Awkwafina — actor, comedian, and all around entertainer — shows off her favorite Nintendo Switch games in a new promotional video for the system. We see her playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and, after losing a bet in the latter, is forced to don a Toad cosplay. Which is actually
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It’s an exciting time to be an Animal Crossing fan. With the upcoming release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons and a new Switch coming out themed after the game, what’s not to look forward to? Well, losing your save for starters. Nintendo has already made it painfully clear that the newest Animal Crossing game will be given the same treatment as Splatoon
The Nintendo Switch is undoubtedly a hit compared to Nintendo’s previous console the Wii U. While the console-handheld hybrid still has a long way to go before it can reach the same sales numbers as the Wii, however, it’s nice to see Nintendo back in the limelight after what felt like years of disappointment in
Generation 8 of Pokemon is here! After first being teased over a year and a half ago, Game Freak, Nintendo, and The Pokemon Company decided to unveil Pokemon Sword and Shield during a Pokemon-focused Direct. This is the first mainline Pokemon game to be developed solely for a home console and it definitely looks the part. Instead
Niantic will be updating Pokemon Go so that players can now switch sides and change their team from Team Instinct, Mystic, or Valor to whatever they want. However, this comes with the caveat that you are only able to switch teams once a year. Meaning if you mess up on your change you have to
Players of Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! have been enjoying the original 151 Pokemon, though one such pocket monster is a particular outlier. The Mythical Pokemon Meltan, strangely enough, made its debut in Pokemon Go, being transferable to the Nintendo Switch games. Now for the next month, Go will allow trainers to
Ariana Grande might be busy making music, taking part in interviews, and being nominated for the BRIT Awards 2019 for “International Female”, but it the musician confirmed that she’s a Team Eevee fan. If you’re a Pikachu fan, then she’s just not that “Into You”. In 2018, Pokémon Let’s GO Eevee, and Pokémon Let’s GO Pikachu launched.
In a recent interview with DIME, the Pokemon Company President and CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara gave some insight on the established series. Of course, since the latest entry into the series Pokemon Let’s GO Pikachu/Eevee was just released a couple of months ago, many of the questions revolved around that title. He explained how that this was
It’s already 2019 in Japan, so The Pokémon Company decided to celebrate the new year by releasing the first trailer for the upcoming Pokémon the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution. While the trailer is quite short, it should get fans of the Pokémon movies excited. The brief trailer begins with some footage from the original premiere back in
Welcome back, everyone, to DualShockers’ annual Game of the Year awards selection! We are all one year wiser, and one year more excited than we were in 2017. Thankfully, 2018 has been a rather contentious year with mega-hits like God of War, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Monster Hunter: World having a strong showing — we are in no
I’ll be the first to admit I was somewhat tepid and hesitant going into Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu!. I was disappointed by last year’s Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon as they made some parts of their predecessors worse. Coming into this entry, I saw the stripping away of traditional battles for something more akin to the
In a neat bit of cross-promotion, owners of Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! can get easier access to a pair of Spirits in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Save files for either title will allow Smash Bros. players to utilize a support Spirit based on their respective game. Fortunately, those who don’t own
Both Pokémon: Let’s Go Pikachu! and Let’s Go Eevee! have changed the series’ formula quite a bit. Despite Pokémon Go‘s influence, Director Junichi Masuda confirms that the two new Nintendo Switch games are not just spin-offs. As reported by Nintendo Everything, in an interview, Masuda states Pokémon: Let’s Go Pikachu! and Let’s Go Eevee! “aren’t
It’s Pokémon launch day, baby, you know what that means, time to spend several hours feverishly flicking your wrist to throw Pokéballs at a stubborn Mankey. While most of you have probably spent the day, you know, actually playing Pokémon Let’s Go, a distinguished scholar like myself spent the day staring at the game’s box
It’s difficult to think of the first generation of Pokémon without also recollecting the theme tune from the animated series. The song sported a catchy chorus and inspirational lyrics that almost felt like they would fit in with a sports movie’s training montage. For those with fond memories of the original anime; the launch trailer
