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…
Metroid Dread made quite the splash as it docked its spaceship on the Nintendo Switch last year. Launching alongside the Nintendo Switch OLED model in October 2021, the game broke the record for the franchise’s best launch month in the US. Always the relentless type, however, bounty hunter Samus Aran…
Those who meme about Waluigi on the internet (Walumemers, if you will) have long held Waluigi’s victory crotch chop celebration from the first two Mario Strikers games in high regard, the ultimate display of the character’s perversion and crassness. Many over the years have wondered how such a raunchy animation…
There’s not long to go until the long-awaited LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga flies onto store shelves and we recently got the chance to check out some live gameplay footage to get an idea of how the series-spanning adventure will play out. It’s immediately obvious The Skywalker Saga is…
It’s the first day of spring, and I’m always hoping for the dark, rainy moodiness of winter to dissipate so I can see the bright, warm light of day for just a little bit. (I live in Seattle.) Fortunately, while it still drizzles outside, there are other ways to light…
Though Kirby’s next adventure is nearly here, there’s still a lot to learn about the Forgotten Land he’s washed up in. A new clip shared by Nintendo of Europe shows off Treasure Road, a strange series of challenges designed to both test and reward our floaty hero. Have you…
Now two weeks out from its release, it’s been announced by the official Triangle Strategy Twitter account that game has sold nearly 800,000 copies worldwide. To celebrate, they’ve also tweeted a new piece of art from the game’s character designer, Naoki Ikushima, featuring Anna, Benedict, and Decimal, one of the…
It was a great surprise yesterday when, after a detailed showcase in a PlayStation 5 State of Play, the website for Hogwarts Legacy, the upcoming Harry Potter adventure game, showed that the title is coming to Nintendo Switch. A surprise that just formed a little pit in my stomach. Not…
The spirit of humankind is something else. Our lives are so ephemeral, so fragile in the grand scheme of the universe, and yet we spend them on endeavors that at a glance seem utterly frivolous. Take this intrepid The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild player, /u/ThornyFox, who —…
If you’ve bought it individually, or are a Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack subscriber, you can download the first wave of Mario Kart 8’s Booster Course DLC today! Consisting of two cups with tracks from Mario Kart Tour, 64, and more besides, it’s the first of six waves. Check out…
I don’t know about all of y’all, but I love jigsaw puzzles. They’re a really fun, simple hobby where you have to think a little but not too hard and exercise only a small part of your brain while the rest can chill. I also love Hatsune Miku, beloved international…
This is unequivocally the most important thing you will read today. Please make sure you’re stable before reading this. I hope you’re wearing brown pants. Deep breaths. Okay. Okay. You’re ready for this. You’re strong. The latest pic of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’s version of Coconut Mall… looks a little…
Few franchises can claim to have as many competitive offerings as Pokémon, with this year’s World Championships set to feature no less than five options for head-to-head face-offs, and now we have a venue for where the best-of-the-best will duke it out! The 2022 Pokémon World Championships will head to…
