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,…
Niantic is bringing back the Sustainability Week event for Pokémon GO this year. For 2024, the event is focused more on hatching Pokémon from event 2 km Eggs. Luckily these Eggs will have a shiny hatching boost. Other than that, there aren’t any themed Wild Encounters or Raids. (For more…
Mother fans in Japan are in for a treat! Following the announcement of Mother 3’s arrival on Nintendo Switch Online in Japan (sigh), the Mother Project has unveiled an exciting lineup of all-new Mother 3 plushies to commemorate the occasion. According to the Mother Project webpage, the plushies…
Splatoon has seen a very steady stream of content updates since its release a month ago. Tomorrow’s addition has the promise of being its most exciting yet. Tower Control, an entirely new ranked multiplayer mode, will be available starting tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. PST. Part Tug-of-War and part domination, the…
After nearly seven years and numerous posters, downloadable games, figurines and other goodies, the North American Club Nintendo will, sadly, be shutting its doors tomorrow. While a new loyalty program has been promised to fill its place, Coins from Club Nintendo will not carry forward to the new service. That…
Splatoon will soon be turning one month old, and Nintendo plans to mark the occasion by releasing a new software update. The company has revealed on its support website that Splatoon will be upgraded to version 1.3.0 on June 30th. This update will serve the twofold purpose of preparing for…
Another day, another couple ways to drench your opponents in ink. Two new weapons, the Carbon Roller and the Custom Dual Squelcher, will be made available this evening. Both weapons appear on the huge list of impending content that was mined from the game a few days ago. According to…
Nintendo’s U.K. website gave Super Mario Maker fans some exciting news today. There will be 100 pre-made courses available in the game even if you don’t have an internet connection. So even without the custom level maker, Super Mario Maker will be a full-fledged Mario game. Most side-scrolling Mario games…
Splatfest is back on! Following the postponement of the North American Splatfest earlier this month, Splatoon developers have finally announced a new date for the event: July 4th. The North American Splatfest was delayed due to matchmaking problems present during the first Japanese Splatfest in mid-June. The special event pits…
One of the most shocking and unexpected announcements from Nintendo’s E3 Digital Direct (unless you read this article beforehand) was the team-up of Nintendo’s amiibo with the newest game in the Skylanders series, SuperChargers. While the writing was on the wall for the mashup of toys-to-life franchises to happen, it…
Splatoon fans, get pumped! A new weapon, the “Luna Blaster,” is headed to the game tonight. According to Splatoon’s official Tumblr account, the Luna Blaster is a short-range, high-fire gun with explosive ink similar to that of other blaster-type weapons. The Luna Blaster is also packing an Inkzooka for its…
Nintendo Inquirer’s upcoming Customs for a Cure charity includes a number of really special and unique events, all of which we’re excited to share with you as the end of July draws nearer. To start off the amiibo party, the NI team is hosting the first-ever worldwide amiibo tournament for…
E3 has come and gone. Now that the sheen has worn off and the hype has died down, let’s consider, together, how we felt about Nintendo’s showing this year. If you’ve been following Nintendo Inquirer’s coverage of the show, this will be a chance to step back and look at…
For those still mourning the unfortunate delay of the North American Splatfest, perhaps this news will be of comfort to you: a ton of content scheduled to make its way to Splatoon has been discovered. The content, which has remained “locked” on the game disc, includes 33 unreleased weapons, two…
We were lucky enough to go hands-on with the Yoshi’s Woolly World amiibo at this year’s E3 event. Several things struck me when first laying eyes on the adorable pile of yarn. The Yarn Yoshi amiibo were much smaller than I initially expected. (Perhaps Nintendo only hires people with remarkably…
