Nintendo Mobile News
News More Mega Evolution Pokémon Are Coming To Pokémon Unite
Starting with Mega Lucario this October
It's been announced the free-to-play Switch and mobile MOBA Pokémon Unite will be getting "more Mega Evolution Pokémon" soon. Mega Lucario will join the fray on 3rd October 2025, and this Pokémon will be followed by Mega Charizard X on 24th October 2025. After this, there'll be two more Mega Evolution...
News Natsume's Next Harvest Moon Game Arrives On Switch This October
Home Sweet Home
Harvest Moon is returning to the Switch next month with two 3DS games, but it looks like there could be even more on the way. According to a new rating that's popped up in Taiwan, the mobile game Harvest Moon: Home Sweet Home is making its way across to the Switch and PlayStation 5. As mentioned by Gematsu, this game originally made...
News Pokémon GO's Level Cap Is Getting Increased In A New Update
80 is the new 50
Niantic's popular augmented reality mobile game Pokémon GO will be getting an update in October, raising the level cap from 50 to 80. This update will drop on 15th October 2025 and will apparently make the levelling journey "more fun and engaging" by adding new rewards, new cosmetics, and more for each levelling milestone. This...
News Nintendo's New 'Hello, Mario!' App Is Now Available On The Switch
A free download on the Japanese eShop
Following an announcement earlier this month, Nintendo's free Switch eShop and smart device application Hello, Mario! is now available to download. This game is designed for parents and their children and is only available in Japan right now. If you want to download the game on your Switch or Switch 2, you'll...
News Pokémon TCG Pocket's Next Gen II-Themed Booster Pack Arrives Very Soon
Raicool
The rollercoaster ride of Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket releases is continuing at breakneck pace, as TPC has revealed that the next Themed Booster Expansion will arrive next week on 28th August. The 'Secluded Springs' expansion is another Gen II-focused set, with legendaries Raikou, Entei, and Suicune taking centre stage. A bunch of...
News Pokémon TCG Pocket's Upcoming Expansion Introduces A Mega Mix-Up
Arriving "This Fall"
Mega Evolution is the talk of the town for Pokémon in 2025, and it looks like it won't be long before Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket gets in on the fun too. As showcased in the weekend's Pokémon World Championships Closing Ceremony, the next TCG Pocket expansion will introduce a batch of Mega Evolution cards to the mobile...
News Pokémon Champions Confirmed For Switch 2, Includes "Free-To-Start" And "Paid" Digital Version
More details will be "shared in the future"
We've just had an update about the new battle-focused game Pokémon Champions at the World Championships, and apart from the news it will lead as the main title for the VGC next year, along with a Mega Evolution update, we've also got details about platforms and pricing. According to the latest press...
Guide 2025 Pokémon World Championships - Full Schedule, Live Streams And Announcements
Update: Tune into Championship Sunday
We've had some exciting game events so far this year, and now it's time for the 2025 Pokémon World Championships. In case you've missed our coverage so far, this year the event is taking place in Anaheim, California in the US between 15th - 17th August, 2025. This year, there will be intense competition...
News Nintendo Updates Its Parental Controls Mobile App For Switch And Switch 2
Following a major patch in May
Nintendo recently updated its music app on mobile devices, and this week it has released a new update for its Switch Parental Controls app. According to the patch notes, this bumps it up to Version 2.2.0 and it comes with a handful of updates to improve the overall experience. One, in particular, improves the 'Play...
News Pokémon TCG Pocket Updates Card Art Following Plagiarism Allegations
Update: Ho-Oh and Lugia now have new art
Overnight, The Pokémon Company was hit by allegations of plagiarism ahead of the release of the new Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket expansion, Wisdom of Sea and Sky. And today, with the release of the expansion, TPC has pulled the card — plus one other card — in question. In a statement issued on...
News Nintendo Announces New 'Hello, Mario!' App For Switch And Mobile Devices
Wood Block amiibo also revealed
Nintendo has today announced it's releasing a new line of Mario-themed products, videos and even an app designed for parents and their children. The free smart device and Switch app is officially titled 'Hello, Mario!' and allows kids to interact with Mario's face. Based on the description and footage so far, it...
News The Pokémon Company Releases New Mobile App 'Pokémon Events'
Be in the know
Nintendo has already launched a news app this year, and now The Pokémon Company International is following this up with its very own events application for mobile devices. This new app – officially known as Pokémon Events – is now available on Android and IOS and as the name suggests, it's "your portal to Pokémon Events"...
News Ludocene, The Deckbuilding 'Dating App For Games', Launches Today
Swipe to select, with tips from the pros
We reported on Ludocene back in February, when the new search tool for video games was looking for backers for its Kickstarter campaign, which then went on to find enough supporters that it's launching a whole month early. Hooray! In fact, it's launching today, which is National Playday here in the UK. What...
