During the Pokémon GO’s Season of Max Out (Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024 to Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024), Dynamax and Gigantamax Pokémon were added to the game. This mechanic is part of Pokémon’s Generation VIII (Pokémon Sword and Shield) where Pokémon transform into “giant” versions of themselves or even new larger…
With the Nintendo Switch 2 presentation less than a month away now, people are understandably very eager to learn more about the successor to the Switch. While more is known now than has ever been before, there has been little in the way of specific information made available quite yet….
When Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 was announced a few days ago, fans such as myself were excited. It’s been too long since the THPS series was prominent and while the excellent THPS 1+2 hinted at a bright future, Activision Blizzard put the kibosh on things after the game sold…
Time to mix drinks and save lives — Sukeban Games’ combo visual novel and neon-soaked bartending simulator VA-11 Hall-A finally has a western release date for the Nintendo Switch, dropping onto the console May 2nd. The game follows a brief period in the life of Jill Stingray, bartender for a…
Nintendo Dream recently sat down with Good-Feel developer and Yoshi’s Crafted World director Masahiro Yamamoto to talk about the title in detail. The full interview has yet to be translated, but the current snippets dive into the origins of the game, which are mildly interesting. After Yoshi’s Woolly World, Nintendo…
Splatoon’s sea creature style is full of little elements that pull everything together and make the games truly unique, with one of those being Inkling smartphones having more of a squid shape to them. Does it make sense? Not really — we don’t talk into tiny people-shaped computers. But it’s…
Just over a week to go until Final Fantasy X and its sequel finally make their playable debut on a Nintendo system, and Square Enix has launched a new trailer that focuses heavily on the story, specifically the Tidus and Yuna pairing. The trailer features zero gameplay, instead…
Last month Square Enix confirmed that the Switch-exclusive JRPG Octopath Traveler would be getting its own concert in Japan, complete with some cute accompanying artwork, and now we have some more details (via Siliconera). The concert will be heading to the Olympus Hall Hachioji in Tokyo on July 28th, under…
Fire Emblem Heroes has been rolling out the beast units on a pretty consistent basis – they introduced the new unit type in January, rolled out the Fates menagerie in February, and now in April ol’ Tellius gets another go around, as the big cats of Gallia get a turn…
Fresh off of the reveal of Cetrion, Ed Boon and his gang have shown off Mortal Kombat 11’s latest brand-new kharacter: Kollector. As his name suggests, Kollector seems to be a purveyor of magic items. He has everything from soul-stealing lanterns to vials of some burny stuff. Most…
Welcome back to the Wire Weekly, where I, Amelia “Check out my character in #GranblueFantasy!” Fruzzetti, run through the week’s assortment of Nintendo news with what could charitably be referred to as wit, sarcasm, and personality. Ah, the beginning of April – when the jesters emerge for one day of…
The holiday season of 2001 had a new contender in the gaming sector. Microsoft’s Xbox was touted as a powerhouse that could rival a computer — at the time. The company proved that claim easily with showing off Halo, a game that was originally being made for Mac computers. This…
Gallant gungeoneers, rejoice! Enter the Gungeon is getting a physical release on Nintendo Switch this summer, courtesy of Nighthawk Interactive. The bullet emblazoned bundle will contain all previously released downloadable content, including today’s final update, “A Farewell to Arms.” A few other goodies will be included, too, from an exclusive…
In case you missed it, a few weeks ago Niantic held their first “Legendary Lunch Hour” in Pokémon GO — a one-hour event when an increased amount of five-star Raids appeared worldwide. For Niantic, this event was an experimental first try that seems like an attempt to make Legendary Pokémon…
I’ve had an eye on NISA’s upcoming action-RPG Lapis x Labyrinth for a while. The game’s seemed fun and flashy since I first saw it, and now that its release is just a couple months away I’m thinking of how I’ll be stacking my own team of cute little adventures…
