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,…
This year, Pokémon GO is celebrating Carnival a few days early. Yet, that means Trainers will get to meet Flamigo even sooner, as they’ll be debuting in Pokémon GO! Lotad, Spritzee, and Pikipek will be spotlighted during this event too and have increased chances with encountering shiny versions. Now, check…
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…
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie will be here in just a few short months, and Nintendo has dropped a brand-new trailer showing off the sights, sounds, and several new characters that will accompany us on this new adventure. While it was a pretty safe assumption that Yoshi would be joining…
Final Fantasy VII is one of those games I’ve never been able to completely shake since I first played it nearly three decades ago. While I didn’t play it right at launch (I was a N64 kid, after all), I did end up picking up the PC release a few…
The Nintendo Switch 2 continues to sell like hot cakes, so peripheral manufacturers aren’t stopping with new accessories for owners to grab. If you’re looking for a stylish carrying case and are a big fan of Gengar, Hori has got you covered. Recently launched in Japan, Hori has a new…
Just about a week ago, Nintendo announced a massive 3.0 update coming to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, complete with new items, buildings, and a whole heap of amiibo rewards — including four new amiibo villagers that can visit your town: Mineru and Tulin from The Legend of Zelda series, and…
As revealed earlier this morning, Pokémon Legends: Z-A’s DLC, Mega Dimension, will be hitting the eShop on December 10th, 2025, for both Nintendo Switch and Switch 2. Costing $30 USD, the DLC will take players to a hyperspace variant of Lumiose City where they will be able to capture critters…
It’s the update Animal Crossing fans have been begging for since the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2! That’s right, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting a brand new Nintendo Switch 2 Edition packed with enhancements, updates, and exclusive features only possible on Nintendo’s next generation console. Not only that,…
An official five-piece figure set based on EarthBound – or Mother 2, as it is known in Japan – is now available to order from the Hobonichi store. The $170 set includes the characters from the beloved SNES RPG’s party members – Ness, Paula, Jeff, and Poo – as well…
After so many years as a fan you’d think I’d stop being surprised when Masahiro Sakurai does something I never considered that makes perfect sense after the fact. Yet here we are, in the wake of a second Kirby Air Riders Direct, and he managed to blindside me yet again. …
The beat-em-up genre tends to stay in its lane. Its tried-and-true arcade format has rarely been deviated from or added onto. There have been some recent attempts at modernizing the genre such as Xbox Game Studios’ live service brawler Towerborne or the open nature of WayForward’s River City Girls games….
One of the stranger omissions in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was the identities of the sages that helped Zelda, Rauru, and Sonia battle Ganondorf during the Imprisoning War. For whatever reason, the five sages all wore masks and kept themselves mysterious during the details that Link could discover while…
In what is likely to turn out to be merely a rumor, the Instagram account for Cinépolis El Salvador (a movie theater chain in El Salvador) may have accidentally leaked some of the new characters set to be featured in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. In a post on the…
It’s been an absolutely crazy day to be an amiibo fan! During today’s Nintendo Direct, a whopping SEVEN brand-new amiibo were announced from Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 4, and Kirby Air Riders! Unfortunately, these also happen to be some of the most EXPENSIVE amiibo we’ve seen yet, with prices…
