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…
Get ready to splat in style as Splatoon 3-themed hardware is on the way! Nintendo has announced both a Switch OLED with custom dock and purple and lime green Joy-Con… As well as a new Pro Controller! These will release on August 26th, a little before…
Summertime is in full swing, but it won’t be until September that squid kids reign supreme on Nintendo Switch again. Splatoon 3 is no doubt on players’ minds thanks to Nintendo drip-feeding info via the always-welcome Squid Research Lab. Today they’re serving up a tour of one of the game’s…
Capcom can’t be stopped when it comes to Monster Hunter. Their highest selling title may still be Monster Hunter World, but in the wake of its Sunbreak expansion’s launch last week we’ve got fresh numbers on Monster Hunter Rise. 【御礼】『モンスターハンターライズ』全世界1,000万本、『モンスターハンターライズ：サンブレイク』全世界200万本を達成！ ハンターの皆さん本当にありがとうございます！ こちらを記念した2つのアイテムパックが7月7日(木)に配信！#モンハンライズ #MHサンブレイク pic.twitter.com/z0HXbXsjZ4 — モンスターハンターライズ：サンブレイク公式 (@MH_Rise_JP) July 5,…
It appears fairly mundane on the surface. Nintendo, ever eager to protect its IP and branding, recently filed to trademark the acronym “NSW” sometimes used to refer to the Switch when “NS” is just a little too vague and “NX” is extremely old hat. (Man, remember when we could only…
On March 4th of this year, following Russia’s widely condemned invasion of Ukraine, the Nintendo eShop in the invading country stopped working — less a product of Nintendo actively pulling the plug and more a matter of course, since their third-party payment provider for the region suspended transactions. About a…
When Nintendo Switch Online was updated with redeemable icon parts back in March, Super Mario Odyssey was one of the first games to be spotlit. Now the game’s back for the month of July with even more goodies to redeem. The first wave features the wedding versions of Mario, Peach,…
The Xenoblade series’ music is well regarded (what else do you expect when you have heavy hitters like Yasunori Mitsuda and Yoko Shimomura contributing?) but some of the most hype moments come when you’re fighting a unique named monster. Those moments are typically scored by a track titled “You Will…
The DioField Chronicle, Square Enix’s upcoming strategy RPG that was announced for Switch earlier this year, was spotlighted in a Japanese stream over the weekend. For starters we got a good look at the gameplay which you can catch at the 9:45 mark below: If that’s got you…
The long-awaited next chapter in the Science Adventure world that begun with Steins;Gate has finally been confirmed for a western release at Anime Expo 2022. Worked on by the creator of Steins;Gate, Chiyomaru Shikura, and various other Sci-Adv alumni, Anonymous;Code follows a group of hackers in the year 2037 who…
The follow-up to the adorable Doraemon Story of Seasons was announced during last week’s Nintendo Direct mini and during Anime Expo 2022 we got another tidbit of news – a demo is on the way. While we don’t have a release date for the demo, we can expect to be…
During Anime Expo 2022, Bandai Namco confirmed that the upcoming My Hero Academia-themed battle royale game My Hero Ultra Rumble would be getting an English release! The game has the player join one of eight three-person teams as a hero or villain and take to an expansive city to either…
During the most recent Yacht Club Games Presents, Shovel Knight’s game developer and publisher revealed that 2021’s critically-acclaimed roguelike-puzzler game Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon from developer Vine would be receiving three DLC packs in the future. Today, the first part of this expansion was unveiled. Shovel Knight Pocket…
