This past weekend, the family of veteran Castlevania and Bloodstained developer Shutaro Iida revealed that he had passed away on February 10th, 2026, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Currently working on the upcoming Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement, Iida had previously worked at Konami from 1996 until 2015 and was…
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…
It’s a little surreal to think the Virtual Boy is over 30 years old now, but time trucks on whether we want it to or not. With the console soon to get its own dedicated app on the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 for NSO subscribers, now’s a better time…
Pokémon TCG collectors have had to wait to complete the Pokémon: Detective Pikachu TCG expansion, as the last promo card hasn’t even been shown yet. (Its empty card silhouette still features a “?” on the set’s webpage). What we did know is that it would be tied to a Café…
Tomorrow Sonic and friends (and enemies, and freshly hatched creatures) will slip into the driver’s seat and bring the long-awaited Team Sonic Racing to Nintendo Switch and other platforms. A new video’s gone up to spotlight the three character types, giving racers different skills and abilities in a direct callback…
The Pokémon Cafe has been operating out of Tokyo for a while now, and in our past updates on its menu and goods you might’ve noticed something about which Pokémon it focuses on. Mostly that the café kept its wares centered mostly on the first generation, fitting for a spot…
If you’re looking for a Switch controller with a bit more to it than the usual fare, consider this new Faceoff Deluxe+ Audio Wired (say it five times fast) controller from PDP. More than just the usual third-party plastic, it comes outfitted with a host of features, including an audio…
The very fabric of reality was up for grabs in Splatoon 2’s latest Splatfest, and it looks like those location-hopping louts on Team Teleportation took the win. As Pearl put it, this truly is the darkest timeline… The #Splatoon2 #Splatfest results are in, and #TeamTeleportation warps into first place…
Released earlier this month in the Nintendo eShop, VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a visual novel of a different flavor. Swapping dialogue choices for a Mixology 101 course instead, fans now have the opportunity to recreate the drinks in real life, as two bars in Japan are giving the task a…
If you’ve been a Pokémon trading card game fan/collector since the original days of the series, this news may peak your interest — or at least inspire some nostalgia to surface within. Serebii has reported that the most recent issue of Corocoro announced that the Ancient Mew card will be…
The Pokémon Center has officially announced that the Johto Pokémon Fit plushes are coming to Japan on Saturday, June 8th. Hopefully this means that we’ll be receiving news about the same collection — titled Sitting Cuties here in North America — hitting our own PC online store in the near…
Back in October 2018, Uniqlo announced that it’d be holding another contest for a wave of Pokémon shirts, and now the winners have been announced. From melty Pikachu popsicles to Team Rocket using a crane machine, there are plenty of cute designs. The winner, though, is a stylish Gyarados print,…
Another week, another batch of new faces set to make their debut in Fire Emblem: Three Houses later this summer. Each of the game’s groups of students have grown a little bigger but this time a few teachers are in the mix. Assuming they’re NPC’s and unavailable to develop as…
During our last Direct, Nintendo revealed a new means for fans to purchase games at a slight discount. If you’re a Switch Online subscriber you can buy the Switch Game Voucher, getting you two titles for the flat rate of $99.99. Among those available titles is PlatinumGames’ upcoming Astral Chain,…
The rosen scent of early summer has rolled in, and with it comes the season of betrothals. After having two sets of hitched brides (and one groom) in previous years, Fire Emblem Heroes is back for a third bridal banner, and – rather surprisingly – the game pulls almost entirely…
