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,…
Niantic is bringing back the Sustainability Week event for Pokémon GO this year. For 2024, the event is focused more on hatching Pokémon from event 2 km Eggs. Luckily these Eggs will have a shiny hatching boost. Other than that, there aren’t any themed Wild Encounters or Raids. (For more…
Mother fans in Japan are in for a treat! Following the announcement of Mother 3’s arrival on Nintendo Switch Online in Japan (sigh), the Mother Project has unveiled an exciting lineup of all-new Mother 3 plushies to commemorate the occasion. According to the Mother Project webpage, the plushies…
If there’s one thing Pokémon fans know, it’s that feeling that you just gotta catch ‘em all – and Nintendo is very aware of that. A grand total of three sets of Pokémon merchandise, primarily plushes, will be hitting store shelves in Japan within the next two weeks. That’s not…
With the launch of five new Splatoon amiibo today, it seems that Nintendo is trying to give Splatoon a second push of popularity. However, Nintendo U.K. is taking it a step further with the Summer of Splat, a newly announced series of events in which players of various skill levels…
Just a day ahead of the launch of Splatoon’s brand new Callie and Marie amiibo, the deep sea divas have stolen the Super Mario Maker spotlight in a brand new event course. A set of cephalopod-themed challenges has the Squid Sisters transforming from kid to squid and back again while…
We recorded a short video showcasing the evolution process in Pokémon GO. In it, we evolve our Drowzee in to a Hypno!
Disclaimer: This preview is based on the first build of the game when servers were extremely strained. We’ll continue to update the preview as the mobile experience smooths out. Pokémon GO, a joint effort from Niantic and The Pokémon Company, was announced back in September of 2015, and seemed like…
Help me determine the custom moveset to make this Custom Inkling Girl amiibo Card best represent the spirit of the character! Let’s Unlock Mii V Mii – Season 2: https://www.patreon.com/MiiTJ
This week in the Nintendo eShop: 7th Dragon III Code: VFD swoops onto the 3DS, The Legend of the Mystical Ninja sneaks onto New 3DS Virtual Consoles, and Tumblestone…umm…tumbles (they can’t all be winners) on the Wii U. I’ll be honest, it’s not a great week for deals. You can…
All new Mega Man Legacy badges have beamed into the Nintendo Badge Arcade today! Collect all 48 robot masters and their stage select portraits from Mega Man 1-6, not to mention my personal favorite character in the series: the infamous blue bomber’s older brother, Proto Man! [Whistle] Free play?: Yes!…
We’re only one day away from brand new Splatoon amiibo in North America! If you just can’t wait to see those amazing Squid Sister performances, Nintendaan has you covered. You can check out the amiibo in action below!
I want to give Sega credit for two bold moves: First, the company’s released the fourth game in its handheld dungeon-crawler JRPG series 7th Dragon in the West, making it the first in the series to leave Japan. Second, bless the people at Sega who saw that title and didn’t…
Followers of Nintendo news may remember the rather bizarre and modest announcement of Pikmin 4 last year in September. At the time Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed that not only was the game in development, but also that it was “actually very close to completion.” Naturally many are curious why we haven’t…
Well this is a surprise! During a Japan Expo panel in Paris, Pokémon director Junichi Masuda revealed a brand new Poison/Fire type Pokémon: Salandit. Check it out in action: The Pokémon Company has also given a more detailed description of the new Toxic Lizard: Salandit emits toxic gas, together with…
