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,…
A new Pokémon TCG Pocket Wonder Pick event for B series is in full swing! For this event, Drifblim and Eevee promo cards (with a Chansey promo stamp) are being featured. Plus, their releases from Mega Rising (B1) will be mixed in the Wonder Event too, giving you a chance…
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…
In a collaboration that makes ZERO sense but is 100% welcome, Hello Kitty has partnered with Yu-Gi-Oh to release plushies for the newest McDonald’s Happy Meal toys! There are ten plushies available in this set, featuring iconic characters from both franchises. For Yu-Gi-Oh fans and Hello Kitty aficionados, you can…
As part of a small update on its most popular franchises yesterday, Capcom announced that a new port of the original Monster Hunter Stories will be heading to Nintendo Switch on June 14th, 2024. Also coming to PC and PlayStation 4 on the same day, the most noticeable change for…
Following the MAR10 Day announcements, we finally got the official release dates for Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. That was the first news about these two titles since they were first announced all the way back in 2023. Needless to say, fans looking forward to…
Last week, it was revealed to the world that Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball, passed away on March 1st, 2024. It is truly hard to imagine a world without his legendary influence. From designing Dragon Quest’s now-iconic Slime from Yuji Horii’s rough sketch of a pile of goo to…
As announced earlier in the week, Lego held a small stream for MAR10 Day that unveiled what was next for Lego Mario. The video may be slightly cringe-inducing, but the lineup of new sets looks to further capitalize on all of the nostalgia surrounding Lego Mario. First up was the…
Happy Mario Day, one and all! To celebrate the day, Nintendo announced quite a few things this morning, including a sequel to the Mario Bros. Movie, release dates for Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Tucked away at the very end of the announcement were three…
Happy Mario Day, everyone! To celebrate, not only did Nintendo announce a sequel to the Super Mario Bros. Movie is in development, but we also got some long-awaited release dates for upcoming Mario titles as well! Let’s start with my most anticipated title of the year: Paper Mario: The…
Less than a year has passed since the Super Mario Bros. Movie dominated at worldwide box offices wordwide, and the teams at Nintendo and Illumination are wasting no time on the next installment! Today, Shigeru Miyamoto and Illumination’s Chris Meledandri officially confirmed that the sequel to the Mario Bros. Movie…
With the immense popularity of indie puzzler Suika Game, it’s surprising that official merchandise hasn’t yet been made available. That’s soon to change as a trio of green items are coming to brighten up your day. Surprisingly enough, these items aren’t just a ticket to your local supermarket, but an…
With the release of the Princess Peach: Showtime! demo on the eShop today, fans have been doing some digging within the game’s files and have made a couple of discoveries. The biggest of these is a codename for the game, which is PJ037. While that normally wouldn’t mean much, that…
We’re mere weeks away from the release of Princess Peach: Showtime!, so it only makes sense that Nintendo would finally release a demo of the game. While not a tremendous sampling of the main game, this new demo will let players experience Swordfighter Peach and Patisserie Peach in short levels….
Two weeks ago it was revealed that the next wave of icons available via Nintendo Switch Online would be themed around the Mother series, in celebration of all three games being available on the Switch in Japan. The schedule for the icons was published on the Japanese Nintendo website and…
