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,…
Niantic is bringing back the Sustainability Week event for Pokémon GO this year. For 2024, the event is focused more on hatching Pokémon from event 2 km Eggs. Luckily these Eggs will have a shiny hatching boost. Other than that, there aren’t any themed Wild Encounters or Raids. (For more…
Mother fans in Japan are in for a treat! Following the announcement of Mother 3’s arrival on Nintendo Switch Online in Japan (sigh), the Mother Project has unveiled an exciting lineup of all-new Mother 3 plushies to commemorate the occasion. According to the Mother Project webpage, the plushies…
Update (10/9/23): It looks like Ys VIII: The Lacrimosa of Dana will release on October 18th, 2023 — you can place your pre-order for Kindle on Amazon (for $7.95) today and it will be auto-delivered to your device on release day. Despite its relatively simple shipwrecked hero premise,…
You can pre-order the Splatoon 3 art book (Japanese) and soundtrack over at Play-Asia now. Save 5% with the code NWIREQ1 at checkout. Everybody knows that a core appeal of Splatoon – beyond the tight paintball-esque gameplay – is in its style. The visual and aural splashes of…
Kirby has taken on a variety of forms over the years, but who could imagine he’d ever be your phone case? Japanese manufacturer Ensky has crafted an adorable Vending Machine Kirby phone case for iPhones, based on the eponymous Mouthful Mode look from Kirby and the Forgotten Land: …
We’re less than two months away from the release of the Super Mario Bros. movie, which means the merch bonanza is on the cusp of full force. Prominent toy maker Jakks Pacific has revealed an entire lineup of licensed merch for the movie, which includes the following: 5” posable…
Another WonHobby has arrived and brought with it a boat-load of announcements from GoodSmile. As always there are quite a few video game-related pieces of merch sprinkled in among all the anime, and we’ve picked out all the Nintendo-relevant bits! For starters, the Sonic the Hedgehog Nendoroid is finally getting…
Cooking has never been so cute! Kirby and Waddle Dee are firing up the grill and doing some cozy dining in this new set of mini dioramas from manufacturer Re-ment. ★画像初公開★【星のカービィ はらぺこカービィキッチン】カービィやワドルディと一緒にクッキング♪5月29日発売予定。全8種。#カービィ #キッチン pic.twitter.com/3j8KYKj3bE — 株式会社リーメント公式 (@rement_official) February 8, 2023 There are eight different mini sets full of different…
The pink puffball rides again – beloved platformer icon Kirby is getting a brand-new monthly manga beginning in March. Simply titled “Hoshi no Kirby”/”Kirby of the Stars” (the Japanese title for the Kirby series), it’ll be penned by mangaka Minori Katou (primarily an author of shoujo romance manga, as well…
Update (2/7/23): Exciting news, EarthBound fans! After the initial wave sold out almost instantly last year in May, the Hobonichi Mother Project has just announced that the four character plushes — Ness, Paula, Jeff, and Poo — will all be re-released in a few days, on February 14th. And once…
This year looks good for fans of the classic 3DS RPG Bravely Default, with Good Smile seemingly set to release Pop Up Parade figures of the entire four-person party. The company previously revealed figures based on Tiz and Agnés and earlier today they confirmed Edea Lee! Take a look: …
Over the weekend Nintendo dropped a surprise – an all-new poster for The Super Mario Bros. Movie! This one has basically all of the marketable heroes and villains (Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong, Bowser…) as well as a side-by-side comparison of the dark, lava-filled Koopa Castle and the jolly Mushroom Kingdom….
It’s the start of February and that means it’s financial report season. Square Enix is the latest company to share its data for the nine month period ending December 31st, 2022 and while there are no huge updates, there are some intriguing tidbits. For starters, the bad news. Overall operating…
A new partnership has been announced between clothing brand Uniqlo and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and it’s set to give a variety of classic games the spotlight. Included in the new collection are some of the usual retro video game juggernauts: Pac-Man, Space Invaders, and Tetris. Each of…
