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…
During the Pokémon GO’s Season of Max Out (Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024 to Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024), Dynamax and Gigantamax Pokémon were added to the game. This mechanic is part of Pokémon’s Generation VIII (Pokémon Sword and Shield) where Pokémon transform into “giant” versions of themselves or even new larger…
One of the most appealing aspects of the Pokémon franchise is how iconic all of the Pokémon themselves are; with over 1,000 unique characters now, each one is someone’s favorite. That being said, some are certainly more popular than others. In the hallmarks of fan-favorite Pokémon, Gyarados ranks highly as…
The next title from Platinum Games, makers of Bayonetta, The Wonderful 101, and plenty more; has been revealed. Full of charm and a unique visual style, Astral Chain looks to be another addition to the developer’s list of over-the-top titles: While it all looks flashy, not much was…
After Final Fantasy VII popped up in a recent Switch commercial, almost everyone expected it to be the next Final Fantasy game to drop onto the system. And yet, towards the end of today’s Nintendo Direct, we were all surprised by the announcement that Final Fantasy IX would be releasing…
Undertale made a splash when it hit the Switch last September, and it took only a couple months for Toby Fox to release his long-awaited followup to the friendly 2015 RPG, Deltarune. (Geddit? The letters are rearranged…?) Well, now the Nintendo faithful don’t have to worry about dredging up a…
Last year’s Nintendo Switch port of Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker will be receiving a set of paid DLC courses, as well as co-op play in a free update. The news was announced during today’s Nintendo Direct presentation, during which Captain Toad was given some brief attention during the video’s “Nintendo…
Long rumored and even longer loved, the Zelda series’ first handheld adventure is finally coming back! The final announcement of today’s Nintendo Direct saw Link back on the high seas before getting shipwrecked on an all too familiar island: Several familiar characters (both from Zelda and beyond) were…
Some kind of Smash Bros. news was no doubt hotly anticipated for this Direct, though Nintendo was surprisingly brief and quiet during the presentation. It was revealed that the Version 3.0 update would be arriving sometime this spring, and revealed DLC character Joker would be released no later than the…
Time to get creative, because Mario’s got his tool belt and hard hat back in action! Today, Nintendo announced Super Mario Maker 2 exclusively for the Nintendo Switch. New features, both to play with and create with, were shown in the trailer, such as Super Mario World style slopes and…
Unravel 2, the sequel to EA’s yarn-based hit Unravel, was revealed and released on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 to much fanfare in June of last year, though Switch owners were lamenting the fact that the co-op platformer wasn’t coming to the console. More than half a year later, players may…
The official Animal Crossing website went down for approximately 20 minutes this morning, and naturally, fans have exploded in a speculative frenzy over what it could possibly mean for the future of the series. The downtime was observed by Twitter user @pixelpar and a whirlpool of excitement and theorizing broke…
Another month, another pair of games added to Nintendo’s NES Nintendo Switch Online collection. Much to our delight, Nintendo even snuck in a few surprises this month. First up is what we already knew — that February brings us Super Mario Bros. 2 and Kirby’s Adventure. Staples from the 8-bit…
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Data strings for Super Nintendo games discovered within the Nintendo Entertainment System app for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers last month have disappeared following its latest update. The news comes from Twitter user @itssimontime, a self-described dataminer, who tweeted the following: All SNES game strings have been removed from the…
