Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
This week’s Nintendo Music update gives us music from an iconic Super Nintendo game: Super Mario World! One of the most critically acclaimed games from the SNES era and most beloved Mario games, Super Mario World released back in 1990. Super Mario World is a direct sequel to Super Mario…
While speaking to press in Japan this morning, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa stated that the company will be making preparations to combat resellers for the upcoming launch of the Switch 2. In the first press conference Nintendo has held since the announcement of the Switch successor, Furukawa was asked about…
Another new weapon will soon be arriving in Splatoon 2 – the Classic Squiffer. The Nintendo UK Twitter account has announced that it will arrive early tomorrow, so it might pop up late this evening for inklings in the US. The Classic Squiffer will be added to #Splatoon2 tomorrow morning…
Getting a look behind the scenes at how something you’ve loved for years and years is a rare treat, and this new video is a good example of just that. Game Informer recently had the opportunity to pull back the curtain on Game Freak, the development studio behind the Pokémon…
We take on Articuno in a Raid Battle in Pokémon GO. Watch it below!
This week in the Nintendo eShop: Jackbox brings the party to Switch, Telltale gives Minecraft its patented point-and-click treatment and a new dynamic duo wiggles onto 3DS. The Wii U is looking pretty dead with nary a release making the cut this week. Fortunately, the fantastic FAST Racing Neo is…
Another week means new merchandise at the Pokémon Center. Compared to the last update, these new offerings are much more cuddly. Get in the bag or star in a band? More Pokémon from Alola are hitting the North American market in plush form. Stufful, Cosmog, Jangmo-o, Passimian and Alolan Dugtrio…
Fans of Pokémon and friendly competition get ready: this weekend marks the Pokémon World Championship coming out of Anaheim, California. There will be streams of Sun & Moon, the trading card game and Pokkén Tournament that bring some of the top players across multiple divisions all to one place to…
This week on My Nintendo, the rewards site is promoting the release of Flip Wars for the Nintendo Switch. In honor of the game’s release, a wallpaper featuring all four colorful characters is available for 50 Platinum Points. Not to be left out, a few other games are getting some…
While the world still recovers from the bloodshed (er, inkshed) and accusations of a broken point system following the Great Condiment War, Nintendo has felt the need to divide the community again. The theme for the next Splatfest is: “Which superpower would you choose: flight or invisibility?” Nintendo of Europe…
Finally! Ever since we saw that the Nintendo Switch was getting a Splatoon 2 themed bundle with new Joy-Con colors, the game and stickers (in Japan only), Splatoon fans have been clamoring for the oh-so-fresh package. While Europe’s bundle had the Neon Red/Blue Joy-Cons swapped in, they still had a…
UPDATE: North America will also be seeing Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy hit the 3DS on October 6th. #LaytonsMysteryJourney: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy comes to #Nintendo #3DS on October 6! pic.twitter.com/WkT7Bj6eE1 — Layton Series (@LaytonSeries) August 17, 2017 The latest main entry in the puzzle-busting…
Just like clockwork, the Japanese Pokémon Company YouTube channel has released yet another Pokkén Tournament DX trailer, though this time we get a closer look at a Johto favorite – Scizor. You can catch the Pincer Pokémon using moves like Sword Dance and take on its Mega Evolved form for…
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