The next GO Battle League-themed event for Pokémon GO’s Season of World of Wonders is here. This time it’s a weekend-long affair and it overlaps with another event, Rivals Week. Trainers who have their sights set on the GBL will enjoy increased battle sets, free and paid Timed Research, and…
Complimenting this season’s GO Battle Weekend event, Rivals Week is all about Fighting-type Pokémon. Trainers that want to take a break from the GBL (or avoid it altogether) can catch a variety of Fighting-type Pokémon in the wild, Raids, and catch reward encounters from Timed Research and Field Research tasks….
A couple of weeks back, First 4 Figures announced that it would be making an Isabelle statue for prospective buyers to grab. If you’re still in the market to show off your Animal Crossing love, you can currently pre-order the statue on the company’s website. While the initial announcement said…
We knew going into yesterday’s Nintendo Direct that we’d be getting the latest look at Super Mario Odyssey, and what a look it was. With over seven minutes of attention given to this globetrotting grand adventure, there was a lot to see and learn about, both big and small, from…
On September 9th, 1999, Sega released what would become its last console in North America. While the trials and tribulations of the Dreamcast are well documented at this point, it’s interesting to see how the humble system changed perspectives in the gaming industry over the years that followed. It’s hard…
Hyper RPG conducted interviews and hosted this year’s Nindies@Night held in Seattle, Washington during the week of PAX West. Suda51 sat down and talked about where Travis’ next journey will take him in addition to some announcements about the game.
The life of a gamer can be tough, and no threat to our very livelihood has ever surpassed that of the angry mother. You all know what I’m talking about because we’ve all been there. Maybe you haphazardly cleaned your room. Maybe you “forgot” to do the dishes. Maybe you…
Over the past week Nintendo has held daily streams out of Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. Compared to the demos on the show floor, many of the game clips shown in these videos show off new gameplay elements. In this article we’re going to collect all of the archives together and…
When it comes to third party support on Switch, Koei Tecmo is knocking out of the park. From RPGs like the next Atelier game to the collaboration that is Fire Emblem Warriors, the Japanese developer and publisher is obviously committed to the system. Now, it’s announced not one but three…
Next week Nintendo will be in its backyard, à la PAX West 2017 in Seattle, Washington. Before the convention starts on September 1st though, Nintendo is bringing back Nindies@Night. Interested? From 8:30 p.m. to midnight on August 31st at the Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP), indie developers will be on…
In a new blogpost, indie developer and publisher Chucklefish Games gave an update on three highly anticipated Switch games: Stardew Valley, Pocket Rumble, and Wargroove. Stardew Valley and Pocket Rumble are currently in testing to make sure the ports don’t have any issues. The latter was originally supposed to be…
European fans of Atlus games have always had a rough time, relying on third party publishers to bring the Japanese studio’s games over to the region, often months or even years after their North American launches. Things got a bit more secure last year with Deep Silver obtaining the publishing…
This past weekend the Pokémon World Championships found a home at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. A Hoppip, Skiploom and Jumpluff away from the Disneyland Resort, a different lovable mouse was partying around the city. Pikachu just happened to bring competitors from all over the world to see…
Open to all attendees and the public, this year’s Pokémon World Championships had a Pokémon Center pop-up shop that did not disappoint. (Well, unless you arrived to find out an item you wanted was sold out.) Depending on when you arrived, you could either walk right in, wait for a…
For decades Japanese development team HAL Laboratory has been closely linked with Nintendo, thanks to it being the developer of the Kirby franchise for many years and the original team behind Super Smash Bros. That said, it isn’t a Nintendo subsidiary, which is why the studio’s latest move into mobile…
