Pokémon TCG Pocket is jam-packed with so many events and promotions, it can make your head spin. Each week, Nintendo Wire will be covering the details of each event, what goodies they have to offer, and the best way to tackle each task. Today, we are taking a look at…
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…
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,…
The PlayStation 2 brought the world several top class RPGs. Many either started new franchises on the system or saw older classics take massive leaps thanks to the new hardware, with Atlus coming out in full with some of their best. The Persona series began its break out into the…
Let me get this out of the way first and foremost: I never played the original Subnautica. As an unashamed lover of fish and all things tropical, that’s an absolute crime against myself, yet having not played it before turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I went into…
From the ashes of Super Mario Bros. 35 comes a new classic turned battle royale. Bandai Namco, Arika, and Nintendo have come together to gift players Pac-Man 99; a high speed and highly competitive twist on the arcade legend. Read on to see how it stacks up to fellow freebie…
The year was 2005. The Wii was still only known as the Revolution. Halo 2 was the biggest game in the world. And everyone was gripped by Star Wars fever as Episode III: Revenge of the Sith was releasing that May. With a new Star Wars movie comes, of course,…
Party games need a particularly special sauce to be worthy of being a featured dish at a family game night or get-together with friends. This sauce has no name, yet its taste is undeniable – it has a full, robust flavor full of fun, with a chaotic nutty aroma that…
The theater can be a magical place, bringing wondrous characters and emotions to life for an audience that ranges from first time attendees to ever-present devotees. That’s partly why I was excited when Balan Wonderworld made its stage debut, with a theme and culture ripe for replication in video game…
At first glance Cozy Grove might look like an Animal Crossing clone. You play as a strikingly adorable character arriving on an island where you set up camp with a goal of interacting with and pleasing the locals, and you can decorate the island pretty much however you would like….
This is the second (conclusive) part of a review in progress. Read the first part for context before continuing. Previously, I spent a good deal of time singing praises of the first Bravely Default – warrentedly so, I hope. But I did slightly gloss over the game’s fatal flaw: namely,…
SNK has been busy on the eShop since the Switch’s launch. With Hamster they’ve brought a considerable amount of their titles via the Arcade Archives line, and more recently they’ve begun reviving their own handheld on Nintendo’s latest portable console. We’ve spotlighted some of the NeoGeo Pocket Color Selection releases…
Fans of the long-time Bokujō Monogatari farming-sim series already know how each new entry begins. You, the player, find yourself in possession of a dilapidated farm that needs more than just some TLC and have a town to explore full of new neighbors and new possibilities. Sure, there are some…
Few things can compare to the excitement of one of your favorite games coming to Nintendo Switch. The portability, the flexibility of play: the Switch is the perfect port machine. When I heard Apex Legends was on its way, I was a bit hesitant — I’m a mouse-and-keyboard kind of…
Few games can match Monster Hunter when it comes to their core loop. True, there’s that risk of saminess when you encounter familiar monsters in familiar ways, but that familiarity persists for a reason. The series is its own kind of phenomenon in Japan, with several imitators following with…
