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…
Since its debut in 2018, the Nintendo Switch Online service has ever so slowly expanded with new experiences and titles to its growing retro games catalog. During Nintendo’s 81st Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa responded to a question regarding possibly adding a higher tier option to…
Five years ago, Pokémon fans around the world were finally able to play Pokémon GO. What started out as an April Fools’ joke in 2014 via Google Maps is now a multi-billion dollar mobile app. Starting his week, Niantic is celebrating the game’s 5th anniversary with a brand new event…
Hasbro has had a history of shadow-dropping new releases in their toy lineup of gaming tie-ins — so it’s not exactly a surprise that an announced Animal Crossing: New Horizons edition of the board game Monopoly has seemingly surfaced on Reddit this morning. As can be seen in…
As The Pokémon Company flies into July, more Exeggutor Poké Lids have been installed over the weekend in Japan. The announcement of Pokémon Air Adventures just last week may have led to the debut of four more artistic manhole covers in Okinawa, however, over double that amount featuring the Kanto…
It has shockingly been almost four years since the SNES Classic Mini hit store shelves and over five years since the debut of the NES Classic Mini. While Nintendo has not acknowledged its miniaturized line of consoles in seemingly a long time, the company has finally touched upon the retro…
Over the course of the pandemic, as many individuals struggled to find healthy ways to stay in shape Ring Fit Adventure instantly became a household name for Nintendo fans. The exercise role-playing game miraculously made its way to becoming one of the console’s best-selling games as it was (and still…
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 edition, we cover the newest fighter to join Smash, new amiibo, a new Mario board game, the best way to play Metroid 1-4,…
It’s been over two years since Nintendo announced that a sequel was on the way for the wildly successful The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and the wait has been — how do you say — unbearable. While Nintendo fans were graced to a new trailer showcasing some…
Nintendo’s 81st annual General Meeting of Shareholders just wrapped up; and while a majority of the presentation is dedicated to profits, losses, and other business mumbo-jumbo, the Q&A session at the end always tends to lighten the mood and deliver some gems. This year, stockholders wanted to know about Nintendo…
Third party amiibo aren’t a completely unusual sight – Capcom’s been putting out Monster Hunter amiibo ever since Monster Hunter Stories 1 on the 3DS, and long-time collectors will remember the Bowser and Donkey Kong Skylanders cross-over figures. This next one may just be too good to be true, though….
Last September, indie game studio WayForward announced that it was working on a brand new RWBY game alongside Arc System Works and Rooster Teeth. Other than a possible 2021 release across multiple consoles, we don’t know much about the title. That’s about to change as we’ll know more this month…
Two old friends are returning to the Pokémon anime later this month! New Pokémon Journeys special episodes will be airing focused on the Sinnoh’s Lunar duo, Cresselia and Darkrai, and with them come two of the Diamond and Pearl series’ biggest stars. That’s right, Dawn and Piplup are…
