Trainers will be able to get another Master Ball during the Season of World of Wonders with its next event – Catching Wonders. No Pokémon will be featured (or debuting) during this event, but Trainers can get a free Masterwork Research quest and start tackling this challenging questline. (For more…
Thanks to the dedicated members of the Famiboards forum, some new information about the RAM and storage specifications of the Switch 2 may have been discovered earlier than expected. In an effort to get the drop on Nintendo’s official reveal of the Switch successor, Famiboards members have been tracking customs…
As The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom approaches its first anniversary in just a few days, Nintendo is gearing up for the milestone with all-new merchandise set to launch later this year in Japan. Continuing their tradition of releasing stunning artbooks, Nintendo has revealed The Legend of…
It’s a good day for fans of The Legend of Zelda and French Revolutionary art history, as a piece of art for Japan Expo 2017 commemorates the two wonderfully. In an homage (or parody, if you’d prefer) to Eugène Delacroix’s famous painting “La Liberté guidant le peuple” (Liberty guiding the…
We know that in 2018 that Nintendo’s online service will start up, and over the last couple of months we’ve been given details of how Splatoon 2 will function. With a delayed release timeframe and a headset for voice chat, we didn’t know what to expect at launch. If you…
It’s a tough world, show business. As artists fade out of the limelight, new talent’s ready and waiting to take the stage. It looks like that’s what’s happening to the Squid Sisters, with Callie and Marie caught up in their own personal problems and responsibilities. In the wake of their…
Ranked battles are back in Splatoon 2 and look to be fiercer than ever before. The same trio of modes will set the stage for squid kid supremacy: Splat Zones, Tower Control and Rainmaker. While there’s some small differences with how some of them play, such as checkpoints on Tower…
The original Splatoon had post-launch content updates that were slowly rolled out over time, easing players into the game’s machinations while also keeping folks invested in what was to come. So it’s not much of a surprise that Splatoon 2 will do the same — it was announced during the…
Just like in the first Splatoon, amiibo are back and better than ever, and they’re just as easy to activate as last time. In Splatoon 2, you’ll find a giant amiibo box right in the plaza that’ll let you scan any and all Splatoon amiibo right into the game. Yep,…
With the mysterious fate of the Squid Sisters lingering in our minds, it’s left us wondering who in Splatoon 2 who fulfill their role of announcing stage rotations. Now we wonder no longer, as a new dynamic duo has come onto the scene, consisting of two stylish gals who form…
It’s no surprise that Splatoon 2 is letting players get their hands on it just a little bit earlier. The first game had multiple Testfires, and we even had one for the sequel a few months back. But doing the same thing again and again just isn’t the Inkopolis way,…
Update: Niantic has released an official statement this morning clarifying the new anniversary event: “From July 6 at 1:00 P.M. PDT to July 24 at 1:00 P.M. PDT, Pikachu discovered in the wild will be wearing Ash’s famous hat from the Pokémon animated series, so make sure you don’t miss…
Nintendo’s ink-filled sequel Splatoon 2 is launching for the Nintendo Switch in just over two weeks! To get every kid and/or squid hyped up for launch, a new Nintendo Direct will be streamed very soon. The start time is 7 a.m. PT/10 a.m. ET. UPDATES: 9:00 AM CST:…
A few weeks ago it was confirmed that the Switch’s Namco Museum would be getting another addition – Pac-Man Vs. Originally released for the GameCube and later ported to the DS and Japanese mobile phones, the game is set up so one player controls the eponymous yellow fellow while up…
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