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,…
Niantic is bringing back the Sustainability Week event for Pokémon GO this year. For 2024, the event is focused more on hatching Pokémon from event 2 km Eggs. Luckily these Eggs will have a shiny hatching boost. Other than that, there aren’t any themed Wild Encounters or Raids. (For more…
Mother fans in Japan are in for a treat! Following the announcement of Mother 3’s arrival on Nintendo Switch Online in Japan (sigh), the Mother Project has unveiled an exciting lineup of all-new Mother 3 plushies to commemorate the occasion. According to the Mother Project webpage, the plushies…
After a long wait, we finally have our first look at the upcoming Noah and Mio amiibo from Xenoblade Chronicles III! According to Nintendo, the two amiibo will be sold as a two-pack and will release on January 19th. Each amiibo will unlock multiple armor sets in the…
Long has Princess Peach been consigned to either damsel in distress or co-star, but no longer – Princess Peach returns to the top star role in Princess Peach: Showtime!, an action-platformer set in an overtaken theater. While Peach is attending a stage play, the Sparkle Theater is overtaken…
Diddy Kong, Funky Kong, Pauline, and Peachette have been announced as the final new playable drivers heading to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as part of its Booster Course Pass DLC. Aside from the four new racers, Booster Course Pass Wave 6 will also include Wii Daisy Circuit alongside seven other…
Construction of the previously announced public gallery of Nintendo’s history, now officially named the Nintendo Museum, will be completed by March 2024. The gallery will be housed within the Nintendo Uji Ogura Plant in Kyoto, Japan. Originally dedicated to manufacturing of Hanafuda and playing cards when built in 1969, it…
Twenty years later, the most storied Mario RPG of all time is coming back – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is being remade for the Nintendo Switch. Now let me scream: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! The remake features fully updated graphics with new lighting and detail more akin to recent Paper…
Today’s Nintendo Direct had plenty of Mario announcements but right at the top of the show was a remake of the classic Game Boy Advance puzzle platformer, Mario vs. Donkey Kong. Functionally a follow-up to the very underappreciated Donkey Kong ’94 for the Game Boy, Mario vs. Donkey Kong saw…
It’s been a long wait, but we finally have a release date for two of the most sought after amiibo! That’s right, the Zelda and Ganondorf amiibo from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom officially drop on November 3rd! Zelda and Ganondorf amiibo coming November 3rd! pic.twitter.com/gzg4gtjBM7…
It’s official: Everyone is here! Nintendo has confirmed that the last Super Smash Bros. amiibo, Sora from Kingdom Hearts, will be arriving sometime in 2024. No exact release date is set as of yet, but stay tuned. We’ll make sure to report back with all the latest news from…
Next month Arc System Works is bringing the 2016 3DS title River City: Rival Showdown to modern platforms, adding a few extra bells and whistles along the way. It’ll feature familiar RPG elements crossed with beat ’em up action with retro 2D sprites battling their way across 3D environments. If…
The tradition of getting a Nintendo Direct during the first few weeks of September continues! Nintendo promises to share around 40 minutes of updates on Switch games releasing this winter at 10 a.m. ET. Catch it live below:
After over six years of Joy-Con drift quashing the fun and wallets of many a humble Switch player, Nintendo may have finally found a solution. A patent for a new Nintendo controller recently published by the US Patent Office proposes “a resistance section using a magnetorheological fluid whose viscosity changes…
Strap in, folks! Nintendo of America has confirmed that the next Nintendo Direct arrives tomorrow, September 14th, at 7 a.m. PT | 9 a.m. CT | 10 a.m. ET! Tune in on Sept. 14 at 7 a.m. PT for a #NintendoDirect livestream featuring roughly 40 minutes of information focused…
