Here we go! Let’s take a look at the nominees for the 2024 Game Awards. While Nintendo doesn’t have an entry in the Game of the Year category this year, it currently holds three out of five nominees for Best Family Game, where the company has historically been the favorite…
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…
One of the most common talking points among video game circles is often the music that accompanies them. Yet for every award-winning soundtrack, there’s a handful of tracks that live on for more amusing reasons. Perhaps the most well-known song of this caliber is the notorious “DK Rap” from Donkey…
Since its launch last year, Pokémon GO’s developer Niantic has been updating its social walking application, Pikmin Bloom, with new monthly Decor Pikmin to collect and minor feature adjustments. With the latest update to the application, Niantic will finally be adding new features to the core experience to help flesh…
Prepare for fluorescent lights and neon gyroidite! This July, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp will once again brighten its skies in celebration of the summer season. Like last year, there will be plenty of events to partake in for campers wanting to expand their catalog of special seasonal items. The upcoming…
As Splatoon 3’s release inches ever closer, we’re seeing more exciting details on the game reported directly from the Squid Research Lab. This time, we’re given a closer look at some returning, fan-favorite weapons. First introduced in Splatoon 2, Dualies are a primary weapon type that allow users to Dodge…
It’s that time of the year again! Amazon Prime Day is slated for July 12th and 13th, which means plenty of Nintendo products are bound to get their prices slashed. Make sure to check back on this page where we’ll list off our favorite deals available to all Prime members!…
The long-awaited remaster of Vanillaware’s gorgeous 2007 real-time strategy game GrimGrimoire is out in Japan later this month and another trailer has been released focusing on the game’s Sorcery class of magic. By utilizing Sorcery you can summon imps and demons from hell to aid you in your…
The Pokémon Company continues to roll out English versions of its PokéToon series via the Pokémon TV app. This time the episode is titled “Wait for Me, Magikarp!” and focuses on the iconically useless flopping fish Pokémon. As always you’ll have to head on over to Pokémon TV’s website or…
It may be the antithesis of going fast but Sega’s UK shop is set to release a bunch of Sonic the Hedgehog-themed sleepwear later this year. First up is a Sonic Hooded Robe, perfect for lazily grabbing a carton of milk at 4 a.m. on a Thursday morning. The hood…
Dual audio has been part of the Xenoblade Chronicles experience from the beginning, with the original 2011/2012 Western release including both English and Japanese voice tracks. And Nintendo of Europe confirmed the third entry in the series continues said tradition, with both English and Japanese voices included in-game right from…
Missed the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Direct? Want to know everything there is to know about the game in a scant eight minutes? 日本語を話しますか？Then check out this eight minute-long overview trailer for the upcoming JRPG — in Japanese, if you know the language. It covers just about everything in…
The tumultuous times for the biggest brick and mortar game retailer in the US continue — GameStop’s Chief Financial Officer Mike Recupero is headed out, and the company is preparing for a big wave of layoffs in an attempt for “sustained profitability” wrote CEO Matt Furlong in a memo to…
We recently learned that Monster Hunter Rise had passed 10 million copies sold globally. On top of that, the just-released Sunbreak expansion moved 2 million of its own, further cementing Rise as a best-seller for Capcom and a standout third party title on Nintendo Switch. To thank players and celebrate…
According to a new listing posted by Best Buy, Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway from publisher GameMill Entertainment will be releasing October 7th of this year. As leaked by Best Buy’s listing, the description of the third entry in the Nickelodeon Kart Racers series states the following: “Rebuilt…
