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…
Over the past 15 years, most of the Super Mario cast has remained pretty similar in appearance. Ever since the New Super Mario Bros. era of games, the looks of the characters have been fairly standardized. In recent times, however, they’ve begun to experiment once more. From Super Mario Bros….
As we continue to soldier through this period of civilization where every company attempts to make “AI” a thing, Epic Games recently added a Darth Vader chatbot to Fortnite that utilizes an AI-generated version of James Earl Jones’ voice. While it does sound rather authentic (consent was given by Jones’…
A few months back, First 4 Figures announced it acquired the Metal Gear Solid license for a statue in its ever-growing range of collectibles. Now it’s up for pre-order, in quite a few variants. The core concept of the figure is the same across all of them though – Solid…
Fire Emblem Warriors will release next week in Japan, and in the lead-up to launch the game’s cast is being grouped and shown off in some new videos. We already saw the heroes of Awakening take the spotlight but today the warring nations of Fire Emblem Fates have their turn….
Two of the biggest enigmas in the upcoming Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon are the new box-art forms of Solgaleo and Lunala. Thanks to some new scans of the latest issue of CoroCoro, though, we have a better understanding of what they are. Serebii reports that they are fusions…
UPDATE: A press release from Nintendo of America has confirmed the US branch will also be stocking the SNES Classic into 2018 and bring back the NES Classic next summer. This is sure to be a relief to many retro game fans – Nintendo of Europe has confirmed that not…
UPDATE: A Toys”R”Us representative has reached out to let us know that stores will not, in fact, be hosting a midnight launch for the SNES Classic Edition and the tweet they sent out earlier was in error. Please disregard the information in the tweet below. For the many of you…
Reggie Fils-Aimé recently sat down with the Financial Times and this month’s ever-popular product, the SNES Classic, was the center of attention. The original article is hidden behind a paywall on Financial Times’ site, yet Gamespot’s report of it pulled some very interesting quotes. What sticks out the most is…
McDonald’s themed Splatfest, your order is ready! We may not have gotten to take part in this particular Splatfest, but the great McDonald’s faceoff has come to a close in Japan. Fries and McNuggets battled it out and in the end it’s Team McNuggets who’s come out on top. Fries…
Nintendo of America has just announced that a Nintendo Direct will be coming on Wednesday, September 13th that will focus on upcoming Switch and 3DS titles. The presentation will be 45 minutes long and kick off at 3:00 p.m. PST. You can check out the official placeholder page here. Tune…
The Nintendo Switch port of Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 just launched in Japan on September 7th, so plenty of players have already begun slinging Kamehameha’s to their hearts content. That said, a rather strange limitation has been discovered. Xiphos Gaming on Twitter reports that hitting the Switch’s Capture button during…
It’s undeniable that the Nintendo Switch has become an indie machine at this point, with plenty of the smaller titles already populating the eShop and even more to come. It turns out it’s quite the lucrative platform, too. Gamasutra recently talked to various indie devs regarding their Switch ports, highlighting…
One thing that sets Nintendo apart from practically all of its competition is the lack of an achievement system. While everything from PS4 to Steam has a way of cataloging certain in-game acts, Nintendo has yet to implement a similar mechanic in its operating systems. That may be changing though,…
Less than a week away, we finally have the full and official details for the next Pokémon GO event. This one will be taking place in San José, California and hosted by Viva CalleSJ thanks to the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Niantic, Inc., and the City of…
