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…
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,…
Talk about repressed memories coming back to me suddenly, but anyone who was a kid during the N64’s lifespan will likely remember the brash commercials Nintendo aired. One of the more obscure was for the 1998 classic Banjo-Kazooie. A brief 30-second ad had some men camping in the forest and…
Ubisoft and Nintendo’s bizarre yet compelling strategy RPG sequel Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope took what the original Kingdom Battle did and improved on it, as we noted in our review. If you’ve yet to give it a shot, though, you’ve got a chance to try the game with…
It’s only about a month until the release of the Super Mario Bros. Movie from Illumination, and swaths of loyal Mario fans are still not over beloved chipper everyman Mario being voiced by Living College Frat Dorm Chris Pratt. But Pratt has had the support of the film’s main minds…
After a few rumours and leaks, we finally have official confirmation from Nintendo regarding a new Mario-themed Nintendo Switch bundle. Capitalising on the upcoming Super Mario Bros. movie, it’ll feature a bunch of stickers from the film, as well as a voucher that’ll let you pick one of three games…
Get ready, drivers, as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’s next Booster Course Pass update is upon us! Arriving in one week’s time on March 9th is Wave 4, featuring eight new and returning courses, plus Birdo as a new racer. Check out the trailer and full list of tracks: …
Warning: This story concerns real life graphic violence. A 17 year-old student in Palm Coast, Florida has been arrested and charged with assault on a paraprofessional (an aide assigned to students with individual teaching plans) at Matanzas High School, with the charge recently upgraded to adult court, records show. The…
The last of Hyrule’s champions and Divine Beast pilots is here at last – Daruk, hero of the Gorons, has been immortalized as a PVC painted statue from First 4 Figures, joining the likes of Mipha, Revali, and Urbosa. The statue features a LED light up Sheikah Eye base and…
Gimmighoul and Gholdengo aren’t the only Pokémon debuting in Pokémon GO this week! Trainers in Mexico can now spot Hawlucha in-game and to celebrate, an exclusive event is happening in Mexico. (Note: This is referred to as a Bonus Event in the Today Menu in-game, but will be referred to…
One of the most intriguing JRPG releases of this year is Loop8: Summer of Gods, a game all about attempting to save humanity from a demonic apocalypse within a surprisingly relaxing timeloop. If that’s caught your interest, you might want to check out the game’s opening movie shared by publisher…
The Nintendo Switch is set to get another stylish action RPG, this time from the developers at FuRyu (The Alliance Alive, Caligula Effect). Crymachina is set thousands of years after humanity’s extinction, with three playable E.V.E. synthetics tasked with bringing mankind back. Needless to say, things are bleak. Check out…
Every few months, the seasons change into spring, summer, fall, or winter. Inspired by these changes Niantic added Seasons to Pokémon GO back in December 2020. Each Season in the mobile game is three months long and features special events, certain Pokémon appearing more often in the wild (in certain…
Time comes for all of us, and soon it comes for the beloved Nintendo 3DS eShop – Nintendo is shuttering the service at the end of March, apparently not finding the upkeep cost worth whatever value (monetary, moral, or otherwise) they get from keeping it up. It’s a sad affair…
The Nintendo Switch is a truly mighty console by now, one of the best-selling pieces of video game hardware ever and home to blockbusters like Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Super Mario Odyssey. But it wasn’t so long ago that accusations from a certain group of people (mostly a subset…
