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,…
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…
The retro badges keep on rollin’ in to the Nintendo Badge Arcade! Plenty of Punch-Out!!, Kirby in Dream Land, Metroid and other badges are waiting for you to get your grubby paws on them! Check out what’s new below. Free play? No. Practice catcher: That’s all for today! Catch you…
Texan gunmaker Precision Syndicate recently shared photos on Facebook of a very unique, and now controversial, one-of-a-kind Glock handgun designed to look like the NES zapper gun. Produced and played with in 1980s games like Duck Hunt and Hogan’s Alley, the fun zapper has been transformed into a very real…
Star Fox Zero is just around the corner, and, as with any major release, people are wondering how it’ll perform graphically. Digital Foundry, a well-respected Eurogamer feature that thoroughly examines these technicalities, has taken up the task of examining this return to the Lylat System. Their overall impressions are generally…
The credits for Star Fox Zero have made their way online and we’re delighted to see that a message honoring the late Satoru Iwata has been included. The message reads, “This game is dedicated to our wingman who fell in battle.” Rather than providing a generic dedication, the tribute manages…
Some of you may remember from last year that Dentsu Entertainment USA had announced that it was teaming up with Man of Action Entertainment to start on a new animated series based on the Mega Man franchise. While there hasn’t been much news regarding the project since then, it does…
A few more retro and pixel animal badges are in at the Nintendo Badge Arcade! Act fast, though; some of these will be gone tomorrow! Check out what’s new below. Free play? No. Practice catcher: That’s all for today! Catch you tomorrow!
To this day, Punch-Out!! remains to be one of the most iconic titles to have ever hit the NES– for a number of reasons. 30 years after its release, it appears that fans still don’t quite know everything that the game has to offer. A Reddit user by the name…
Happy Friday everyone! For those of you that have updated your Badge Arcades, it looks like no cosmetic changes have been made, meaning the maintenance and updates were probably all internal. But, to make up for the lost time yesterday, there are tons of new badges today! It’s Pixel Paradise…
It has been a very long time since we saw anything substantial from the next console game in the Zelda franchise, with the last fully-fledged appearance being at the Game Awards 2014. If new rumors are to be believed, however, we could be seeing some huge news in the near…
UPDATE 4/8: Niantic has announced via its webpage that field testing for Pokémon GO will now be expanding to both Australia and New Zealand. No other territories have been announced. The full press release is provided below. The Pokémon Company and Niantic invite users to field test Pokémon GO in…
Who’s ready for more Splatoon? As you all may well know, Splatoon is getting ready for another big update on April 12th, just five days from now. In a PSA (Public Squid Announcement) made on the official Splatoon Tumblr, Nintendo is giving us some details on what’s to come. First…
The very first Badge Arcade sticker book is here! And by here, I mean in my eager hands at the Nintendo Inquirer headquarters. I’ve been itching to flip through the glorious 32 pages of Badge Arcade sticker goodness ever since the book was announced for a release in Japan, so…
