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…
It’s time to grab your apron and turn on the espresso machine. Pokémon Café Mix is officially available to play on Nintendo Switch! The free-to-play puzzle game will have you whipping up fou-fou coffee drinks, sandwiches, pasta, pizza, and more. Now that it’s open for business, we know about the…
Last year, The Pokémon Company announced a partnership with Tencent, and today we got our first look at the results of that partnership – Pokémon Unite. Effectively a Pokémon MOBA akin to DotA2 or League of Legends, though the genre isn’t officially mentioned, the game has you enter a 5-versus-5…
Soon it’ll be possible to refight spirits, so you might be looking at your collection and wanting to give it a little boost. Well, if you’re missing any numbers of Nintendo’s villains then we’ve good news about these bad guys. A collection of crooks are up to no good…
The 14th Maximus Cup is on its way to Tetris 99, and this time around it’s celebrating the RPG renewal that is Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition. This’ll bring a new theme, featuring a Monado based playing field and Gaur Plains background, as well as Shulk himself. The real get here,…
A wise, yellow cartoon sea sponge once yelled “I’M READY!” on May 1st, 1999, and today those same words ring true. SpongeBob SquarePants is back on consoles thanks to Purple Lamp and THQ Nordic making SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated a dream come true. With the game’s…
In the vein of Negan and Noctis in Tekken 7, Samurai Shodown now has its own unexpected guest character: the Warden from For Honor. Here is the announcement trailer for SAMURAI SHODOWN’s newest DLC character, WARDEN! #SNK #SamSho #ForHonor pic.twitter.com/ofj54LBveT — SNK GLOBAL (@SNKPofficial) June 23, 2020 Announced…
One of the first segments of today’s New Game+ Expo came courtesy of Suda51. With no Nintendo Direct in sight, many were hoping to get a look at No More Heroes 3 instead. We did indeed get it, but maybe not in the way you would expect. The…
During today’s New Game+ Expo, Spike Chunsoft came in with multiple announcements and videos, among them a port of the latest entry in their Shiren the Wanderer series for Switch. It’ll look a little familiar to anyone who’s played Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, though here it carries a more original cast…
N64 classic and hallmark of my childhood Star Wars Episode I: Racer speeds onto the Switch eShop today, and a new launch trailer has been released in celebration. Showcasing the original game’s tracks along with the new motion controls, it’s sure to provide a blast of nostalgia to those who…
A part of today’s New Game+ Expo announcements, Natsume shared the first trailer of Harvest Moon: One World. Note: When viewing the video in full-screen mode, “GAME FOOTAGE NOT FINAL” can be found in the bottom left corner of the frame. We now have our first look at…
Despite the GameCube controller approaching its 19th birthday later this year, the controller is a fan-favorite for this current console generation. Thanks to Nintendo making it compatible with Nintendo Wii and Nintendo Wii U consoles, there had to be a new way to integrate the controllers over to the Nintendo…
Today SNK confirmed what I’d been hoping for since I had the chance to play SNK Gals’ Fighters – more NEO GEO Pocket on Switch. This umbrella of titles, now known as NEO GEO Pocket Color Selection, will include the return of Samurai Shodown! 2 (previously only available as an…
