Over the past few months, Nintendo has quietly restocked numerous hard-to-find amiibo at various retailers across the U.S. However, tracking them down isn’t always easy—many are retail exclusives, online-only, or available solely through Nintendo’s online store. But fear not, fellow collectors! We’ve compiled a full list of every amiibo you…
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…
This week’s Nintendo Music update gives us music from an iconic Super Nintendo game: Super Mario World! One of the most critically acclaimed games from the SNES era and most beloved Mario games, Super Mario World released back in 1990. Super Mario World is a direct sequel to Super Mario…
Bust out the birthday cake and exactly two candles, because the Nintendo Switch has now been around for 730 days! The console released on March 3rd, 2017 alongside The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and some other games people occasionally remember (Snipperclips? That was fun and novel, wasn’t…
There’s nothing quite like a grand adventure in video gaming; trekking from verdant fields to snow-dusted mountains and back again is a feeling like no other, and the Nintendo Switch already has many different worlds to explore. That said, it’s always fun to jump into a new setting and uncover…
Mountain biking is something I’ll never do – when I was a teenager I flew off my own BMX and broke both a leg and an arm, so I’m not too fond of cycling these days. That said, mountain biking video games like the upcoming Lonely Mountains: Downhill are fair…
Undertale is a special game. It will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the greatest and most impactful games of the decade even years from now, and already its influence is being seen in other indie gems like last year’s Wandersong. Even if the occasional bellyacher has a gripe with…
While Pokémon is the bread and butter of developer Game Freak, the company has always had its smaller experiments, whether it be the GBA platformer Drill Dozer or the rhythm-focused 3DS eShop title HarmoKnight. In recent years they’ve moved away from Nintendo platforms with these spin-offs, with Tembo the Badass…
The SteamWorld franchise is a toy box for its developers at Image & Form. That’s what I was told when I visited Thunderful, the studio’s new publishing arm set up in conjunction with several other teams, last week. This approach is evident in all of the SteamWorld games so far…
The course of love ne’er runs smooth, but the one thing perhaps more tumultuous is the history of a 130 year old Japanese company. Nintendo has been a beloved manufacturer of video games for around four decades now, true, but there’s a whole 90 years of history from before they…
The original Smash is… how many years old?! Wow, the time sure does fly. Super Smash Bros. is what you might call a game whose legacy precedes itself. Most people, Nintendo fans or not, have either played Smash or at least know what it is. It’s a game that is…
The Ghosts ‘n Goblins series has long held a special place in my life. It was one of the first games I ever played on the SNES, arguably the greatest console of our time. (Fight me!) Completing Super twice for the true ending was practically a right of passage between…
Welcome back to Season 2 of the Character Column, where we run down all manner of royal, ruffian, and rough-around-the-edges rube in a weekly analysis of various characters. Last week we ran down the nuances of Inklings and avatars in Splatoon. This week, I’d like to begin by demanding that…
Welcome back to Season 2 of the Character Column, where we run down all manner of royal, ruffian, and rough-around-the-edges rube in a weekly analysis of various characters. Last time we covered the questions of self-inserting avatars as they pertained to Corrin of Fire Emblem Fates. Nintendo has had no…
It’s the 20th anniversary of a video game that has truly stood the test of time, as The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time celebrates a whopping two decades of being hailed as one of the best, if not THE best, video games of all time. The action-adventure title garnered…
