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….
With the release of Super Mario Maker for the Wii U, Nintendo has once again given its fans another reason to like and collect amiibo. In what many people are touting as the best implementation of amiibo support to date, Super Mario Maker brings every amiibo into the game and…
Japanese media company TV Tokyo has unleashed a new website for the upcoming Pokémon X, Y and Z anime coming to Japan. The series follows Ash Ketchum and friends as they try to uncover the mystery behind the legendary Pokémon Zygarde and its many forms. Pokémon X, Y and Z…
Are you ready for this? A brand new Super Mario Maker themed stage for Super Smash Bros. has been announced in Nintendo’s most recent video! In an already traditional Super Mario Maker fashion, the well recognized hand holding the stylus sweeps across the screen to “create the stage” and start…
We asked Amiibo News fans to submit their own Super Mario Maker levels so we could try them out, and we were thrilled to receive such a large number of submissions! This video charts the first round of fan made levels. Because of the success from this event, we plan…
Join the Amiibo News team while it scans every released amiibo in to Super Mario Maker!
Almost exactly two months after the passing of Nintendo’s beloved president, Satoru Iwata, the company has announced that Tatsumi Kimishima has taken on the influential position on September 16th, 2015. Kimishima has secured numerous important business roles within branches of Nintendo in recent years. Using his strong background in business,…
Nintendo has released a special video showcasing the development of Mario titles in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. Both Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka narrate and give their insight about game development since the early years of the series. Watch the evolution take place starting from…
A new scan from monthly Japanese magazine CoroCoro has revealed multiple new forms for the legendary Pokémon Zygarde. According to Serebii.net, among the new forms is a speed-enhanced canine called Zygarde 10% Forme, a colossal, Dragon/Ground-type behemoth referred to as Zygarde Perfect Forme, a blob-like Pokémon previously shown via leaks…
Get ready for another Splatfest spectacular! The next North American Splatfest has been announced on the official Splatoon Tumblr, in which Team Art will face off against Team Science. Splatfest is a special, day-long Splatoon event in which two competing teams battle it out in games of Turf Wars. During…
Amazon has officially announced that Wave 5 amiibo will be released for sale Friday, September 11th, at specific times throughout the day starting at 1:00 p.m. PST. We’ve complied a list of all the times each amiibo will go live in every United States time zone. Click each image below…
Just who is Bowser Jr.’s mother? The answer might surprise… or, then again, maybe not. Shigeru Miyamoto, the man behind Mario himself, took to YouTube and laid to rest some longstanding rumors about Nintendo’s mascot while also dropping a couple of bombshells along the way. For example, pretty much every…
Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have teamed up with mobile developer Niantic, Inc. to bring us a new way to catch ‘em all in 2016. Best known for its augmented reality MMORPG Ingress, Niantic has made a name for itself by melding a virtual game world with location-based smartphone gameplay….
