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…
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,…
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…
A new scan from monthly Japanese magazine CoroCoro has revealed multiple new forms for the legendary Pokémon Zygarde. According to Serebii.net, among the new forms is a speed-enhanced canine called Zygarde 10% Forme, a colossal, Dragon/Ground-type behemoth referred to as Zygarde Perfect Forme, a blob-like Pokémon previously shown via leaks…
Get ready for another Splatfest spectacular! The next North American Splatfest has been announced on the official Splatoon Tumblr, in which Team Art will face off against Team Science. Splatfest is a special, day-long Splatoon event in which two competing teams battle it out in games of Turf Wars. During…
Amazon has officially announced that Wave 5 amiibo will be released for sale Friday, September 11th, at specific times throughout the day starting at 1:00 p.m. PST. We’ve complied a list of all the times each amiibo will go live in every United States time zone. Click each image below…
Just who is Bowser Jr.’s mother? The answer might surprise… or, then again, maybe not. Shigeru Miyamoto, the man behind Mario himself, took to YouTube and laid to rest some longstanding rumors about Nintendo’s mascot while also dropping a couple of bombshells along the way. For example, pretty much every…
Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have teamed up with mobile developer Niantic, Inc. to bring us a new way to catch ‘em all in 2016. Best known for its augmented reality MMORPG Ingress, Niantic has made a name for itself by melding a virtual game world with location-based smartphone gameplay….
Do you remember when hunting for amiibo was something you didn’t have to plan for weeks, if not months, in advance? Yeah, we don’t either. There are murmurs going around the sporting community that amiibo hunting is up for consideration to be qualified as an Olympic sport in the 2016…
Thanks to AmazonJosh, we now have solid information regarding exact times that Wave 5 amiibo will be listed on Amazon this Friday, the 11th of September. Check out the designated times below. And for more details about how you can place orders, head on over to AmazonJosh’s thread on Reddit. This…
Nintendo is teaming up with GameTruck for the second time this year to take one of its major releases on tour. The parties-on-demand company will outfit over 100 of its mobile game kiosks with all things Super Mario Maker and roll out on September 18th. GameTruck has been delivering Splatoon…
Join Amiibo Jason and Happily Candied as they go on their 20th adventure on the Amiibo Newscast. This week they talk Shovel Knight, Mario Maker bundles and much, much more!
September 25th is drawing near, which means that all those shiny new Animal Crossing amiibo cards are within reach! While North America still hasn’t received word about the release of that super handy amiibo Collectors Album that both Europe and Japan will be getting, rest assured, Animal Crossing enthusiasts; you…
Wait, you’re telling me you still haven’t picked up a Wii U yet? I could give you at least a dozen reasons, off the top of my head, to run out and get one today. I’ll spare you the lecture, though, and fill you in on the new and improved…
We’ve already seen some incredibly creative levels come out of Super Mario Maker at the hands of streamers and reviewers in advance of the game’s release. The Nintendo Treehouse team’s levels that capped off the Nintendo World Championships at E3 in June were a real treat, as well. But what…
