Never put it past dedicated modding communities to make older consoles run on a wide range of hardware. Once we started to get into 3D consoles, the desire to play older games on newer hardware increased and it was up to fan communities to make that wish a reality. While…
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,…
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…
In addition to the many perks Amazon offers to its Prime members, the retail giant will now be offering a 20% discount on newly released and pre-ordered games. The service can be seen as competition for Best Buy’s Gamers Club Unlocked service, which also offers its members 20% off new…
UPDATE (1/14): Capcom has released the second official trailer for Monster Hunter Stories. Watch it below! Even after 11 years and almost 20 games, Capcom’s Monster Hunter series is still one of its best-selling franchises. The unique mix of methodical combat, exciting co-op and huge beasts has proved…
UPDATE (1/14): A demo for Bravely Second will be available in Europe on February 11th. No worries about losing any progress you make while playing the demo either– you’ll be able to transfer over your save data to the purchased version of the game once it’s released so you can…
UPDATE (1/13): The Pokémon Red & Blue New 3DS bundle has been priced at $199.99 on Nintendo’s 3DS retailer page. More information about pre-orders will be provided as Nintendo makes it available. Stay tuned! In celebration Pokémon’s 20th anniversary, Nintendo of America has announced that it will be bringing a…
Today’s Badge Arcade may feel a bit underwhelming, with many of the games featured for days on it have now disappeared, leaving us with only a few choices. However, along with the new Pokémon badges that were just put out yesterday, today you can grab yourself quite a few new…
The first images of January’s issue of CoroCoro magazine in Japan have leaked, bringing us quite a bit of new Pokémon information, just in time for the 20th anniversary celebrations announcement! First up is a few pages regarding the Pokémon anime, with a few new details regarding the next movie,…
A new video just went up on the Japanese Nintendo account, opening with a look back at the number of amiibo released so far and some of the titles they can be used with. The opening leads to a reveal of a new amiibo based game. This will be the…
Splatoon, Pokémon X & Y and BOXBOY! badges make a reappearance today in the Nintendo Badge Arcade! Snag yourself some badges of those nasty Octarians, Qbby and Pokémon– like Yveltal, Delphox and Greninja– for a limited time. Today’s practice catcher is based off this: The Badge Arcade’s special theme promotion…
Starting February 27th, Pokémon fans living in Europe can purchase three different limited edition 2DS bundles, similar to the ones announced for Japan last month. The three different 2DS bundles will come in the colors of the original Pokémon games: Red, Blue and Yellow, and will come with their respective…
Now that it’s resting proudly on my shelf, the Shovel Knight amiibo has become one of my favorites. The quality of the figure is remarkable, with the Blue Burrower standing proudly upon his unique base with shovel at the ready. Anyone concerned a third party character wouldn’t match the standard…
A tweet from Nintendo of America earlier this morning confirms that Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be heading to the Nintendo 3DS on March 18th. It’s hard to believe that this game will be the fifth installment of the Mario and Sonic at the Olympics…
Hey, there, badge collectors! Two new badge catcher games are back in the Nintendo Badge Arcade! Get your greedy hands on these Mario vs. Donkey Kong, Pikmin and Nikki badges for a limited time! For those aiming for a few free plays, today’s practice catcher is based off this: Also,…
