Rebekah Valentine

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Reporter

Bay Area, CA

Rebekah Valentine has been a news reporter with IGN since 2021, where she focuses on investigative reporting and stories about how the games we all love get made. Prior to that, she wrote about the business side of gaming at GamesIndustry.biz, and also has past credits at USGamer, PC Gamer, App Trigger, iMore, Android Central, Wirecutter, and more, as well as numerous podcast appearances. She's the 2020 winner of the GameHERs Journalist of the Year Award and the 2021 NYVGCC winner of the Knickerbocker Award for Journalism. Reb currently lives in the Bay Area with her partner and two cats that she brought with her from Kansas City. She has a soft spot for cute and unusual indies, exceptionally bizarre game mechanics, and Nintendo, and likes cooking real food inspired by the fictional dishes in games she loves.

Wiki Guide Edits

Where the Bleep Is the Nintendo Direct? - NVC 615

Jun 10, 2022 - Nintendo is the Squidward glaring down on Sony and Xbox's Patrick and Spongebob right now, but Kat, Reb, Alex, and Peer still have a few announcements to break down from Geoff Keighley's Summer Games Fest. Meanwhile, Nintendo Direct rumors continue to swirl, Mario Strikers Battle League reviews are out, we've been playing the new Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes demo, and we take your Question Blocks in the latest Nintendo Voice Chat!

Top Nintendo Rumors Heading Into Event Season - NVC 612

May 19, 2022 - We're about to hit Event Season, which used to mean E3, but we all know how that's going this year (spoiler: it isn't). What it does mean is plenty of exciting rumors and speculation about what Nintendo has up its sleeve for June and beyond. When will we get that next Nintendo Direct? Is there really a new Fire Emblem? It's all the schoolyard Nintendo gossip of your youth, but with 4 adults sitting in their houses across the country from one another. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:58 - Our Wii U and 3DS eShop Recommendations! 00:16:41 - Let's Talk About Nintendo Rumors 00:41:55 - Seth's Soapbox 00:47:44 - Reasons We Love The Nintendo GameCube 00:55:42 - What We're Playing 01:10:50 - Question Block & Outro

Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed - The First Preview

Mar 28, 2022 - Illfonic's asymmetric multiplayer foray into Ghostbusters correctly understands that the essence of the original film is very, very silly. Previewed by Rebekah Valentine. Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed will be released in 2022 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X and S.

Rune Factory 5 Video Review

Mar 22, 2022 - Rune Factory 5 reviewed by Rebekah Valentine on Nintendo Switch. The sequel to Rune Factory 4 Special is entertainingly chewable fodder thanks to the soil fertilized by its predecessors, but its attempted leap to a 3D world leaves it struggling with lots of frustrating technical issues.

Pokemon Legends: Arceus Is Pokemon's Most Tragic Story Ever

Feb 26, 2022 - Pokemon Legends: Arceus on the Nintendo Switch, has things half-correct. But what the game never admits is that the Pokemon God is, in fact, a massive kidnapping evil jerkward that doesn't care about the world a bit and provokes the most tragic story a Pokemon game has ever told.

Pokemon Legends Arceus Is Revolutionary, but it Deserved Better - NVC 596

Jan 28, 2022 - Welcooome to Nintendo Voice Chat, Pokemon fans! This week, join Seth Macy, Peer Schneider, Kat Bailey, and Rebekah Valentine as they discuss IGN's thoughts on Pokemon Legends: Arceus. Hear everything you need to know about the next evolution for the Pokemon series, including why we're torn on the game. Plus, an update to IGN's top 25 Switch games, why Shigeru Miyamoto hates Ocarina of Time's Navi, and more. 00:00:00 - Welcome! 00:00:50 - Pokemon Legends Arceus 00:26:06 - Top 25 Nintendo Switch Game List Update 00:35:50 - Shigeru Miyamoto Hated Navi 00:41:55 - Kat Take 00:47:58 - News Rundown 00:54:15 -What We've Been Playing 01:01:30 - Question Block!

Pokemon Legends: Arceus Video Review

Jan 28, 2022 - Reviewed by Rebekah Valentine on Nintendo Switch. "Pokemon Legends: Arceus is an ambitious revamp that successfully revolutionizes the defining Pokemon experiences of catching and battling, but is unfortunately set in a drab, empty, and at times tedious world."

What Does Microsoft's Activision Blizzard Deal Mean For Nintendo? - NVC 595

Jan 20, 2022 - Welcome to Nintendo Voice Chat! This week, Kat Bailey is joined by Peer Schneider, Rebekah Valentine, and special guest Imran Khan to talk about how Xbox's huge Activision acquisition impacts Nintendo moving forward. Hear the panel discuss the potential fate of franchises like Overwatch and Crash Bandicoot on Switch, and the crazy scenario where Microsoft tried to go after Nintendo 20 years ago. Plus, some quick Nintendo sales news, Banjo-Kazooie coming to Nintendo Switch Online, and a whole lot more. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:09 - Activision Blizzard impact on Nintendo 00:24:29 - Nintendo sales numbers 00:39:52 - Banjo-Kazooie on Switch 00:51:00 - News Rundown 00:56:04 - Kat Take 01:06:15 - What we've been playing 01:14:15 - Question Block 01:19:23 - Outro

The Nontendo Game Awards - NVC 590

Dec 11, 2021 - Welcome to Nintendo Voice Chat! This week, Seth Macy is joined by Rebekah Valentine and Tom Marks to discuss the lack of Nintendo news at The Game Awards. It's not all doom and gloom, though, because some Switch games did show up at the big show, including Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak, Sonic Frontiers, Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course, and more.

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Video Review

Nov 19, 2021 - Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl reviewed by Rebekah Valentine on Nintendo Switch. Like the themes of its story, Game Freak's newest Pokemon remakes (developed by ILCA) are solid and enduring - leaning on the past, with all of its triumphs and tripwires.