Early last month, RPG fans were shocked to discover that the fan-favorite title Octopath Traveler had been delisted from the Nintendo eShop out of nowhere. The game was a big hit among critics and fans of the genre worldwide, releasing initially as a Nintendo Switch exclusive before arriving on other…
Starting in January 2018, Community Day is a monthly event in Pokémon GO that shines the spotlight on a particular Pokémon. For one day each month, a Pokémon selected by Niantic will have its spawn rate increased during a block of hours. Also, the Shiny appearance rate for the starring…
G-MODE has slowly but surely been reviving its back catalog of games that were once exclusive to Japanese feature phones, including fairly big names. The latest? The Atlus developed Persona 3 prequel, Aigis: The First Mission. The game is an action RPG set in 1999, ten years before the events…
With the Hoenn Celebration officially over, Niantic has changed its focus back to Sinnoh, the region whose Pokémon are the newest addition to Pokémon GO. And how exactly does Niantic show that its gears have switched? With a new Raid Battle Pokémon, obviously! As of yesterday, January 29th, Pokémon GO’s…
Valentine’s Day is almost upon us and it’s time to start prepping for the sweetest day of the year! Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is offering up more new items to do just that through Poppy’s cocoa cookie. Decked out in a delicious red, chocolaty brown, white, and pink color palette,…
With the holidays behind us and a seemingly long winter full of bitter cold days ahead of us, there’s no better time to spend some cozy time indoors playing Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. And to give us a little more to do while we play, the game has rolled out…
Nintendo’s been catering to fans of tactics pretty generously over the last few years. Fire Emblem on 3DS, Fire Emblem on mobile, soon-to-be Fire Emblem on Switch — you can’t really complain. That is, unless you remember their other turn and grid-based strategy game. Back on the GBA and DS,…
Updating games usually fixes bugs, but every now and again some new ones creep in, and Smash Bros. Ultimate’s 2.0.0 update sadly falls into the latter camp. Some players have noted that playing as Piranha Plant in All-Star mode, Duck Hunt in Century Smash, or Mii Swordfighter in Century Smash,…
Piranha Plant isn’t the only Mario adversary becoming playable in a game this week – the classic fortress guardian, Boom Boom, will be hitting the courts in Mario Tennis Aces. To celebrate, a new trailer has been released showcasing the burly Koopa in action: You can unlock him…
Both Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s version 2.0.0 update and the long-awaited Piranha Plant DLC fighter are now available to download! Piranha Plant pipes up in #SmashBrosUltimate as a new playable fighter! Ready your flowerpots for battle with this poisonous powerhouse starting today! Piranha Plant is a free bonus for players…
If you’re anything like me, you had a really hard time getting through the entirety of Splatoon 2’s Octo Expansion. Not because it was bad, but because of simply how much there was to do. Speaking of which, did you know that the length number of challenges is actually one…
It’s been a busy week of updates on the Nintendo Switch and it’s only Tuesday! First, there a firmware update for the Switch and now it’s on to some of the system’s most popular games. Tonight, January 29th, around 6 p.m. PT | 9 p.m. ET, Splatoon 2 will receive…
Nintendo hit fourth on Metacritic’s 9th Annual Game Publisher Rankings. The system averages the Metacritic score for every game released by publishers in 2018 into one cohesive score. Nintendo scored a 76.4. Its highest rated game was Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at a 93, while its lowest was Kirby Battle…
Late last week, it was rumored that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate would be updated to version 2.0.0, due to a server datamine suggesting as much. Shortly after, it was confirmed via the game’s in-built news ticker. Now, another datamine from the same source, OatmealDome’s SSBU Bot, may have unearthed just…
When Fire Emblem Heroes announced the addition of Mythic Heroes – units that would have a godlike level of prominence and power – we weren’t quite sure what to make of the classification. What level of power counts as deific, exactly? Would we be seeing piddly demigods, or some actual…
