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…
The Monster Hunter Rise demo is a great way for hunters to sharpen their tools and practice for the full release, but just how efficient are players at taking down the wild beasts? According to a recent tweet by Capcom, it took on average 11 minutes and 16 seconds for…
With a Nintendo Switch release of Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time finally having been announced this week, you may be wondering just how the port will hold up compared to its PlayStation 4 and Xbox One counterparts. Speaking to Nintendo Life, Toys for Bob Creative Producer Lou Studdert shared…
UPDATE: With regards to the week starting February 22nd, the official Pokémon press site has been updated with confirmation that “fans can expect more announcements that week from across the franchise.” This year’s Pokémon anniversary celebrations on February 27th are set to be a bit more unusual. In this new…
Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town is hitting Japan in just a matter of weeks and in the run-up the Japanese let’s play channel HikakinGames has had the chance to take the game for a spin. Forty minutes of gameplay are shown, in-between various skits, giving us a better…
It’s that time of year once again. Loads of brand new figures and statues have been announced from the good folks at GoodSmile at the annual WonHobby Convention in Japan! This year, we get a handful of statues that Nintendo fans are bound to enjoy; like Nia From Xenoblade Chronicles…
Few Star Wars games have the fans longing for a sequel with the same intensity as Star Wars: Republic Commando. Perhaps it’s due to its gritty and dark setting, or because it’s one of the few first-person shooters set in the galaxy far, far away. In this writer’s opinion, it’s…
Nintendo fans from the olden days will remember Howard Phillips. The man was a staple of Nintendo Power Magazine, being featured as a Gamemaster and co-starring in the Howard and Nester comicstrips within the publication. What many fans may not know is that Howard played an important role in the…
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury won’t release until this Friday, but that hasn’t stopped the tech savants over at Digital Foundry from going under the hood of Mario’s latest adventure. In this new video, the team gets into the nitty-gritty of the game’s upgraded performance while playing in…
Whether you’re an avid pursuer of Power Stars or elemental critters when it comes to Nintendo gaming, both Mario and Pokemon fans have cause to celebrate today following Sanei Boeki’s newly announced merch lineups. First up are a new line of Super Mario All Star Collection plushies, including power-ups (Super…
In the latest quarterly earnings report from Ubisoft, the publisher revealed some pretty outstanding metrics that place the company in a very healthy place. Of note, the report states that Ubisoft was the leading publisher in terms of unit sales in 2020 on all platforms combined, the top third-party publisher…
So many events and conventions have been cancelled over the past year, however, BlizzCon 2021 is thankfully not one of them. The convention, which has been changed from a traditionally in-person affair to being completely online, will officially begin on Friday, February 19th, at 2 p.m. PST. BlizzConline, as it’s…
The Outer Worlds’ Peril on Gorgon expansion DLC is now available to download and play on Nintendo Switch. The expansion adds a brand-new planet for players to explore called Gorgon while also raising the in-game level cap, introducing three new science weapons, new armor sets, and new creature variants to…
