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,…
During the Pokémon GO’s Season of Max Out (Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024 to Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024), Dynamax and Gigantamax Pokémon were added to the game. This mechanic is part of Pokémon’s Generation VIII (Pokémon Sword and Shield) where Pokémon transform into “giant” versions of themselves or even new larger…
With the Nintendo Switch 2 presentation less than a month away now, people are understandably very eager to learn more about the successor to the Switch. While more is known now than has ever been before, there has been little in the way of specific information made available quite yet….
Few Final Fantasy moments are more timeless and venerated than that of Final Fantasy VIII’s Rinoa Heartily, meeting her flame-to-be Squall Leonhart and proclaiming to his garbled, pixelated mosaic of a face that he’s “the best looking guy here.” The contrast between Squall’s anime boy studliness and the reality of…
As August turns to September, Switch owners will be able to take a digital trip to Japan’s Shimane Prefecture in Root Letter: Last Answer, an updated port of the 2016 visual novel from Kadokawa Games. In the game you try to uncover the truth behind a murder that took place…
Bandai Namco has confirmed that the upcoming Story of Seasons spin-off starring the iconic Japanese robot cat Doraemon will be launching in the west on October 11th. The game, which has you play as Doraemon’s human friend Noby, involves bringing a farm back to life with the help of his…
It’s almost been a year since Nintendo Switch Online launched and brought with it a library of NES games that has steadily grown ever since. Many fans assumed this was effectively Nintendo’s Virtual Console replacement, but since last September, the service has yet to expand beyond the 8-bit hardware –…
While every Final Fantasy has its share of iconic party members, Final Fantasy IX was a revelation in its day for reviving the classic Jobs with individual characters that infused the basic designs with tons of personality. That was all down to character designer Toshiyuki Itahana, who has continued to…
Is there any video game music track more iconic than the standard Super Mario Bros. level theme? It’s an argument that could be had for hours, but it seems like the people over at Capcom had it on the mind when they were putting together Dino Crisis 2, as a…
I always felt like one of the most overlooked aspects of Pokémon were the Professors. They’ve been more involved lately, sure, but we rarely get to see much… professoring. Now though, a new line of goods coming to Pokémon Centers will bring a little bit of that important study to…
Killer Queen Black, a port of the indie arcade game Killer Queen, was announced for the Switch at E3 2018. The game was announced to release physically as well as digitally back then; however, the game’s August 2019 placeholder date seems more and more unsure as this month moves along…
Last week, River City Girls gave us a look at Misako, her personality, and her skills in a new trailer — and today her BFF is getting the same treatment. Enter Kyoko, the kind of girl who’d crash her friend’s classes when she doesn’t even go to the same school….
Pokémon as a franchise makes a good chunk of change. And by that, I mean it’s quite literally the most profitable media franchise to ever exist. Of course, not all of that comes purely from game and anime sales — a large percentage of revenue comes from merchandising deals. And…
Final Fantasy fans were beyond thrilled to learn that Final Fantasy VIII Remastered would be coming to Nintendo Switch during the big reveal at E3 a few months ago. And now it looks like that release will become available beyond the digital realm, as Play-Asia has listed physical copies for…
When it comes to Nintendo franchises with forgotten, untranslated gems, Kirby is pretty lucky, with only a few games stuck overseas. One of the most notorious was Kirby’s Super Star Stacker, a Super Famicom remake of the Game Boy original, that launched in 1998, well after Nintendo of America’s 1997…
