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….
When Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 was announced a few days ago, fans such as myself were excited. It’s been too long since the THPS series was prominent and while the excellent THPS 1+2 hinted at a bright future, Activision Blizzard put the kibosh on things after the game sold…
It’s time to get hyped, campers — five new animals will soon be joining the Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp roster! The official Twitter account has once again shared five mysterious silhouettes hinting at characters that will be making their way to our campsites soon. Taking a look at this image,…
Looking through Pokémon Center goods, it’s common to see themes or concepts. Usually they’re based more on an art style or a Pokémon or two in particular, but this time around we’re getting something a little more unique. Enter: the Pokémon World Market! This new theme imagines a situation where…
I like to think I’m a fairly good sport when it comes to Splatfests, but you know what? Unicorns should have won. They are, by definition, magical beings that exist to make our lives better by simply existing. But then we started using them to make blended iced coffee drinks…
Luigi’s Mansion 3 received a proper unveiling at E3, offering a whole host of horrors for everybody’s favorite lean green machine to ghostbust in search of his missing friends. At the big conference, Kotaku got a chance to talk to the game’s Nintendo producers, Yoshihito Ikebata and Kensuke Tanabe, who…
Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the Nintendo Switch has finally been revealed! We go in-depth on our thoughts about the game, everything we know so far from the E3 2019 reveal and interviews with developers Aya Kyogoku and Hisashi Nogami, and our analysis of the teaser trailer. Excited about…
Nintendo Switch fighting game ARMS has crowned a champion for its “Party Crash Bash” tournament: Min Min, the queen of ramen! Min Min was set against Ninjara in “Martial Arts Mash-Up,” the final round of ARMS’s month-long “Party Crash Bash.” It’s Min Min 🍜 for the win win! After…
E3 is now over, which means it’s time to rest our hype trains and focus on Nintendo’s summer lineup. Kicking off this season is Super Mario Maker 2, the sequel to the time sink and tinkering level builder Super Mario Maker on the Wii U. Just today, Nintendo has treated…
Just in case you haven’t heard, Smash Ultimate’s got the bear and bird. There was plenty to enjoy out of Nintendo’s E3 2019 Direct, but the announcement that got me on my feet was Banjo & Kazooie’s return as a Super Smash Bros. fighter. After years of fan clamoring and…
Still amped up from last week’s E3 news about Pokémon Sword & Shield? If you’re thinking about pre-ordering one of the games, the Pokémon Center is offering a fun incentive that just might entice you to pick up the games in the site’s shop. Ordering Sword or Shield from the…
Every E3, upon its end – or really, as soon as the press conferences starts rolling – somehow becomes a zero-sum game of “winners” and “losers.” The gaming zeitgeist demands to know which companies emerged victorious in some hypothetical battle of quality, as if the number of good games is…
Long before amiibo and Kirby goods ruled my wallet, I can remember putting my yard sale earnings and birthday wishes towards cards. Pokémon cards were the first, but for a while I was gathering up packs on packs on packs of Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards and spending Saturdays at local play events….
Kirby’s Dream Course is one of those SNES games that’s oddly pervasive despite it’s very strange concept – what if golf, but Kirby? It turns out that weirdness is no coincidence, as the game was originally planned as another game entirely before the popularity of the pink puffball proved too…
