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…
This Saturday’s Splatoon 3 Splatfest World Premiere is almost here! The free demo to try out Turf Battles in Splatoon 3 has been available via the Nintendo eShop for over a week, but it’s over the next 24 hours that it’ll finally let us Squids and Octos in. We’ve explored…
The Splatoon 3 Splatfest World Premiere demo is now open! Rolling out to various regions where it’s Thursday, August 25th, the demo is getting players ready for what awaits in Splatoon 3. Of course, when you’re gonna battle in 4 vs. 4 Turf Wars or Anarchy Battles, you have to…
You can’t go into Splatoon 3 Splatfest World Premiere without a weapon! For this special demo, all Squids and Octos will have access to 26 different weapons – including the brand new Tri-Stringer and Splatana Wiper. Each weapon will have its own Sub Weapon and Special Weapon (and a specific…
This taste… it’s the taste of a rerelease, Giorno Giovanna! Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle R is ora-oraing its way onto consoles next month, slowly revealing some additions to its roster since its original PlayStation 3 release. And a brand-new trailer debut at Gamescom focused on characters from the generational…
Kirby’s Dream Buffet released recently, a multiplayer game somewhere between Mario Party and Fall Guys full of delicious fun. And while you can pick up the little game for yourself at $14.99, there are also a couple upcoming My Nintendo rewards featuring the pink puffball you might want to take…
Move over, Mario. Hands up, Zelda. The real greatest game on Nintendo Switch is coming in less than two months. Mamma mia, here we go again — Let’s Sing ABBA, the Swede-focused spinoff to the popular Let’s Sing karaoke series, is making its way to Switch October 5th. The eternal…
Last week, the Japanese Splatoon fanbase got a brand new site on “Starting Splatoon” as well as an explanation video for new players. Now, just a day shy of Nintendo Treehouse Live’s presentation of the game, we get an English localized version of that introductory video. Narrated by the same…
The hotly anticipated JRPG Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes has received a new trailer for Gamescom, giving an even better look at the story, exploration, and a snippet of the battle scenes. The game is being spearheaded by some of the veterans behind the beloved Suikoden series and similarly…
Sonic Frontiers first got announced late last year before getting a proper debut back in June through IGN First, which fans found… divisive, to say the least. But yesterday, at Gamescom’s Opening Night Live hosted by Geoff Keighley, we finally got not just a solid release for the game but…
Splatoon 3’s release is sneaking up on us like a squid swimming in ink, so Nintendo has ramped up their marketing machine to promote the game. Reddit user getHi9h recently spotted a beautiful Splatoon 3 mural on the side of a staircase at Yongsan station in Seoul, South Korea. The…
This is part 3 of a multipart review. You can read parts 1 and 2 here. How do you fit 150 hours of game into one review? In one sense, the task is easier than outlined (it’s 150 hours of game in three reviews, technically), but it’s still something I…
Just as he wraps up sharing development screenshots from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Masahiro Sakurai has surprised us all by starting a new YouTube channel. “Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games” will essentially act as a behind-the-scenes look at game development with the goal of making “games around the world a…
