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…
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 new statues sold at Nintendo Tokyo, our hope for Animal Crossing players, the release of Mario Golf: Super Rush,…
To celebrate the launch of Mario’s latest sports outing in Mario Golf: Super Rush, My Nintendo is offering some new physical rewards. In the US and Japan you can get your hands on a snazzy luggage tag featuring Mario in his golf attire toting a set of clubs for 600…
June is almost over which means the long-anticipated Version 1.0.5 update for Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town should be here soon in its localized glory. Initially released last month in Japan, the update was delayed for western regions due to the amount of new dialogue and text as…
On July 9th, Riders will be able to return to the world of Monster Hunter Stories with the game’s sequel. Capcom has been releasing trailers at a pretty regular clip lately, but it’ll be closing out the hype cycle with one last hurrah. The “Pre-Launch Program” will feature the game’s…
Previously we touched on Atlus’ new video series in Japan, where they introduce a different demon featured in Shin Megami Tensei V every day. The first full week of these has wrapped up, and we’ve gathered them all to our own Cathedral of Shadows to share with you all. Some…
There’s no denying that when it comes to certain Monster Hunter fans, fashion is more important than function. You can grind and grind in Monster Hunter Rise to put together the most optimal armor for your chosen weapon or desired skill set, but you could end up looking a mess…
Despite being leaked ahead of time, it’s hard not to be excited by NIS America’s latest announcement via the Falcom 40th Anniversary Concert that four Trails games are getting localized, and they’ll be ported to Switch to boot. For starters there are the two blind spots fans have been asking…
This week in Pokémon GO news featured a “Hello World” announcement (and future update) for Niantic and The Pokémon Company’s mobile game. To get you up to speed, the announcement detailed that the following features would be removed for Trainers in US and New Zealand once Pokémon GO Fest 2021…
Today, The Pokémon Company has announced a new Pokémon TCG expansion set that will embrace and celebrate Pokémon’s 25th anniversary. Get ready to revisit some classic Pokémon TCG cards (we’re talking Wizards of the Coast-era) this October when Pokémon TCG: Celebrations is released! Following in the footsteps of the 20th…
The farming sim and action-RPG hybrid from Edelweiss and Xseed, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, officially crossed the one million units sold milestone earlier this month. Such a fruitful reaping is worthy of celebration, and that’s just what the team at Edelweiss has done by releasing an update for the…
Prepare yourselves for a new breed of battle Pokémon Trainers. For those interested in helping test out Pokémon Unite’s online servers before its official launch, the game’s open beta has gone live on Japan’s Nintendo eShop. The Network Test version of the game will be online from today Thursday, June…
The cute ’em up revival we’ve been waiting for is nearly here. Cotton Reboot! first flew onto our radar last year, and the witch’s return has been anticipated by genre fans since. Now we’ve gotten a release date and new trailer to get fans in the west ready to fly…
