Initially announced on January 31st, 2020, Niantic announced it would begin testing new types of events during February 2020 – Pokémon Spotlight Hour and Mystery Bonus Hour. After testing and user feedback, Niantic combined both events into one and announced what Pokémon and bonuses would be featured in advance. Now,…
Niantic is bringing back the Sustainability Week event for Pokémon GO this year. For 2024, the event is focused more on hatching Pokémon from event 2 km Eggs. Luckily these Eggs will have a shiny hatching boost. Other than that, there aren’t any themed Wild Encounters or Raids. (For more…
Mother fans in Japan are in for a treat! Following the announcement of Mother 3’s arrival on Nintendo Switch Online in Japan (sigh), the Mother Project has unveiled an exciting lineup of all-new Mother 3 plushies to commemorate the occasion. According to the Mother Project webpage, the plushies…
Nintendo Treehouse took a deep dive in Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, offering a first look at live gameplay for the upcoming RPG. What was shown can all be found in the game’s demo, set to go live on June 25th. Towards the end of the segment, we…
Well, Metroid Dread was definitely not on my E3 bingo card! That’s right: The long-rumored 2D Metroid adventure is finally coming to Nintendo Switch, and alongside it is a duo of absolutely beautiful amiibo! The bundle consists of a brand-new Samus amiibo wearing armor modeled after her Fusion…
Welcome to this week’s episode of Mii Weekly, a series where we feature headlines, impressions, and an assortment of variety segments all centered around Nintendo! In this edition, we cover the new Zelda amiibo, Hyrule Warriors DLC, Mario Golf, and the release of Miitopia. Have a watch:
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD introduces tons of changes and quality-of-life improvements over the original Wii game. Aside from HD graphics and new controls, the refreshed Nintendo Switch adventure also includes amiibo support! Specifically, amiibo support for a figure made specifically for Skyward Sword HD: the Zelda &…
Well here is an unexpected surprise! Nintendo has just announced an absolutely BEAUTIFUL Princess Zelda and Loftwing amiibo is coming alongside The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword on July 16th! Tapping the amiibo when you’re on the surface allows Link to instantly teleport to the skies atop his…
Calling all amiibo fans! Time is ticking away as Nintendo’s Toys-to-Life figurines, amiibo, are getting a much-needed book thanks to Ninty Media. Initially made public last month on Kickstarter, this project’s funding time is coming to a close. Behold The Unofficial amiibo Handbook! Since its launch in 2014, there…
The current Yu-Gi-Oh anime series and card game series (Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS and Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel) are following the franchise’s footsteps by adding a video game to its media checklist. Details about Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel: Saikyou Battle Royale!!, which was announced in March, is slowly being shared by Konami. With a…
You’ve seen custom amiibo before, but nothing has prepared you for this.
Update (4/2/2021): Turns out Mario isn’t missing after all! Thanks to everyone for joining us for this April Fools’ jest! We had a lot of fun, and we hope you did, too. We’ve known for some time now that March 31st would be the end of Mario’s 35th…
Welcome to Mii Weekly with Hero TJ! This show features headlines, impressions, and an assortment of variety segments all centered around Nintendo. In this edition, we cover the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Monster Hunter Rise amiibo, the looming disappearance of Mario, and a new Pikmin smart phone…
The ever popular Animal Crossing x Sanrio amiibo cards that were released back in 2016 in Japan and Europe will finally be re-released and made available in the US this Friday. To finally add these six cards to your amiibo collection and access their in-game bonus content for Animal Crossing:…
We’re now officially in Monster Hunter Rise’s launch week, and my excitement for the game’s release can’t be understated. Not only is it a handheld return for the series, with new monsters to hunt and armor to forge, but it’s also bringing three new amiibo to the world! Among those…
