunctious kids, Splinter is more calm and stoic. As the one responsible for teaching the turtles the art of ninja, you can expect him to be quite the powerhouse. Along with attacking foes from afar with his walking cane, he can also use powerful ninjutsu techniques to overwhelm the various Foot Soldiers Shredder has sent out to gain up on our heroes.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge is planning to release sometime in 2022.