January 15th, 2020
Nintendo WireCast #15 | Poké-Problems
Categories: News
Welcome back to the Nintendo WireCast, this week, Hero TJ and Amiibo Jason discuss Pokémon DLC, amiibo, and so much more!
Recent Articles
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Over 20 years later, Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution will finally see the light of day this summer
With how popular Shantae has become over the years, it’s surprising to learn that one of the games in the series was actually cancelled over 20 years ago. Despite that, Wayforward didn’t give up and would revive the project many years later to create a long-lost interquel for the series….
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ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 5 and Vol. 6 and are headed to the Switch in Japan later this year
While home consoles are a widespread and ubiquitous part of the greater video game industry now, it hasn’t always been that way. Video game consoles have their origins from arcade machines, and the transition they made to end up in people’s living rooms was thanks in large part to systems…
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Nintendo to ‘consider’ Switch 2 price changes depending on impact of tariffs
As part of today’s financial report for Nintendo, company president Shuntaro Furukawa noted that Nintendo will be considering a price adjustment to the Switch 2 depending on how the situation of President Trump’s tariffs evolves in the coming months. With nobody sure of what the impact will be when Trump’s…
January 15th, 2020
Empoleon’s exclusive Community Day move is Hydro Cannon
All you Trainers can look forward to heading out this Sunday, January 19th, for Community Day in Pokémon GO. Piplup is the featured ‘mon, bringing players ¼ hatch distance when Eggs are placed in incubators, along with 3-Hour Lures. Niantic has also confirmed that once Piplup is evolved into Prinplup…
January 15th, 2020
Review: To the Moon on Switch
There was (and arguably still is) a prevalent attitude about video games as a medium in regards to the essentiality of gameplay: namely, that a video game is only really a video game (or a video game worth commending, at least) if it has some sort of core mechanics and…
January 15th, 2020
Food Network hosted a Pokémon Cake Challenge and birthed creations both grotesque and beautiful
Categories: News
The line between beauty and ugliness is a fleeting one… for true beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and who among us can truly determine what does or does not please one’s aesthetics? Perhaps this is what the cake masters over at the Food Network were trying to…
January 15th, 2020
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled reveals Rustland Grand Prix event starting tomorrow
If you’re a fan of the world’s premier Bandicoot racing game, take note: Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled has a new event — the Rustland Grand Prix — starting tomorrow, January 16th, with a whole host of new features and additions to take advantage of. Besides a new character (Mega-Mix) and…
January 15th, 2020
New photos of Super Nintendo World show more progress
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After a recent deluge of details and promotional material, some new construction photos give a look at Super Nintendo World’s continued progress towards completion. From them we get more detail on its Mushroom Kingdom ridge, as well as some gauge on its scale both overall and within Universal Studios Japan….
January 15th, 2020
Ice Mario, Penguin Luigi, two new courses debut during Mario Kart Tour’s ‘Ice Tour’ event
The “Ice Tour” has kicked off in Mario Kart Tour, adding Ice Mario, Penguin Luigi, and Peach (Wintertime) as playable characters along with two new courses, four new karts, and three new gliders. The Ice Tour is here in #MarioKartTour! Are you ready for some heated races on the…
January 15th, 2020
First episode of Pokémon: Twilight Wings released
UPDATE: The English dub is now available! Last month, a new series of Pokémon shorts were announced, subtitled “Twilight Wings”. As promised, the first episode has made its debut in January, and you can watch it below: While there are no subtitles as of yet, you…
January 15th, 2020
Sega Ages Sonic the Hedgehog 2 will include playable Knuckles
Being one of the most critically acclaimed Sega Genesis games, it’s a little odd it’s taken Sega Ages to get to Sonic the Hedgehog 2, but at least we now know it’ll be pulling out all the stops as Knuckles the Echidna has been confirmed as a playable character via…
January 14th, 2020
New Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore trailer shows off Joker costume
A new Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore trailer has given us the best look yet at the Persona 5 Joker costume available for main character Itsuki Aoi. In addition to a costume based on Persona 5’s Joker, a handful of other new costumes can be seen for other…
January 14th, 2020
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore characters headed to Fire Emblem Heroes
Mobile game Fire Emblem Heroes will be receiving a round of characters from upcoming Wii-U-to-Switch enhanced port Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore as part of a new summoning event. The event, called “A Star is Born,” will add Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE characters Eleonora, Kiria, Mamori, and Tsubasa to the…
January 14th, 2020
French love is ultimately what allowed Dotemu to develop Windjammers 2
Windjammers may be an old Japanese arcade game, originally released for the Neo Geo, but that didn’t stop French game developer Dotemu, and French Windjammers enthusiasts, from willing the game back into existence. In a recent interview with IGN, Dotemu and Windjammers players share their side of the story, about…