News Nintendo Music Update Adds "Some Features" For Those With An Expired NSO Membership
Keep the tunes coming
Nintendo has rolled out its latest update for the Nintendo Music mobile app, and the biggest change seems to be the arrival of "some features" for anyone who let their Nintendo Switch Online membership expire. That "some features" all sounds pretty mysterious, doesn't it? Well, that's exactly how the Big N phrases it in the...
News Pokémon Rolling Out Brand New App For Competitive Players
Out now in Europe, next week in US
The Pokémon Company has started rolling out a brand new app from competitive players, which will allow them to track events easily for the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Pokémon GO, the mainline games, and much more. Play! Pokémon Access is out now in parts of Europe and is coming to the US on 4th August (thanks,...
Poll So, Have You Tried Out Pokémon Friends On Switch Or Mobile Yet?
It got a surprise release this week
The latest Pokémon Presents broadcast earlier this week included the surprise release of a new puzzle game called Pokémon Friends. It's available now as a free download on mobile devices and a one-time payment from the Switch eShop. Along with this are additional transactions, including DLC packs, which add...
Rumour Pokémon Champions Leaks Resurface Ahead Of 2026 Launch
Release window, gameplay details and more
Earlier this week, during the latest Pokémon Presents broadcast, trainers got an update about the new battle game Pokémon Champions – confirming a 2026 launch window for Switch and mobile devices. Now, as highlighted by Nintendo Everything, there are supposedly new details about the game emerging. Thi
News Pokémon TCG Pocket Lands Much-Needed Trading Update & A New Expansion Next Week
Let's go, Johto!
Surprisingly, there was no Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket announcement to be found in this week's Pokémon Presents, but an update reveal wasn't far behind. The Pokémon Company has today lifted the lid on the new 'Wisdom of Sea and Sky' expansion, which sees Johto's very own Lugia and Ho-Oh take centre stage in a Gen 2-focused...
News Surprise! A Brand New Pokémon Puzzle Game Is Available Now On Mobile And Switch
Knotted
Welp, something may have slipped out a little earlier than intended — Pokémon Friends, a brand new puzzle game featuring the little creatures, is available for on the Switch eShop, App Store Google Play. Interestingly, the game is free on mobile, but on Switch, you'll need to drop £7.99 / $9.99. Officially confirmed during today's...
News Mario Kart Tour Announces Limited-Time "Mario Kart World Special Campaign"
A new update for the mobile entry is on the way
Although we've been racing around in Mario Kart World for the past month, there's actually been some activity in the Nintendo mobile title Mario Kart Tour. The game's Pipe Tour is currently back for its second run, and now in another update, Nintendo has announced it will be celebrating the arrival of...
News Another Mario Kart Album Races Onto Nintendo Music, Here's Every Song Included
Ready, set, go!
The weekly updates for the mobile app Nintendo Music continue this week with the arrival of Mario Kart 64's soundtrack. Even if you haven't played this game before, you've likely heard some of its music elsewhere over the years. This latest album, which originally debuted alongside the N64 release in 1996/97, features tracks such as...
News Mario Kart Tour Grants Access To A Track Unplayable Anywhere Else
Jump in while you can!
You might well be knee-deep in Mario Kart World at the moment, but if you're keen to try out a track that's currently unplayable on any mainline MK title, then you might want to get Mario Kart Tour downloaded pronto. From 9th July 2025 (today!) until 22nd July, the Pipe Tour is back for its second rerun following its...
News 'Nintendo Music' Adds Another Legendary Zelda Soundtrack, Here's Every Song Included
Ocarina of Time's 3DS album joins the service
Nintendo has been extending its Nintendo Music app library with weekly releases and today sees the addition of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. This is based on the Nintendo 3DS version of Ocarina of Time and was released in 2011. It joins the Nintendo 64 version of the soundtrack (and multiple...
News Looks Like Paradox Pokémon Are Coming To Pokémon GO
Not a paradox here
Can you believe that the mobile AR game Pokémon GO is nine years old? We can't; it only feels like yesterday we started taking our phones with us for 'mon-catching trips. The official GO X account shared some brand new artwork to celebrate the 9th anniversary, and it seems to include a couple of hints on what we can expect to...
News Eevee And Eeveelutions To Get Their Own Booster Pack In Pokémon TCG Pocket
And it evolves later this month
A new month, a new Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket Booster Pack. That's a saying, right? It should be, because on 26th June 2025, we're getting another themed pack, and this time, it's all about Eevee. Eevee Grove will be focusing on the adorable brown fluffy Pokémon and its eight evolutions — Vaporeon, Jolteon,...
