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,…
You can now listen to our review if you prefer! It’s humbling to remember that we are still very early into 2024. Nintendo is playing it pretty cool right now, but the prospect of bigger announcements looms just out of reach. Still, it’s the chill of February, and we…
With just under three weeks until the release of Mario Vs. Donkey Kong, various press outlets are posting preview footage of the game in action. The game looks just as colorful and fantastic as its Game Boy Advance predecessor if what we have seen is any indication. It’s what we…
In a surprise new update for Super Mario Run, Nintendo has added the Wonder Flower from this year’s Super Mario Bros. Wonder as part of a limited-time event in the “Toad Rally” game mode. For those who may have forgotten (Run is now seven years old!), “Toad Rally” is an…
Back in the day, Sega and Nintendo — and by extension, Sonic and Mario — were true rivals competing with each other time and time again for platformer supremacy. These days, however, it seems like there’s been a clear winner, and that’s seemingly been backed up by the recent release…
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is undoubtedly a juggernaut, selling over 57 million units since it launched a month after the Switch itself back in 2017. Since then it’s also been a familiar sight in the NPD (now Circana) best selling games list for the United States, never leaving the top…
We finally have confirmation, after months of speculation! In a statement to GameInformer, Nintendo has confirmed that Mario and Luigi’s new voice actor is Kevin Afghani. The LA-based voice actor has had fairly minor roles up until this point, with his biggest until this point arguably being Arnold in Genshin…
Since his introduction a few months ago, Elephant Mario appears to have captured the internet’s heart. What’s not to love? His big, he’s cute, he says “Wowwie Zowwie”. He does it all. Just yesterday, we featured an impressive 8-Bit reimagining of Super Mario Bros. Wonder, which included NES-ified versions of…
For those of you who have been part of the Amiibo News family on Twitter over the past nine years, you know just how much amiibo mean to me. I’ve been putting out amiibo in-stock alerts day and night for the better half of a decade, and the idea that…
Last week saw the surprising news that many fans dreaded – Charles Martinet would be stepping down as the voice of Mario after over two decades of performing the role. All we knew is that he would be stepping into a new role, the rather confusing “Mario Ambassador”, and a…
“Well, it looks like you know what you’re doing.” The comment from the Nintendo Live exhibitor next to me as I played Super Mario Bros. Wonder gave me a chuckle. I had to hold back a ramble about all the 2D Mario games I’d played before, from the golden oldies…
PAX West is in full swing, and Nintendo is live showcasing the upcoming Super Mario Bros. Wonder on stream! Check it out below!
Trailing the end of August’s Super Mario Bros. Wonder’s Direct was the announcement of a sleek new Nintendo Switch OLED fittingly titled the Mario Red Edition — and wow, is it ever red. The system features the Joy-Con, dock, and the console all decked out in the “iconic Mario Red”…
