Earlier this year, Niantic began to experiment with Pokémon GO’s premium currency, PokéCoins. Available to purchase with real-world money, PokéCoins could also be earned by defending Gyms. There are limitations with this (maximum of 50 PokéCoins earned per day) and PokéCoins wouldn’t be earned until your Pokémon was knocked out…
Scuba diving isn’t for everyone, but the wondrous (fictional) creatures of the sea can be examined up close and personal without getting the bends thanks to these new Kirameki no Umi (“Glittering Sea”) Pokémon dioramas. These light blue sets fit together in a variety of combinations featuring six individual types,…
Another entry for the “curious coincidence… or not?” file today: it turns out that LEGO and Nintendo weren’t the first folks to come up with a LEGO NES that has a sidescrolling Mario feature, because a man named Brandon Jones beat them to the punch by over a year: …
This week in the Nintendo eShop: Blue haired falchion wielding warriors join the fight for mobile supremacy, Yoshi adopts a pupper pal, and Konami reminds us it once made video games. It’s another slow week in the sales department. A slew of Toki Tori games are still significantly discounted through…
I remember the moment very well. It was late 2001, or maybe early 2002, and I was playing Super Smash Bros. Melee with my older brother and sister. (For reference, I was five years old.) Having just unlocked Young Link, we immediately set out to clear Classic Mode with him,…
This week in the Nintendo eShop: Shantae gets physical, the Wii U gets its GPU hacked, and Mario Party 2 crashes Wii U Virtual Consoles. It’s déjà vu in the sales department this week as both Capcom and Level-5 host repeats of previous sales held earlier in the year. Capcom’s…
We’ve been hearing the cries from fans, stockholders and journalists for years: “Put Zelda on my iPhone! Where’s my Mario endless runner?” All throughout that time, Nintendo’s response had always been the same: “Nintendo characters don’t leave Nintendo consoles.” The Japanese gaming giant believed that success could be continually harvested…
This week in the Nintendo eShop: Harvey and friends make a trip to camp New Leaf, Firebrand takes a break from harassing naked knights, and Samus’ most controversial adventure gets an-Other shot in the limelight. It’s a dismal day in the sales department, though that’s to be expected after the…
Wow. Ten years already, huh? Time sure does fly when you’re having fun. It seems like it was only yesterday I was first waggling a Wiimote furiously to hit a tennis ball. Anyway, let’s take a look back at the Wii and what made it a game changer! Before the…
Nintendo has teamed up with Escape Room creator SCRAP to create a real life Zelda adventure! Participants will have to work together to solve Zelda inspired puzzles and interact with characters from the Zelda universe. Tickets are on sale now for select locations with more cities coming soon. Those who…
Like most every other company around the world Capcom recently held its second quarter investors briefing. While a big chunk of the presentation is available in English, today saw a further batch of information uploaded to the Japanese site. Chairman of the Board Kenzo Tsujimoto was asked multiple questions about…
Earlier today Nintendo distributed its six-month earnings release for the period spanning April through September. While it is not the avalanche of news some were expecting, there are some sections worth noting. We’ll run down the essentials. The topic on everyone’s mind is likely the recently announced Nintendo Switch, which…
This week in the Nintendo eShop: Space robots ransack the galaxy, pirates pillage the Game Boy, and Link gets spirited away on the Virtual Console. There’s unfortunately nothing notable in the sales department this week, but at least the veil has finally been lifted on Nintendo’s latest console: the Switch!…
Summer is coming to an end, but the good folks over at the big N are here to help end it with a bang! The Nintendo eShop Summer Savings sale starts right now and includes discounts up to 30% off select games, most notably The Legend of Zelda: A Link…
This week in the Nintendo eShop: Monster Hunter Generations slays onto 3DS systems, a trio of TurboGrafx-16 games drop on the Wii U Virtual Console, and Final Fight piledrives on the New Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console. It’s another light week in the sales department. If Mighty No. 9 failed to…
