Anyone who has been keeping up with Nintendo news over the past year or so can attest that the lead-up to the Nintendo Switch 2 has been a wild ride. For the longest time fans were eagerly looking for any news or rumors related to the system, and any insider…
One of the most striking things about the design of the Switch 2 is how basic everything is. Gone are the days of New 3DS Faceplates or fun colors, and in is Nintendo’s era of functionality over personality… or so we thought. If a recent listing by AliExpress is anything…
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 third story trailer for Square Enix’s upcoming strategy RPG Triangle Strategy has been revealed, focusing on the third branch of the game’s conflict of ideals while also showcasing the crafty Benedict Pascal. Steward of House Wolffort and loyal to protagonist Seranoa, Benedict is willing to do absolutely anything —…
If you live in the West (and you’re not a shameful weeb like me) you’re probably unfamiliar with White Day, a recent tradition in several East Asian countries where, a month after Valentine’s Day, those who received chocolates reciprocate the gesture by giving chocolate back. Popularized in Japan in the…
“Style over substance” is a common turn of phrase across multiple fields of criticism, punchy and powerful in how it can immediately declare a work to be fluffy and vacuous beneath its flashy veneer. I don’t like the term much myself, mostly because its users tend to either use it…
Roughly half a year off from the release of the much-awaited (by me) sequel to AI: The Somnium Files, Spike Chunsoft has released a story trailer for the game, giving us all a glimpse into whatever the heck Director Kotaro Uchikoshi has imagined up for this mind-bending ride into psyches…
As we reported on earlier today, January 22nd, 2022, marks Final Fantasy VII’s 25th Anniversary. It wasn’t just that logo that’s new, though, as Square Enix announced a bunch of new tidbits. Perhaps the oddest announcement is a digital alarm clock based on Cloud’s own Buster Sword, suspended in a…
If anybody was worried about the financial success of Pokémon Legends: Arceus — and why would you be; Pokémon is the most successful franchise of all time — worry no longer, as the sales figures are coming in and it turns out that people (in this specific instance, Brits) love…
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…
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,…
Back in March 2021 we brought you the news that Falcom’s Trails of Cold Steel would be receiving an anime adaptation of sorts, albeit one focusing on new characters. Now we have a few more details, as well as confirmation of a delay. As Siliconera reports, the anime, subtitled Northern…
Today, January 31st, 2022, marks Final Fantasy VII’s 25th Anniversary. The iconic JRPG first hit the original PlayStation on the same date in Japan way back in 1997 and it quickly reinvigorated the genre on a global scale. Since then it has made its way to numerous platforms, including finally…
Pokémon Legends: Arceus continues the long-standing tradition of including Shiny Pokémon, and this time Game Freak made it easier than ever to find and capture these color-swapped monsters. While traditional Shiny rates are typically 1/4,092, a new mechanic called Mass Outbreaks has slashed those numbers substantially. Here’s what you need…
Pokémon Legends: Arceus has introduced a new way Pokémon’s stats will differ. Gone are EVs and IVs, and instead we’ve got Effort Levels (EL). These remove some of the randomized elements that go into Pokémon catching and training, and instead put bringing out a Pokémon’s maximum potential directly in a…
