Here we go! Let’s take a look at the nominees for the 2024 Game Awards. While Nintendo doesn’t have an entry in the Game of the Year category this year, it currently holds three out of five nominees for Best Family Game, where the company has historically been the favorite…
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…
One of the most common talking points among video game circles is often the music that accompanies them. Yet for every award-winning soundtrack, there’s a handful of tracks that live on for more amusing reasons. Perhaps the most well-known song of this caliber is the notorious “DK Rap” from Donkey…
It’s impossible not to wonder what the very first Super Mario mobile experience will be like when it hits iOS this December. Ever since Nintendo’s recent reveal of the app, people have been making speculations about how the new way of playing Mario – by using only one hand with…
Have you been neglecting your mayoral duties in Animal Crossing: New Leaf? Has your town been overrun with weeds and moss to the dismay of villagers everywhere? Rest easy; your laziness and procrastination is about to pay off! The official Animal Crossing U.K. Twitter account has announced that this fall’s…
Hey there! Tons of Monster Hunter and Pokémon badges have returned to the Nintendo Badge Arcade! Let’s take a look at what’s new, shall we? Free play?: YES! Practice catcher: It’s the final day for all of today’s returning badges! Grab ’em while you still have time! Don’t forget…
An image coming from The Silph Road subreddit has revealed a charming touch included in the buddy system update to Pokémon GO. According to the image, walking 10km with Pikachu as your buddy will show it riding your avatar’s shoulder in your trainer card, much like Ash’s Pikachu! Pikachu will…
The latest scans from Corocoro seem to have made their way out into the world and as promised last month we have our first look at Rockruff’s evolutions. Yes, that’s evolutions plural. The adorable puppy manages to get a different evolution tied to the time of day. While the Pokémon’s…
Hardware Refurbished Wii U System with Nintendo Land ($200 from Nintendo) Nintendo has announced an all new Galaxy Edition New 3DS XL console. It’s available to order now at Amazon for $199.99. amiibo Lucas amiibo ($5.69 at Amazon) Kirby Series amiibo are as low as $4.00 on Amazon Super Smash…
A ton of Pokémon catchers have found their way back into the Arcade this morning! Be sure to capture the all the region-specific variations of Vivillon while there’s time! Free play?: Not today. Sorry again, Pikachu. Practice catcher: Aside from the four Vivillon badges, the rest of the Pokémon…
Today’s Nintendo is a very different company than the one it was 20, ten, even one year ago. This traditionally hyper-conservative, overprotective empire has made a slew of changes to its approach to business lately; and has become much more liberal with the use of its once-sacred IP. There’s no…
When someone can point to Metroid Prime Pinball as a more accurate representation of the series’s more amicable attributes, you know you’ve done something horribly wrong. A highly controversial spin-off of the titular series coming in cold after a six-year hiatus, Metroid Prime: Federation Force was perhaps doomed from the…
My Nintendo and its associated rewards have been going for a few months now, but it hasn’t been easy figuring out just when your earned points will expire. Now, thanks to a new page on the website called “Points History“, you’ll be able to find out exactly when they’ll expire…
The Pokémon 20th anniversary celebration just keeps on getting better and better! The Pokémon Company has announced that a brand new Pokémon Generations box set is coming to North America exclusively from Barnes & Noble and the Pokémon Center – in just four days time! The box set includes two…
Keep an eye on your mobile devices, Trainers! Niantic has announced that Pokémon GO version 1.7 for iOS and 0.37.0 for Android is starting to roll out! The biggest change included is the use of Buddy Pokémon, which allows Trainers to walk their favorite monster to earn extra candy! You…
