With how popular Shantae has become over the years, it’s surprising to learn that one of the games in the series was actually cancelled over 20 years ago. Despite that, Wayforward didn’t give up and would revive the project many years later to create a long-lost interquel for the series….
While home consoles are a widespread and ubiquitous part of the greater video game industry now, it hasn’t always been that way. Video game consoles have their origins from arcade machines, and the transition they made to end up in people’s living rooms was thanks in large part to systems…
As part of today’s financial report for Nintendo, company president Shuntaro Furukawa noted that Nintendo will be considering a price adjustment to the Switch 2 depending on how the situation of President Trump’s tariffs evolves in the coming months. With nobody sure of what the impact will be when Trump’s…
Monster Hunter Rise’s Sunbreak expansion will launch in less than a month but in the west it’s still a little unclear where and when the associated amiibo will be dropping. While we know the larger Malzeno will be available as part of a Collector’s Edition bundle with the game itself,…
Square Enix continues to shower the SaGa series with love, with the PlayStation 2’s Romancing Saga: Minstrel Song next in line for the remaster treatment. Itself a remake of the original 1992 Romancing SaGa, Minstrel Song was released to be a more approachable entry in the series, with various tweaks…
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…
Every few months, the seasons change into spring, summer, fall, or winter. Inspired by these changes Niantic added Seasons to Pokémon GO back in December 2020. Each Season in the mobile game is three months-long and features special events, certain Pokémon appearing more often in the wild (in certain areas…
Every month, Niantic spotlights a Pokémon for Pokémon GO’s Research Breakthrough encounter. This feature was added to the game in April 2018 as part of the Field Research system. Essentially a quest system, Trainers can acquire Field Research tasks by logging in daily and/or spinning PokéStops (one task per PokéStop…
Over the weekend GoodSmile once again held a WonHobby showcase of upcoming figures and accessories, and naturally there were a few video games thrown into the mix. The most relevant to Nintendo is a reprint of Kirby for his 30th anniversary, though there is one key difference – the eye…
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,…
There’s one more surprise event for the Season of Alola! Get ready to battle during this one-day-only GO Battle Day event. Since Pokémon GO’s GO Battle League Interlude Season is ending soon, Trainers will have a day dedicated to battling their way up to Rank 20 and earning even more…
Sometimes in the hectic turf wars of Splatoon it can be tricky to figure out what you’ve actually contributed to a match. Well, the crafty developers of Splatoon 3 have implemented a remedy — a new system for handing out post-match recognition in certain categories, such as inking the most…
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards was one of the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack titles I was anticipating the most. Who wouldn’t want to revisit this take on Pop Star and some surrounding planets, melding copy abilities and collecting Crystals the whole way through? Unfortunately for players, things weren’t quite…
GrimGrimoire OnceMore is sitting pretty as my most desired Nintendo Switch localization announcement. In a world of global releases and simultaneous reveals, Nippon Ichi Software has been coy with respect to this blast from (and to) VanillaWare’s past. That hasn’t stopped me from eyeing Japanese trailers, though, and today a…
Mario Kart Tour might not rake in as many gatcha monies as Fire Emblem Heroes, but it’s still fe-line fine. That must be because it’s bringing back the Cat Tour, finally filling out the Super Mario 3D World cast. Cat Mario and Cat Luigi will join the game…
