Pokémon and McDonald’s have teamed up for yet another collab, this time featuring the new TCG Pocket app! For a limited time, you’ll be able to find Pokémon themed Happy Meals at participating McDonald’s locations nationwide. Hey Trainers! Take a closer look at the art and cards featured in…
Nintendo Music has made its weekly update and with it comes 37 new tracks from Super Mario Kart, the game that started it all for the racing franchise! Super Mario Kart was released for the SNES back in 1992, with only eight characters and eight unique locations (20 total tracks…
With the Nintendo Switch 2 finally revealed and the first look at what’ll be on it, excitement is at an all-time high. Among the discussion behind what the system can do and what games are yet to be shown, there’s a large amount of talk about the one we have…
The Kirby Café, with its Dream Land menu and ambiance, makes for a worthwhile stop for anyone visiting Tokyo. If you want to take some of those precious memories with you everywhere you go though, you’ll want to make a stop in at its store where some new offerings are…
For devouts of the mythology and art-soaked masterpiece Ōkami (AKA-me), take note: First 4 Figures’ Amaterasu: Divine Descent statue is now up for pre-order, and it’s just as godly as you would expect! The ¼ scale statue comes in three editions: Standard, Exclusive (which includes LED functions), and Definitive (which…
A new manga series centered around Animal Crossing: New Horizons has launched in Japan. Inside the February 2020 edition of Ciao magazine, you can begin an all-new adventure through a story called ‘Gather Animal’s Forest: Carefree Island News’. The story opens by following the lead protagonist, ten year-old Hana, as…
Update: The Pac-Man Tamagotchis are now up for pre-order on Amazon in North America. Yellow Deluxe Black Deluxe Black Yellow Back in November, we reported that a Pac-Man Tamagotchi would be introduced to the world as part of the dot-eating character’s 40th anniversary celebration hosted by a collaborative effort between…
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 a…
Who doesn’t love seeing a modder put imagination to reality and make something snazzy? YouTuber Shank Mods has done just that with a pair of Joy-Con that are dead ringers for a GameCube controller, as detailed in an impressive 14 minute-long video on the topic. Shank Mods goes…
We’ve been seeing a steady stream of Pokémon Sword & Shield merch come out of the Pokémon Center in Japan over the last six months, and the flow doesn’t seem to be stopping anytime soon. The latest focus has fallen on the antagonists of the newest games, Team Yell. The…
It’s been a while since we have gotten any official word on Super Nintendo World, the Nintendo themed land coming to many Universal Studios theme parks around the globe. While there have been numerous leaks and teases, the companies have yet to even officially announced any specific attractions. That could…
As a holiday gift last month, Sega released a new animated Sonic short focused entirely on the Chao, featuring plenty of call-backs to the Adventure games specifically. That love is only continuing, with the latest piece of official Sonic Channel artwork depicting the cute l’il guys watching the teacher of…
Mark your calendars, because “WayForward Day” is coming to Limited Run Games with releases of physical editions of Vitamin Connection, Mighty Switch Force! Collection, and Mystik Belle. The Nintendo Switch-exclusive Vitamin Connection will come in two editions: a standard one priced at $34.99 USD and a limited edition for $64.99…
Arriving in just a few days in Japan Pokémon Center stores is another lineup of Galarian Pokémon plushes. This new batch is bringing Zigzagoon, Linoone, Obstagoon, and Weezing to fans who have been waiting for some of their new favorites to become available. Zigzagoon, Linoone, and Weezing are priced…
For 2019, the Pokémon Company broke its yearly tradition of 2D animated Pokémon movies and instead remade the very first with CG graphics. For 2020, however, it looks like the studio is going back to the alternate universe that started with Pokémon: I Choose You! back in 2017. Check it…
