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,…
Talk about repressed memories coming back to me suddenly, but anyone who was a kid during the N64’s lifespan will likely remember the brash commercials Nintendo aired. One of the more obscure was for the 1998 classic Banjo-Kazooie. A brief 30-second ad had some men camping in the forest and…
The original Inkopolis idols, Callie and Marie, recently returned to the turf war front in Splatoon 3’s DLC – but they haven’t just been churning out the same old songs as always. They’ve been busy in the recording studio, with a new song set to debut in the latter half…
Inkoming! The Nintendo Switch Online icons based around Splatoon 3 characters and elements – first available after the game’s launch back in September 2022 – are back for another round of waves. For the next two weeks, you’ll be able to redeem My Nintendo Platinum Points to acquire icons from…
Respawn Entertainment has announced the launch of its latest Apex Legends event, the Sun Squad Collection Event. The event features a brand new limited-time mode called “Heatwave,” 24 limited-time cosmetics, and the debut of Ash’s “Strongest Link” Heirloom. Heatwave is a new limited-time mode that turns up the heat on…
We’re only a few days away from the English release of the first Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion of the Scarlet & Violet era on March 31st, but that doesn’t mean the Pokémon TCG train is slowing down one bit. The Pokémon Company announced this morning that the next expansion…
It’s time for the Atelier Ryza trilogy’s final summer and secret. The titular alchemist will be venturing with friends old and new through seamless open fields on a quest to save her home town. To get an idea of what to expect, check out the brief launch trailer below! …
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) has gone down in infamy, though plenty of the elements it introduced have stuck around. The time-travelling Silver the Hedgehog makes regular appearances, Crisis City is one of the stages in Sonic Generations, and even Mephiles continues to appear in the mobile games and merchandise. One…
The final episode of the Pokémon anime starring Ash and Pikachu has aired in Japan, but there’s a new series on the horizon… Quite literally, it turns out. The Pokémon Company has confirmed that the next series’ English title is Pokémon Horizons and it’ll arrive in 2023 “and beyond” according…
Announced during this year’s MARIO Day celebrations, cosmetics company Lush would be teaming up with Nintendo and Illumination to craft a limited collection of soaps, shower gels, and more inspired by The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Officially, the collection launches in stores on Friday, March 24th, but sales would launch…
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is imminent, and that means one thing – merchandise! Merchandise! Merchandise! Large toy-making corporation Jakks Pacific is set to release a whole lineup of toys for the movie, and is previewing their lineup at WonderCon in Anaheim, CA tomorrow, March 24th, at their panel from…
With the release of The Super Mario Bros. Movie less than two weeks, the collaboration between one of the biggest video game companies in the world and one of the most prominent current animation studios around is getting a promotional boost from one of the absolute most powerful corporations on…
This morning SEGA announced an upgrade to last year’s remastered collection of classic Sonic the Hedgehog games, Sonic Origins. This upgraded version, titled Sonic Origins Plus, was rated in South Korea last month, though no details were known outside of the name at the time. The wraps are fully off…
With 2022 now firmly in the rearview mirror, Metacritic has put out its yearly publisher rankings – an “objective” metric as to how well each publisher did in terms of critical acclaim last year. Nintendo did pretty alright for itself, scoring a #12 on the ranking – narrowly missing the…
