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 year of wild collaborations continues! Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble has revealed two new collaborations, featuring the iconic Kaiju Godzilla and the digital diva Hatsune Miku. Both collabs will be available on November 26th as a part of the big 2.0 update. While the update itself is free, Godzilla…
The history of the Fire Emblem franchise is one fraught with a lot of obscurity and uncertainty. With the franchise nearly being canceled entirely prior to the release of Fire Emblem: Awakening, it has been quite a winding path to get to where it is now. Despite these troubles, the…
The unique puzzle-platformer Oddworld New ‘n’ Tasty released last October for the Switch, however the developers at Oddworld Inhabitants aren’t quite done with Abe or RuptureFarms just yet. Available today as a free download, the new Alf’s Escape DLC sees players returning to the confines of RuptureFarms to rescue Abe’s…
It’s that time again, speedrunners! Nintendo has released a new Ninji Speedrun course, and it’s anything but barebones. The Dry Bones Shellscape course challenges players to clear its obstacles using a Dry Bones shell to crush enemies who would normally eat Mario’s boots for breakfast. The course also requires some…
Last month, we reported that King of Seas, the new pirate-themed action-RPG from 3DClouds, would be sailing onto Switch on February 18th. Since then, there’s been nary a ship on the horizon, and it turns out that that’s for a very good reason: The team at 3DClouds has today announced…
With Nintendo Switch sales still hitting insane numbers and the console being a worldwide phenomenon, the system has no doubt brought in many newcomers to the world of video games. With many people getting to grips with setting up a games console for the first time, Nintendo has set up…
The Monster Hunter Rise demo is a great way for hunters to sharpen their tools and practice for the full release, but just how efficient are players at taking down the wild beasts? According to a recent tweet by Capcom, it took on average 11 minutes and 16 seconds for…
With a Nintendo Switch release of Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time finally having been announced this week, you may be wondering just how the port will hold up compared to its PlayStation 4 and Xbox One counterparts. Speaking to Nintendo Life, Toys for Bob Creative Producer Lou Studdert shared…
Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town is hitting Japan in just a matter of weeks and in the run-up the Japanese let’s play channel HikakinGames has had the chance to take the game for a spin. Forty minutes of gameplay are shown, in-between various skits, giving us a better…
Few Star Wars games have the fans longing for a sequel with the same intensity as Star Wars: Republic Commando. Perhaps it’s due to its gritty and dark setting, or because it’s one of the few first-person shooters set in the galaxy far, far away. In this writer’s opinion, it’s…
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury won’t release until this Friday, but that hasn’t stopped the tech savants over at Digital Foundry from going under the hood of Mario’s latest adventure. In this new video, the team gets into the nitty-gritty of the game’s upgraded performance while playing in…
In the latest quarterly earnings report from Ubisoft, the publisher revealed some pretty outstanding metrics that place the company in a very healthy place. Of note, the report states that Ubisoft was the leading publisher in terms of unit sales in 2020 on all platforms combined, the top third-party publisher…
The Outer Worlds’ Peril on Gorgon expansion DLC is now available to download and play on Nintendo Switch. The expansion adds a brand-new planet for players to explore called Gorgon while also raising the in-game level cap, introducing three new science weapons, new armor sets, and new creature variants to…
As the Bravely Default II release draws closer, players can amp up their excitement even more knowing that a little something special is on the way courtesy of My Nintendo. The program will soon be offering up a gorgeous new reversible poster that measures 18″ x 24″. Featuring Gloria on…