Poll So, Have You Used Zelda Notes Yet?
Nintendo's new mobile service for Hyrule
Alongside the release of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom on the Switch 2, Nintendo added a special service to its mobile app called Zelda Notes – giving players multiple features to enhance their time in Hyrule. This service includes navigation assistance, voice memories,...
News Nintendo's Music App Is Back On Track With A New Album Update
It's game night with Clubhouse
Nintendo's Music app took one week off after it dropped the absolutely massive Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom soundtrack. It's now back this time with another soundtrack, this time for Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics. You can expect plenty of smooth tunes in this latest update with 37 tracks in total and...
News Nintendo Music Lands The Perfect Feature For Those Who Listen Before Bed
Counting Mareep
It has been a rather busy night for Nintendo app updates, hasn't it? After the Nintendo Switch app (formerly known as the Nintendo Switch Online app) got a major revamp and Nintendo Today! scored some new features, the Big N set about tweaking things on Nintendo Music too, and released an updat
News Unleash Your Inner 'Hot Girl' With Pikmin Bloom's Latest Collab
Wait... Your what now?
Pikmin Bloom is about to embark on its strangest yet oddly inspiring collaboration in quite some time, joining forces with Hot Girl Walk for a new upcoming event. If you're not aware of what Hot Girl Walk is, it's a recent social media trend that's taken the world by storm. Created by Mia Lind in 2021, it sees you take walks...
News Nintendo Today! Update Lets You Link Your Own Schedule With Nintendo's
Dentist? Check. Switch 2? Check.
The Nintendo Today! mobile app has been updated (alongside the now-rebranded Nintendo Switch Online app), adding in a few notable new features that fans will no doubt appreciate. The biggest change comes with the calendar feature, which now lets you link up with your own device calendar to view personal events...
News Nintendo Switch Online App Undergoes Major Revamp For Switch 2
Screenshot management is easier than ever
The Nintendo Switch Online mobile app has undergone a pretty major rebrand as fans excitedly await the launch of the Switch 2 on 5th June 2025. Now simply known as 'Nintendo Switch App', the 3.0.1 update now lets you view your friends' profiles and receive optional notifications whenever they come online...
News Nintendo Today! Update Prevents Users From Recording Promotional Videos
Denied!
Nintendo has quietly updated its Nintendo Today! mobile app in an apparent effort to prevent users from capturing its promotional videos and sharing them elsewhere. Although the update has not been publicly detailed by Nintendo, Reddit user Cube_play_8 has uploaded a video demonstrating that screen recordings of footage from Nintendo Today!...
News Pokémon TCG Pocket's Next Booster Pack Is All About Ultra Beasts
There's an Extradimensional Crisis coming
Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket isn't slowing down anytime soon, and we have yet another Booster Pack coming to the game next week, on 30th May 2025 — or 29th May at 11pm PT. This time, it's all about the Ultra Beasts — which debuted in Pokémon Sun & Moon — in Extradimensional Crisis expansion...
Rumour New Datamine Suggests Nintendo Isn't Done With Mario Kart's Mobile Entry Just Yet
Could an update be timed in with Mario Kart World?
Mario Kart World is due out next month on 5th June 2025, and although Nintendo ended content updates for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe some time ago, it might not actually be done with its mobile entry Mario Kart Tour just yet. Although there hasn't been a major update for the free-to-download mobile game...
News Nintendo Music's Latest Update Celebrates Another NES Classic, Here's Every Song Included
Kid Icarus returns
The Nintendo Music app has been pumping out all sorts of soundtracks so far this year and following a Pokémon update last week, we're now jumping back to the glory days of the NES with the original Kid Icarus game. This album, as you might expect, is a lot smaller than the previous update - with just 12 tracks and a total...
News Pokémon GO Doubling Amount Of Daily Remote Raids Has Nothing To Do With New Owners
"It's entirely the leadership here, internally"
Pokémon GO has been in the headlines a fair amount recently after Niantic sold off its gaming division to Saudi-owned mobile specialist Scopely. But in some good news for fans of the AR game, the developers have announced that they're doubling the number of daily remote raids players can take part in...
Poll After One Month, How Often Are You Actually Using 'Nintendo Today'?
Old news?
It has been such a busy few weeks in the world of Nintendo that when asked, "How long has Nintendo Today! been out for?", our answers could range anywhere from three days to three years. In truth, the daily news app launched one month ago today, on 27th March 2025. That means we've had a full 31 days to see the calendar in action, set our...
News Pikmin's Love For Retro Consoles Returns In Next Month's Bloom Event
How many consoles does one ship need?
