During the Switch 2 Direct earlier this week, Nintendo outlined what it is calling “Switch 2 Enhanced Games” for the new console. As the title suggests, these will be Switch 1 games that feature enhancements for the Switch 2 without being natively developed for the platform. Nintendo Wire currently has…
During today’s Nintendo Treehouse Live stream, Capcom was on hand to showcase some gameplay of Street Fighter 6 running on the Switch 2. While the game is obviously not on par with the visuals for the PC, PlayStation 5, or Xbox Series X versions of the game, it does still…
In a surprising bit of news this morning, Nintendo of America has revealed that the pre-order date for the Switch 2 has been delayed so that the company can assess the impact of the latest round of tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. GameSpot was given a statement from the…
It’s a competitive, battling kind of weekend for Trainers in Pokémon GO! For one day only, Trainers can bring their new Dragonite from the November 2022 Community Day Classic event (or any of their battle-ready Pokémon) into GO Battle League. This time, Trainers can battle in more sets, get more…
Spoiler Warning: The following contains spoilers for Pokémon GO and Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. If you don’t want to know about a new Pokémon debuting in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, and/or details about Pokémon Scarlet and Violet integration into Pokémon GO, do not read past this point. UPDATE (Saturday, November…
Pokémon GO’s long-running monthly event, Community Day, turned 4 years old in 2022. Four years means a plethora of Pokémon have been shown off with special, event-exclusive attacks and increased Shiny rates. Yet, for newer Trainers, chances are they’ve missed out on most of these gatherings. In January 2022 (during…
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…
Every month, Niantic spotlights a Pokémon for Pokémon GO’s Research Breakthrough encounter. This feature was added to the game in April 2018 as part of the Field Research system. Essentially a quest system, Trainers can acquire Field Research tasks by logging in daily and/or spinning PokéStops (one task per PokéStop…
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,…
The Día de Muertos event returns this year in Pokémon GO! This year’s event includes a pretty special addition – Pokémon wearing cempasúchil crowns. Duskull, Dusclops, and Dusknoir are the only ones wearing the flowers this time, yet there will be flowers showing up in other ways thanks to Roselia…
So… Halloween hasn’t even arrived yet (which means the Halloween Tour is still going on), yet we’re already getting word of the next event in Mario Kart Tour. At least it’s still seasonal! That’s right: the Autumn Tour will soon kick off in the game, bringing racers the New York…
Now that we’re closer to Halloween, it’s time for Niantic to kick off Part II of Pokémon GO’s Halloween event. The Halloween 2022 Event Part I summoned plenty of Ghost-type Pokémon, and while most of them are sticking around for Halloween 2022 Event Part II, Costumed Pokémon are also joining…
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…
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,…
The spooky tradition continues in Pokémon GO! 2022’s Halloween event is here and it’s split into two waves. Halloween 2022 Event Part I starts this week and is ready to dish out twice the Candy, as well as bring Mega Banette and Shiny Noibat into Pokémon GO for the first…
