With the Nintendo Switch 2 becoming the fastest-selling console of all-time in just one weekend, it should be no surprise that its marquee game, Mario Kart World, has also been lighting up the sales charts. While we don’t have concrete global numbers, Famitsu recently published the Japanese sales charts for…
When thinking about Pokémon, the first thing that comes to mind for many is good childhood fun. From the days of being on the playground playing with friends, trading cards, and sharing rare finds, it’s hard to match that feeling. What better way to recapture that than with a collaboration…
Despite having just launched the Switch 2, Nintendo news is pretty dry at the moment. With the summer almost upon us, it seems Nintendo is letting its already massive library of Switch 1 titles do the heavy lifting while it prepares more next-generation experiences. That’s what makes this 16-second teaser…
Ah, Switch Pro rumors. Like a slasher villain, they just never die. While most people moved on with the release of the nicer but not “pro” Switch OLED Model last year, the fire still burns in some. But the latest whispers on the rumor mill are of a different variety…
Despite it being less than six months until the release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, there’s a great deal yet we don’t know about the game, having to rely on the smallest of details to scrap together information. And here’s another one of those – a…
2023 is just a few days away, which means that the time for year-end roundups and statistics. And Nintendo is no different – after releasing a tool for us all to reflect on our own playtimes throughout the year, the company has also released its ranking of eShop titles by…
Games preservationists are always working tirelessly to document every detail of development history, down to the minutest grain. Sometimes their findings are relatively humble or even plain. And sometimes there’s just a little nugget of intrigue buried within. Take the latest (or rather, earliest) Nintendo DS prototype discovered, Ver 0.40615…
Masahiro Sakurai is a busy guy. After spending decades making video games, and basically 9 years straight working on just Super Smash Bros., he dedicates most of his time to a YouTube channel where he uploads 2 to 3 videos a week talking about game development. The legendary director recently…
The time for gift-giving may be just about over, but that doesn’t mean the flow of consumer goods has stopped anytime soon. Build-A-Bear Workshop has released yet another Pokėmon plushie in its long line of collaborations, and this is yet another Eeveelution – the final one, in fact (unless/until The…
Update (1/17/23): An English version of the video showing off the basics of gameplay has finally released! It provides fans with glances at role-playing, turn-based combat, the many characters you’ll come across, and the basics for how to play the game. Learn about classes, like Magic and Pegasus Knight, and…
This week on Masahiro Sakurai’s YouTube channel where he discusses the development of video games, the Smash Bros. and Kirby director talked about three subjects: The Potential of One Button [Planning & Game Design] – Sakurai discusses all the potential gameplay you can get out of using just one…
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 few months back, shortly before the release of the End of YoRHa it was revealed that NieR Automata would be getting an anime adaptation in 2023. Diverging from the plot of the game in some significant ways, the anime has its first full trailer and an upcoming release date:…
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 Pokémon Fit lineup of plushies (known as “Sitting Cuties” over here) is one of the more extensive ones as far as merch goes, with multiple regions’ worth of plushies released over the years. And now another region joins the pack, with Unovan Pokémon from Pokémon Black and White and…
