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…
When Animal Crossing: New Horizons launches next year, it will come with the ability for players to decide exactly where they want animal houses to be placed on their island. In an interview with IGN, game director Aya Kyogoku revealed that animals will check-in with the player before building their…
Phantasy Star Online 2 will be heading to the Nintendo Switch eventually — at least for North America. The news was revealed during an episode of GiantBomb @ Nite with Xbox head Phil Spencer (timestamp at 40:40), in which he shares a Switch and PlayStation 4 version are in development. The…
Mr. Resetti has lost his job at the Reset Surveillance Center due to a new auto-save feature in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, adding him to a growing list of NPC characters rendered useless by New Horizons’s gameplay advancements. The revelation was made during a Mashable interview with Animal Crossing: New…
As the other big companies turn towards streaming and the next generation of consoles, Nintendo had to use E3 2019 to prove that the Switch will remain relevant in a time of transition for the video game industry. I believe Nintendo’s E3 Direct did exactly that, and I think that…
As games as a medium get older and older, the question of preserving old classics becomes more and more of a concern. Fortunately, Square Enix seems to be cognizant of the issue, and is working to make its entire library of classics available on digital platforms to satisfy fan requests….
If you’re still dealing with the disappointment of being unable to import non-Galar regional dex Pokémon into Sword & Shield, you might want to strap in for this next info drop from Junichi Masuda’s latest Famitsu interview (via Serebii) – both Mega Evolutions and Z-Moves won’t make it into the…
In the onslaught of Fire Emblem: Three Houses info that’s been divulged during E3, one detail has gotten lost in the shuffle – amiibo support. Footage from the game shows a place at the Officer’s Academy called the “amiibo Gazebo,” which all but confirms that the game will support the…
As promised during Nintendo’s E3 Direct, Cadence of Hyrule has released on the Nintendo Switch eShop today, June 13th! Simply head on over to the Nintendo Switch eShop now and you should be able to pick up the rhythmic cross-over between The Legend of Zelda and Crypt of…
Treehouse Live’s last day of streaming for E3 2019 is here, and this time around it’s focusing in on indie titles specifically! Expect Cadence of Hyrule and more smaller titles in the stream embedded below:
2020’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons will not include direct integration with Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, a feature of the mobile game touted when it was originally announced. In an interview with IGN, Animal Crossing: New Horizons director Aya Kyogoku said the decision was made due to the two titles’ sheer…
E3 has been a pretty joyous time on the Nintendo front, but one issue has been a sort not just of divisiveness but of outright indignant internet anger – namely, the announcement that Pokémon Sword & Shield will, for the first time in a new mainline Pokémon game, not be…
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition looks like it will live up to its “definitive” title, with tons of new changes and upgrades over the original PS4 version. There are some big additions we already knew about, like the playable pixel mode from the…
