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,…
It’s still surreal to know that a live-action Legend of Zelda movie is being produced by Sony Pictures. With Nintendo and Sony being strong rivals in the console space, it’s almost as if we’re living in a bizarro world where cats and dogs live in absolute harmony. However strange the…
Have you ever wanted to sit on a giant beanbag Pokémon? No? Well, you might change your mind with these new additions to The Pokémon Center’s online store. Three new very large beanbag chairs are now available for pre-order and they include designs based on Jigglypuff, Gengar, and Lechonk. Lechonk,…
Back when the Nintendo Switch launched early last year, we were given a look at the titles that would be released alongside the Big N’s newest console. While The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild may have taken center stage, it was hard to ignore a few of the…
This story is dependent on several shaky factors, including Google Translate and the trust that someone at Nintendo Norway knows and is very loose with the Switch’s 2018 release calendar, but, according to a 2017 year-end hype article posted on the Nordic website, Metroid Prime 4, Bayonetta 3, and Kirby:…
Compared to the Wii U, the Nintendo Switch got a steady flow of third party support throughout 2017, from familiar Japanese companies like Sega to new western partners like Bethesda. Now, in a recent press release that confirmed the system is the fastest selling console in the US ever, Nintendo…
This spring, My Nintendo will add a second candle to its digital birthday cake, which has been pushing us to wonder where the program is going in terms of rewards. Personally speaking, every time I log in to earn points, cash them in for goods, or start pulling links to…
Looking to the future, we’re one day closer to the highly anticipated and rumored Nintendo Direct. First “leaked” in November thanks to an EA email going public, another insider has thrown their hat into the hype train ring. On the 20th page of Resetera’s discussion about the mysterious 18 Nintendo…
We’re still a few years away before the launch of Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios. In the meantime, how about another video game franchise to hold you over? On January 19th, Universal Studios Japan is opening Final Fantasy XR, a VR roller coaster that takes you through…
Japanese developer and publisher Level-5 has been a heavy supporter of Nintendo for years and it sounds like it’s only going to continue. In a recent interview with 4Gamer (translated via Nintendo Everything) we learn that the studio will “put their power” into Nintendo’s Switch during 2018. The Level-5 games…
If you’ve been playing third party games on the Nintendo Switch you may have run into a worrying trend already – developers forcing the player to download sizeable chunks of data before they can play. In a few cases this has likely been down to the publisher not wanting to…
Media Create, the sales tracking group for video game goods, offers more than just a weekly top ranking of sales. Even though we’ll be entering 2018 soon, those who have access to Media Create’s giant roundup of the year can start picking apart what has sold well. With that in…
This is the fourth and final part of our Xenoblade Chronicles 2 review. For further context and thoughts on the game, check out Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. It took over a hundred hours, but my Xenoblade Chronicles 2 experience is over and done with. And what an…
It’s the time of year when video game developers around the globe share holiday greetings cards, featuring characters from Bartz to Bubsy. This latest message, however, has got the internet aflutter with speculation like no other. The Japanese Bravely Default Twitter account has shared the following tweet, which translates to…
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