With the release of the Nintendo Switch 2 a little over a month away now, anticipation among Nintendo fans continues to build. While many already have their sights set on the system, others are still on the fence and looking for more information before they decide. Fortunately, the latest issue…
In a surprising bit of news for fans of Nintendo’s Wii console, the legendary Homebrew Channel has ceased development, and its GitHub repository has been removed, effectively shutting down the piece of software. No one is certain when this occurred, but a user on Twitter posted a letter from the…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
Thanks to a recent post on the official Nintendo UK webpage, we now know what amiibo will do in the upcoming re-release of Bayonetta 1 and 2 on the Nintendo Switch. Originally, the Wii U version of Bayonetta 1 offered Peach, Daisy, Link, Samus and Fox McCloud costumes. According to…
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It’s been one heck of a year for Nintendo. While it may be easy to let the Switch eclipse all of the other amazing achievements that Nintendo had in 2017, we want to acknowledge the little figures that started this site, Nintendo Wire, in the first place — amiibo. In…
Everyone here on the Nintendo Wire team has been gearing up for their very own Game of the Year award ceremony these last couple weeks. Instead of awarding just one game the prestigious title, we thought it would be more fun and fitting to name off what we believe to…
It’s no question that 2017 was incredibly strong for Nintendo. With a new system, Game of the Year awards left and right, new expeditions outside of video games and much more, 2017 won’t be forgotten by Nintendo fans. There were a lot of surprises from this year that shocked the…
Media Create, the sales tracking group for video game goods, offers more than just a weekly top ranking of sales. Even though we’ll be entering 2018 soon, those who have access to Media Create’s giant roundup of the year can start picking apart what has sold well. With that in…
Welcome to the Nintendo Wiretap! Each day the team here at Nintendo Wire works tirelessly to bring you the best, most relevant late-breaking Nintendo news this side of the Mushroom Kingdom. To help make ingesting all these meaty stories easier than Kirby hopped up on Miracle Fruit, we’ve compiled…
We picked up a box of the brand new Super Mario Cereal and spent some time scanning it into Super Mario Odyssey to give you an idea of what you can expect with the box’s amiibo + game support. To help display the product in its entirety, we also opened…
Welcome to the Nintendo Wiretap! Each day the team here at Nintendo Wire works tirelessly to bring you the best, most relevant late-breaking Nintendo news this side of the Mushroom Kingdom. To help make ingesting all these meaty stories easier than Kirby hopped up on Miracle Fruit, we’ve compiled…
It’s hard to believe it’s been just over three years since we saw the release of our very first amiibo, but somehow another anniversary has come and gone. Amiibo mean a lot to us here at Nintendo Wire — they’re kind of the foundation we’re built on in the first…
Welcome to the Nintendo Wiretap! Each day the team here at Nintendo Wire works tirelessly to bring you the best, most relevant late-breaking Nintendo news this side of the Mushroom Kingdom. To help make ingesting all these meaty stories easier than Kirby hopped up on Miracle Fruit, we’ve compiled…
