Here we go! Let’s take a look at the nominees for the 2024 Game Awards. While Nintendo doesn’t have an entry in the Game of the Year category this year, it currently holds three out of five nominees for Best Family Game, where the company has historically been the favorite…
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…
One of the most common talking points among video game circles is often the music that accompanies them. Yet for every award-winning soundtrack, there’s a handful of tracks that live on for more amusing reasons. Perhaps the most well-known song of this caliber is the notorious “DK Rap” from Donkey…
Just a few days ago Sega surprised Switch owners with the news that Valkyria Chronicles 4 would be heading to the system, alongside PS4 and Xbox One versions. While the announcement trailer was definitely exciting, showing us a much snowier take on the Second Europan War, it had little in…
With the holidays just a few weeks away, we’re sure plenty of you, regardless of age, are hoping to get gifted a Nintendo Switch this year. To make the idea even more enticing, Nintendo Australia has released a new festive video showcasing the impressive line-up of games already on offer…
Splatoon 2 is set to see a substantial update, with plenty of gameplay and style additions. But more importantly, we’re getting new music and new insight to squid kid trends and culture, baby! We already knew of Bottom Feeders, the fiddle fueled punk group, who you can sample now. Better…
As the time until Xenoblade Chronicles 2 winds down, more and more tidbits of the game sneak through the cracks. Yuichiro Takeda — scenario writer for Xenoblade Chronicles, Xenoblade Chronicles X and now Xenoblade Chronicles 2 — has written a short, spoiler-free look at the game’s plot creation just a…
Nintendo is pre-gaming this Thanksgiving by starting its eShop Cyber Deals sale. Taking place now until December 11th at 8:59 a.m. PT | 11:59 a.m. ET, titles across the Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS and Wii U have had their prices slashed. For the digital enthusiasts, now is the time to…
From the jammed pack announcement trailer for the next wave of free DLC for Splatoon 2, there’s been a barrage of social media posts and press releases detailing the entire update. Here we’re going to go through each post and break it down! FORWARD FASHION AND FRESH CUTS Prepare your…
Sneaking into ARMS’ last update, an event simply called “Party Crash” will be taking place this month. Thanks to Nintendo Versus on Twitter, we now have a better idea of what Party Crash is and what will happen from November 22nd to the 24th. R.S.V.P. AND BYOC – BRING YOUR…
It was only five days ago when we learned that the Nintendo Switch made Time Magazine’s 25 Best Inventions of 2017 list, and the good news for the Big N hasn’t stopped there. Just yesterday, Time announced that the Switch also landed the number one spot on its Top 10…
Ever since the game launched in July, Splatoon 2 has seen a steady splattering of free updates. To close out 2017, though, Nintendo is going all out. As shown in the video below, new hairstyles are being added alongside more gear, new stages both for normal play and Salmon Run,…
It might be hard to believe, but we’re just ten days away from the launch of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 on the Nintendo Switch. While the recent game-specific Direct no doubt helped any hardcore gamers still on the fence, Nintendo is trying to advertise the game to more casual consumers through…
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A special breaking announcement is less than 12 hours away, according to the Splatoon Twitter account. Promising an investigative report from the Squid Research Lab on November 21st at 6 a.m. PT | 9 a.m. ET, a one and a half minute video will go live. イカ研究所の調査員から、突如連絡が届いた。本日11月21日（火）23：00から、今後のアップデートに関する1分半程度の映像が公開されるらしい。要チェックだ！ pic.twitter.com/Vvu9ADVoys —…
