In a new interview with Kyoto Shimbun (translated by Nintendo Patents Watch), Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa stated that the company is closely monitoring the ongoing situation with RAM prices and tariffs with regard to Switch 2’s profit margins. As you may be aware, the global economy is currently suffering a…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside one hour on Wednesdays for Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed and rescheduled…
Palworld developer Pocketpair has announced that its Pokémon-like “franchise” will be receiving its own trading card game this summer. Dubbed the “Palworld TCG,” Pocketpair has teamed up with Japanese company Bushiroad to create a direct competitor to Pokémon TCG, which has been a dominant force in card games for multiple…
Capcom has announced via social media that the next Monster Hunter Showcase will take place on December 8th, 2025, at 2 p.m. PT | 4 p.m. CT | 5 p.m. ET. Focusing mostly on a new title update coming to Monster Hunter Wilds, the stream will also cover some new…
This rumor requires some explanation since it’s not all that straightforward. Earlier this week, Nintendo updated its Nintendo Today! app with a set of new themes based around Donkey Kong characters. Many of the illustrations were based on designs seen in Bananza, which makes sense considering it’s the newest Donkey…
Kirby has proven time and again that he can really be anything and star in any kind of game. What’s not touched on as much is that these experiments don’t always work out. Case and point, Kirby Air Ride. Players and reviewers just didn’t gel with the game back in…
Despite the overwhelming success of Shovel Knight and the ubiquity the character has received from gamers, it looks as if developer Yacht Club Games has a lot more riding on its next title, Mina the Hollower, than anticipated. In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Yacht Club co-founder Sean Velasco was…
Fans of the classic RollerCoaster Tycoon series will be happy to learn that Atari is finally releasing a physical edition of the third installment of the series for the Nintendo Switch and PS5. While available digitally since 2020 (and currently $7.50 on the eShop), RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Complete Edition will…
It seems that nothing can stop the might of the Pokémon franchise. According to Mat Piscatella, senior director of market research company Circana, Pokémon Legends: Z-A has become the “best-selling physical game of the year” in the US thus far. The information comes from an interview he did with YouTuber…
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…
According to a new article from The Game Business, Nintendo has generated around $2.2 billion in revenue from its mobile titles. This is despite not releasing anything new within the last four years, with the company only recently returning with the shadowdrop of Fire Emblem Shadows (how appropriate). The number…
In a rather stunning announcement this afternoon, Nintendo of America has revealed that current NOA President and Chief Operating Officer Doug Bowser will be retiring by the end of the year. Effective December 31st, 2025, Bowser will step down and Devon Pritchard will assume his duties as the newest president…
In what has basically become an annual tradition (save for one year), Nintendo’s September Direct presentation will be taking place on September 12th, 2025, at 9 a.m. ET. Set to run for roughly 60 minutes with details on upcoming games, there’s bound to be a lot of information covered in…
Isaac Lapidus, a 34-year-old man from New York City, has been arrested and charged with the selling of counterfeit Nintendo products and accessories via Amazon marketplace. Fox 5 New York reports that Lapidus allegedly imported counterfeit products from China and the Philippines and stored them in a local warehouse to…
While Nintendo hasn’t revealed the extent of Mario Kart World’s physical sales to the world, we know it’s at least doing incredibly well over in the UK. On last week’s physical game sales chart, Nintendo’s latest kart racer has reclaimed the top spot after being knocked off it last week…
