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 Pokémon anime will soon enter its 25th season via Netflix as the release date for Pokémon Ultimate Journeys has been announced! The streaming service will add the first 12 episodes of the third part of the Journeys series on October 21st. The series follows the three protagonists as they…
Things are ramping up for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, it seems. Last week we got a nearly 15 minute trailer detailing the game’s multiple adventures (and the debut of Farigiraf) but we already know when we’ll next learn more! It’s been announced the next batch of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet…
Sonic Frontiers is coming in fast, with plenty still unknown for the new open-zone adventure. One thing we do know is that Sonic must be capable of clearing a Rathalos hunt, because he’s donning the iconic armor as part of a special Monster Hunter Collaboration Pack DLC. This free,…
Persona’s 25th anniversary celebrations came to a rather underwhelming end recently, especially to those awaiting Persona 6 news, but there’s going to be one more feather in the cap before it ends. Famitsu has revealed its next cover and it features a gorgeous new piece of artwork by Shigenori Soejima….
Update (10/11/22): Via the Splatoon account on Twitter, Nintendo has shared a look at the gear you can add to your collection once the new Splatoon 3 amiibo release in a month. Check out the duds! Splatoon 3’s release came and went, and while some much needed…
It’s been over a year since No More Heroes III touched down on Nintendo Switch, but in light of the game finally releasing for other systems next week, it seems the original release has received some new content. We'll be releasing the NMH3 Ver.1.1.0 patch for the Nintendo Switch…
What do we do to stave off the inevitable march of time? With the precious gift life has given us? There are many answers, but there is one that rings truer than all others — we exist to make kart racers. Alongside the legendary Smurfs Kart coming soon, Nickelodeon Kart…
PlatinumGames, longtime revered game developer, has lately been dipping its toes into game publishing with Sol Cresta and the Wonderful 101 Remastered. But the studio is always looking to have more control over its projects when it’s traditionally had to give up the IP rights of the games it works…
With the original Octopath Traveler, Square Enix introduced the world to the now-trademarked 2D-HD visual style, which has gone on to power the strategy game Triangle Strategy, a Live a Live remake, and an upcoming remake of Dragon Quest III. With Octopath Traveler II comes the excuse to push the…
Call me a sap, but I think it’s better to love than to hate. There certainly was a lot of hatred during and after the reveal of last week’s Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer, where people’s worst fears about Chris Pratt — namely, that he’d be Chris Pratt — came…
Next year XSEED Games will be bringing two intriguing JRPGs to Switch in the form of Loop8 and Trinity Trigger. If you’re excited to try them out then you might be interested in this news – each adventure is getting its own physical limited edition. For starters we have the…
Ever since I started reporting on amiibo all the way back in 2014, one place that I always went for juicy details was the Nintendo Consumer Product Safety page (CPSIA). For those of you not in the know, the CPSIA is an act that was passed in 2008 which requires…
