Seriously, send help Magikarp sucks, let’s just get that out of the way. When given your pick of Pokémon, few would be willing to select this sorry excuse for a sea creature. I believe Magikarp’s uselessness is derived from arrogance. Magikarp’s ability to evolve into Gyarados has made it lazy and entitled. We see you atop your ivory tower, Magikarp, and we’re sick of your shit. We’re not here to berate Magikarp though; we are here to discussMagikarp Jump, a bad mobile game in which you tap the screen to, well, make a Magikarp jump....

Infinity Nikkiis blessing the world with its stunning visuals and fabulous outfits, and it’s available as a free-to-play experience. Many are wondering, however, if there are anyInfinity Nikkigacha elements to worry about. Are there Infinity Nikki gacha elements? Infinity Nikkihas you collect costumes for special abilities and gorgeous new outfits to wear in the game. While some can be received by simply progressing in the game, other outfits are exclusivelygacha....

Words can’t bring him down Believe it or not, but someone at Nintendo actually liked theCaptain Falcon’s ass tribute amiibo videowe did last month. Thanks to that happenstance, I ended up with an extra Little Mac amiibo a couple of days ago. I felt it was my solemn duty to take this fortuitous event as an opportunity for video production, but how do you follow something like Captain Falcon’s ass? Rapping about parts of Mac’s body would just end up feeling derivative and tacked on....

Hail the conquering dragon Deathwing the Destroyer is a pretty popularWarcraftcharacter. In addition to shaking the very planes of theWorld of Warcraftuniverse he’s also become an avenue for fan art (especially given that he has a dragon and human form): and haseven crossed over into other Blizzard games. The latest crossover is actually an unofficialHeroes of the StormStukov skin from a fan (found at the Chinese site NGA BBS), but it still works, and evenearned the approval of a Blizzard artist....

Yahoo I got a lot of play out ofSuper Mario Odysseyin the base game, but now I might have to mess around with it a little more. Today marks the launch of update 1.2.0, which heralds in new snapshot filters, a slight change for the jump rope minigame (which reset its World and Friend rankings), bug fixes, new outfits, and most importantly, Luigi’s Balloon World. The latter is probably the most relevant update, and you’re able to now find Luigi in every major hub and initiate the Balloon World minigame so long as you’ve finished the campaign....

Ridiculon rocks the Xylaphone Mew-Genics, Team Meat’s next game, has been shrouded in secrecy from the start. We still don’t know much about the game other than it’s coming to Steam and iPad, has some gray-scale art direction, and it involves at least one pile of cats. Ridiculon, the band scoring the game, have put out a video describing their process and experience with working onMew-Genics, and there are quite a few revealing moments to be gleaned....

Recently, the members of Podtoidwatched the firstMortal Kombatmovie, where we deduced that the whole film was basically a gay love triangle between Shang Tsung, Kano and Johnny Kage. Fans of the film will be glad to know that their homoerotic fantasies are returning withMortal Kombat 3: RETURN TO MAN ISLAND, which begins filming in September …allegedly. Thenewscomes from martial artist and stunt actor Chris Casamassa. He played Scorpion in the first two movies and is claiming that he’ll be reprising the role this year for the third gay outing....

‘Please hang on to them’ It was confirmed during theSplatoon 2heavy Nintendo Direct event, but the development team took to Twitter to remind everyone that yes, originalSplatoonamiibo will work with the sequel. Expanding a bit on that previously revealed info however is a close look atwhat some of the amiibo will unlock(school, ninja, and robot outfits were teased), and the note that old toys will provide “special gear,” as opposed to challenges....

The latter will have “world-first gameplay” Another week, another lack of a big Nintendo Direct proper stream — but Nintendo is keeping the train rollingwith a Treehouse Live segment, which will air on August 26 at 12:30PM ET. Let’s take a look at what the NintendoSplatoon 3 Harvestellastream entails. Splatoon 3stream This is going to be the main event, and will actually feature two differentSplatoon 3segments. The first is a “deep-drive into the all new single-player mode,” which will hopefully give us a good look at some of the level designs for the campaign....

It’s that time of month again where we take a quick look at the NPD data to see how the games industry is doing. We’re over our shame for the incorrect predictionswe put out in Augustfor September. While we predicted good things, sales were actually down across the board. Last month we madesafe guessesfor October’s numbers, and it looks like were were right on all counts. We guessed that October would be a “software month,” and that looks to be mostly true....

[Full disclosure time:Since I’m unwilling to fall into the same trap assome people, I should probably preface this by saying thatDale North— keyboardist for The OneUps — is one of our writers. Though, if you think my hipster elitism is going to allow me to talk his group up regardless of skill, you must be the sort who actively appreciates the post-Soundgarden work of Chris Cornell. — Nexy] In recent years, the recreation of gaming music has become a full-fledged genre in its own right....

::takes a breath after that long title:: So, Pokemon Home is out, and there’s a lot to unpack. Home, in case you missed it, is the new generational (read:SwordandShield) transfer app for Switch and mobile devices that replaces the 3DS-bound Bank. To help ease into this new transition, saidBank is free for a month, butyou still have to pay for the premium edition of Home. Just remember: Home is the new home for transferring....

Every so often, we get fun little events inPokémon TCG Pocketthat reward players with promo cards for playing through solo battles. Here’s everything you need to know about the Pawmot drop event inPokémon TCG Pocket, including its availability period and rewards. Table of contents Pokémon TCG Pocket Pawmot drop event start and end dates First up, the Pawmot drop event inPokémon TCG Pocketwill run from April 7 to April 17 at 2 a....