As time marches ever forward, I’m beginning to have this bizarre sensation of writing retrospectives for films, games, and consoles that I was alive for the launch of. Released on November 18th, 2001, in the US, the Nintendo GameCube came at an exciting time for the games industry. Even to…
Here we go! Let’s take a look at the nominees for the 2024 Game Awards. While Nintendo doesn’t have an entry in the Game of the Year category this year, it currently holds three out of five nominees for Best Family Game, where the company has historically been the favorite…
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…
Next year is looking like it has the potential to be glorious for Falcom fans. Not only is Ys potentially getting two Switch releases (assuming X gets a speedy English translation) but the Legend of Heroes is set to receive two releases overseas. Trails into Azure will cap off the…
After launching via PC and mobile over the course of 2021-22, console owners have been waiting for the shoe to drop regarding the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series. Now, to mark the 35th anniversary of the series’ beginning, Square Enix has confirmed that the six classic games are finally heading…
Another day, another Mystery Gift code for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. This week, a sandwich ingredient-themed Mystery Gift promotion kicked off for the games. Each day, a new code is released, giving Trainers another chance to stock up on their picnic baskets. Announced via the official Poké Times Twitter account…
You can now pre-order Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life – Premium Edition – for Switch on Amazon! It’s only been a few months since the surprise reveal of Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life during the September 2022 Nintendo Direct. Since then we’ve seen plenty of updates…
Another day, another Mystery Gift code for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. This week, a sandwich ingredient-themed Mystery Gift promotion kicked off for the games. Each day, a new code is released, giving Trainers another chance to stock up on their picnic baskets. Announced via the official Poké Times Twitter account…
We’ve got a brand-new look at the Nintendo Switch port of Digimon World: Next Order, courtesy of Bandai Namco. The JRPG, which first released for Vita in 2016, is seeing a release on Switch and PC early next year. The trailer shows off the various Digimon, digi-worlds, and digi-features the…
Another month, another Splatfest in Splatoon 3. Following the special Pokémon x Splatoon fest in November, we’re back to regularly explosive Splatfests as the anarchic Deep Cut trio asks this time another essential question – what’s your favorite kind of flavor? The next #Splatoon3 Splatfest is on the way…
Out of the blue a new update has dropped for Nintendo Switch Online’s Sega Genesis app, bringing with it four new retro games! The selection is quite the eclectic one, but perhaps the biggest game of the bunch is Columns. This puzzler can be seen as Sega’s answer to Tetris…
The holiday season is well and truly underway and Nintendo of Europe is making sure Switch owners old and new have some bangers to play with a wide ranging Festive Offers sale. Included in the sale are recent releases, like Sonic Frontiers and Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, and…
Have A Nice Death,the hand-drawn action-roguelike coming to Nintendo Switch in March, released its final pre-release update for Early Access today, which gives us a peek at some features that we’ll see on console. Some of the included new features include the following: Six brand-new difficulties, including a beginner-friendly…
Another day, another Mystery Gift code for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. This week, a sandwich ingredient-themed Mystery Gift promotion kicked off for the games. Each day, a new code is released, giving Trainers another chance to stock up on their picnic baskets. Announced via the official Poké Times Twitter account…
Fire Emblem is all about tactical battles, but we can’t live our lives on the battlefield. And Fire Emblem Engage is showing that in full with Somniel, the floating base of operations where Alear and company will rest up when not charging onto the field. While Somniel’s features were detailed…
