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. Now,…
This article was originally published back in 2017 as part of our Zelda look-back series. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past was the very first Zelda game I ever got to experience, and what a good game to start off with. I was far too young to…
Tampering with Pokémon’s movesets may seem insignificant, but for one Japanese man, it could lead to jail time and a hefty fine. According to the Japanese website NHK, and reported originally by IGN, A 36-year-old named Yoshihiro Yamakawa was arrested this week in Kyoto after being caught modifying data in…
It’s no secret that I’ve been a huge fan of both Metroidvanias and roguelikes ever since I was a old enough to coddle a controller. Like peanut butter and chocolate I’d always imagined the two could go together smoothly, despite their conflicting concepts around general progression and character growth. Games…
If you are a fan of the classic beat ’em up genre then one franchise in particular will be pretty high on your list – Streets of Rage. The classic Sega Genesis brawlers stand the test of time thanks to beautiful spritework, fun enemy variety, and, best of all, the…
To many in both the east and the west, there is no character more emblematic (hue hue) of the Fire Emblem franchise than its original golden boy, Marth. The protagonist of the first and third FE titles – whose presence in Super Smash Bros. Melee introduced the series to non-Japanese…
As we approach the end of August, many of us were starting to wonder just when the first wave of Sega Ages titles (Sonic the Hedgehog and Thunder Force IV) would hit Switch. Now, it’s been confirmed that the two titles have been pushed back into September for “quality improvement.”…
Now we’ve seen a party member from Persona’s 3, 5, and 4, we’ve looped back around to 3 again. This time it’s a personal favorite of mine – Shinjiro Aragaki. The bruiser with a heart of gold was a stand-out character in the original game so here’s hoping he translates…
For many years (almost two decades, at this point) fans have been whispering of an elusive sequel to Chrono Trigger dubbed “Chrono Break” that would serve as a more proper and fully fledged follow-up than the more experimental and tangentially related Chrono Cross. Square Enix has never realized this want,…
We already know Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is going to have a massive cast of unlockable characters – everyone besides the base members of the Nintendo 64 game needs to be unlocked, through methods unknown right now. That said, an alternative method may have just presented itself via Best…
In a surprise announcement that very few people could have seen coming, the first SNK Heroines DLC character has been announced and it’s Thief Arthur from Square Enix’s Million Arthur series. A freemium mobile series that started back in 2012, Million Arthur is somewhat unknown to western audiences, only being…
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The Mythical Pokémon from Pokémon Gold is making its way back to Pokémon GO. Ho-Oh, the Legendary bird that formerly perched upon Bell Tower, will be available in raid battles until August 27th. Attention, Trainers! For a limited time until August 27, the Legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh is returning to…
Nintendo is just as excited as you are about Diablo III headed to Switch, according to a recent Game Informer interview. Blizzard associate producer Matthew Cederquist said that the team at Blizzard knew Diablo III would be perfect for Switch, and that Nintendo was just as excited as they were…
Coming out of this year’s Pokémon World Championship, a new powerful type of Pokémon card was revealed. Called Tag Team Pokémon GX, the card’s art will pair up two different Pokémon and come with the kind of power you’d expect from that kind of double up. Check out the special…
