Nintendo Switch Online is back with new icons, this time themed to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Celebrating the Shiny Rayquaza Tera Raid Battle event that will kick off in a few weeks, the icons are meant to get players excited for the battles ahead! In the meantime, you can enjoy…
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…
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…
Later this year, publisher FuRyu and developer Historia will be releasing a sequel to the surreal 2016 JRPG The Caligula Effect. If you’ve been curious about the games vibes or its gameplay, a bunch of new Japanese videos have been released. First up is a standard trailer, covering the characters…
Polish developer and publisher Forever Entertainment made waves last year with the release of a remake of Sega’s draconic shooter Panzer Dragoon. It sounds like it made an effect on another Japanese studio, as the team has announced that it will be working on a Square Enix IP. As Gematsu…
Hot off the press of a week of continual Pokémon news, Japanese toy company Re-Ment – known for their Nintendo collaborations with both The Pokémon Company and HAL Laboratory – will be releasing their next set of figures in the creature catching series tomorrow. The Pokémon Stained Glass Collection features…
The idea of linking together a bunch of bright orange track pieces and watching toy cars tear across them at breakneck speeds was one of the highlights of childhood for many Hot Wheels enthusiasts. Unfortunately, there’s never been a game that fully captures that same excitement, energy, and creativity in…
Previously, we reported that Trainers living in Japan who are able to visit local Pokémon Café and Pikachu Sweets locations could choose to decorate their refreshing hot lattes with any pocket monster from the Kanto and Johto regions along with special character designs found in the Pokémon Café Mix mobile…
During today’s Pokémon Presents video presentation, Mr. Takato Utsunomiya (Chief Operating Officer of The Pokémon Company) introduced us to Pokémon: Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Pokémon Legends: Arceus, and some new details about New Pokémon Snap. Amidst all these exciting announcements, we were reminded of some major events taking place…
In just a couple weeks the permanent Kirby Café Store will open in Tokyo! Sure to stand alongside Nintendo Tokyo and Pokémon Centers as a must-shop destination, souvenirs aren’t the only thing it’ll be serving guests. Stage inspired takeout drinks will be available to anyone visiting the store….
“Get over here”? More like get outta here. The reveal trailer for the upcoming 2021 Mortal Kombat film adaptation was unleashed last week, and apparently, quite a few fans happened to notice. According to Warner Bros. Pictures, the trailer has become the most viewed red band trailer of all time,…
Fire Emblem Heroes is all about crossing over, bringing together characters from the series’ entire history in one place. Of course, you have to have a little luck and patience to add who you want to your ranks, but there’s another way you can enjoy over thirty years of strategy…
Amidst the excitement for the new Pokémon Diamond and Pearl remakes and the reveal of a whole new direction for the Pokémon series in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, we’d forgive you for overlooking the New Pokémon Snap news that headlined the presentation. It’s worth catching up on, however, as the Pokémon…
It’s impossible to not love the cast of Xenoblade Chronicles, and that includes the High Entia princess Melia. Announced last year, Good Smile Company’s Melia figure now has a confirmed release window of July 2022 in Japan and August 2022 in North America, priced at ¥20,000 and $190.99 respectively. The…
Crackle has released a new teaser trailer of its upcoming Nintendo docuseries Playing With Power, featuring many games industry figures praising the system that truly put Nintendo on the map: the Nintendo Entertainment System. Among the people being interviewed are Xbox lead Phil Spencer, who praises Nintendo for innovations with…
