Isaac Lapidus, a 34-year-old man from New York City, has been arrested and charged with the selling of counterfeit Nintendo products and accessories via Amazon marketplace. Fox 5 New York reports that Lapidus allegedly imported counterfeit products from China and the Philippines and stored them in a local warehouse to…
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…
If you can believe it, Nintendo has settled yet another lawsuit in its favor related to modding the Switch. This time, it’s to the tune of $2 million. Last July, The Big N had filed a complaint against Ryan Daly, a Michigan-based modder who ran a store called “Modded Hardware.”…
Isaac Lapidus, a 34-year-old man from New York City, has been arrested and charged with the selling of counterfeit Nintendo products and accessories via Amazon marketplace. Fox 5 New York reports that Lapidus allegedly imported counterfeit products from China and the Philippines and stored them in a local warehouse to…
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…
If you can believe it, Nintendo has settled yet another lawsuit in its favor related to modding the Switch. This time, it’s to the tune of $2 million. Last July, The Big N had filed a complaint against Ryan Daly, a Michigan-based modder who ran a store called “Modded Hardware.”…
While Nintendo hasn’t revealed the extent of Mario Kart World’s physical sales to the world, we know it’s at least doing incredibly well over in the UK. On last week’s physical game sales chart, Nintendo’s latest kart racer has reclaimed the top spot after being knocked off it last week…
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,…
During the Pokémon GO’s Season of Max Out (Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024 to Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024), Dynamax and Gigantamax Pokémon were added to the game. This mechanic is part of Pokémon’s Generation VIII (Pokémon Sword and Shield) where Pokémon transform into “giant” versions of themselves or even new larger…
Six and a half years after Hollow Knight: Silksong was announced as a full-fledged follow up to Hollow Knight, it’s finally in our hands. In the time since its announcement, Silksong’s hype and popularity have grown to almost mythical proportions and now that it’s here we have to ask, can…
Build-A-Bear and Pokémon have become a pretty iconic duo over the years, and both the Build-A-Bear Company and The Pokémon Company are keeping the good times rolling with the announcement of a new addition to its lineup: Litten. The cute fire cat is set to release on September…
If you were holding onto a New 2DS XL as a dedicated handheld console, it might be time to finally send it to pasture. In a post on Twitter, Nintendo of Japan has announced that it is officially ending repair support for the offshoot model of the 3DS family. Back…
According to an audio engineer over at Ubisoft, Star Wars Outlaws is shipping on a Game-Key Card not because of the cost of full cartridges, but because data transfer speeds are too slow otherwise. The common assumption around the net has been that publishers are cheaping out because Nintendo is…
The year 2025 marks a very special occasion for many Nintendo fans out there. It isn’t just the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, but also the 40th anniversary of the Super Mario series. Despite this, there hasn’t been much of any news relating to Mario from Nintendo themselves, beyond…
The modding community around Super Smash Bros. never ceases to amaze me, but it seems to be a sticking point for Nintendo. If you remember from some years back, Nintendo once sent a cease and desist letter to The Big House, an organization centered around game tournaments. Due to COVID…
