This year’s Pokémon GO Fest event will have a Sun and Moon theme – celebrating the Pokémon Sun and Moon games and Pokémon from the Alola region. Of course, Pokémon GO Fest 2024 will have multiple events – three in-person events and one global event. As an incentive for Trainers,…
During the previous Pokémon GO seasons, Niantic started selling a month-long paid Timed Research ticket (which came with additional month-long bonuses). The paid Timed Research ticket is back, but slightly changed. Instead of buying a ticket for each month, an entire season’s worth of monthly paid Timed Research quests is…
Niantic is bringing back Diancie for all Trainers in a free Special Research Story (similar to the rerelease of Shaymin’s Special Research). For Trainers that didn’t purchase the paid ticket for Pokémon GO Fest 2023, here’s your chance to add Diancie to your Pokédex thanks to the free Glitz and…
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is just around the corner, and while Nintendo Power has been dead and buried for some time now, other physical gaming magazines are still alive and well to cover the launch. Game Informer, a publication owned by GameStop, has just revealed that Super Mario Bros. Wonder…
A few years ago, Nintendo fans would be forgiven for thinking mini consoles were here to stay, with both the NES Mini and SNES Mini releasing to critical and commercial acclaim. Naturally the expectation was for more consoles to come, but since the SNES Mini’s release in 2017 we’ve only…
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…
Nintendo Tokyo is known for having a lot of interesting, unique merchandise, but this latest tease for the Pikmin section is certainly retro. As shown from a variety of tweets from the official X account, wind-up enemies from the Pikmin series are set to waddle into the official store, located…
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is less than a month away, and there are a ton of new Power-Ups and characters to dig into this time around. To recount what forms we’ve seen so far, here are all the new transformations we’ve witnessed so far: Elephant The Elephant…
Pokémon Scarlet & Violet aren’t exactly known for being polished, glitch-free games, but this is a new one – the just-released ver. 2.0.1 update can crash your game during the final boss battle. Spoilers ahead, naturally. In the final fight against the Paradise Protection Protocol, you at one point have…
If you’ve been diligently logging into Nintendo Switch Online, linking your accounts, and so on, you’ve probably accrued some My Nintendo Platinum Points for use. And if they’re burning a hole in your pocket, then look no further than physical My Nintendo Rewards you can spend them on. Currently available,…
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…
Detective Pikachu Returns hits the Nintendo Switch this Friday! To get fans new and old alike ready for a brand-new adventure with a talkative Pikachu (that should have been voiced by Danny DeVito), The Pokémon Company has released a new trailer detailing the story so far. The trailer…
Wowie, Zowie! Super Mario Wonder is only a few short weeks away, and I can’t tell you how excited I am. As the resident Nintendo Wire “Old Dude” I got my first taste of Super Mario back in the ’80s with the original Mario Bros. trilogy on the NES, and…
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,…
Toys “R” Us, the once King of everything toys and video games, is once again making a comeback after a six-year hiatus following its 2017 bankruptcy. This revival is led by WHP Global, Toys “R” Us’s parent company, which acquired a controlling stake in 2021. This marks the third revival…
