Hot off the heels of the Celebi event that took place at Pokémon GO Fest in Chicago last month, those of us who weren’t lucky enough to attend the massive festival are now eligible to snag a Celebi of our very own in the latest Special Research Task released yesterday….
Welcome back to Echo Location, where we shout our picks for Echo Fighters into the wide open gorge of the internet in the hopes that Masahiro Sakurai hears the reverbs on the other side. (If you don’t get that metaphor, don’t worry — I don’t either.) Last time we kicked…
This week marks Gamescom 2018 in Germany and Nintendo’s brought a few new toys for attendees to see up close — specifically the first wave of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate amiibo, featuring Inkling, Ridley, and returning fighter Wolf; and the upcoming Octoling triple pack. Have a look at some shots…
Welcome back to Echo Location, where we shout our picks for Echo Fighters into the wide open gorge of the internet in the hopes that Masahiro Sakurai hears the reverbs on the other side. (If you don’t get that metaphor, don’t worry — I don’t either.) Last time we kicked…
This week marks Gamescom 2018 in Germany and Nintendo’s brought a few new toys for attendees to see up close — specifically the first wave of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate amiibo, featuring Inkling, Ridley, and returning fighter Wolf; and the upcoming Octoling triple pack. Have a look at some shots…
Battle Chef Brigade was my favorite not-Zelda game of 2017, and it’s about to get even better. First announced on the PlayStation blog by Tom Eastman of Trinket Studios, Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe will bring many features to the game that have been teased for a long time now. Those…
With September just around the corner, a new character is almost here for Mario Tennis Aces. Diddy Kong is swinging into action as another Speedy character with a brand of simian style to call his own. Just like the previous post-release characters, Diddy will be completely free. Those…
Yet another Switch announcement out of Gamescom was made: the game adaptation of the award-winning comic Blacksad, called Blacksad: Under the Skin, is getting a Switch release. Blacksad is a Spanish comic intended for a French audience based in a fictionalized 1950s New York City where the inhabitants are anthropomorphized…
Before this month is out we should be getting our hands on the first Sega Ages ports, Sonic the Hedgehog and Thunder Force IV, which will be followed by more than 13 other ports, with two arriving each month. One of next month’s releases has now been confirmed and it’s…
While the Switch has seen huge success with numerous genres, one hugely popular type of game has yet to find purchase: the MOBA, or Multiplayer Online Battle Arena. Tencent hopes to change all that when they bring the popular mobile hit Arena of Valor to the Switch. A recent trailer…
The toughest part of a Nintendo Direct is waiting for the next one. With a game as anticipated as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate threat goes double, but it looks like Nintendo’s trying to make things a little more bearable. As a nice surprise two full matches featuring most of the…
Another piece of news coming out of Gamescom today, and it’s not technically even game related! The comic book reading app InkyPen will be making its debut on the Switch this November, as revealed by the following trailer by Nintendo UK: # InkyPen will be a subscription service…
The Switch is getting a lot of ports lately, but this latest announcement is a little head-scratching, but the more the merrier? THQ Nordic announced during the Gamescom opening ceremony, and a following press release, that its Deep Silver Fish Labs division will be porting Volition’s critically acclaimed Saints Row…
UPDATE: It’s been announced by Nintendo of America PR that Luigi’s Mansion for the 3DS will launch in the region on October 12th! Today’s the first day of Gamescom 2018 and as a result we’re starting to see news trickle in, especially regarding the European market. Nintendo UK’s Twitter has…
Ever since its full E3 2018 reveal, Nintendo has been supplying daily updates to the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate website. Fighter spotlights, Assist Trophies, Pokémon, new music, and more are all being shown off to get you ready for the biggest crossover around! Let’s have a look at what Nintendo…