Never put it past dedicated modding communities to make older consoles run on a wide range of hardware. Once we started to get into 3D consoles, the desire to play older games on newer hardware increased and it was up to fan communities to make that wish a reality. While…
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,…
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…
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is getting an HD revamp on Nintendo Switch this summer! Starving for information? Here’re some morsels for you to savor: Here’s what we know! (As of March 5th, 2021) It’ll have Joy-Con-based motion controls and traditional button-based controls, compatible with Joy-Cons,…
Nintendo has seen fit to share monthly looks at what’s in store for denizens of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Usually highlighting available critters and seasonal changes, they’ve been cute reminders to check in to the game and take in all that newness. Well, at least that’s been the case until…
Spirits are nearing the 1,500 mark in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, with more arriving regularly by various means. Bravely Default II recently got a dedicated spot on the Spirit Board, and of course, every new DLC fighter brings their own batch. Pyra/Mythra had another couple of spirit surprises, though, for…
To commemorate the fifth anniversary of Pokémon GO and the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Pokémon franchise, a brand new collaboration between the two has been announced. 2021 marks the five-year anniversary of Pokémon GO and the 25-year anniversary of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. To celebrate, Professor Willow will…
It was revealed by Masahiro Sakurai that Pyra/Mythra’s reveal movie was handled almost entirely by Xenoblade Chronicles 2’s developer MonolithSoft. Normally these are scripted and conceptualized by Sakurai himself, but this time around we got to see a little bit of Smash play out in the XC2 engine. That isn’t…
Every major Super Smash Bros. Ultimate update brings both the obvious and the unexpected. We knew we’d be getting Pyra / Mythra and all things from yesterday’s Mr. Sakurai Presents, and that balance changes would likely work their way in. Did anyone call new amiibo functionality, though? In the latest…
It’s a great time to get stuck into the first two No More Heroes games with the third installment coming in August, and for those who haven’t yet purchased the digital versions of the Switch remasters from the Nintendo eShop, Limited Run Games has very exciting news for fans of…
Spotted during the most recent Nintendo Direct, World’s End Club decided to make another appearance during today’s New Game+ Expo. A collaborative effort from the minds behind Danganronpa, Zero Escape, and the Infinity series (among others), it’s bound to be as mind-bending as it is eye-catching. In it,…
Azure Striker Gunvolt has consistently impressed with its pixel art and high speed gameplay. With two games (and one spinoff) under its belt, fans are no doubt waiting for the third in the series. For New Game+ Expo, Inti Creates had a brief Development Update from both Action Supervisor /…
When you’re drifting through space and know there’s a deadly liar amongst your numbers, can you really trust anyone? While that may sound familiar for anyone addicted to Among Us, it applies more directly to the visual novel RPG Gnosia. Put your social skills and deductions to the test in…
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2’s planned DLC content rollout is at an end, and with it comes a much-requested feature and a batch of playable characters from the series’ past and present. You can check them out in the Japanese trailer below, and read on for all the details: …
Pyra and Mythra are making their debut as playable fighters on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate today, and as with all DLC characters, they’re also bringing their own battleground. During today’s Mr. Sakurai Presents presentation, director Masahiro Sakurai detailed the many elements of the new Cloud Sea of Alrest stage. It…
