Nintendo Switch Online is back with new icons, this time themed to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Celebrating the Shiny Rayquaza Tera Raid Battle event that will kick off in a few weeks, the icons are meant to get players excited for the battles ahead! In the meantime, you can enjoy…
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…
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…
The expansive Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga performed very well when it released earlier this year so it’s no surprise the game will continue getting content over the next few months. As part of today’s Disney & Marvel Games Showcase, it was confirmed that six more character packs are…
We’re almost at the end of the special Ash’s team Mystery Gift code distribution for Pokémon Sword and Shield! This week’s release is all about Ash’s Sirfetch’d. From now until Thursday, September 22nd, 2022, you can add Ash’s Sirfetch’d to your team in Pokémon Sword and Shield by…
Now with Splatoon 3 released, Nintendo has started to roll out brand new, Splatoon 3-themed icons for Nintendo Switch Online members. Looking to freshen up your icon? You’ll have the chance to exchange icon elements for My Nintendo Platinum Points over the next four weeks! That’s right, the Splatoon 3…
Splatoon 3 is finally here! Now that Inklings and Octolings can make the trek to The Splatlands, grab a catalog from Hotlantis, and jump into online matches and/or Salmon Run shifts, it’s gonna be quite busy in Splatsville. Of course, we can’t forget about the game’s companion app via the…
Earlier this week Sega shared a snippet of Sonic Frontiers’ ending theme from the Japanese group ONE OK ROCK. It turns out that wasns’t all the game has to offer, as the game’s main theme has also been revealed. Composed and arranged by the series’ regular Tomoya Ohtani with vocals…
The release of Splatoon 3 is imminent, which means that Nintendo has released the second half of their Ask the Developers interview with some of the masterminds behind the entire squidkid (and octokid!) franchise. While the full round of interviews offered some reasonably interesting tidbits about the test demo lobby,…
Splatoon 3 is almost upon us, and if you’re anything like me, you have Splatoon amiibo gathering dust in a bin somewhere! Why not put those hunks of plastic to good use and unlock some awesome content? Below are all of the unlocks you can get from all of…
Splatoon 3 is finally here! With a new location, story, maps, additions, and more, one thing that isn’t set in stone is a fresh start. For Splatoon 2 players, all that hard work you put in with Turf Wars, Ranked Battles, League Battles, and more can be taken into consideration…
A new Splatoon game is here and that means we’re restarting with a smaller pool of maps for online multiplayer. The good news is that Nintendo will be issuing free updates for Splatoon 3 over the next two years, adding more and more maps for Turf War and Anarch Battles…
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 came out at the end of July, and it’s been a huge success both critically and commercially — fans take to websites like Twitter every day to post fanart, memes, and analysis while showing a deep love for the world and characters. It’s enough to touch the…
While it’s easy to point to graphical fidelity being a big part of why major third party PlayStation and Xbox games don’t come to Switch, a major issue for a lot of developers is the more limited storage space, both on the system itself and its compatible physical cartridges. Usually…
In honor of Splatoon 3’s upcoming release this Friday, a new volume of Nintendo’s Ask the Developer has been published (and localized into English). Split into four parts, Part 1 and Part 2 have been released today. In them, Hisashi Nogami (producer of the Splatoon series), Seita Inoue (one of Splatoon 3’s directors…
