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Goldin’s Spring Pop Culture Elite Auction is happening now, from May 22nd to June 17th, and it’s packed with amazing collectibles! You’ll find everything from trading cards and comics to figurines and more. Nintendo fans, in particular, will be thrilled with the auction’s huge selection of over 300 retro games and consoles. Many of these items are still sealed and professionally graded, covering Nintendo’s entire history from the original NES onward. It even features highly-rated copies of games that launched some of Nintendo’s most famous series. I couldn’t resist taking a look, so I’ve put together a list of some of the most exciting items up for grabs.

The developers at Hotta Studio received a lot of complaints about a certain annoying character, and they’ve now removed its repetitive voice lines. Many players will be happy about that!

Originally published in 1998 in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump by Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata, Hikaru no Go sparked a widespread interest in the game of Go. While it didn’t achieve the same global popularity as Obata’s later series like Death Note and Bakuman, it remains a beloved classic. Now, 23 years after the manga concluded, Obata has created new artwork to celebrate a special exhibition being held this summer in Japan. You can find the new art below.

He’s been part of many teams over time, leaving them for various reasons, including the loss of teammates, and someone always had to take his place. Throughout his history with groups like the X-Men, X-Force, and Weapon X, numerous heroes and villains have attempted to follow in his footsteps, each striving to live up to his legendary status and become the best at what they do.

Throughout the history of Street Fighter, many skilled fighters haven’t played a significant role in the game’s overall story, even if fans love them. Often, players only get a short glimpse into a character’s reasons for fighting through a single ending in arcade mode. This approach works well for characters who only appear once, like guest characters or unique fighters such as El Fuerte and Hakan from Street Fighter 4. However, it’s frustrating when characters who appear in multiple games repeatedly receive such limited story development.

Journey to the West tells the story of Sun Wukong, a powerful being who learns from his errors and joins the monk Tripitaka on a dangerous quest to retrieve sacred texts from the West. During their travels, they face numerous demons and monsters, and are aided by companions Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing as they overcome these obstacles.

While there have been many versions of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, fans often consider the 2018 Nickelodeon series, The Rise of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, to be a standout. The show ran for two seasons and concluded with a full-length movie. If you’re a Netflix subscriber, you’ll want to watch it before June 1st, as it will be removed from the platform. However, don’t worry – just because it’s leaving Netflix doesn’t mean you won’t be able to find it elsewhere in the future.

From May 11th to 17th, the movie Kpop Demon Hunters ranked as the 6th most popular title on Netflix worldwide. It garnered 3.8 million views and a total of 6.4 million hours of watch time. This marked the 48th straight week the film appeared in Netflix’s global top 10. However, its 46-week run in the U.S. top 10 has come to an end.

If you’ve been following No Gravity Games’ free game offers, you have until May 24th to download Dream Alone for free on the Nintendo Switch eShop. While this game originally came out in 2018, and there isn’t a version for the new Nintendo Switch 2, Switch 2 owners can still download and play it thanks to backward compatibility. If you haven’t been participating in the giveaway, you’ll need to sign up to get the game for free.

So, they dropped this teaser after that crazy livestream of… a shed? Honestly, it doesn’t actually show any gameplay. It’s more like a creepy little movie meant to build hype and let us know Jason Voorhees is coming to Dead by Daylight. The good news is we won’t have to wait long – the trailer says he’s joining the game on June 16th, right after the game’s 10th anniversary! Behaviour Interactive isn’t giving away all the details just yet, but I’m expecting they’ll show off his powers and how he plays pretty soon.