Never put it past dedicated modding communities to make older consoles run on a wide range of hardware. Once we started to get into 3D consoles, the desire to play older games on newer hardware increased and it was up to fan communities to make that wish a reality. While…
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,…
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…
The Rune Factory series has always been a unique blend, taking farming and life-sim mechanics, like you might see in Story of Seasons and mixing in fantasy RPG adventures. That mix looks to be back in full force for Rune Factory 5, with a new Japanese trailer showcasing some of…
It’s been 20 years since Rare’s red squirrel overcame a table leg fixated monarch, multiple movie parodies, crushing personal loss, and one big operatic expulsion — but he’s still the king. Regardless of how anyone might feel about the crass elements of this 3D platformer, it pushed the N64’s capabilities…
Resident Evil’s 25th anniversary is now only a few weeks away, and while we probably won’t be seeing Village arrive on Nintendo Switch anytime soon, Capcom has teamed up with Numskull Designs for another way to celebrate the series that defined “survival horror.” The Numskull website has been updated with…
Nintendo has seen fit to share monthly looks at what’s in store for denizens of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Usually highlighting available critters and seasonal changes, they’ve been cute reminders to check in to the game and take in all that newness. Well, at least that’s been the case until…
Spirits are nearing the 1,500 mark in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, with more arriving regularly by various means. Bravely Default II recently got a dedicated spot on the Spirit Board, and of course, every new DLC fighter brings their own batch. Pyra/Mythra had another couple of spirit surprises, though, for…
To commemorate the fifth anniversary of Pokémon GO and the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Pokémon franchise, a brand new collaboration between the two has been announced. 2021 marks the five-year anniversary of Pokémon GO and the 25-year anniversary of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. To celebrate, Professor Willow will…
It was revealed by Masahiro Sakurai that Pyra/Mythra’s reveal movie was handled almost entirely by Xenoblade Chronicles 2’s developer MonolithSoft. Normally these are scripted and conceptualized by Sakurai himself, but this time around we got to see a little bit of Smash play out in the XC2 engine. That isn’t…
Every major Super Smash Bros. Ultimate update brings both the obvious and the unexpected. We knew we’d be getting Pyra / Mythra and all things from yesterday’s Mr. Sakurai Presents, and that balance changes would likely work their way in. Did anyone call new amiibo functionality, though? In the latest…
After rounds of voting and Voting Gauntlets, this year’s A Hero Rises event has concluded for Fire Emblem Heroes. Taking the crown isn’t a Three Houses character (as has been the trend in anything popularity based since the game’s launch) but instead a character long time fans met nearly twenty…
It’s a great time to get stuck into the first two No More Heroes games with the third installment coming in August, and for those who haven’t yet purchased the digital versions of the Switch remasters from the Nintendo eShop, Limited Run Games has very exciting news for fans of…
Spotted during the most recent Nintendo Direct, World’s End Club decided to make another appearance during today’s New Game+ Expo. A collaborative effort from the minds behind Danganronpa, Zero Escape, and the Infinity series (among others), it’s bound to be as mind-bending as it is eye-catching. In it,…
It looks like new Pokémon rewards have been added to My Nintendo, showcasing Pikachu alongside some of our Galar pals: Grookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble. Three new rewards are now available: a set of four pens, each adorned with the aforementioned Pokémon; a memo pad; and a sticker set featuring line-art…
