[Maintenance] There will be some maintenance on October 23rd.

[Manga] Chapters 164 of the official Dragalia Lost 4-koma manga, Dragalia Life, is now available: Lowlife Lowen. Click here to check it out (also available from within the game itself) (no end date)

[Pipe] The 1st Halloween Pipe is now available. It features the following: Rosalina (Halloween) (Driver), Trickster (Kart), and Wicked Wings (Glider) (available until October 30th)

[Tours] The 3rd Tour, Halloween Tour, is now live. This one features several new courses (Waluigi Pinball, Luigi’s Mansion DS, Ghost Valley), new characters (Luigi, Waluigi, King Boo, Baby Luigi), new challenges (including Time Trials), and more. The featured Tour Gifts are Bowser (regular) and Peachette (Gold Pass) (available until November 6th)

[Store] Three new Packs are now available in the store (available until November 6th):

- Value Pack: Rubies x5 (3 + 2 Bonus), Item Ticket x3, Star Ticket x2
- Luigi Pack: Rubies x45 (30 + 15 Bonus), Luigi, Star Ticket x5
- Donkey Kong Pack: Rubies x90 (60 + 30 Bonus), Donkey Kong, Quick Ticket

[Events] Pre-registration for the 18th Grand Conquests event is now live (available until October 25th)

A new update for Pokemon GO is currently making its way around the world. This update, which is Ver. 0.159.0 (Android) / Ver. 1.125.0 (iOS), adds in a few new bits of content. Check out the patch notes below.

- adds new content related to Team GO Rocket
- adds Galarian Pokémon: Zigzagoon, Linoone, Weezing
- adds option to collapse the Special Research list
- provides various bug fixes

Nintendo has released an update for the Switch parental controls app, bumping it up to Version 1.10.0. The update is just 36 MB, and includes various bug fixes.

We try out the Halloween tour in Mario Kart Tour which includes gameplay of new tracks and characters!

Pastel Glazier Cookie items are coming to Animal Crossing today! Check out the various items that are being added below, which will be up for gabs until Jan. 21st, 2020.

- stained glass birdbath
- stained glass tiara
- stained glass path
- stained glass dress
- stained glass apple lamp
- stained glass mirror
- stained glass well
- stained glass apple tree
- stained glass bed
- stained glass fountain

Nintendo is going hard on Halloween with the upcoming Halloween Tour in Mario Kart Tour. Check out the trailer above for a recap of everyone who's joining, and where you'll be racing!

We are very sad to report that 21-year-old Cayla Campos has been shot and killed after witnessing an armed robbery. Campos was seated in her car during the robery, having just drove to the park with her boyfriend to play Pokemon GO. When Campos saw two individuals commuting an armed robbery against someone in another car, she started to speed away. The individuals opened fire, and hit Campos in the neck as she was driving away. Campos was taken to the hospital, but died shortly thereafter.

Niantic is constantly tweaking Pokemon GO to make for the best experience for all players. It's a never-ending struggle, but Niantic wanted to share some of the work they've been doing behind-the-scenes on the game. Check out their most recent community note below.

In an effort to create an even more meaningful experience for you, we’ve been implementing gameplay adjustments around the world. Adjusting features is standard practice for the technology and mobile-gaming industries, and we consider ourselves lucky that Pokémon GO has a community that is helpful in determining what works and what can be improved.

For some time, we’ve been implementing various game-design changes, such as providing more items in areas with fewer PokéStops, introducing different shop bundles, and tailoring raid levels to fit the communities where the raids appear. These tests are meant to help us provide the best experience for different players around the world. A recent experiment was the launch of Legendary Raid Hour, and your feedback was instrumental in improving this now widely enjoyed event, where communities around the world work together and create Pokémon GO memories.

In the near future, you may notice a few changes in the game between large feature launches. To ensure Trainers have a seamless experience, we’re taking a close look at Pokémon GO’s features and how Trainers access them. While changes do take time, we’d like to thank you for your ongoing support, and with your continued feedback, we look forward to continuing to grow and evolve the game. Our intention is to roll out changes to all Trainers once we’ve determined what the best experience is, based on what we learn together in the small-scale tests.