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…
Tokyo Game Show 2018 is finally underway in Japan, and Square Enix has brought new trailers for three Final Fantasy games that were just confirmed for Nintendo Switch in last week’s Direct. Handily, the publisher has also released English versions, so let’s give them a look. First up we’ve got…
There have been clothing based Splatfests before, and this latest one pushes the bar to a fashion free-for-all that any squid kid’s sure to perk up for. Leading the charge for style supremacy are Pearl and Marina as always, dressed to impress in their look of choice. Just see for…
If you saw that recently revealed Super Smash Bros. Ultimate bundle and thought to yourself, “Wow, that’d be great if I didn’t already own the system,” then we’ve got some good news for you. Currently, both the special Smash Bros. Switch Dock and Joy-Con (and even the bundle’s box) are…
Make way for another Splatfest that, try as it might, can’t quite cross the cultural divide. That doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy it best we can from here, and see how Pearl and Marina set themselves up for the occasion. Splatoon 2 wants to know how people like their red…
Welcome back to the PAX West Fifty-Game Frenzy, where I run down a grand total of 50 Switch games I played at PAX and you can decide which ones pique your interest! Last time we saw what Merge Games and Inti Creates had to offer at the show. This time,…
Prepare to die! A network test for Dark Souls Remastered will take place on September 21st at 7:00 p.m. CEST (10:00 a.m. PT), which means you’ll have the opportunity to check out the game on Switch for the first time by simply downloading it from the Nintendo eShop. The official…
Nintendo Switch Online is now available! Here’s a quick tour of the NES games that you can play with a subscription!
Not long now till Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! finally hit the Nintendo Switch. Yet another trailer has landed, giving us a look at the Pokémon GO functionality as well as the legendary birds. It also confirms that you’ll have to defeat these legendaries to enter capture…
It might’ve taken Ness’ hometown three Smash appearances before it got its original music, but one thing’s been a constant in Onett since Melee – those terrible drivers. Don’t they see there’re pedestrians here?! Someone needs to tell the police captain to quit it with the Super Ultra Mambo-Tango-Foxtrot business…
For a game that’s been out since the Switch released, Super Bomberman R’s managed to grow some pretty long legs. A series of improvements to the game’s online, new and varied modes, and a host of Konami crossover characters (and then some) have kept the game growing and makes for…
It’s been a long road of brand new maps, returning stages, and Shifty Stations in Splatoon 2, but by the sound of things it’s about to come to an end. After getting an extension to the amount of post release content the game would be getting, we’re down to what’s…
It wasn’t hard to guess that this week’s Smash Blog music could come from the wild world of Animal Crossing. Isabelle’s made her debut as a fighter, and it looks like she’s brought a little something from one of the series’ side games (and it’s not amiibo Festival!) …
