Trainers looking to get a head start on the Cleffa Hatch Day event can clear out their Egg stash thanks to a hatch distance bonus happening before the event. This Cleffa Hatch Day Extended Bonuses “event” will also add some Field Research tasks into the mix. (For more details about…
Thanks to the efforts of the Video Game History Foundation, another bit of Nintendo history has been preserved and released online. Yesterday, Frank Cifaldi (founder and director of VGHF) uploaded the ROM data for a prototype cartridge of the original Legend of Zelda on NES. Twitter user MrTalida then dug…
As part of the typical Nintendo hype cycle, the company has uploaded a new trailer that gives fans an overview of what to expect with Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. It’s kind of funny to start with the narrator being surprised Mario is made of paper considering we’ve had six…
The Nintendo family is getting a little bigger, as the company has announced the acquisition of Vancouver-based developer Next Level Games. The company has entered an agreement to acquire 100 percent of Next Level Games’ outstanding shares, making it a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nintendo. The deal is expected to close…
The monthly rollout of Pokémon seasons continues on the Pokémon TV app. Pokémon Advanced, the sixth season of the beloved anime will begin streaming this Friday, January 8th! This season covers Ash and Pikachu’s adventures through the Hoenn region, which was first introduced in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. With a…
Back in November, PUMA announced it would be extending its collaboration with Nintendo, bringing the world even more new Super Mario footwear. Among the variety of designs detailed were the Future Rider Nintendo Entertainment System shoes, a throwback themed to the beloved console that launched Nintendo into gaming history. The…
The Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto event is now just a little over a month away, and developer Niantic has just teased another upcoming little surprise for nostalgic Pokémon players. During the Kanto event, you will see Trainer characters on the in-game map, who you can challenge to battle (this feature…
Before games and services typically become unavailable on Nintendo’s systems, the company sends out information regarding upcoming delistings of all products being affected by future plans. However, in a strange event on Sunday, 3DS users such as @comeoutpunching on Twitter noticed that some DSiWare titles on the 3DS eShop were…
The Persona series has been one of my most captivating corners of Shin Megami Tensei for decades now. Part of that popularity is owed to the music, most often composed by Shoji Meguro. Enchanting arias and acid jazz are served in equal measure, with much more variance in between. Now…
Contests come and go, but anyone interested in controller variants will want to take notice of this one. NISA is prepping for this summer’s release of Disaga 6: Defiance of Destiny with a giveaway starring a custom Nintendo Switch Pro Controller. Join our “Dood, Where’s My Controller?” Sweepstakes for…
One of the more recent developments in gaming is the concept of cross-saves/cross-progression. This feature allows you to pick up and play a game and keep the same same file/game progression no matter which platform you’re playing on! For example, with the game Hades, you can play a few hours…
It’s pretty amazing what crafty creatives have been able to conjure up with the Lego Super Mario sets and Mario Kart Live Home Circuit. The crafters over at Playfool are especially adept at using the sets to their fullest, having reverse-engineered the barcodes that make the Lego Super Mario sets…
Whether it’s a subtle visual cue in Punch-Out!! or entire hidden stages in Bomberman 64, it’s always incredible when entirely new discoveries are made in games decades after their original release. The latest finding retro discovery comes from Street Fighter Alpha 2, which launched way back in 1996 on the…
It’s been almost exactly one year since PlatinumGames’ President Kenichi Sato and Studio Head Atsushi Inaba told us to expect Bayonetta 3 news coming soon. Of course, with an ongoing pandemic disrupting many games industry plans throughout 2020, it’s understandable why the “various announcements” promised by the duo never really…
Toshihiro Nagoshi has done a lot in his career with Sega. Perhaps most known for the Yakuza series and its spinoffs at this point, he’s also been a part of Super Monkey Ball, Shenmue, and Virtua Fighter. For Nintendo fans though, the most notable credit would be his role as…
