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…
Over 15 years after the initial launch of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, Zelda fans still consider it to be one of the strongest and most emotional entries in the franchise. To celebrate the game’s tremendous impact, the talented people at EmberLab have created an amazing tribute in the…
One of the bigger surprises from the Nintendo Switch announcement trailer was the appearance of Skyrim, the 2011 smash-hit entry in the open-world Elder Scrolls franchise. While Nintendo and Bethesda have been coy about its actual status as a game, its director, Todd Howard, has talked about the upcoming system…
For many years, star translator Clyde “Tomato” Mandelin has been providing fascinating tales of game translation and localization over at www.legendsoflocalization.com. Recently, the website went physical with the release of Legends of Localization: Book 1 – which took a look at the original The Legend of Zelda game on both…
It’s been two years since the very first amiibo were released in North America. Since then, we’ve seen over 13 series, cards, plushes, third party figures and crossovers. With the launch of the Switch only months away, it’s safe to say that amiibo are going to be part of our…
Nintendo has released the first ad for the upcoming Super Mario Maker for 3DS on its official YouTube channel. Check it out below! Super Mario Maker will be released for the Nintendo 3DS on December 2nd. Plan on picking it up? Let us know in the comments below!
The sport of soccer (football, if you’re not ‘Murican) is sometimes referred to by another name: the beautiful game. Popularized by Pelé, arguably the greatest footballer of all time, it’s a phrase used to describe the fluidity of the sport: the personality the players show on the pitch; the spectacle…
After a few weeks of slowly teasing out Nintendo Switch rumors and speculation, Editor in Chief of LPVG Laura Kate Dale has come forward with a deluge of details both new and old regarding the Nintendo Switch. Given she and her team were at the forefront of accurate Switch rumors…
Nintendo has been unusually cutthroat when it comes to fan game creations this year, with the company sending cease and desist messages to the creators of Pokémon Uranium and AM2R (Another Metroid 2 Remake) pretty soon after they became popular forum topics and news posts. That’s why it was more…
Nintendo of Europe took to Twitter this morning to announce it will be holding a Cyber Deals event in the Nintendo eShop starting this Friday. According to the tweet, you can save up to 40% on select Wii U and 3DS titles. No word yet on what those titles will…
The Pokémon GO updates have been coming more and more frequently as of late and the folks over at The Silph Road have been busy examining every bit of data in hopes of finding secrets the update data might be holding. This time, even more information regarding the inclusion of…
Nintendo Japan has released seven Super Famicom classics in the Japanese New 3DS eShop. The titles included are: Super Punch-Out Mega Man X3 Final Fight 2 Tactics Ogre Castlevania IV Romancing SaGa Final Fight Tough My Nintendo members will also receive a pretty cool Super Famicom inspired theme…
Pixel Virtual Boy badges rise from the ashes today. Let’s reverse history and help make it the number one system seller of all time! Free play?: Nope, but you can have one of these instead! Practice catcher: All the current Pokémon badges are fleeing the Arcade today, as well as…