Pikmin were collecting retro games before it was cool. The PNF-404 natives saw the way the market was heading and decided to load up on as many consoles and accessories as possible before eBay sellers started asking astonishing prices for them. Not a bad understanding of economics for a species that regularly...
News New Nintendo Music Update Beefs Up A Bunch Of Track Runtimes
Keep the extensions coming
Aside from the usual track additions, Nintendo occasionally performs Nintendo Music updates to tweak the content that's there, rather than adding anything new. One such patch has been applied today, focusing on letting us all play tunes for longer. As brought to our attention on BlueSky by OatmealDome, the music app has...
News Sun & Moon Fans Rejoice! Pokémon TCG Pocket's Next Set Is All About Alola
Arriving next week
The Pokémon Company has officially lifted the lid on the next set heading to the Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket mobile app, and we don't have long to wait before we can get our hands on it. The 'Celestial Guardians' set will arrive on 30th April (or 29th if you're on Pacific time, thanks to the magic of timezones), and it is...
News After Selling Pokémon GO For $3.5 Billion, Niantic Spatial Is Now Laying Off Employees
68 workers will lose their jobs next month
Niantic is laying off 68 employees next month, following its multi-billion dollar sale of its gaming division which includes the AR mega-hit Pokémon GO, Game Developer reports. The outlet spotted a
News There's A New Way To Add Friends On Nintendo Switch 2
But Friend Codes are sticking around
Adding friends on Nintendo Switch isn't our favourite thing in the world. Typing in a 12-digit unique code just so we can see what our besties are playing or join them in a quick game of Mario Kart feels a little antiquated, especially compared to PS5, Xbox, and Steam. For Switch 2, Friend Codes aren't going...
News 'My Nintendo' App Icon Spotted, But Will It Come To The West?
Nintendo bringing all the apps
Nintendo dropped a load of new surprises as part of its latest Direct presentation, including a brand-new mobile app called 'Nintendo Today!'. In it, the app describes how to set up one of its two widgets on your phone homescreen, and it's here that we can see something quite interesting. In the accompanying...
PSA You Can Now Download Nintendo's New Mobile App
"Nintendo fun, delivered daily"
To go out with a bang, Shigeru Miyamoto announced the new mobile app Nintendo Today! during the latest Switch Direct. In case you missed it, this free app has now officially gone live on Android and iOS devices and is available to "anyone with a Nintendo account". It's Nintendo's way of keeping fans up to date on the...
News 'Nintendo Today', A New Mobile App, Will Deliver Fresh Switch 2 News Every Day
Bite-sized Directs!
Nintendo has announced Nintendo Today!, a new mobile app designed to deliver daily Switch 2 news to mobile owners. The news was announced by Shigeru Miyamoto in the March Nintendo Direct presentation. He confirmed that the mobile app will be available to download later today, and it will start delivering daily announcements and...
News Pokémon TCG Pocket Update Introduces Shinies And Ranked Battles
Ooh, shiny
The latest major update for Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket is now available, bringing with it a total of 72 normal cards and a plethora of secret cards via the new 'Shiny Revelry' booster pack. As the name implies, the new booster pack introduces Shiny Pokémon for the first time, bringing back a fan-favourite mechanic that started...
News Pokémon GO Promises It Won't Introduce "Intrusive Ads" Or Playtime Restrictions
"No, that is not happening"
It's a new era for Niantic's mobile hit Pokémon GO now that the games division has been sold to Monopoly Go! maker Scopely for $3.5 billion. This has naturally raised some concerns about the title's future - with some players reportedly worried about "intrusive ads" and possible restrictions on playtime being introduced...
News Pokémon TCG Pocket Update To Remove Trade Tokens Following Player Feedback
"More accessible and enjoyable"
Earlier this year, Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket rolled out its trading feature and certain aspects didn't exactly go down well with the playerbase. This feedback was taken on board, and the development team has now returned with information on how exactly this experience will be changed. Most notably, is the...
News Niantic Sells Pokémon GO And Entire Gaming Division For $3.5 Billion
Pikmin Bloom and Monster Hunter Now are also going
It's official — Niantic, the developer of Pokémon GO, Pikmin Bloom, and Monster Hunter Now, has sold its gaming division for a staggering $3.5 billion to Scopely, "a world leader in mobile games". This acquisition comes just a few weeks after reports emerged that Niantic was in talks to sell...
News Nintendo Music Updated To Version 1.1.0, Here's What's Included
A small but handy toggle
Nintendo Music yesterday added the classic Zelda soundtrack 'A Link to the Past' and it seems Nintendo has also updated the app for mobile devices. As highlighted by dataminer 'OatmealDome' on social media, this updates the app to Version 1.1.0 on iOS and Android devices. It includes an update for "automatic volume...
