As time marches ever forward, I’m beginning to have this bizarre sensation of writing retrospectives for films, games, and consoles that I was alive for the launch of. Released on November 18th, 2001, in the US, the Nintendo GameCube came at an exciting time for the games industry. Even to…
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…
If you’re anything like us, you always want to hold on to anything Nintendo branded, even when they’re designed to be disposable. Sometimes a Pokémon cake can just look too to eat, and it can be difficult to commit to just where you want to place your Legend of Zelda…
It’s October and that means it’s time for some spooky shenanigans, but even so I didn’t expect to see this latest trailer for Pokémon Legends: Arceus. Taking cues from found-footage horror movies of all things, it gives us some very vague hints as to a new cute Pokémon…
Sora is in Smash now and the Kingdom Hearts series is finally on its way to Switch, so let’s keep that hype train going, shall we? Square Enix has revealed its latest Bring Arts figure and it’s Kairi’s Nobody, Namine. Specifically it’s based off her second appearance in Kingdom Hearts…
On the heels of Japan’s own distribution, trainers in the US are now set to get their hands on some Shiny Legendaries in Pokémon Sword and Shield! GameStop has announced that starting this weekend fans can get distribution codes for both Shiny Zacian and Shiny Zamazenta. Both are game-specific, and…
Fire Emblem Heroes hasn’t been shy about introducing new character types and spins on previous additions. For the game’s next focus, an old favorite is Ascending to new heights and bringing a way for all heroes to power up further. Along with the new faces from Mystery of…
Last Friday finally saw the release of Pokémon 25: The Album – the final product in The Pokémon Company and Capitol Records’ year-long music project. With its release, we also saw the debut of J Balvin’s single, “Ten Cuidado”, and its music video. The Pokémon Company’s Instagram account decided to…
Last month Disney Magical World 2: Enchanted Edition made a surprise appearance during the Nintendo Direct. Previously released for the Nintendo 3DS, Bandai Namco announced it’s bringing the title and all its DLC to the Switch in a new and improved pixie dust approved version. Yet, there was something missing…
Update (10/19/21): Check out Greedent’s spotlight trailer! We’re getting closer and closer to Halloween! While plenty of games have announced their Halloween-themed events, Pokémon Unite hasn’t – until today. Get a glimpse of what awaits later this week when Pokémon Unite’s Halloween Festival begins! This…
Breaking news from the NPD sales report for September: people are still buying video games, and companies are still selling them. Who could have seen it coming? Jokes aside, the most notable item of the month is that the PlayStation 5 led in unit sales, snapping a streak by the…
Welcome to this week’s episode of Mii Weekly, a series where we feature headlines, impressions, and an assortment of variety segments all centered around Nintendo! In this episode we cover the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct — including release dates, new features, paid DLC, and much more.
In 2018, FuRyu released Crystar for the PlayStation 4 in Japan and it saw a western release via Spike Chunsoft the following year. In the action RPG, you enter purgatory as a girl called Rei who is searching for her deceased younger sister. Throughout the game you utilize the power…
Next year the MMORPG Dragon Quest X will be getting an Offline remake of sorts for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and PC in Japan. While we’ve seen a couple of trailers for the game, we’ve finally gotten a good look at gameplay courtesy of a Japanese PlayStation stream. There’s a…
