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Primarina Pokemon Scarlet Violet Tera Raid

The Pokemon Company and Game Freak announced that Primarina will be the next Tera Raid Battle event for Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet.

The creature will be showing up in 7 Star Raids while it’s active. Primarina has the Fairy Tera Type and comes with the Mightiest Mark. It can be caught only once per save file.

Another Daily Demon video for Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance has been released by Atlus. Turbo-Granny takes the spotlight today.

Mortal Kombat 1 Homelander

Warner Bros. and NetherRealm Studios are offering up a first look at Homelander in Mortal Kombat 1 with a new trailer. The character will be the next DLC character for the game, though there’s no release date just yet.

Homelander is just one of several characters in the Kombat Pack DLC. Ermac, Omni-Man, Peacemaker, Quan Chi, and Takeda are the others.

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We have the latest Nintendo maintenance schedule, this time for the week of May 5, 2024.

Six different sessions are currently on the docket. Switch will be impacted in various ways over the next few weeks.

Here’s the full Nintendo maintenance schedule for the week of May 5, 2024:

Another Daily Demon video for Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance has been released by Atlus. This time, we’re given a preview of Hell Biker.

Mythical Pokemon

One of the most common criticisms of modern Pokemon is its handling of Mythical Pokemon. Though the recent Mochi Mayhem DLC in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet is a welcome exception, several important Mythical Pokemon have drawn attention for their distinct lack of backstory. Otherwise well-designed creatures like Diancie, Volcanion, Zeraora, and Zarude are somewhat notorious for doing absolutely nothing in the games they were introduced in. Today, we’re going over all the interesting Mythical Pokemon events the games have had to offer and coming up with new ones for the Mythical Pokemon that didn’t receive one.

Azure Striker Gunvolt and Blaster Master Zero developer Inti Creates is readying Umbraclaw as its next Switch game, and if you’re interested in picking up a boxed copy, you might be interested to know that the company will offer a physical release in Japan.

A standard version will be sold along with a limited edition. The latter includes a copy of the game, an art book, soundtrack CD, and an acrylic keychain.

Retro Game Challenge Switch

The Switch title Retro Game Challenge 1 + 2 Replay will not be getting an English release in the west – at least for the time being. That news comes directly from the game’s developers.

In a recent Famitsu interview, Bandai Namco’s Midori Sugiyama and indieszero’s Masanobu Suzui spoke about the situation. Suzui in particular elaborated on why it isn’t possible, with him indicating that there wouldn’t be enough interest and various aspects would need to be altered.

Here’s what the two shared:

Luigi's Mansion 2 HD Rude Awakening

Nintendo has released a new video for Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD, giving players a look at what the re-release of the 3DS title has to offer before it launches on Switch next month. This is shared in the form of “A Rude Awakening” trailer.

Catch up on the game with the following overview:


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