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…
Splatoon has quickly become one of Nintendo’s most popular franchises, with three games being released so far, a plethora of merchandise and collabs under its belt, and numerous mangas available to the masses over the years. Nintendo of Japan has now revealed that a new app featuring the Splatoon manga…
Initially announced on January 31st, 2020, Niantic announced it would begin testing new types of events during February 2020 – Pokémon Spotlight Hour and Mystery Bonus Hour. After testing and user feedback, Niantic combined both events into one and announced what Pokémon and bonuses would be featured in advance. Now,…
A big disappointment during the initial release of Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl was that the crossover cartoon fighter featured not even a little voice acting. The voices of Nickelodeon characters are arguably just as (if not more) iconic as their visual appearances, and the disappointment magnified when it was revealed that…
It’s been three years since the we found out that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild would be getting a direct sequel, and the wait has been a killer! Just when we all thought we were close to the game’s 2022 release, BAM: Nintendo hits us with a…
Over the weekend Acquire brought back the long-dormant, cult-favorite Class of Heroes series with a new entry in a different genre – Adventure Academia: The Fractured Continent. While earlier entries in the series, released across the PSP, PS3, and 3DS, were dungeon delving RPGs, Adventure Academia instead goes down the…
Update (6/7/22): The Pokémon Unite channel has shared a video spotlighting the introduction of Delphox, one day ahead of the fiery Pokémon’s inclusion in the game. Check it out! Today, Pokémon Unite’s official blog announced that the fan-favorite Fire/Psychic-type Delphox from Pokémon X & Y will be…
It was announced a couple months ago that Aurora from Child of Light was being added to Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night as a playable character, a very out-of-nowhere announcement that was simultaneously neat and flabbergasting. While added to most platforms at the time, she took a bit longer to…
As Sonic Frontiers gets it world first reveal, another upcoming title of the Blue Blur is getting a spotlight — Sonic Origins, which collects Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, and Sonic CD, has been shown off on stream by Japanese publisher Famitsu. And we have a…
The hair-whipping, belly-dancing, half-genie hero is nearly 20 years old! To celebrate the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Shantae series, developer and publisher WayFoward will be holding a sale on the Nintendo Switch eShop from now until June 16th at 11:59 p.m. PT. Every game and piece of downloadable content…
Sonic Frontiers had its world gameplay debut earlier this week, which focused on movement and exploration in the big, wide open world. Now, continuing its slate of reveals as part of IGN First, the game has shown off its combat in various contexts, which looks… well, you can see for…
Over this last week, a quintet of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R character trailers have been released. Riding off the heels of reveals of four new characters coming to the astonishingly true to the source fighter, these videos have given us a look at some of the most…
Klonoa’s return is nearly upon us, though Bandai Namco has been fairly quiet when it comes to the dreamy platformers. What we do have is a brief graphical comparison between the original versions of the series’ titles and how they’ll look in Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series. It’s worth…
A crafting, “find all the items” journey awaits with Super Rare Games’ next physical release. From Whitethorn Games and Alientrap, Wytchwood is a beautiful, storybook-like game filled with gothic fables and fairytales. Plus, you’re a witch that lives in the woods and will be concocting spells when you’re not solving…
Kotaro Uchikoshi is one of the most interesting men working in video games. The Zero Escape and AI: The Somnium Files director/writer has a distinct frankness and bawdiness when discussing his work (one that you can often feel in the writing itself). And now, he’s conducted another interview with Nintendo…
