It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that we are living in a new era of “Nintendo mania.” Nintendo hasn’t had this kind of popularity since the ’80s. In many respects, the Switch is the new Nintendo Entertainment System - the hybrid console took everyone by surprise, and is dominating the gaming industry. Back in January, Nintendo confirmed that the Switch was the fastest-selling video game home console in the U....
Toro and Friends: Onsen Town, a free-to-play mobile puzzle game, will be releasing worldwide later this month. You might be asking, what separates this from the many other F2P puzzle games on mobile? Well, this one stars the titular Toro Inoue, an anthropomorphic cat that acts as Sony Japan’s mascot. The core gameplay should look familiar to anyone that tried out titles like Candy Crush, offering up more than 300 stages of match 3 puzzling....
Sony has announced that Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and DiRT Rally 2.0 will be this month’s selection of PlayStation Plus freebies. The company accidentally leaked a video confirming the news last week but is now offering them for download via the PlayStation Store. With Uncharted 4, Sony has now officially handed out the mainline series for subscribers. Earlier in 2020, Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection was a freebie alongside another game....
Pokémon has had many mainline video games throughout the generations, and players have had the displeasure of experiencing many unfortunate situations that were both the fault of poor planning and bad luck. Situations such as having a Pokémon fall asleep during a battle or running out of items in the middle of a Pokémon battle have happened to every player, and they can be very irritating. There are ways to counter some of these situations; however, the player will always have to remember that their Pokémon journey will have some bumps along the road, and although sometimes it will be annoying, it makes for a more interesting experience overall....
The world of Pokémon grew so fast as a franchise because kids around the globe found the roster of interesting, mysterious, and adorable creatures they created to feel truly magical. No matter how old they are, every person who gets into the franchise ends up finding a preference for certain types of Pokémon. A type that falls in the middle in terms of popularity is the Dark-type which in many ways is directly opposed against the Fairy-type....
The Hoenn region is home to many wonderful phenomena: towering volcanoes, vast ocean routes, and mythical Pokémon hidden deep underwater or high in the sky. It’s no wonder fans pushed for remakes of Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire, with Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire offering a return to Hoenn full of familiar sights and faces. It is perhaps the people of Hoenn that truly makes the games come alive, and there are few characters as important as Hoenn’s gym leaders....
Pokémon is one of the most beloved and financially successful franchises in the gaming industry to date, with over 279 million titles being sold since the series inception. Since its introduction in 1995 with Pokémon Red and Green, the series has gone on to encompass over 29 games in the main handheld lineage, right up until last years Pokémon Sun and Moon, with dozens of further spin-off titles released for almost every Nintendo platform to date....
As the aspiring Pokémon breeder and ladies man of Kanto, Brock holds the unique status of being the first-ever gym leader players had to face in the Pokémon series, with his defensive Rock-type Pokémon proving to be a challenge for many players who chose Charmander or played Pokémon Yellow. Brock returns in the Yellow remakes, Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee, with his signature rocky team and gung-ho attitude to be the first real challenge for players, with both Pikachu and Eevee having a huge disadvantage against his Onix and Geodude....
Pokémon is one of those franchises I can proudly admit I was around for since the beginning. I imagine my feeling is akin to how a veteran thinks about combat. They were there. They saw it. Now, of course, talking about Pokémon like it was a conflict is silly and I’m not trying to compare myself to veterans. Basically I know what it was like when Pokémon first hit. Everybody who was cool was playing the Game Boy games, collecting the cards, and watching the anime....
Some of the best things come in threes, and that’s certainly true with Legendary Pokemon. They comprise some of the strongest Pokemon in the game, and most of them come in threes thanks to the incredible lore surrounding them. But what does that mean for competitive battling? Certainly, some of these trios will just be made up of Pokemon banned from competition for being too powerful. Still, some are better than others....
In older Pokemon games such as Pokemon Emerald, HMs, or “Hidden Machines,” are specific moves that are necessary for traveling around the region. For any obstacle in the way, HMs such as Cut and Strength must be taught to one of the six Pokémon in the trainer’s party. The main problems with HMs are that they take up a valuable slot on a Pokemon’s moveset, they aren’t always the most powerful attacks in battle, and they cannot be easily replaced by another move....
Many old-school Pokemon fans would likely agree that the classic Gen 1 or Kanto Region Pokemon universe brings about a unique kind of nostalgia. And this has been proven to be true, more so when a Pokemon cosplayer recently made noise on social media for her splendid cosplay of Misty, one of the most popular Water-type Gym leaders in the franchise. For most Pokemon fans, Misty does not need any kind of introduction....
Pokemon GO’s upcoming Extraordinary Raid Week is causing quite a stir in the training community as players begin to plan how they will take full advantage of all of the bonuses and special raids. Although one day will be dedicated to Lapras, there are still plenty of other exciting monsters to battle during this weeklong series of events. The event raid bosses have caused a lot of excitement and confusion in the Pokemon GO community over the last few days....
Pokemon GO’s voter-selected July Community Day event is still more than a month and a half away, which means players may not be thinking about Gastly just yet, but it’s never too early to start planning ahead. At some point in July 2020 Pokemon GO players will have a handful of hours to catch as many of the Gen 1 Ghost/Poison-type as possible and expand their collection with shiny spawns, evolutions, and hopefully a few more surprises....
The latest Pokemon GO update, dubbed version number 0.105.1 on Android devices, didn’t add much to the game in terms of real changes, but it potentially confirmed a Chinese rumor for Larvitar’s upcoming June Community Day. Beyond that, the update also reset the Buddy walking changes that occurred throughout Adventure week and reduced the game’s metadata from 1.46 MB to 1.39 MB. Of course, the latter mentioned aren’t really worth addressing, as it was either an expected reversion or an underwhelming code change....
Developer IO Interactive shocked the world today by releasing a teaser trailer for a new James Bond game known simply as Project 007. I highly recommend you check out the teaser trailer for this Bond origin story project if you haven’t already done so. It has been eight long years since the release of the last James Bond game. If you’re wondering why it feels like it’s been even longer than that, it’s probably because 2012’s 007 Legends was a poor attempt at not only recapturing the glory days of Bond himself (its gimmick was that you got to play as every major film version of Bond) but the glory days of Bond video games....
Although 2020 was an uncertain year for many, it was quite a big year for video games. Despite some inevitable COVID-19-related delays, many big announcements were made and some long-awaited titles like Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Cyberpunk 2077 were finally released. However, perhaps one of the biggest happenings in the realm of video games last year was the monumental release of the newest next-gen consoles, the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X/S....
Sony is ready to start talking about the PlayStation 5’s hardware specifications. Tuesday morning the hardware manufacturer revealed the first official details about its upcoming PS5 console as part of an exclusive with Wired magazine. These details include general details about the PS5’s CPU, GPU, storage system, and more, but avoids specifics. For now, hardware enthusiasts will have to draw their own conclusions or wait for deeper dives into the hardware at upcoming conventions....
The fun but challenging game Raft throws players in the middle of the ocean on a raft. Players must control characters throughout the game as they collect items to survive. They can collect items in the water, on islands, and in the depths of the forest. The characters in Raft face many dangers during their time on the ocean. This is why it’s important to craft a lot of items....
Ratchet and Clank recently made its long-awaited return with Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart for the PS5. 2016’s Ratchet and Clank remake was the last mainline entry, but the most recent game chronologically was 2013’s Into The Nexus. It is easier to understand why the game is such a big deal after considering the eight-year gap. Fortunately, the majority of the voice cast has returned along with numerous other fresh characters....
