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…
The North America Open tournaments for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Splatoon 2 have come to a close at PAX East 2019, and there were some awesome prizes dished out to the victors. Here’s the run down: Splatoon 2 Living up to their name, FTWIN clenched today’s Inkling Open. Securing…
Right after the awards ceremony for the Splatoon 2 North America Open 2019 tournament at PAX East, a special announcement was broadcast! Straight from the Squid Research Lab, Hisashi Nogami (Splatoon 2 Producer) gave us details on Splatoon 2’s next version update and what April’s Splatfest is all about. VERSION…
Today is the big day at PAX East, where finalists from throughout the United States are duking it out to be the best there ever was. The focus is on two particular games; Splatoon 2 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. A pattern of sorts, given how Nintendo has hosted competitions…
Today’s Sega Fes streams have brought us some big Mario + Sonic and Mega Drive Mini news drops, but there was still some time to squeeze in some Sega Ages reveals. M2’s series of classic Switch ports has been slowly but surely been expanding, and another six titles have been…
Next year brings the Olympic Games to Tokyo, and it almost felt inevitable but now it’s official – Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is heading to Switch! Announced during today’s Sega Fes stream, the game will come to the Nintendo Switch in Winter 2019, with an arcade game…
Welcome back to the Wire Weekly, where I, Ben “I bought an extra copy of Tales of Berseria just so I could get it signed by the VAs” Fruzzetti, run through the week’s assortment of Nintendo news with what could charitably be referred to as wit, sarcasm, and personality. Another…
Freshly cut and folded from more cardboard than any game out there (and that includes Labo), Yoshi’s Crafted World is available now! It’s been in the works for a while to make sure everything’s held together nicely, but the wait was worth it: the followup to Woolly World makes its…
It’s been a long road to Super Meat Boy Forever, though thankfully one not one wrought with sawblades and pitfalls. During PAX East, SMBF designer Tommy Refenes spoke with Dualshockers about what fans could expect from the game once it does make its debut later this spring. Specifically, Refenes spoke…
The menacing Magikoopa Kamek is finally making his playable debut in Mario Tennis Aces in just a matter of days, and to mark the occasion Nintendo has released a new trailer showing off his spellbinding swings. You can add Kamek to your roster early by participating in an…
Nintendo Switch Online is already one of the cheaper online services in the industry at $20 a year, but now there’s an even better deal — you can get a whole extra year of NSO for free with Twitch Prime, which comes free for all Amazon Prime members. Which means…
The Sega Ages is one of the most consistently good batches of classic title re-releases, laced with improvements and new features to make them oftentimes optimal to longtime fans and casual players. Today, two more titles have been released to build up the collection on Switch, with both Alex Kidd…
Racing in today is a new track for Team Sonic Racing, and it’s from a theme that the series doesn’t touch on all too often. In a world where checkerboard beaches and sprawling cities are the norm, it’s nice to have something a little more spooky. That’s where this new…
