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…
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,…
During the Pokémon GO’s Season of Max Out (Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024 to Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024), Dynamax and Gigantamax Pokémon were added to the game. This mechanic is part of Pokémon’s Generation VIII (Pokémon Sword and Shield) where Pokémon transform into “giant” versions of themselves or even new larger…
For a while now Lost in Cult’s [lock-on] series of gaming journals has been giving video game fans a one-stop shop for in-depth interviews, editorials, artwork, and more. The next volume is set to be their biggest yet, and it’ll also feature some very familiar faces. [lock-on] Vol. 006 will…
Japan loves its Pikmin and that means the country is filled with adorable merchandise of the critters and their assorted adversaries. On a new store page Nintendo of Japan has shared a full overview of the Pikmin goods available across its Tokyo, Osaka, and newly opened Kyoto stores. These include…
Well here’s something unusual – the very first glimpse we ever got at the Nintendo Switch back seven years ago in October 2016 is no longer available. The video has been taken off their YouTube page, presumably made private. Why would they do this? Some think it’s a banal matter…
Talking Flowers are one of the most novel touches about Super Mario Bros. Wonder, but the story of how they came to be is pretty wild. According to new portions of the Ask the Developers interview on the game, it all started when Producer Takashi Tezuka, always full of ambitious…
In just a matter of weeks, Splatoon fans are in for another exciting amiibo launch! This time around, the spotlight shines on the characters from Deep Cut, Big Man, Frye, and Shiver! As with previous amiibo releases in the Splatoon series, these new additions promise to bring fresh gear and…
Super Mario Bros. Wonder isn’t even out yet but with a streetdate broken that means loose copies are out in the wild and, naturally, the game has been dumped online. Hacking of Switch games is pretty commonplace at this point, with everything from Breath of the Wild to Super Smash…
It’s been almost eight months since the release of Hogwarts Legacy on the Xbox and PlayStation 5. Initially, it appeared that the promised Switch release might have been too ambitious for the Warner Bros. Games team to tackle. However, to our surprise, it looks like the game is actually happening!…
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is a game predicated on the fantastical and unexpected, but this would’ve been a whole new level – a new Ask the Developer interview for the title reveals that one of the ideas for the game was an “eight-heads-tall, life-sized, live-action Mario humming along with the…
With the imminent release of Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Nintendo has started releasing an Ask the Developer interview with the creative team behind it. One of the first questions raised is about where the inspiration for the game came from – Takashi Tezuka, producer and Mario godfather, revealed that the…
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is only a few days away, and it’s easy to see that this isn’t your run-of-the-mill 2D Mario game. To celebrate the title’s upcoming launch, Nintendo UK sat down with Producer Takashi Tezuka, Designer Koichi Hayashidia Composer, the legendary Koji Kondo, and Director Shiro Mouri to…
If you’ve been following the retro gaming scene for the past decade, chances are you’re familiar with Analogue, a company known for creating remarkable hardware that lets you enjoy original game cartridges on modern hardware. This isn’t your typical emulation setup — Analogue leverages FPGA processing to faithfully replicate the…
The advent of Super Mario Bros. Wonder brings with it a freshness and innovation that the Super Mario Bros. 2D franchise hasn’t had in a long while. After revolutionizing platformers in the ’80s and ’90s, the series faded in the face of Mario’s 3D escapades… only to surge back in…
