This morning’s Pokémon Direct was a nostalgia driven piece of reverence for the series as a whole, getting trainers from every portion of the series’ 20 year history misty-eyed from a well done look at what truly makes the games what they are. Starting with recreation of the classic Game…

More Swapnote and Animal Crossing badges have arrived in the Nintendo Badge Arcade! Characters like Nikki, DJ K.K. and a few varieties of gyroid are ready and raring to secure a spot on your 3DS home screen. Free play?: No. Practice catcher: Two of these new catchers will be gone…

The 3DS eShop releases of Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue and Pokémon Yellow will be receiving yet another feature to bring it in line with the franchise’s more recent installments. During today’s Pokémon-focused Nintendo Direct, it was revealed that all three games will have access to Pokémon Bank, a Pokémon storage…

The Pokémon Direct has come and gone, and as we were greeted by Ishihara, the president of The Pokémon Company, he introduced us to a video that celebrated the the past 20 years that the series has seen. In an emotional summary of the all that the franchise has been,…

The Pokémon celebrations just keep coming! Today’s Badge Arcade update features 13 new catchers, with ten of them being Pokémon themed! Heavily featuring Mega Evolution, the Badge Arcade has included all these new Pokémon badges for us to help celebrate the 20th anniversary of the series. And if you’re starting…

Just a day ahead of the Pokémon Direct that was just announced yesterday afternoon, an interesting discovery has been made in the European Union’s trademark database. Trademarks for the names Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon have been found. Originally discovered by Nerd_Leaks on Twitter, could Sun and Moon possibly be…

UPDATE 2 (18:43 a.m. CST): We also have an image of the Pokémon Yellow theme, which comes with another piece of classic Pikachu art on the touch screen. Check it out: UPDATE (10:30 a.m. CST): It’s been confirmed that the music played throughout the video below is the tune that…

UPDATE (2/24): One lucky fan has received all three consoles, check out their photos of the haul below: Twitter user @l_ips was lucky enough to receive his pre-order of the Pokémon Yellow themed 2DS and Pokémon 20th Anniversary cover plates early. Check out the gallery below for closeup views of…

After the much needed success of Awakening, the launch of Fire Emblem Fates was a more highly anticipated release for many. With over 300,000 units sold over the weekend, it’s officially the best Fire Emblem opening in America by a large margin. This amounts to five times as much as…

Sate your badge hunger with this Tomodachi Life catcher– here today and gone tomorrow in the Nintendo Badge Arcade! Free play?: No. Practice catcher: Today is also the final day for the retro Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda badges, so be sure to grab those if you’ve…

UPDATE (2/23): Sega announced that all first print copies of Sega’s 7th Dragon III Code: VFD will include a gorgeous 28 page art book. The book will give fans “a closer look at the design work that went in to creating the game’s esoteric character classes, ferocious dragons, vile monsters,…

With an update a bit on the smaller side today, the Badge Arcade’s gotten a single new Pikmin themed catcher that didn’t appear in yesterday’s update. Additionally, in replacement of the veggies catcher that was featured yesterday is a seafood catcher! This catcher is only available for today though, so…