When the idea of Mii fighters in the Smash Bros. series was first raised, creator Masahiro Sakurai dismissed it out of hand. Why did he change his mind for Super Smash Bros. 3DS and Wii U? Nintendo raised the idea of Mii characters for 2008 Wii title Super Smash Bros. Brawl, but Sakurai "thought it over for about a minute and immediately decided against it", the creator wrote in a new Famitsu blog post.

Pokemon evolution naturally continues to be a major component in Pokemon Legends: Arceus. No matter how much the game changes - and a lot has changed - that’s an immovable aspect of the Pokemon series. Despite that, there has been one major change of the process of how to evolve - and you might initially miss it. This is especially likely if you’re an old Pokemon hand, as we are, and hammer the A button through many tutorial dialogue boxes.

Once you've defeated the final boss in Borderlands 3: Psycho Krieg and the Fantastic Fustercluck you'll be able to break into Vaulthalla, where there's a secret loot room waiting for you. The last boss you'll be up against is Psychoreaver, but he's arguably one of the easier bosses to defeat in the DLC. Once you're past him, you can access Vaulthalla and have a limited amount of time to open chests and bag yourself some tasty new loot.

A new update is available for classic Doom and Doom 2 on all platforms. The update to classic Doom and Doom 2 includes QOL improvements, performance optimization, and more. On PC, the games now have Steam support so anyone who already owns The Ultimate Doom or Doom 2: Hell on Earth on Steam will automatically receive the new re-releases in their libraries. The original DOS versions are still available as a separate launch option from within Steam, and the original DOS IWAD files are in their original location on disk.

The next console entry in the classic Mana series is in development some 15 years after the last mainline entry on a home console. Producer Masaru Oyamada revealed the news during a Mana series 30th-anniversary livestream that took place on June 27. "We wanted to announce it by running a cool trailer, but we're only at the start of the 30th anniversary," Oyamada said during the presentation (thanks, Gematsu). "But we are in fact developing [a new game], but please wait a little while longer until the proper announcement.

Star Citizen creator Chris Roberts has said the space sim will always be a PC exclusive, because even next-generation hardware can't live up to elite rigs. Roberts told ArsTechnica that current consoles couldn't even handle his proof-of-concept mock ups as seen in Star Citizen's pitch video. "You can do most of it on a next generation console, but I can promise you a top-end PC now is already more powerful than what a next generation console is going to be,"