During the Pokémon GO’s Season of Max Out (Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024 to Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024), Dynamax and Gigantamax Pokémon were added to the game. This mechanic is part of Pokémon’s Generation VIII (Pokémon Sword and Shield) where Pokémon transform into “giant” versions of themselves or even new larger…
At the end of Pokémon GO’s Season of Max Out, there’s a special global event that all Trainers can partake in. Not quite a GO Fest or Tour, the GO Wild Area event is pulling some inspiration from the Safari Zone, but with a spotlight on Electric- and Poison-type Pokémon….
At the end of Pokémon GO’s Season of Max Out, there’s a special global event that all Trainers can partake in. Not quite a GO Fest or Tour, the GO Wild Area event is pulling some inspiration from the Safari Zone, but with a spotlight on Electric- and Poison-type Pokémon….
During 2019’s E3 Nintendo Direct, Square Enix surprised us all by announcing a long-awaited localization of Seiken Densetsu 3 for the Super Famicom (SNES), now known as Trials of Mana. That might not have been a one-off dive into the archives, either, as the company has filed a new mysterious…
When it comes to long running JRPG series, for me there’s no touching the Tales of series. Maybe it was how impressionable I was when playing Tales of Symphonia, or seeing more of these games regularly localized, but you just can’t replicate the legacy they’ve laid. That’s why I’m happy…
Today SNK confirmed what I’d been hoping for since I had the chance to play SNK Gals’ Fighters – more NEO GEO Pocket on Switch. This umbrella of titles, now known as NEO GEO Pocket Color Selection, will include the return of Samurai Shodown! 2 (previously only available as an…
If you like abstract gridlines and stacked monitors, Bandai Namco’s got your number with its news compilation’s launch series. No stranger to bringing back their arcade classics, Namco Museum Archives Vol. 1 & 2 are both arriving today with each volume packing together 11 titles each. The full…
It’s a pretty good time to be an EarthBound fan, with the series being actively recognized both in official and fan capacities as of late. And it seems everyone except Nintendo is interested in celebrating the Mother series. Spotted in the just-released Mother tribute book Pollyanna are some upcoming and…
Update: We’ve made a correction to the title of this article. The new high score was achieved for the first time in one year, not two years. The back-and-forth world record for the high score in the original arcade title Donkey Kong is a highly competitive — and well documented…
The recently announced Mother series tribute book Pollyanna, published by the games’ creator Shigesato Itoi’s company Hobonichi, is nearly here. While the Mother Project official Twitter has been sharing looks at the illustrations and comics within, the latest share comes from a source you might more easily recognize — none…
Arcade Archives continues to bring about retro titles both obscure and well known, and their latest addition definitely falls among the latter. Sunset Riders was one of those games that just stood out in arcades and definitely got a lot of my quarters back in the day. Maybe it was…
It’s hard to believe it’s been ten whole years since Xenoblade Chronicles first released on the Wii. Players in the North America wouldn’t get it for sometime after that, but from the passionate efforts of Operation Rainfall to its inclusion amongst Nintendo’s finest in Super Smash Bros. and the multiple…
If you’re a fan of collecting the Kotobukiya ARTFX Pokémon Figure statues, you’ll be happy to know that another one is set for release later this year, and the new figure features none other than Red and Charmander! As per previous Kotobukiya ARTFX lines, the latest Pokémon collectible is a…
Few video games can boast a soundtrack as good as Chrono Cross’. Yasunori Mitsuda’s sweeping score full of both sorrow and brightness has remained one of the medium’s best for 20 years, and now it’s getting a piano arrangement album titled Across the Worlds courtesy of Wayô Records, with Mitsuda’s…
Though he debuted on Game Boy, Kirby didn’t gain his trademark skill until the NES. Kirby’s Adventure gifted the world the Copy Ability, along with Meta Knight and many other mainstays of the series in terms of progression and structure. It’s gotten plenty of love over the years, including a…
