These days, a game console launch happens worldwide within weeks of its debut in one country or another. It wasn't always that way, though; back in the '80s, Nintendo launched the Famicom two and ...

To commemorate the system’s 40th anniversary, why not play some of the best Famicom games? Here are Siliconera’s suggestions, whether you’re digging through old cartridges or sifting through ...

More than 30 years after their original releases in 1988 and 1989, both Famicom Detective Club games have received modern remakes on Nintendo Switch. I had never played either game before ...

All this classic fun hits the Japanese Game Boy Advance on 5/21. Remember to make sure you've collected the first ten Famicom Mini games by then, as Nintendo plans to cease production.

Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir and its prequel, Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind, were released for the Famicom Disk System in 1998 and 1989 respectively.The games ...

When the Famicom Mini series hit the scene, with each game retailing for 2200 yen, I thought that there'd be no way that Nintendo could get away with a similar pricing in the US. But I was proven ...

On July 15, 1983, while the games industry was collapsing in the U.S., Nintendo released the Family Computer, or Famicom, in Japan. The 8-bit console built on Nintendo’s early ‘80s arcade ...

Now, the series is getting its first new entry in 30 years called Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club and, unsurprisingly, it’s a top-notch mystery game. And while it has a ...

Unless you’re a very specific kind of games enthusiast, the existence of Famicom Detective Club probably eluded you until Nintendo released a pair of remakes on the Switch in 2021. It’s one of ...

For most, its legacy is just that of being one of the rarest Super Famicom games, but it meant a lot more to others.

Nintendo Switch 2 As the original Switch's legendary 8-year run comes to an end, no series benefitted from it more than Fire Emblem Nintendo Switch 2 The Switch 2 wants to be a do-it-all console ...