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…
Ever since the days of Mega Man Zero Inti Creates has been celebrated for its 2D action games, and now we know the studio’s next project. Grim Guardians: Demon Purge promises to feature plenty of challenging stages where you switch between two characters, the long-range Shinobu Kamizono and the close-range…
Update (Tuesday, August 9th, 2022 at 7:45 a.m. PT): Congrats, Pokémon Trainers in the UK! Retailer GAME announced they’ll be exclusively offering the statue too. Previous pre-orders and all future ones will get it with their pre-order of Pokémon Scarlet, Violet, or both (while supplies last). August 2022’s big…
Hunters – a digital event concerning Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak’s updates has been announced! Save the date for Tuesday, August 9th at 7 a.m. PT | 10 a.m. ET, as Monster Hunter Producer Ryozo Tsujimoto and Game Director Yoshitake Suzuki will be covering what’s happening for Sunbreak’s Title Update 1….
If you played Coconut Mall back in Mario Kart Wii, you may remember a brief section from near the end of the track where Miis drive back and forth to obstruct your progress, presumably trying to park. Miis have been largely phased out of Nintendo games, leading to Shy Guys…
The surprise drop of Mega Man: Battle & Fighters wasn’t the only recent NeoGeo Pocket Color reveal, as SNK has confirmed that a second collection of games is on the way. Get ready for your next retro fix with the NEOGEO POCKET COLOR SELECTION Vol.2! More info to be…
Nintendo just reported its Q1 earnings for 2022, showing a slight dip in profits compared to April-June of last year (likely due to the waning pandemic meaning less spending across games in general, which would match a broad trend across the industry). But also tucked away in the report by…
Just yesterday, Nintendo’s latest financial earnings report was released. As to be expected by every financial quarter, the company updated its list of best-selling Nintendo Switch titles as old releases continue to battle it out for a top spot and new challengers approach the rankings. While Mario Kart 8 Deluxe,…
At long last the My Summer Vacation series is returning to English-speaking shores. Previously the only entry in the series to be localized was Attack of the Friday Monsters on 3DS, but this latest collab with Shin-chan is more akin to older games in the series, with chill vibes, bugs…
Out of the blue, SNK dropped a rather big bombshell on the Nintendo Switch eShop – a port of the unlocalized Neo Geo Pocket Color game Mega Man Battle & Fighters. The game features demakes of the two arcade Mega Man fighting games, The Power Battle and The Power Fighters,…
It leaked a little while ago for PlayStation consoles but now we have confirmation that Tactics Ogre: Reborn is heading to Nintendo Switch! The game, which is a remaster of the PSP remake of the original Super Famicom release, is a strategy RPG helmed by the folks behind Final Fantasy…
Calling all Café Managers in Pokémon Café ReMix! The free-to-play mobile and Nintendo Switch puzzle game has a brand new event on the menu and it was even featured in today’s Pokémon Presents. Mewtwo can join your café crew thanks to the Mewtwo’s Return event. This particular event uses the…
As the Nintendo Switch continues to hit new milestones, Nintendo is still grappling with its trouble to reach production targets due to global events. In Nintendo’s latest financial earnings release detailing the first quarter of the March 2023 fiscal year, the company noted that the Nintendo Switch has now sold…
