Picross developer Jupiter has announced a new crossover Picross game for Nintendo Switch owners, this time in collaboration with Konami. Titled Picross S: Konami Antiques Edition, I suddenly feel as if my bones are turning to dust in real time. I am not ready to accept that games like Frogger,…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside one hour on Wednesdays for Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed and rescheduled…
I’m still trying to wrap my head around this one, but a recent survey conducted by Nikkei has shown that Nintendo Switch is more popular than Nintendo among Japanese teenagers. The intention of the survey was to figure out which brands are the most powerful in Japan, with a split…
The good folks over at Yacht Club Games are hard at work on Shovel Knight’s final two expansions, King of Cards and Showdown. While a release date has yet to be formally announced following April’s unfortunate delay, a new blog post by the acclaimed developers unearthed a few treasures and…
If you like spamming your friends with Line stickers like I do, then you’re in luck, because Atlus has a released a batch of new Persona Q2 Line stickers to coincide with the game’s release. For the low price of one buck (plus tax), you can get a variety of…
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If you’ve been busy running around and planting flowers so you can gather up all those fluttervows for the current garden event in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, you need know that it’s time to really pick up the pace! The second half of the event has kicked off this morning,…
Today Sega of Japan held its final Mega Drive Mini stream, confirming the last ten games that’ll be included the 30 that were previously announced. That’s not all though – both Darius and Tetris are getting new ports as well, with the latter being based on an exceedingly rare official…
Niantic has been testing the Pokémon GO waters this year with Raid-centric events, including Legendary Raid Hour. A golden hour when a plethora gyms are taken over by Legendary Pokémon, this event has occurred during the lunch hour rush (12 p.m. to 1 p.m.) and the transition to twilight (6…
Pokémon GO updates usually include information about some new catchable or Shiny, or an event that’ll get you on your feet and spinning stops. This time though, something’s being dropped, namely support for the Apple Watch. As posted by Niantic, it’s been cited that thanks to the Adventure Sync feature,…
As we previously reported in March, Dark Horse announced they would be localizing of The Art of Super Mario Odyssey. Returning to Polygon again for the exclusive, we now have a small glimpse into the book’s English version with four page-spread previews. Translated entries dedicated to Mario, the…
The Splatoon 2 World Championship is less than a week away, with four of the freshest teams of squid (and octo) kids around coming to paint over LA and splat their way through the competition. The three round tournament got a little bit of new information today, that being the…
Super Mario Maker 2 almost here, which means it’s time for My Nintendo to fall into its usual pattern of celebrating big releases with digital goods. June is a busy month as we’re juggling E3, Father’s Day, Super Mario Maker 2, and more. My Nintendo is offering ways to celebrate…
And now, for another thrilling edition of “financial nobody but shareholders should really care much about” — The Pokémon Company made a net profit of 124 million US dollars last fiscal year, up 50% from 2017. The 2018 fiscal year was strong likely due to a combination of Pokémon GO’s…
