The next GO Battle League-themed event for Pokémon GO’s Season of World of Wonders is here. This time it’s a weekend-long affair and it overlaps with another event, Rivals Week. Trainers who have their sights set on the GBL will enjoy increased battle sets, free and paid Timed Research, and…
Complimenting this season’s GO Battle Weekend event, Rivals Week is all about Fighting-type Pokémon. Trainers that want to take a break from the GBL (or avoid it altogether) can catch a variety of Fighting-type Pokémon in the wild, Raids, and catch reward encounters from Timed Research and Field Research tasks….
A couple of weeks back, First 4 Figures announced that it would be making an Isabelle statue for prospective buyers to grab. If you’re still in the market to show off your Animal Crossing love, you can currently pre-order the statue on the company’s website. While the initial announcement said…
As the time until Xenoblade Chronicles 2 winds down, more and more tidbits of the game sneak through the cracks. Yuichiro Takeda — scenario writer for Xenoblade Chronicles, Xenoblade Chronicles X and now Xenoblade Chronicles 2 — has written a short, spoiler-free look at the game’s plot creation just a…
If you’ve been looking for a good reason to stay inside, away from the freezing cold, so you can snuggle up with some cuddly cuties, you’re in luck: the Pokémon Center has announced a variety of new, wintry products in its Joyous Winter Tree Holiday Collection. Included in the assortment…
Nintendo is pre-gaming this Thanksgiving by starting its eShop Cyber Deals sale. Taking place now until December 11th at 8:59 a.m. PT | 11:59 a.m. ET, titles across the Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS and Wii U have had their prices slashed. For the digital enthusiasts, now is the time to…
Assignment Desk Editor Chip Skambis at WFTV, a local news station for Orlando, Florida, somehow got his hands on the permit to Project 487. That info doesn’t sound too exciting at first — not until you find out that Project 487 is actually another name for Super Nintendo World. (We’d…
Capcom has released plenty of Street Fighter merch over the years, from G.I. Joes in the ’90s to detailed Figuarts more recently. The latest licensing collaboration is quite unexpected, though. For the franchise’s 30th anniversary, the company is teaming up with Tomy to release some Transformers that mash together iconic…
From the jammed pack announcement trailer for the next wave of free DLC for Splatoon 2, there’s been a barrage of social media posts and press releases detailing the entire update. Here we’re going to go through each post and break it down! FORWARD FASHION AND FRESH CUTS Prepare your…
Sneaking into ARMS’ last update, an event simply called “Party Crash” will be taking place this month. Thanks to Nintendo Versus on Twitter, we now have a better idea of what Party Crash is and what will happen from November 22nd to the 24th. R.S.V.P. AND BYOC – BRING YOUR…
It was only five days ago when we learned that the Nintendo Switch made Time Magazine’s 25 Best Inventions of 2017 list, and the good news for the Big N hasn’t stopped there. Just yesterday, Time announced that the Switch also landed the number one spot on its Top 10…
Ever since the game launched in July, Splatoon 2 has seen a steady splattering of free updates. To close out 2017, though, Nintendo is going all out. As shown in the video below, new hairstyles are being added alongside more gear, new stages both for normal play and Salmon Run,…
It might be hard to believe, but we’re just ten days away from the launch of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 on the Nintendo Switch. While the recent game-specific Direct no doubt helped any hardcore gamers still on the fence, Nintendo is trying to advertise the game to more casual consumers through…
It should come as no surprise that Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp’s release date of 11/22 has been broken. This is the second time the app’s stated release window has been ignored, the first being when the app debuted on Australia’s iTunes/App Store and Google Play store within 12 hours of…
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