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…
It’s time to crank up the Nujabes, put on a Kurosawa film, and study the ways of bushido — Mario Kart Tour’s next event celebrates aesthetics of traditional Japanese culture, dressing Mario up in samurai armor as Peach dons a festival yukata in the new Ninja Hideaway course. The…
Any day is a good day for more plushies — I have about three dozen on my bed as I type. This is something the folks at Fangamer understand perfectly and intrinsically well, as they’ve made a new plushie set of Ryu and Nina from Breath of Fire, designed by…
Game controllers, by design, tend to be made of smooth, hard plastic, ergonomically suited for hands and simple to hold. But occasionally, as in all fields of design, we get a real maverick on our hands, something so bold you’ll either love or hate it by gut instinct. Such is…
Do you want to grow giant strawberries? Body slam a dragon? Tame small elephants and then ride upon the backs of said elephants with your partner who you may or may not be gay with? There is a game where this is all possible, and you can glimpse features of…
After trying multiple mobile games based on its own IP, Nintendo partnered with CyGames to release the gacha RPG Dragalia Lost in 2018. Unfortunately the adventure will soon be coming to an end as it has been announced that the game’s campaign will be concluding this July, followed by the…
Ever since it launched over 5 years ago now, Nintendo Switch owners have been clamoring for one home screen feature that was present on both the Wii U and 3DS – folders. Now, with no fanfare, Nintendo has dropped a fresh update that adds the feature at long last. As…
Believe it or not, it’s been almost seven years since The Witcher 3 (Witcherino Tres, if you’re nasty. Praise Geraldo del Rivero!) came onto the scene and became one of the hottest gaming commodities of the ’10s. Developer CD Projekt Red has kept busy since then, porting the game to…
Dungeon Encounters, the minimalist dungeon crawler from the legendary Hiroyuki Ito, has technically been out on the eShop since last October — in digital form only. Now you can order the physical, English-language edition of the game, released in Southeast Asia, in English, from Play-Asia for $44.99 (plus shipping). …
Metroid Dread made quite the splash as it docked its spaceship on the Nintendo Switch last year. Launching alongside the Nintendo Switch OLED model in October 2021, the game broke the record for the franchise’s best launch month in the US. Always the relentless type, however, bounty hunter Samus Aran…
Those who meme about Waluigi on the internet (Walumemers, if you will) have long held Waluigi’s victory crotch chop celebration from the first two Mario Strikers games in high regard, the ultimate display of the character’s perversion and crassness. Many over the years have wondered how such a raunchy animation…
It’s the first day of spring, and I’m always hoping for the dark, rainy moodiness of winter to dissipate so I can see the bright, warm light of day for just a little bit. (I live in Seattle.) Fortunately, while it still drizzles outside, there are other ways to light…
Though Kirby’s next adventure is nearly here, there’s still a lot to learn about the Forgotten Land he’s washed up in. A new clip shared by Nintendo of Europe shows off Treasure Road, a strange series of challenges designed to both test and reward our floaty hero. Have you…
