2018’s Pokémon Day news round-up

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Merchandise, Mobile

It’s February 27th and that can only mean one thing – Pokémon Day is here! That’s right, 22 years ago Pokémon Red & Green launched in Japan, introducing the world to a franchise that’d go onto become one of the best-selling ever. As has become customary these past few years,…

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New Zoids multimedia project announced with a Switch game

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Switch

Back in 1982, Japanese toy manufacturer released the “Mechabonica” line of figures, to little fanfare. It wasn’t until after the mech figures were distributed in North America and Europe under the new name Zoids that the brand really caught on, with Tomy rebranding in Japan resulting in over three decades…

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Kirby Anniversary site revamps its character section

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: News, Switch

Kirby’s 25th Anniversary website did the unthinkable: it somehow got even more cute. The character section of the site has updated to give a look at the four main players on Pop Star. Kirby, Waddle Dee, Meta Knight, and King Dedede have each gotten a separate section dedicated to them,…

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HAL Laboratory’s mobile game Part Time UFO heads west

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Mobile

Back in November Kirby and BoxBoy creators HAL Laboratory released their first mobile game onto the Japanese market – Working UFO. Now, the cute little game has finally headed overseas to multiple territories with the new name Part Time UFO.     The game’s main character is right in HAL’s…

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