In a rather big “oopsie” this morning, Walmart may have inadvertently leaked some new games coming to Switch Online in the future. Near the bottom of Walmart’s landing page for Nintendo products, an advertisement for Switch Online + Expansion Pack listed a plethora of games available to subscribers of the…
It’s really stunning that Splatoon 3 is still receiving gameplay balance updates into 2026 despite being four years old. We already saw a rather significant update for Switch 2 players, and now with version 11.0.0, Nintendo is adding some quality-of-life tweaks to make matches feel better. The biggest of these…
We’re only a few weeks away from being able to relive the Virtual Boy from the comfort of our Switch systems. Nintendo’s biggest flop, the console launched at a time when anticipation for the N64 was reaching a fever pitch and before the technology to do proper 3D was financially…
Fire Emblem Awakening fans ate good last night. It was announced that the 3DS favorite will be the star of Fire Emblem Heroes’ upcoming Valentine’s focus, but also that two of its characters secured the top spot in the mobile game’s annual Choose Your Legends popularity vote. They, as well…
It’s Lunar New Year today – a time for celebration and festivities across multiple cultures, peoples, and places – as well as Pokémon GO. The game is celebrating the Year of the Tiger with a Litleo, which is not quite the correct species of cat but will have to do….
The Season of Heritage in Pokémon GO is mixing things up! While we’ll be helping out Professor Willow uncover the mysterious giant door at a historical cave site during the three-month-long season, there will be other events, research tasks, and more to complete. For February 2022, a month-long Timed Research…
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,…
Niantic is celebrating today’s release of Pokémon Legends: Arceus by adding themed avatar items to Pokémon GO. Inspired by the main characters’ outfits in the game, the items are available to all Trainers! The new items include the following: Survey Corps Headcloth Survey Corps Outfit Survey Corps Sandals…
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has been growing and adapting since its launch. Though it’s still a fairly light app in terms of what you can do, there’s a whole lot of potential when it comes to displaying and decorating. An upcoming, large-scale update is on the way that adds brand-new…
Fire Emblem Heroes is pulling from some interesting corners when it comes to characters lately. Yes, you still get the “standard” roll out of characters that were playable in their games as well as special seasonal outfits to tempt those Orbs. When it comes to others though, we’re getting hypothetical…
Niantic has announced a new contest for Pokémon GO, with winners to be featured in-game as battle-able Trainers. The Pokémon GO Gym Trainer Contest will give players the opportunity to have their Trainer characters show up on the in-game map during the upcoming Pokémon GO Tour: Johto event, where they…
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…
Now that both January 2022’s Community Days have concluded, Niantic is looking forward to the next month’s gathering! While we’ve known that February 2022’s Community Day would be taking place on Saturday, February 12th, since December of last year, we didn’t know which Pokémon would be featured. Thanks to the…
