Merge Beasts: Defense Game

Beast of Reincarnation, the latest game from Pokémon developer Game Freak, was a lot riding on it this summer.

We played tons of upcoming games at this year's Summer Game Fest. These were 10 of our favorites.

Lazy River, Screenbound, Super Yooka-Laylee Kart, and other Day of the Devs games were particular Summer Game Fest standouts

Since their introduction in 2006, I've largely viewed Miis as creepy little things. Sure, some of them are cute--anytime I buy a new Nintendo console, I spend a few minutes attempting to make my Mii a bit less offputting--but I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel a growing sense of dread in the pit of my stomach the first time I fired up my Wii U and saw them all run toward the screen en masse: a tiny stampede of ever-smiling, soulless bobbleheads. I silently judged fellow Animal Crossing: New Leaf players who chose to import their Mii's face rather than use the game's default settings to creat