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…
Over the past weekend, a user on Twitter had tagged GameStop’s help account to report that the GameStop in Astoria, New York, had been selling Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders in bundle-only packages on its website. The account responded by stating it would be “actively investigating” the situation. If you were…
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,…
Indie World’s Inside the House of Indies holiday special concludes today. After four whole days of announcements the week concludes with a couple more, including some heavy hitters. Here, for the last time, is a summation: Dust & Neon (Early 2023) – It’s a wild wild west…
Out with the old and in with the new! The Holiday Tour is wrapping up in Mario Kart Tour on December 27th, which means it’s time to make way for the New Year’s Tour on December 28th, 2022. Nothing too exciting is on the way, sadly, but racers can expect…
Update (2/27/22): Universal Studios Japan has shared a pair of fun videos ahead of tomorrow’s NO LIMIT! Parade. If you skip ahead to six and seven minutes, respectively, you can get some clear glimpses of the super colorful Mario Kart floats featuring characters like Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, and more! The…
Any of you remember Pokémon Pinball? There were two whole little pinball spinoffs for the franchise, one for the original Game Boy and one for the Game Boy Advance, and they were pretty well regarded. It appeared that the series just quietly ended after those two entries, but as an…
It’s been a month and a half since Doraemon Story of Seasons: Friends of the Great Kingdom was released, alongside its first DLC Pack. There are still two more DLC Pack releases for the game, and today Bandai Namco US announced some details for DLC Pack 2. According to…
There once was a time. Not too long far off, in fact scarcely over a decade ago. It was a time in which the words “EarthBound” or “Mother” were not uttered by Nintendo outside of Super Smash Bros. titles. Despite pleas for Virtual Console releases, one of the most dedicated…
The special holiday House of Indies week is beginning to wind down, but there are still a ton more indie games wrapped under the tree. After three days of features, another four games are up today. Here, as always, is the lowdown: Melatonin (Available Now) – A…
Ready to face the fury? Megaera from Hades is the latest to get the Nendoroid treatment, her stark features and harsh glare minimized to an endearing chibi form. (Don’t tell her I said that, though Zagreus would probably quip something worse.) She comes equipped with her whip, the Skull Earring…
Plenty of video game franchises have spawned trading card games, though it’s usually the ones with massive casts of characters and creatures that fare the best. Shin Megami Tensei could be seen as a perfect fit, and once it was just that, having a Japanese TCG that ran between 1997…
Ah, Joy-Con drift. The bane of every humble Nintendo Switch owner. The problem has been so pervasive that multiple legal entities have become involved in reprimanding Nintendo for releasing a product this way – and the latest is UK Consumer Report group Which?, which has found evidence that the notorious…
Nintendo’s special House of Indies celebration is ongoing, after two days strong. Another four titles were shown off today, including a couple now released. Here’s the lowdown again: Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator (Spring 2023) – Collect herbs, mash them up, and infuse them into potions in a…
Tricolor Turf Wars are one of the most inventive wrinkles of Splatoon 3 Splatfests, a unique three-way battle for dominance that can’t be executed in normal gameplay. Up until now, though, participation in them has been fickle, based purely on matchmaking chance – but now, after the big seasonal update…
