As time marches ever forward, I’m beginning to have this bizarre sensation of writing retrospectives for films, games, and consoles that I was alive for the launch of. Released on November 18th, 2001, in the US, the Nintendo GameCube came at an exciting time for the games industry. Even to…
Here we go! Let’s take a look at the nominees for the 2024 Game Awards. While Nintendo doesn’t have an entry in the Game of the Year category this year, it currently holds three out of five nominees for Best Family Game, where the company has historically been the favorite…
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…
The free spirit, artist hippie dog Harvey has given up RV life in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Embracing the creative-side of island life, he’s established an artist collective studio on his own private island! It’s very exclusive and invitation is required, so how do you get Harvey to extend one?…
A staple in the Animal Crossing series, the buying and selling of turnips has made the flight to Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Before you can play this in-game stock market, however, you have to make your island a tad enticing for a certified turnip seller to stop by. Learn how…
So, you’re stuck on a small part of your island with no way to get to the other side, eh? But you’ve seen all of those amazing trailers where villagers were leaping over the river with a shiny vaulting pole! What gives? Well, you too can jump over rivers with…
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is here at last and players all over the world have embarked on their deserted island getaways! There is a lot to do in the game, so you may be understandably confused about some aspects of it. No worries: That’s where Nintendo Wire comes in. We have an…
Welcome to Animal Crossing: New Horizons! On or around Day #2, you may find a familiar seagull washed up on shore your new island. Gulliver asks for your help finding five pieces of his broken communicator, but just where the heck are these things? Gulliver mentions that he believes that…
Animal Crossing: New Horizons puts players in charge of an entire deserted island, which they can build up (or tear down) to their heart’s desire! It’s the first mainline Animal Crossing game on a home console in over a decade, and while it may drive users away from Animal Crossing’s…
It’s that time of year, folks: New special edition Nintendo Switch consoles are being released, which means you might be looking to trade-in your basic console! If so, chances you’ll want to transfer your system data from one Switch to another. If that sounds like a daunting task – because,…
With every new Animal Crossing installment comes a new set of furry, feathery, and/or scaly animal friends to populate players’ towns — and New Horizons is no different. Several new villagers and special characters have already been unveiled for the game, and we’ve got a full gallery of them here!…
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is set to feature a plethora of fun animal characters, including many standard villagers (those that can move into your town) from past games and special characters (that run shops, host events, and more). Check out our full list of all the returning villagers and special…
Pokémon Sword and Shield are getting a round of paid DLC in the form of the Expansion Pass. The Pass adds two DLC packages, “The Isle of Armor” and “The Crown Tundra,” which feature new characters, new locations, new story elements, new Pokémon and Gigantamax Forms, and the return of…
A brand-new set of content is coming to Pokémon Sword and Shield in the form of the Expansion Pass! That’s right: Paid DLC is coming to Game Freak’s latest Pokémon outing on the Nintendo Switch! The Expansion Pass is split into two DLC packs: “The Isle of Armor” and “The…
DLC ahoy! Nintendo has announced DLC for Pokémon in Sword and Shield in the form of the Expansion Pass. The DLC will release in two parts: the “Isle of Armor” in June and the “Crown Tundra” later on in the year. Along with a bunch of new Pokémon, Galarian Forms,…
