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 Persona series has been one of my most captivating corners of Shin Megami Tensei for decades now. Part of that popularity is owed to the music, most often composed by Shoji Meguro. Enchanting arias and acid jazz are served in equal measure, with much more variance in between. Now…
Contests come and go, but anyone interested in controller variants will want to take notice of this one. NISA is prepping for this summer’s release of Disaga 6: Defiance of Destiny with a giveaway starring a custom Nintendo Switch Pro Controller. Join our “Dood, Where’s My Controller?” Sweepstakes for…
It’s pretty amazing what crafty creatives have been able to conjure up with the Lego Super Mario sets and Mario Kart Live Home Circuit. The crafters over at Playfool are especially adept at using the sets to their fullest, having reverse-engineered the barcodes that make the Lego Super Mario sets…
Whether it’s a subtle visual cue in Punch-Out!! or entire hidden stages in Bomberman 64, it’s always incredible when entirely new discoveries are made in games decades after their original release. The latest finding retro discovery comes from Street Fighter Alpha 2, which launched way back in 1996 on the…
It’s been almost exactly one year since PlatinumGames’ President Kenichi Sato and Studio Head Atsushi Inaba told us to expect Bayonetta 3 news coming soon. Of course, with an ongoing pandemic disrupting many games industry plans throughout 2020, it’s understandable why the “various announcements” promised by the duo never really…
Toshihiro Nagoshi has done a lot in his career with Sega. Perhaps most known for the Yakuza series and its spinoffs at this point, he’s also been a part of Super Monkey Ball, Shenmue, and Virtua Fighter. For Nintendo fans though, the most notable credit would be his role as…
Kicking off 2021, Pokémon Sword & Shield’s Max Raid Battles will be focusing on Normal- and Dragon-type Pokémon throughout January. Even better, it’s the perfect time to hunt for Gigantamax Snorlax and Gigantamax Duraludon. Before you go hunting for these gigantic Pokémon, make sure you’re game is up to date…
For the Fire Emblem faithful, here’s some merch you might want to take notice of – Nintendo is releasing some Three Houses merch in late March in Japan, so you might wanna give these items an eyeball. First, are clear pouches styled based on the game’s four houses: Black Eagles,…
Several video game publishers and developers have celebrated the start of 2021 so far, but it’s worth paying special attention to this new piece of Sonic the Hedgehog artwork focusing on the “Classic” variations of the characters. Illustrated by Nathalie Fourdraine, who has provided plenty of Sonic illustrations over the…
Plenty of New Year well-wishes and artwork are pouring in from our favorite games and developers. Among them is a cute little something from Isabelle and company from Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Our favorite island employee has gathered with some villagers to make an Animal Crossing zodiac! Though…
We just crowned Hades our Game of the Year for 2020, but how’s this for a prize? Redditor canhazreddit has shared a custom arcade cabinet for Supergiant’s lauded roguelike. Featuring art and characters from Hades on a cab housing a PC, it’s a simple but no less impressive…
It’s customary at this point for game developers to wish a happy new years, but Square Enix tends to pull out all the stops with new artwork. 2021 is no different, with two new pieces being commissioned for the occasion alongside a handful of messages from key members of staff….
