Tag Archives: Fan Works

Unique 16-Bit Apparel Celebrates an Obscure Chapter in Nintendo’s Hardware History

From Elude Visibility (the online store of the archive of prototype and unreleased game ROMs of the same name, curated by Matthew Callis of superfamicom.org) comes some video game-inspired apparel that pays homage to Nintendo’s fascinating hardware history, reaching into … Continue reading

Posted in Fashion, Games Culture, Merchandise, Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

When Yakuza met Sylvanian Families – Culture Collection #12

What happens when you cross the gentle country lifestyle championed by Sylvanian Families, the internationally popular line of anthropomorphic animal mini-figures, with the hard-boiled, gripping criminal underworld that plays host to SEGA’s Yakuza series of crime games? Twitter user @momomousoumomo calls it ‘Yakuzania’ … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Culture Collection, Features, Games Culture, Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Fashion, food and fighting – Splatoon gets real in HITEYE’s Shibuya guide fanzine

A new project from RAW-Fi is putting a stylish, Splatoon-inspired spin on your ordinary city guidebook. Embracing Nintendo’s squid/kid phenomenon head on, HITEYE‘s latest edition compiles the hottest locales in Shibuya – the area of Tokyo which inspired Splatoon‘s ‘Booyah Base’ hubworld … Continue reading

Posted in Fashion, Food, Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Robotic Akira from Virtua Fighter perhaps the most terrifying thing to walk the earth

When people talk about the supposedly impending ‘rise of the machines’, in which the technology we have created turns against us and rules over us with an iron, circuit-filled fist, it’s unlikely the thought that said machines will be practicing … Continue reading

Posted in Posts, Video | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Gorgeous minimalist prints celebrate 20 years of iconic Pokémon design

Designer Dan Clarke has produced some stunning work for Arkotype, a passion project of his creation that stylishly combines gaming and graphic design, which we have featured on numerous occasions. His latest project is a minimalist design for a print featuring all … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Merchandise, Posts | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Watch the President of Sony uppercut PaRappa the Rapper in this SNES-CD homebrew game

When the prototype of the ill-fated SNES-CD add-on (also known as the Super Disc, or even the Nintendo PlayStation) leaks out into the hands of the public, what are you, the president of Sony, going to do? Get revenge by causing … Continue reading

Posted in Features, Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Experience an overlooked adventure with English-dubbed Satellaview Zelda

The Satellaview has become something of a curio amongst Nintendo fans, both due to a diverse library of interesting titles and content, as well as a somewhat peculiar distribution method that has resulted in a fair amount of said content … Continue reading

Posted in Games Culture, Posts | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A ridiculously stylish R-Type animation made mostly by one person

Irem‘s side scrolling shoot-em-up classic R-Type, known for its grotesque alien bosses and intense difficulty amongst other things, has been remarkably captured in this unique animated short that tells the story of a young man trapped inside what has been labelled as one … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Games Culture, Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments