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How to play Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with friends online

If you want to play Super Smash Bros. Ultimate online with your friends, you’ll first need to sign up for a Nintendo Online subscription, which costs $3.99 for one month and $19.99 for a whole year. If you have an active subscription, you should be set and ready to go. To play with friends online, you need to create a Battle Arena, which can be found in Smash Bros. Ultimate’s online menu.

Where to find the Amethyst Shard Exchange Merchant in Lost Ark

In the world of Arkesia, there are plenty of different currencies to spend as you pick up new items, weapons, and gear to prepare yourself for your numerous expeditions. One of the rarest forms of currency in Lost Ark, however, comes in the form of the Amethyst Shards. These shards are hard to come by on your travels and can only be acquired from a select few places. The easiest way is to get lucky enough to pick up a Twitch drop from specific streamers who are playing the game.

How to evolve Poipole into Naganadel and find Dragon Pulse in Pokémon Sword and Shield’s The Crown Tundra expansion

Another classic evolution method in Pokémon games is teaching your Pokémon a specific move before leveling it up.  Normally, a Pokémon will learn the required move through leveling up on its own, but in some cases, it is actually faster just to track down alternative methods to get the job done.  Poipole is one such Pokémon, as it needs to learn Dragon Pulse before it can reach the terrifying heights of its evolved form Naganadel.

Pokémon Oreo collaboration reveals 16 collectible cookie designs

Classic sandwich cookie Oreo’s latest collaboration is with none other than Pokémon and limited-edition packs of the sandwich cookies will be hitting stores soon. The special packs come with a cool Pokémon design on the packaging and the cookies themselves have Pokémon on them, too. One side of the cookie will feature the classic Oreo design, while the other will feature 16 different Pokémon. The full list of Pokémon in the collaboration features Pikachu, Mew, Sandshrew, Sableye, Bulbasaur, Lapras, Cyndaquil, Dratini, Grookey, Jigglypuff, Squirtle, Charmander, Pancham, Snivy, Piplup, and Rowlett.

The top 10 highest prize pools in esports

Esports players have seen some outrageous payouts over the last 20 years. While the overall size of a prize pool doesn’t determine the prestige of an event, it’s quite clearly one of the major factors players use to determine whether they’ll show up. The first esports prize was given away in 1997 when Dennis “Thresh” Fong won Quake developer John Carmac’s red Ferrari 328. In 2006, Johan “Toxjq” Quick won a Rolex from the WSVG Quake 4 championship.