Fans of Nintendo games are undoubtedly eager to get their hands on a demo for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which recently revealed its final fighters in the base roster. With that, Nintendo of America announced through press release of the “Nintendo Switch Holiday Experience,” which will let fans try out titles like Smash Bros. and
New Pokémon and living lugnut Meltan has caused a stir in the community, both for its debut in the non-mainline mobile game Pokémon GO and Switch titles Pokémon: Let’s Go Pikachu! and Eevee! and for its curious character design. Unexpectedly, The Pokémon Company and Nintendo unveiled an evolution for the Mythical Pokémon, with Meltan evolving into
Director Junichi Masuda and Lead Game Environment Designer Kensaku Nabana recently sat down with Nintendo to give insight on picking Eevee as the counterpart title character to Pikachu as well as other creative decisions for Pokémon Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon Let’s Go, Eeevee!. Masuda explains that one of the first reasons for picking Eevee
We are less than a month out from the release of Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! for Nintendo Switch, and there’s still quite a bit we don’t know about. While Game Freak has spent a long time showing earlier areas off and highlighting some of the changes they have made to make the games more
The upcoming Nintendo Switch exclusive Pokémon games Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! are clearly taking several steps to be more accessible like Pokémon GO in both presentation and gameplay. This was something I pointed out in my own preview of the game from E3 2018, as I came to the conclusion that these were “simple and accessible Pokémon games
The first proper Nintendo Switch entries in the ridiculously-popular Pokemon series, Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! are now about a month away from release, and with that comes the latest trailer for the Pokémon Go-inspired game. This colorful trailer demonstrates some new features that we’ve previously seen, including having Pokémon follow your trainer
I still remember my brother waking me up one morning in eighth grade because he was super excited to show me something: a reveal trailer for a new Pokémon game. Since our hearts were captured by Pokémon Sapphire and Emerald, my brother and I had followed each new entry as it came out in Japan
A bizarre new Pokémon has been making waves in the community lately through both Pokémon Go and the upcoming release of Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! on Nintendo Switch. The mythical Meltan is a liquid metal Pokémon which can be caught in Pokemon Go and transferred to the Switch titles. A recently
Eager fans will be able to get their hands on Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! for the Nintendo Switch prior to their launch on November 16, 2018. Dubbed the Pokémon: Let’s Go, Road Trip! this pop-up tour started in Los Angeles today. Joining the event was musical artist, acres, and self-proclaimed Pokémon fan Jordin Sparks (winner of American Idol
If you live in California, start clearing your schedule. A new post on the official Nintendo of America Twitter account teases that “something exciting” will happen tomorrow morning in Los Angeles. Included with the post are pictures of two trucks, each featuring images and the respective color pallets of Pikachu and Eevee. The tweet goes
The Pokémon series has always been highly susceptible to leaks. With every new game or demo released, the series’ eager fans analyze every part of the game’s data in order to find new information about future content or Pokémon. The same has been the case with Pokémon Go, which has had upcoming updates leaked multiple times. That being
Today, Game Freak dropped another new trailer for Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee!. In addition to showing off Celadon City for the first time, it covers several new features like partner-exclusive moves, secret techniques, and befriending partner Pokémon. Celadon City is mostly intact, still prominently featuring the Department Store and Grass-type Gym Leader Erika.
Surfing Pikachu isn’t anything new in the Pokémon series. The iconic yellow mouse put battles on the back-burner way back when in Pokémon Yellow. Players could unlock a mini-game where they’d get to play as Pikachu riding on a surfboard in 1998. This could only be unlocked through a special Pikachu that could only be acquired in Pokémon Stadium or
The forthcoming Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! will without a doubt be banking on nostalgia for the original Game Boy games, and music will be a large part of that experience. Pokémon fans will be happy to hear that these remixed tunes will come in form of a physical soundtrack—though predictably, the
Today Nintendo and The Pokémon Company revealed a new trailer of the upcoming twin games Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee!. The trailer features the two of the mega evolutions that will be available in the Switch titles, Mega Kangaskhan and Mega Gyarados. Not only we get to see what the Pokémon will look like, but