Those looking forward to Super Nintendo World Japan’s upcoming “Donkey Kong Country” addition this Spring will need to make new plans: the park expansion has been delayed until late 2024. In a post on the official Universal Studios Japan Twitter account, the company confirmed that the opening has been pushed…
If you’re a gigantic fan of the Animal Crossing series, you’ll want to mark May 2, 2024, on your calendars. First 4 Figures, purveyors of all manner of outstanding statues, will be releasing a new Isabelle statue for fans to fawn over. Available in two variants, pre-orders will open on…
Early last month, RPG fans were shocked to discover that the fan-favorite title Octopath Traveler had been delisted from the Nintendo eShop out of nowhere. The game was a big hit among critics and fans of the genre worldwide, releasing initially as a Nintendo Switch exclusive before arriving on other…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
Sonic the Hedgehog has been getting due attention lately, thanks to the first looks coming in fast of Sonic Frontiers and upcoming release of Sonic Origins. Sega’s got at least one more ace up their sleeve though, and it’s the announcement of a new Sonic Central presentation! Sonic Central…
The upcoming Resident Evil TV series has already drawn a lot of skepticism from fans of the game franchise, due to a plot that appears to be a great departure from the official source material. Whether or not the new Netflix show delivers with its story elements, however, the latest…
A big disappointment during the initial release of Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl was that the crossover cartoon fighter featured not even a little voice acting. The voices of Nickelodeon characters are arguably just as (if not more) iconic as their visual appearances, and the disappointment magnified when it was revealed that…
It’s been three years since the we found out that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild would be getting a direct sequel, and the wait has been a killer! Just when we all thought we were close to the game’s 2022 release, BAM: Nintendo hits us with a…
This year’s Pokémon GO Fest may be over, but Niantic is ready for Trainers to take part in another event. After a busy weekend of catching and raiding, Trainers can now take part in this year’s Adventure Week event! Rock-type Pokémon and Fossil Pokémon are in the spotlight here, including…
In news that appears scintillating at a glance but is probably rather procedural, copyright files for the still-untitled animated Mario movie from Illumination and Universal has two new company names attached: “Nintendo Studios, LLC” and “M Brothers Productions, LLC,” both clearly branches of the main Nintendo Co. Ltd. back in…
We all go through periods of time when we’re down on our luck, scraping by on meager salaries (if you get salaried work at all). We should all therefore extend our sympathy to Niantic and The Pokémon Company, who are clearly just managing to make ends meet with $6 billion…
If you’ve been a plush collector these past few years you’re likely aware of Makeship, a company that produces plushes depending on whether or not they get enough pre-orders. Now Bug Fables developer Moonsprout has put up three potential plushes for its trio of heroes and they’ve already blasted past…
There’s not long now till there’s a massive cross-over between two of Pokémon’s most profitable branches – GO and the Trading Card Game. Ahead of the latter’s expansion on July 1st, 2022, Niantic has detailed the mobile game’s part in the celebrations. From June 16, 2022, to June 30, 2022…
Over the weekend Acquire brought back the long-dormant, cult-favorite Class of Heroes series with a new entry in a different genre – Adventure Academia: The Fractured Continent. While earlier entries in the series, released across the PSP, PS3, and 3DS, were dungeon delving RPGs, Adventure Academia instead goes down the…
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,…
