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…
Alien Hominid was the very first title by indie studio The Behemoth back in the ancient year of 2004, before they went on to make Castle Crashers, Battleblock Theater, and more. Now almost twenty years later, the sidescrolling classic is coming to HD on modern platforms, including the Switch. …
This November beat-’em-up fans will be able to experience some of the titles that defined the genre with the Double Dragon Collection on Switch. The game will collect six games in total from across an array of different systems and if you’re wondering how they’ll look Arc System Works has…
The entertainment industry is a cutthroat place. Everybody’s looking to come out on top, and if you don’t watch your back, then you may be betrayed by the very people you trusted. Such is the topic of Big Betrayal, a new song from Splatoon 3’s Deep Cut wherein Shiver and…
Back shortly after the game’s release in late January, a manga adaptation of Fire Emblem Engage began monthly serialization in Shonen Jump+. Now enough chapters have been published that the first tankobon volume of the manga has been compiled, releasing on September 4th. As you might imagine, the…
It’s a common tale – someone somewhere makes a special edition for a certain region that is just extremely cool and rad, leaving every other place in the world seething with jealousy. The lucky ones this time are Asian territories, where Sega Asia is releasing a really nice Limited Edition…
There’s a little over a month to go until Switch owners can embark on another Dragon Quest adventure, although this one will be rather different. Based on the classic The Adventure of Dai manga, Infinity Strash will be an action RPG filled with iconic monsters that covers up through episode…
Start revving your engines as the next Nintendo Switch Online addition to the Nintendo 64 library has been confirmed! Excitebike 64, first released in 2000, was the second game in the rather short series after the NES original, taking the action behind-the-back of racers while keeping an emphasis on sick…
Job hunting sucks. Sometimes it feels like you get so desperate that you’d take any position offered – but how about “Dome-King”? Such is the case of protagonist Mush, who ventures to a job interview for such a title in Dome-King Cabbage, a surreal Visual Novel from Cobysoft Joe. …
Do you have a Smash Bros. amiibo that you’ve been training up like a prized dog? Nintendo Live in Seattle takes place during Labor Day Weekend, where on September 3rd players ages 10 through 16 will take place in a special Super Super Smash Bros. Ultimate “amiibo + me” exhibition….
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet may have been widely lambasted for their visual glitchiness, but that wasn’t for lack of effort. A recent talk at CEDEC (Computer Entertainment Developers Conference) 2023 had Keiichi Maezawa, the director of CG technology at Game Freak, present what visual tricks and bits the team used…
Mimikyu, the mysterious, ghost-type Pokémon, is finally coming to Build-A-Bear Workshop. This unique creation comes with a signature 5-in-1 sound chip, which, if I’m being honest, kind of sounds like someone is sneezing. (You can hear it on Build-A-Bear’s Webpage) Included in the bundle are two outfits that add a…
The Switch has no shortage of JRPG-style games but you might still want to keep an eye on this one! Bloomtown: A Different Story from developers Different Sense Games and Lazy Bear Games is set to meld turn-based combat, monster taming, and social RPG mechanics into one rather pretty pixel-art…
