Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
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,…
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…
Break out the streamers and party hats – Kirby is now 31! The pink puffball debuted in monochrome back on the Game Boy on April 27th, 1992, meaning he’s now at the age where he contemplates buying a house and starting a retirement account for the future. And his friends…
Previews for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom are out now, just a hair over two weeks before the game’s release. We’ve already dug up a lot of info by parsing through them, but sometimes it’s better to let the experience flow over you firsthand instead of letting…
Get ready to groove because Lego is back with more teasers for the upcoming Lego Super Mario: Donkey Kong expansion, set to release later this year. In a Twitter post shared this morning, the company revealed four additional members of the DK Crew — Diddy, Cranky, Dixie, and Funky Kong….
Have you ever played an RPG and wished the drama would just calm down for a second? Well you might be interested in Picontier, which finally has a Nintendo Switch release date. The adorable “slow life RPG” was first released in early access on PC via Steam in 2020, with…
While Nintendo is set to release many games in the first half of 2023, such as Pikmin 4, Advance Wars, and of course The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, things seem quite sparse for the latter part of the year. Thankfully good things might be on the way,…
With just a matter of weeks to go until we can all explore The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo has allowed various journalists and content creators to go hands-on with the game. In the resulting previews, a few interesting tidbits have come to light, which we’ve collected…
HAL Laboratory executive director Shinya Kumazaki and Kirby series director Tatsuya Kamiyama recently took the stage at GDC to discuss the challenges and stories of their developed games for the franchise’s 30th anniversary. While we already detailed their breakdown of Kirby and the Forgotten Land, they also spent half their…
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild became a game famous for the sheer amount of wild chicanery you could pull off in it, inspiring some absolutely ludicrous online videos to this day. And now we’re peeking at some of the possibilities and curiosities we’ll discover in followup The…
Japanese Pokémon merchandise is unbeatable! It seems like every week the Pokémon Center in Japan releases something new that fans of all things cute in North America are eager to import as quickly as possible. The latest amazing merchandise comes in the form of the My Pikachu collection, which promises…
After a lengthy wait, the classic Japanese puzzler Magical Drop got a new entry today on the Nintendo Switch, with Magical Drop VI releasing digitally via the eShop. If you want to own the game physically, though, Forever Limited has your back. The company has announced it will be releasing…
There’s just a matter of months to go until Switch owners can experience the fatal adventures of Sissel & company with the upcoming remaster of Ghost Trick. This new release of the game will feature HD graphics and various gameplay changes, but one of the more significant updates is the…
Kirby and the Forgotten Land was a big big title in the storied franchise, offering Kirby’s first full-fledged 3D adventure after 30 years. The road to making it was a long one, as HAL Laboratory Executive Director Shinya Kumazaki and series director Tatsuya Kamiyama revealed in a lengthy GDC presentation,…
