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…
With the Nintendo Switch 2 presentation less than a month away now, people are understandably very eager to learn more about the successor to the Switch. While more is known now than has ever been before, there has been little in the way of specific information made available quite yet….
When Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 was announced a few days ago, fans such as myself were excited. It’s been too long since the THPS series was prominent and while the excellent THPS 1+2 hinted at a bright future, Activision Blizzard put the kibosh on things after the game sold…
We’re only a few days away from the launch of Super Mario Odyssey and it appears that the spoiler floodgates have finally opened, as gameplay videos and spoilers have started to appear online thanks to retailers breaking street date for the title. Be warned, if you’re trying to avoid spoilers…
The Nintendo Switch eShop now has plenty of great little indie games on offer, but one of its earliest is still proving to be quite a sales success. The cheap and cheerful top-down action game Kamiko, which we gave a score of 8.5 back in May, has surpassed the 150,000…
Japanese developer Level-5 has kicked off many popular IPs from Nintendo handhelds, from the venerable Professor Layton to the more recent Yo-kai Watch. Nestled among those is Inazuma Eleven, which got its start on the original DS back in 2008. While not nearly as popular in the US compared to…
With just under a week till the launch of Super Mario Odyssey, you can get pumped up for the game with the iconic vocal theme that surprised us all at E3 2017: “Jump Up, Super Star.” A portion of the jazzy jam is available to download for free on the…
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Bust out those Link Cables (for the nostalgia factor, of course): Multiple version-exclusive Pokémon have been revealed for the upcoming 3DS games Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, according to a tweet from Serebii.net. The tweet claims the source of the information to be a Japanese flyer, which shows several…
Plenty of games that were once exclusively available in Japanese have seen fan translations within the last decade, from the well-known (Mother 3) to the more obscure (this surprisingly good Cardcaptor Sakura PS1 game). This latest example falls into the latter category, being a localization of a spin-off to the…
UPDATE: The Pokémon GO Halloween event is now live. Be sure to download the latest update and get to catching ghouls! It’s been a badly kept secret for a few days now but Generation III Pokémon are officially heading to Pokémon GO as part of 2017’s Halloween event. The ghost…
Nintendo of America has just released a new trailer for the upcoming 3DS party game, Mario Party: The Top 100. The trailer gives a brief look at the minigames that are included. Check it out below. Mario Party: The Top 100 launches for the Nintendo 3DS on November 10th. You…
Like most every 3D Sonic game, the upcoming Sonic Forces has its own catchy vocal theme: Fist Bump. Also like many of the songs that have come before, an official instrumental version will be part of the game’s soundtrack; in this case it’s a piano version. Give it a listen:…
Nindie fans with a fondness for full shelves and displayin’ what you’re playin’; rejoice! Limited Run Games has just announced they’ll be publishing Switch titles starting in 2018. Excited to announce that we've been approved to publish retail games on the Nintendo Switch. Our first release will hit in 2018!…
Recently announced to be coming to Switch, BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle has another new character trailer for fans to feast their eyes on. Three more combatants have joined the roster, one each from BlazBlue, Persona 4 Arena and Under Night In-Birth. Noel Vermillion, one of the key players…
