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…
During the Pokémon GO’s Season of Max Out (Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024 to Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024), Dynamax and Gigantamax Pokémon were added to the game. This mechanic is part of Pokémon’s Generation VIII (Pokémon Sword and Shield) where Pokémon transform into “giant” versions of themselves or even new larger…
One of the most appealing aspects of the Pokémon franchise is how iconic all of the Pokémon themselves are; with over 1,000 unique characters now, each one is someone’s favorite. That being said, some are certainly more popular than others. In the hallmarks of fan-favorite Pokémon, Gyarados ranks highly as…
New Pokémon Snap is just two weeks away, and for any promising Pokémon photographers it’s time to learn the tricks of the trade. We previously saw this overview trailer in Japanese, but the English version has arrived to shed some light (perhaps from an Illumina Orb?) on the long-awaited sequel….
Prior to this week’s Indie World Showcase, Nintendo was celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Animal Crossing franchise. Debuting on the Nintendo 64 in Japan, the latest entry in the Animal Crossing (Dōbutsu no Mori) series, Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the Nintendo Switch, certainly catapulted the life sim full…
From a gameplay and storytelling perspective, Hades delivers consistently and admirably. With a list of accolades longer than the River Styx, at this point it’s clear the world has embraced Zagreus’ Orphic adventure with open arms. Now a new audience will be able to escape hell and lose themselves in…
Back in December, That Game Company confirmed that their online co-op friendship-focused adventure game Sky: Children of the Light would finally glide onto the Switch this spring. Since then, news on the Switch port has been pretty sparse. Thankfully, that’s no longer the case, and we now know just when…
Last month we brought you the news that Sega was partnering with Steamforged Games to release an officially licensed Sonic the Hedgehog card game, creatively named… Sonic the Card Game. Now we have our first details regarding the game, courtesy of Tails’ Channel! The game will let 2 to 6…
Only four days after the launch of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition Square Enix was forced to face a digital disaster with the title. While the GameCube title’s return to the spotlight was already dealing with issues and negative critique across the internet, two regions were undoubtedly suffering the…
Today, during the Indie World Showcase, South Korean developer SouthPaw Games and publisher Neowiz announced that their Steam exclusive hit Skul: The Hero Slayer will be coming to Switch later this summer. The action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer, which previously launched to positive critic and public reviews this past January, will…
Annapurna Interactive had a double feature of announcements during today’s Indie World Showcase. First up was confirming that Last Stop (previously announced at Microsoft’s Xbox London event in November 2019, followed by an appearance at last year’s Xbox Games Showcase) would be coming to Nintendo Switch. Last Stop…
There were so many great-looking games crammed into today’s Indie World Showcase that you’d be forgiven for missing some of the fleeting moments during the highlight reel towards the end of the presentation. The biggest reveal here was that of House of the Dead: Remake, which surprisingly didn’t get its…
Studio Seufz’s award-winning, indie point-and-click adventure The Longing, which launched on PC platforms in 2020, is now bringing its cavernous depths to Nintendo Switch, as revealed in today’s Indie World Showcase presentation. Players take control of a creature known as a Shade, the last remaining servant of a king who…
Let’s face it, the runner genre could use some fresh ideas, and that’s exactly what Headup Games and developer Aerial_Knight plan to bring to the scene when Aerial_Knight’s Never Yield lands on the Nintendo Switch next month. Announced during today’s Nindie Showcase, this stylized 3D side-scrolling runner set in a…
Last month, we reported that a brand-new arcade-styled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles title called Shredder’s Revenge was in development from Tribute Games and would be published by DotEmu in collaboration with Nickelodeon later this year. After a tubular animated feature showcasing the game’s story, characters, and soundtrack debuted revealing the title’s…
