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. The…
Nintendo’s popular yet short-lived social networking mobile app, Miitomo, launched in the US 10 years ago today on March 31st, 2016. Notable for being Nintendo’s first-ever mobile game, Miitomo is widely considered an unofficial spinoff of Nintendo’s Tomodachi franchise. It took plenty of inspiration from the quirky social sim series,…
In what I will be labeling as a rumor, it’s been reported that Disney is considering buying Epic Games outright in an effort to expand its gaming profile. During a recent episode of “The Town with Matt Belloni” podcast, tech journalist, and former Verge editor, Alex Heath has claimed that…
Nintendo is playing catchup to fulfill the demand for the Nintendo Switch and hard-to-find games like Ring Fit Adventure. Refreshing retailers’ pages for the consoles and games has been a routine for those wanting their own copies and ignoring the inflated secondhand market. In Japan, multiple lotteries have been held…
If you’ve got a Switch and are hankering for an MMO (assuming you can speak Japanese), then take a gander: the Dragon Quest X All-In-One Package releases for the Nintendo Switch today in Japan, combining every expansion pack in the now long-running MMO for modern platforms. X never made it…
Nintendo released a press release today that highlights some of the new titles coming to the eShop this week, as well as a fun new update for Mario Kart Tour. Among the new releases, the highlights are Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus, Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix, Dungeon of the Endless,…
Right on time, the Pokémon Center has given us all a little peek at Funko’s newest figure in the Afternoon with Eevee & Friends collection! The Ice-type evolution is fittingly surrounded by a little patch of snow and icy water while standing in a pose that looks all too ready…
Some days, seeing Tom Nook on your Switch screen isn’t enough. Right? Some days, a whole bunch of pixels on a TV aren’t enough to fill that raccoon-shaped hole in your heart. We can’t help that we all adore Mr. Nook and his business-savvy antics, and we can’t help that…
Another classic Sega arcade game is heading to Switch as part of Sega Ages! This time it’s Thunder Force AC, the high-octane arcade conversion of Thunder Force III for the Sega Genesis, which will be blasting onto the eShop in North America and Europe on May 28th. SEGA AGES…
Previously we learned that Evo 2020 would no longer be held in Las Vegas, and would instead return in some kind of online form. We’ve now learned what that is, as Evo Online has received a trailer detailing its time frame, promising “special exhibitions and content for Evo 2020’s original…
In the wake of this morning’s surprise Paper Mario: The Origami King announcement, VentureBeat is reporting that a “deluxe” version of Pikmin 3 will be ready for release on Nintendo Switch “soon.” Jeff Grubb, reported on upcoming 3D Mario remasters and a “traditional” Paper Mario coming this year, writes (emphasis…
Last E3 Bethesda announced that The Elder Scrolls: Blades would be heading to the Nintendo Switch, only for it to then face a delay late last year into early 2020. Now, at long last, the mobile game has hit Nintendo’s platform. The free-to-play game made its debut on…
Well, this came out of nowhere: A new Paper Mario game — Paper Mario: The Origami King — is heading to the Nintendo Switch! Paper Mario: The Origami King will feature Mario going on a new comic adventure through an origami-filled world. Check out the game’s official description:…
As a digital idol, it only makes sense that Hatsune Miku has had her fair share of rhythm video games over the years — just over 10 years, to be exact. Miku’s Project DIVA series has been lighting up arcades across Japan since July 2009, and to belatedly celebrate its…
Myst is one of those classic games that is seemingly ported to every platform under the sun, though it’s taken a while for the adventure/puzzle game to head to the Switch. The version that’s coming over is 2014’s realMyst remake, that lets you explore a fully 3D version of the…
