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…
Raid Battles made the jump from Pokémon’s Generation VIII (Sword and Shield) to Generation IX (Scarlet and Violet). While similar, the big difference this time around is the Terastal phenomenon, where Pokémon’s type can change to one of the 18 different types available in-game. Not to mention, Pokémon will receive…
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,…
NIS America has just announced that the beloved 3DS RPG, The Legend of Legacy is getting an HD Remaster sometime in early 2024. Check out the announcement trailer below to see the new visuals in action. In The Legend of Legacy HD Remastered, you can immerse yourself in the diverse…
Do you love Picross? Who doesn’t? And if you missed any of the 3DS’ extensive catalog of Picross e titles, you’re in luck – the just-announced Picross S+ compiles all nine of them on the Switch! Sorta. The base game contains the puzzles from Picross e for $4.99, and the…
Square Enix’s as-yet unlocalized MMORPG Dragon Quest X has hit a wide range of consoles since it first launched for the Nintendo Wii way back in 2012. Naturally it eventually outlived Nintendo’s 2006 console and now it’s the Wii U and 3DS’s turn. As Gematsu reports, the Wii U and…
Have you ever been torn between the family that raised you and the family whose blood you bear? Wanted to end fighting without killing a single person? Come up with a convoluted plan to fulfill an imperial invasion just so you can get one guy to sit on a chair?…
Well this is… interesting. The Nintendo 3DS, with both feet in the grave, its eShop shuttered, physical games long out of active production… has just gotten a firmware update to 11.17.0. Huh. And the patch notes are just “Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been…
Yesterday afternoon, Nintendo’s 3DS and Wii U eShops stopped allowing new purchases or downloads of free items like demos. However, it was announced that users can still redeem codes on both stores following a deadline extension. The feature was originally supposed to end alongside the normal shutdown time of the…
Good night, sweet prince – the Wii U and 3DS eShops close today at 5 p.m. PT, and as it lies on its deathbed, all we can do is mourn. In lieu of a eulogy, you can have this fan compilation of all the different Nintendo Shop themes from the…
We love our 3DSes – they’re compact, light, and oozing with fun features. But sometimes we wish they were 2000% bigger and basically like sit-down arcade machines. Fortunately, user BigRig Creates is here to fulfill our wanton desires, crafting an absolutely ginormous 3DS with fully functional buttons, a touchscreen, and…
With the impending closure of the eShop on the Nintendo 3DS on March 27th, 2023, players are losing the ability to buy a plethora of 3DS games that are only available on those platforms, two of which are a necessity in the process of moving your Pokémon from older generation…
The Nintendo Switch is a pretty fantastic console – sleek, fluid, portable, and with one of the best libraries ever assembled on a Nintendo system, it’s no wonder that it’s become one of the most successful consoles ever made. But as great as it is, the Nintendo Switch isn’t the…
With the imminent closure of the Nintendo eShop on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS on March 27th, players are scrambling to get their hands on any games and applications they don’t want to miss out on. If you’re not sure what to get your hands on, make sure you…
Time comes for all of us, and soon it comes for the beloved Nintendo 3DS eShop – Nintendo is shuttering the service at the end of March, apparently not finding the upkeep cost worth whatever value (monetary, moral, or otherwise) they get from keeping it up. It’s a sad affair…
