Trainers looking to get a head start on the Cleffa Hatch Day event can clear out their Egg stash thanks to a hatch distance bonus happening before the event. This Cleffa Hatch Day Extended Bonuses “event” will also add some Field Research tasks into the mix. (For more details about…
Thanks to the efforts of the Video Game History Foundation, another bit of Nintendo history has been preserved and released online. Yesterday, Frank Cifaldi (founder and director of VGHF) uploaded the ROM data for a prototype cartridge of the original Legend of Zelda on NES. Twitter user MrTalida then dug…
As part of the typical Nintendo hype cycle, the company has uploaded a new trailer that gives fans an overview of what to expect with Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. It’s kind of funny to start with the narrator being surprised Mario is made of paper considering we’ve had six…
The upcoming enhanced port of Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE for Nintendo Switch will reportedly be based on the Western release of the original Wii U game, meaning players worldwide (yes, that includes Japan) will play only with content that was in the localized English release. More specifically, this means Tokyo…
Upcoming Nintendo Switch title Luigi’s Mansion 3 features a parody of Nintendo’s failed mid-’90s VR console, the Virtual Boy. The “Virtual Boo,” which replaces the “Game Boy Horror” and “Dual Scream” devices of Luigi’s Mansion and Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, allows the player to communicate directly with character Professor E….
Aksys Games has confirmed the North American release date for the latest iteration of the anime fighter Under Night In-Birth – February 2020, as reported by Gematsu. Featuring a heavy focus on story, Under Night In-Birth originally launched back in 2012, and has seen many versions since. This latest brings…
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This Friday will bring blown kisses and cute headgear, as A Hat in Time makes its long-awaited Switch debut. This PC darling is launching with its Seal the Deal DLC available alongside the base game — and thanks to a tweet from its official account, we know something equally a-mew-sing…
Note: Our reviewer put over 70 hours into Dragon Quest XI on PlayStation 4 last year, and has played roughly half of the main story on Switch, as well as some of the new content. Dragon Quest XI was the first game announced for Codename NX back in 2015 and,…
Hey, Trainers, we’ve got more Pokémon GO news! One of Gen IV’s starters, Chimchar, will be the featured Pokémon for November’s Community Day. Prepare yourself for the event to kick off on Saturday, November 16th, at at 11 a.m. local time. The Fire-type and its Shiny variant will be available…
I’ve been playing Overwatch on the PlayStation 4 since it launched back in 2016 — consequently, it’s probably the single game I’ve spent the most time playing since then. I don’t consider myself a die-hard Overwatch player, however — I’ve never touched the game on PC, and the only time…
Another Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament event is coming at us, and this time around it’s all about the biggest boys this massive roster’s got. This Heavyweights-only tournament is letting the scale-tipping sluggers shine, even if they won’t be winning foot races anytime soon. 【トーナメントイベント】10/18(金)から3日間、重量級ファイターのみが参加可能な「ずっしり重い！ ヘビー級トーナメント」を開催！ ズシンと響く大乱闘をお楽しみください。勝ち進むほど、豪華なスピリッツが手に入ります。#スマブラSP pic.twitter.com/QhGXMCOSkZ —…
Analogue’s wave of hardware accurate console clones has been critically acclaimed so far, with NES, SNES, and the Sega Genesis getting modern reinventions courtesy of the company. Next on the list? The Nintendo Game Boy. The new Analogue Pocket, which will launch in 2020 for $199, promises to play original…
With less than a month to go until launch, it looks like the marketing for Pokémon Sword & Shield is starting to ramp up. Hot on the heels of the new Gigantomax form confirmations earlier today, The Pokémon Company has announced a new web app that’ll let you look at…
Developer Hamster’s Arcade Archives label continues to bring classic arcade games big and small to the Nintendo Switch, and this next addition might be one that’s quite unexpected. Tomorrow, October 17, Vs. Castlevania will be dropping on the eShop. While it’s fundamentally based on the NES original, the difficulty is…
