Holiday item packs head to Pokémon GO

Categories: Mobile, News

Several limited-time “holiday packs” have made their way to Pokémon GO, offering items at discounted rates. From this morning until the afternoon PST of December 30th, Special, Great and Ultra Boxes will be available to purchase through the in-game store. Players will be able to receive Incubators, Incense, Great and…

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Hidden Bomberman 64 stages discovered after 19 years

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Retro

Even though Bomberman’s first entry for the Nintendo 64 launched way back in 1997 and has likely been played millions of times since, there were still secrets uncovered until recently. Skelux, the creator of the multiplayer Mario 64 ROM hack, peered into the files of Bomberman 64 and discovered 4…

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Super Mario Run reaches 50 million downloads

Categories: Mobile, News

Super Mario Run has hit 50 million downloads on the App Store after only one week, becoming “the fastest in App Store history” to reach that number, according to Nintendo. The news came a few days after it was announced the game hit 40 million downloads. While the figure doesn’t…

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Pokémon GO holiday event starts Christmas Day

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: News, Mobile

Looking for any excuse to ditch your family on Christmas Day? The good folks over at Niantic have you covered. The Pokémon GO holiday event kicks off this Sunday and includes higher Togepi and Pichu hatch rates as well as free egg incubators at PokéStops. You can check out the…

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Japanese Badge Arcade adds new 30th anniversary Zelda badges

Author: Bobby Soto
Categories: 3DS, News

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda, the Japanese Nintendo Badge Arcade has added some new Zelda-themed badges to collect! 3DS owners in Japan can completely Zeldafy their 3DS home screens with badges crossing over with characters from other franchises, like Swapdoodle, WarioWare, Animal Crossing, the Arcade…

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Pokémon GO now available on Apple Watch

Categories: Mobile, News

Just months after its announcement and public uncertainty regarding its fate, Pokémon GO for the Apple Watch has launched. According to the press release put out by Niantic, owners of the Apple Watch will be able to: Log each play session as a workout, with gameplay counting toward personal Activity…

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High-res photos of original DS design appear online

Categories: News, Retro

High-resolution photographs of the original Nintendo DS design that made its debut at E3 2004 have made their way online thanks to Twitter user Evan Amos. Amos, a self-described photographer of “high quality, public domain pictures of video game hardware and other things for historical preservation” released the photos yesterday…

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New Pokémon Sun and Moon plushes heading to Japan

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: Merchandise, News

The Pokémon Center has announced that several all-new Pokémon Sun and Moon plushes will be making their way to Japanese shelves very soon. The first batch includes Alolan Sandshrew, Alolan Ninetales and Fomantis, while the second wave features Cosplay Pikachu sporting some Vulpix duds.   Cosplay Pikachu can be found…

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Dragon Quest VIII website sees update

Categories: 3DS, News

With its Western release quickly approaching, Nintendo of Europe has updated Dragon Quest VIII’s official website to include new screenshots, details and more. Among the new details posted on the updated website is a list of features new to the 3DS version of the game. Additional cutscenes, the removal of…

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