Niantic will be attending DreamHack Melbourne and they’ll be hosting a little in-person Pokémon GO event in the area. Pokémon Trainers can visit Melbourne & Olympic Parks for some extra bonuses, Field Research tasks, and the return of the You, Me, and Pikachu! Timed Research. Trainers looking to add Unown…
Trainers looking to get a head start on the Cleffa Hatch Day event can clear out their Egg stash thanks to a hatch distance bonus happening before the event. This Cleffa Hatch Day Extended Bonuses “event” will also add some Field Research tasks into the mix. (For more details about…
Thanks to the efforts of the Video Game History Foundation, another bit of Nintendo history has been preserved and released online. Yesterday, Frank Cifaldi (founder and director of VGHF) uploaded the ROM data for a prototype cartridge of the original Legend of Zelda on NES. Twitter user MrTalida then dug…
It’s February 27th and that can only mean one thing – Pokémon Day is here! That’s right, 22 years ago Pokémon Red & Green launched in Japan, introducing the world to a franchise that’d go onto become one of the best-selling ever. As has become customary these past few years,…
Back in 1982, Japanese toy manufacturer released the “Mechabonica” line of figures, to little fanfare. It wasn’t until after the mech figures were distributed in North America and Europe under the new name Zoids that the brand really caught on, with Tomy rebranding in Japan resulting in over three decades…
Continuing the trend of adding exactly one Legendary Hero per month (and per Legendary Hero Summoning Event), Fire Emblem Heroes has revealed that the next character to get the Legendary treatment is FE8’s own Ephraim, Prince of Renais. Ephraim comes with fancy new artwork and his Great Lord promotion, making…
One of the newest Splatoon toys released in Japan will undoubtedly give you both a sugar rush and an even bigger need to add your ever growing Nintendo collection. The Japanese Splatoon Twitter account just shared the news that chocolate eggs containing toy figures of characters from our favorite ink-spattered…
Nintendo of America has just released an extended cut trailer of the “Anytime, Anywhere” spot that we saw last year. Does this get you in the spirit for the Switch’s first birthday? It’s coming up in a few days!
Kirby’s 25th Anniversary website did the unthinkable: it somehow got even more cute. The character section of the site has updated to give a look at the four main players on Pop Star. Kirby, Waddle Dee, Meta Knight, and King Dedede have each gotten a separate section dedicated to them,…
After only three days of waiting and wondering when the upcoming spring event would kick off in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, we already have some information regarding a very floral spring themed event. According to the Japanese Animal Crossing Twitter account, the festivities will officially kick off on February 27th…
Donkey Kong 3 is something of a forgotten gem in the Donkey Kong series. The protagonist, Stanley, hasn’t really been seen again outside of Smash Bros. trophies, and the premise doesn’t exactly fit with previous Donkey Kong games. Rather than climbing obstacles to rescue someone, Stanley only jumps up a…
Back in November Kirby and BoxBoy creators HAL Laboratory released their first mobile game onto the Japanese market – Working UFO. Now, the cute little game has finally headed overseas to multiple territories with the new name Part Time UFO. The game’s main character is right in HAL’s…
We take a look at the 8-Bit Super Mario Bros. Animated Line stickers in our latest video. Check it out! Interested in adding these stickers to your phone’s collection? You can find out how to purchase them at the Line store.
Welcome to Speedrun Sunday: that sadistic time of the week when we dare to challenge both your D-pad’s durability and sanity’s stamina with the ultimate test in video game bragging rights. Hot off the fashion fresh kicks of our salty Splatoon 2 challenge comes another ruthless run that’ll leave you…
While it’s only been a short while since the game updated to v2.2, Fire Emblem Heroes is already setting up for its next update sometime in early March. It has three planned additions: First, there’s a new type of Special Map called “Rival Domains”. In these maps you form a…
