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…
Of all the things Nintendo announced back in February, reviving a dormant Mario sports franchise after 15 years was one of the most surprising. Super Mario Strikers has long been one of my go-to GameCube games when looking to get a bit nostalgic with my family, and nostalgia tends to…
At long last players can return to the mean streets of New York as a reptilian martial artist in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, which has launched for the Nintendo Switch today. To mark the release, a new trailer has been shared giving a quick overview of the game…
Kingdom Hearts fans have been raising their Keyblades triumphantly over the past year, with Kingdom Hearts III releasing on Nintendo Switch, protagonist Sora debuting in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and most recently, the announcement of Kingdom Hearts IV. It’s a great time to be a fan, and a perfect time…
Fans of River City Girls will be happy to hear that its heroines, Misako and Kyoko, will be heading back in time to become playable in River City Saga: Three Kingdoms. The game, which transplants the classic beat ’em up/RPG gameplay into the classic period of Chinese history, features plenty…
While the classic RPG port Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II launched for the Switch last week, those who want to play through the full intended experience might want to wait on the free post-launch Restored Content DLC. Aspyr has confirmed that the DLC will arrive in Q3,…
The wait is almost over, aspiring digi-destined, as the upcoming strategy RPG/visual novel hybrid Digimon Survive will be launching worldwide next month. To get players up to speed with the game, Bandai Namco has shared a new English trailer detailing the gameplay loop and setting. Give it a watch: …
Live A Live has the dubious distinction of being one of the finest SNES era RPGs that no one really played. More of a hidden gem thanks to a lack of localization, it’s been refreshing to see Nintendo and Square Enix partner up for its HD2D revival. For a bit…
It’s time for everybody’s favorite kind of article, the sales report! May was a relatively low key month for Nintendo in terms of releases, mostly coasting off of past months’ releases (Nintendo Switch Sports and Kirby and the Forgotten Land continue to do well), but the Switch does have the…
A new week, another wave of Nintendo Switch Online icons for active NSO members. For June, it’s been all about Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Mario Strikers: Battle League, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. For the last two, their icon sets have been released in waves and…
There may be no Direct today like many assumed there would, but the Nintendo rumor mill continues unabated all the same. Known leaker and Nintendo World Report contributor Emily Rogers (wow, feel like I haven’t heard that name in a while) has reported about a brand-new Fire Emblem game, including…
Last week, Capcom treated us to a few minutes of new gameplay for Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, featuring the chilling lupine Lunagaron. As promised, more gameplay has been shared, this time centered on returning flying wyvern Seregios. The Capcom RnD team are back and this time they're taking on…
Acquire first released the stealth game Kamiwaza for the PlayStation 2 in Japan way back in 2006, but it’s only just now heading to the west with a remaster on Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC. While we previously heard Japan would be getting the re-release on October 13th, it turns…
