Just before Christmas last week, a native PC port of the legendary Star Fox 64 was released online. Nintendo would likely never create such a thing as it then couldn’t sell more consoles, so this port was brought to us by a dedicated community of fans. The people responsible for…
I’m sure many of you, like me, have had a busy holiday season and may have missed some truly important things. That’s right — I’m talking about Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Terra Raid battles! Right now, a shiny Rayquaza is available in 5-Star Terra Raids, but you only have until…
First 4 Figures has been on a roll lately with its lineup of stunning Sonic statues, and now, Metal Sonic is joining the collection! While not many details have been shared yet, a few teaser pictures hint that this will be one of First 4 Figures’ premium resin…
In case you missed it, the international Smash World Tour championships for 2022 and the entire 2023 circuit got canned because Nintendo wouldn’t issue an official license for the organizers. Nintendo issued a statement attempting to clarify the situation, but it didn’t alleviate much. Part of the dramatic chain of…
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…
The SNES era was a golden age of RPGs for Square, with titans like Chrono Trigger, Live A Live, and Super Mario RPG pushing the boundaries of video game storytelling during the medium’s adolescence. And of course the series at the forefront of this was the legendary Final Fantasy franchise,…
Marketing for the Super Mario Bros. Movie continues to ramp up worldwide, as evidenced by the various TV spots that have been spotted all over the world since the debut of the official Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer last week, and it looks like McDonald’s is getting in on the…
A couple of months ago XSEED announced it would be localizing the coming-of-age JRPG Loop8: Summer of Gods. Now, we have our first look at gameplay from the English version. Give it a watch! As for what you can expect from the adventure, you can read a summary…
Falcom and Tatsunoko Productions have been hyping up the arrival of their The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel anime interquel Northern War for some time now but we finally have confirmation that it will also be streamable officially in English via Crunchyroll! The anime will drop in January…
The Pokémon series has managed to deliver five distinct RPG adventures across three generations on the Switch. That’s more than any other system before it, all in under six years, with impressive sales numbers fueling each of them. Even if we discount the Ilca developed Gen IV remakes, you’d think…
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,…
The Season of Mythical Wishes’ kicked off Pokémon GO’s 9th Season with a one-day event, but now we’re onto the Season’s first multi-day event. Dubbed the Mythic Blade event, this event will feature a free model and paid model. Trainers who wish to add Keldeo (Ordinary Form) to their Pokédex…
Game Freak released not one but two Pokémon games this year. And not just that, but games specifically designed to be wide open, innovative takes on the formula. That led to certain problems due to development constraints, but it’s remarkable that the two games are not just feature complete –…
Raid Battles made the jump from Pokémon’s Generation VIII (Sword and Shield) to Generation IX (Scarlet and Violet). While similar, the big difference this time around is the Terastal phenomenon, where Pokémon’s type can change to one of the 18 different types available in-game. Not to mention, Pokémon will receive…
Black Friday has come and gone, and it turns out that the most American tradition of all-time has made its way over to the UK for several years at this point. In terms of video game console sales, the Nintendo Switch was #1, thanks in large part to the trusty…
