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…
Square Enix had quite a few announcements for yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, but one of the biggest was the reveal of Octopath Traveler II coming next year, a sequel to the popular 2018 RPG. Well, it turns out that 2018 RPG was popular indeed, as the company’s just revealed the game’s…
Time to regenerate the world, lie about coffee, and chain two Demon Fangs to create Double Demon Fang (Damn, I must be a genius!) — Tales of Symphonia Remastered is coming to Nintendo Switch soon, and those who want a little extra can order the Chosen Edition, which contains a…
Fire Emblem used to have a tendency to stick with a character designer or art style for at least a couple games — Sachiko Wada designed all the GBA game characters, Senri Kita did both Tellius games, and Yusuke Kozaki took the reins on the job for both Awakening and…
If yesterday’s veritable avalanche of RPGs weren’t enough for you, a new indie title has been announced for Switch with a unique take on turn-based combat! In Stars and Time features battles based around rock-paper-scissors in lieu of the typical elemental attacks, while the narrative is all about the party…
The bizarrely titled action RPG adaptation of the Dragon Quest manga, The Adventure of Dai, has been confirmed for a global release at Tokyo Game Show 2022. You can watch the announcement trailer below – just be sure to hit that Closed Captions button for English subtitles! The…
Update (9/16/22): We’ve added a detailed list of items included in the 1 More Edition. Pre-orders are now live at Atlus’ online store. Tokyo Game Show is now well underway in Japan and naturally with three Persona ports on the horizon it’s no surprise Sega has dropped a…
Yesterday Koei Tecmo revealed the third entry in its breakout Atelier Ryza series as part of the Nintendo Direct; Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key. While we got a brief run-down of what to expect, a new video has dropped giving us over seven minutes of content to…
Considering Sonic Frontiers’ narrative is driven by Sonic hunting down the Chaos Emeralds, it’s no surprise Super Sonic would be in the game. What IS a surprise is that Sega has casually revealed the form as part of the game’s Tokyo Game Show trailer. We also get to…
Yesterday’s Nintendo Direct was so jam-packed with information that it was inevitable some things could be missable. Case in point, Square Enix’s upcoming Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song Remastered. The game appeared as part of a sizzle reel towards the end of the show where we got confirmation that the game…
The next Mario Strikers: Battle League update will be released this month! While we don’t have an exact release date yet, Nintendo did show off what characters will be joining the game’s roster and more during this month’s Nintendo Direct. Get ready for Pauline to enter the stadium and Diddy…
Square Enix’s farming-sim RPG, Harvestella, is fast approaching its launch on Nintendo Switch. Since we’re less than two months away, it made the cut for this month’s 40+ minute Nintendo Direct. We not only saw some new footage, but we got a new announcement as well. For anyone who tuned…
It’s been about a month and a half since the release of Xenoblade Chronicles 3, which means some people might have had to time to finish it (or at least get to like. Chapter 2. Maybe). The first wave of the game’s Expansion Pass DLC coincided with release day, but…
