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….
I’ve had an eye on NISA’s upcoming action-RPG Lapis x Labyrinth for a while. The game’s seemed fun and flashy since I first saw it, and now that its release is just a couple months away I’m thinking of how I’ll be stacking my own team of cute little adventures…
The upcoming revival of Samurai Shodown has been getting a lot of love lately. Shortly after the reveal of new character Darli Dagger at PAX East, it has revealed its two other brand new characters (alongside some other, returning ones) in the latest Japanese trailer. Nearly the entire…
Pokémon GO fans will know that as summer approaches, so do the big events within the game. If you’ve played at any point during the summer, you’ll remember that not only does Niantic pick up their already great game during the hotter months, but also that people tend to seem…
Every year, the Reputation Institute conducts RepTrak, a survey of which corporations and brands across the world are “most reputable.” This includes surveys limited to particular regions as well — and in the US this year, one particular Japanese video game manufacturer cracked the top ten. Yep, Nintendo is (purportedly)…
Team Meat, the developers behind Super Meat Boy, announced via Twitter that their upcoming title, Super Meat Boy Forever, will no longer launch this month. The new official launch window is “[a]fter but not too far after April 2019.” The team said they’re working at a healthy, sustainable pace, and…
No matter how big my love for the Kirby series has remained over the years, even I felt a little surprised with how quickly and easily the credits came in Star Allies. The trip through the stars was enjoyable, but it wasn’t until the game’s multiple DLC updates came along…
The North American Pokémon Center has been slowly adding more and more plushes to its Sitting Cuties collection over the past few months. Starting last November, we saw the likes of Pikachu, Eevee, Golduck, Shellder, and others made available at the PC, and now we’re seeing even more beloved characters…
The Pokémon Company showed off more cards from the special Pokémon: Detective Pikachu TCG expansion just last month. Using art showcasing the film’s renders, we were able to see a few teases of cards, as well as the cards that could be obtained through in-store promo events. Bulbasaur, Psyduck, and…
Notable Japanese gaming publication Famitsu hosted its 2018 Famitsu Awards, and what a night it was for Masahiro Sakurai and Nintendo. Along with the sadly-not-on-Switch Monster Hunter World, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was named Famitsu’s Game of the Year for 2018. It’s a sentiment we agreed with for sure, and…
Hot on the heels of Donkey Kong 3 releasing today, another arcade classic is heading to Switch courtesy of HAMSTER’s Arcade Archives. The time travelling airplane shoot’em up Time Pilot, originally brought to arcades in 1982 by Konami, was confirmed for a Switch release next week during a recent NicoNico…
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Tonight was yet another owl-lead look at what’s coming next to Fire Emblem Heroes. That’s right, Feh Channel has come and gone and in its thirteenish minutes of bird based exposition we learned all about the upcoming features, modes, and changes due for Nintendo’s highest earning mobile game. You can…
