During Pokémon GO’s Season of Memories in Motion, there are a few weeks where no almost week-long events are happening. To fill the gap, Trainers will get a Timed Research that offers three different options focused on exploring, catching Pokémon, and battling. Each path will also grant Trainers a bonus…
Nintendo has surprised fans with an announcement of a bonkers new mobile title, which appears very similar to its WarioWare series. Pictonico! will launch on iOS and Android devices on Thursday, May 28th. The game uses the player’s photos and turns them into playable minigames. Like WarioWare’s microgames,…
The voice of Knuckles in ‘90s OVA Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie, Bill Wise, has passed away at age 61. The anime debuted in two parts in Japan in 1996, and was produced by Studio Pierrot. Both halves were later localized, dubbed in English, and edited together by ADV Films,…
2023 has been a smorgasbord of cozy games. Whether you’re a fan of the genre or not, you have to admit its rising popularity is impressive. What was once considered an extremely niche sim category has been steadily growing into a massive community within the last two decades. Now, as…
In a tale of rise and fall paralleling the Roman Empire, E3 is now officially dead. Once a vital industry show that grew into a cultural juggernaut for video gaming before declining into irrelevance and failed attempts at revival, the ESA’s gaming Mecca went through almost three decades before fading…
I’ve been a part of the Nintendo community for quite some time now, but I can’t recall a single event that united Nintendo fans more effectively than a good, old-fashioned Super Smash Bros. character reveal. The anticipation, the speculation, and, of course, the moment of the reveal – watching these…
We’re no stranger to the beauty of PowerA accessories for Nintendo Switch, that’s for sure. From their wide variety of controllers to cases and Joy-Con grips, their attention to detail for players’ love of characters from beloved series knows no end. That surely applies to this product we recently got…
You may have heard that just a few weeks ago, the Van Gogh Museum announced an exciting collaboration with none other than Pokémon to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this Amsterdam-based gallery. The announcement revealed that a series of Pokémon artwork inspired by Van Gogh’s works would be showcased at…
Mario and friends are no longer the sole Lego Nintendo property in existence – Lego Animal Crossing is on the way, as a teaser video this morning revealed. Naturally, it leads us to speculate: what exactly will we see from the collaboration? A leak from a couple months ago suggests…
For me, nothing quite beats the feeling of sitting down to play a classic Super NES RPG. My love affair with RPGs began with Final Fantasy VI (III in North America) all the way back in 1994, and I’ve been hooked ever since. So when SquareSoft and Nintendo decided to…
A few years ago, Nintendo fans would be forgiven for thinking mini consoles were here to stay, with both the NES Mini and SNES Mini releasing to critical and commercial acclaim. Naturally the expectation was for more consoles to come, but since the SNES Mini’s release in 2017 we’ve only…
For those of you who have been part of the Amiibo News family on Twitter over the past nine years, you know just how much amiibo mean to me. I’ve been putting out amiibo in-stock alerts day and night for the better half of a decade, and the idea that…
With the recent announcement that Mario Kart Tour will no longer be getting new content, I’ve been dwelling on memories of the demise of another of Nintendo’s mobile offerings, Dragalia Lost, which would be celebrating its 5th anniversary today if it were still running. A collaboration between Cygames and Nintendo,…
Well, it’s that time of the year again – Nintendo has announced a 40 minute Nintendo Direct for tomorrow, September 14th, prompting us all to run around like our hair’s on fire. And as is ritual, we must attempt to know the minds of the gods and what fate has…
While the upcoming list of Nintendo Switch releases is a little lean, one publisher that’s more than pulling its weight in terms of upcoming titles is XSeed (subsidiary of Marvelous). The company had a sizable presence at PAX West 2023, demoing a handful of hot upcoming games – and was…
