When comparing to the past few years, it’s fair to say that 2024 has been quite slow in terms of Nintendo content. Most of the year’s lineup has been ports and remakes, so needless to say, when rumors start to circle about new games on the horizon, it’s exciting. Notably,…
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…
In 2020 I would have called Hades the rare kind of game that so successfully interweaves its gameplay, narrative, art direction, and voice acting (among other things) that it’d be impossible to single out any one as its strongest element. That’s not to say my opinion on those qualities has…
Pokémon developer Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda and Shigeru Ohmori recently spoke with Eurogamer to discuss Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield’s development. Ohmori, the Pokémon series’ game director, and Masuda, lead producer on many Pokémon games, talked topics such as fan favorite Pokémon like Sirfetch’d and Wooloo, Sword and Shield connectivity…
Atlus has announced it’ll be holding the first information live stream for upcoming “Warriors”-game spin-off Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers next month. The live stream is set for November 4th, 2019 at 20:00 JST (3:00 a.m. PST/6:00 a.m. EST) and will reportedly feature the first live gameplay of Persona…
Early next month, the official Mario & Sonic tie-in for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be released, once again mashing together the universes of plumber and hedgehog with some real world sports and quirkier events. If you’ve been eager to try it out, a demo is now available via…
Nintendo UK has released a new Pokémon Sword & Shield commercial that, rather than focus on the games themselves, instead takes us on a trip down memory lane. From the original Game Boy sprites through to the aliased 3DS models, it’s all about showing the series’ progress. Give it a…
The last two major Sonic releases, Sonic Mania Plus and Team Sonic Racing, were advertised with some incredibly cute short-form animations, giving the characters some silent comedy moments that really allowed their personalities to shine through. If you were hoping the trend will continue you’re in luck, as Sega Animation…
Musou spin-off of Persona 5 for Nintendo Switch, Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers, has received both a release date and a brand-new trailer showing off our best look at gameplay yet. The trailer gives us a taste of Persona 5 Scramble’s story elements, music, animated cutscenes, and gameplay, and…
Can you believe it? We’re only one short week away from the third installment in the Luigi’s Mansion series. It seems like only yesterday I was playing the original on the GameCube all those years ago. Ahhhh, good times. Good times… Sorry about that. You caught me reminiscing. Anyway! To…
During a recent discussion (which saw the announcement of creator Suda51 and Swery collaborating on a horror game titled Hotel Barcelona), some information for the previously revealed No More Heroes III was given. While it’s nothing overly in depth, it does provide a look at two bosses returning to (presumably)…
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The announcement of The Lion King and Aladdin receiving the Nintendo Switch treatment was met with excitement from those who enjoyed the titles in the ’90s. Creative production company iam8bit is taking it one step further by giving the fans even more retro love with two new products for collections….
Nintendo, as a company, has both changed immensely and remained exactly the same over the last few years. The Switch is at the center of all this, breaking new ground for what a console and its controllers can be, while never losing sight of what makes Nintendo… Nintendo. In an…
Build-A-Bear’s brought the world a brand new Pokémon plush today! After teasing the introduction of a new character a few days ago, the company finally revealed that Pichu — the baby Pikachu of the evolutions — is the next ‘mon you’ll be able to build in stores and online. Just…
