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…
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…
In a victory for living room fitness enthusiasts and Nintendo’s bottom line, Ring Fit Adventure has hit the top of the Japanese sales chart in its first week on the market. At 68,497 units sold, it eked out a marginal victory over fellow newcomer Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral…
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With the season of spooky here and Luigi’s Mansion 3’s launch practically at our doorsteps, Nintendo wants to help us all get even more in the spirit of things. It’s time to enter the My Nintendo Luigi’s Mansion 3 Sweepstakes, available exclusively for My Nintendo members! It’s pretty simple: You…
The honking never ends with the meme sensation that is Untitled Goose Game, and the latest video to capitalize on its smashing success is a musical tribute to the titular waterfowl and its reckless abandon from K10Music. Watch it below: You can listen to the track on Spotify,…
Dragon Quest XI S is a pretty remarkable release of Square Enix’s massive adventure, making it a game worth exploring in many respects. The folks over at Digital Foundry recently did a breakdown of the Switch version’s performance compared to the PlayStation 4 original. They call the port “brilliant” and…
Pokémon developer Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda and Shigeru Ohmori recently spoke with Eurogamer to discuss Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield’s development. Ohmori, the Pokémon series’ game director, and Masuda, lead producer on many Pokémon games, talked topics such as fan favorite Pokémon like Sirfetch’d and Wooloo, Sword and Shield connectivity…
Atlus has announced it’ll be holding the first information live stream for upcoming “Warriors”-game spin-off Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers next month. The live stream is set for November 4th, 2019 at 20:00 JST (3:00 a.m. PST/6:00 a.m. EST) and will reportedly feature the first live gameplay of Persona…
Early next month, the official Mario & Sonic tie-in for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be released, once again mashing together the universes of plumber and hedgehog with some real world sports and quirkier events. If you’ve been eager to try it out, a demo is now available via…
Nintendo UK has released a new Pokémon Sword & Shield commercial that, rather than focus on the games themselves, instead takes us on a trip down memory lane. From the original Game Boy sprites through to the aliased 3DS models, it’s all about showing the series’ progress. Give it a…
Musou spin-off of Persona 5 for Nintendo Switch, Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers, has received both a release date and a brand-new trailer showing off our best look at gameplay yet. The trailer gives us a taste of Persona 5 Scramble’s story elements, music, animated cutscenes, and gameplay, and…
Can you believe it? We’re only one short week away from the third installment in the Luigi’s Mansion series. It seems like only yesterday I was playing the original on the GameCube all those years ago. Ahhhh, good times. Good times… Sorry about that. You caught me reminiscing. Anyway! To…
During a recent discussion (which saw the announcement of creator Suda51 and Swery collaborating on a horror game titled Hotel Barcelona), some information for the previously revealed No More Heroes III was given. While it’s nothing overly in depth, it does provide a look at two bosses returning to (presumably)…
