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…
With November coming to a close and December knocking on the door, that can mean only one thing. That’s right, the release of the Sonic The Hedgehog 3 movie is under a month away! As December 20th grows ever closer, promotion campaigns are getting ready to roll out and take…
Fans of Nintendo and Retro Studios’ Metroid Prime trilogy are in for a treat next year. Made in collaboration with Piggyback, a company dedicated to premium quality strategy guides, a brand-new retrospective art book covering the three main Prime games will be released to commemorate the legacy of the series….
‘Member the ’80s and ‘90s? Pepperidge Farm remembers. From fashion and music to movies and video games, 2016 was unquestionably a year fueled by rampant nostalgia. Nintendo was particularly savvy in tapping the veins of sentimentality for Pokémon’s 20th anniversary. We relived our adventures through Kanto in the re-release of…
Even though Bomberman’s first entry for the Nintendo 64 launched way back in 1997 and has likely been played millions of times since, there were still secrets uncovered until recently. Skelux, the creator of the multiplayer Mario 64 ROM hack, peered into the files of Bomberman 64 and discovered 4…
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from my lifelong obsession with Nintendo games, it’s that Nintendo is a company that does things how and when it wants to. I can’t count the number of times I’ve watched an E3 presentation or Nintendo Direct thinking, “This has got to be the…
This week in the Nintendo eShop: Shantae gets physical, the Wii U gets its GPU hacked, and Mario Party 2 crashes Wii U Virtual Consoles. It’s déjà vu in the sales department this week as both Capcom and Level-5 host repeats of previous sales held earlier in the year. Capcom’s…
High-resolution photographs of the original Nintendo DS design that made its debut at E3 2004 have made their way online thanks to Twitter user Evan Amos. Amos, a self-described photographer of “high quality, public domain pictures of video game hardware and other things for historical preservation” released the photos yesterday…
Mario Party 2, the true pioneer of the party game genre and ultimate test of friendships, finally RSVPs to Wii U Virtual Consoles – just in time for the holidays! Originally released on the Nintendo 64 back in 2000, Mario’s second outing in minigame mayhem improved upon the foundations established…
Nintendo of Europe has released a new video and documentation that explores the original creation of The Legend of Zelda and its maps. The brief video showcases item and enemy placement when the concept was first conceived in the 1980s. Original drawings from Takashi Tezuka and Shigeru Miyamoto were…
1986 was a good year for Nintendo. Super Mario Bros. had been in players’ minds and hands for a year already and it was the year that The Legend of Zelda and Metroid released to much acclaim, and they began their own rise to popularity. Another hero would be trying…
Wolfenstein 3D has had a robust 20+ year history being ported to consoles such as the Jaguar Atari, Game Boy Advance and even the iPhone. Now, the revolutionary first person shooter has made its way to an unlikely handheld, the Game Boy Color. Swedish programmer Anders Granlund has been rebuilding…
While it’s just a little bit younger in America, the Ace Attorney series has been pointing fans in Japan towards mystery and humor for 15 years. Known for its well done localization, interconnected plots, and over the top trials, it’s no wonder that these games have the following they do….
The brand new gaming inspired show Unlocked: The World of Games dives explores the universe of video games by interviewing gaming legends and celebrities, among others. In Episode 3 of the show, the legendary Shigeru Miyamoto discusses the inspiration behind the Wii’s now-famous motion controls. You can check out a…
These days its well known that a significant portion of the Mario universe is voiced by one man – the energetic Charles Martinet. You may not remember that a few characters had different voices early on though, with Luigi and Wario being voiced by different people in Mario Party 2…
