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…
In 2020 I would have called Hades the rare kind of game that so successfully interweaves its gameplay, narrative, art direction, and voice acting (among other things) that it’d be impossible to single out any one as its strongest element. That’s not to say my opinion on those qualities has…
We’re less than one week away from the one-year anniversary of the release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Given the immense success of the game, many Nintendo fans are wondering if anything special is coming in celebration of the game’s first birthday. Fortunately for those asking…
While the Nintendo rumor mill perpetually churns at about mach-5, few have got it to chug along as much as the recent talk of Microsoft bringing their Xbox Game Pass service to Switch. With the highlight of a couple particular games — namely Ori and the Blind Forest and Cuphead…
There are many a Pokémon Center in Japan, but only one holds the DX distinction. With its grand opening held last year on March 14th, Tokyo’s Pokemon Center DX also hosts the Pokémon Cafe and soon will be sharing a special lineup of Pikachu plushies to mark the one year…
If you have any interest in trying out Daemon X Machina before it launches later this year, it looks like this week is your last chance. The Prototype Missions demo is slated to be removed from the Switch eShop on March 11th. The demo launched last month after the Nintendo…
There are a number of anecdotes from Nintendo’s early years in the gaming industry that carry an almost Arthurian quality about them, from the naming inspiration to Mario to how the NES was marketed as a toy rather than a video game system to drive up sales. One of the…
Journalism is never an easy task, as it takes a conscious amount of digging and a fine-tuned sense of perception to detect what’s verifiable and what’s not. But sometimes you just forget to do the proper research, as was the case with La Voz de Michoacán, a newspaper for the…
As Nintendo fans we’re pretty used to the Direct cycle at this point, but every now and then another company gets in on hosting a similar type of event to hold us over ’til the next big Nintendo presentation. Today NIS America announced they’ll be hosting their 2019 Showcase next…
Looking for a place to vacation on spring break? Why don’t you bring your Nintendo Switch along and check out Camp Crystal Lake! Too bad there’s no Friday the 13th on 2019’s calendar… unless you count the horror game ‘Friday the 13th: The Game’ releasing this spring for the Switch….
Campers, if you’ve been adamantly growing those garden event flowers and helping out your friends catch festibees, it’s time you pick up the pace! Yup, that’s right — the second half of Pavé’s Viva Festivale has begun today, meaning you can now plant the new flower type, orange featherblooms. Growing…
The Trine series is something of an indie staple at this point, with Frozenbyte bringing the puzzle-platformer trilogy to seemingly every modern platform. Just a few weeks ago Trine 2 hit the Nintendo Switch, a few months after the original, and now the fourth game has been confirmed for a…
When you think Sega, you probably think Sonic. Or even Alex Kidd, if you’re feeling especially retro. But one mascot has endured in the minds of many fans, especially in Japan – Segata Sanshiro. Portrayed by Hiroshi Fujioka in a series of commercials promoting the ill-fated Sega Saturn, he’s become…
The next wave of fighters is getting ready to hit the upcoming arcade version of the multi-franchise fighter BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, and among them is another Naoto. Joining the detective prince Naoto Shirogane from Persona 4 is Naoto Kurogane from BlazBlue: CentralFiction, and we’ve got our first look at…
GoodSmile Company’s selection of Nintendo merchandise is among the best, with detailed Figmas and adorable Nendoroids of some of the most iconic video game characters. Not too long ago the figure makers put out a new figure of Link, joining Toon Link and Majora’s Mask’s Young Link, based on his…
