At the end of Pokémon GO’s Season of Max Out, there’s a special global event that all Trainers can partake in. Not quite a GO Fest or Tour, the GO Wild Area event is pulling some inspiration from the Safari Zone, but with a spotlight on Electric- and Poison-type Pokémon….
At the end of Pokémon GO’s Season of Max Out, there’s a special global event that all Trainers can partake in. Not quite a GO Fest or Tour, the GO Wild Area event is pulling some inspiration from the Safari Zone, but with a spotlight on Electric- and Poison-type Pokémon….
A brand-new Kirby Café has finally opened in Osaka! Located in the Daimari Shinsaibashi Store in Osaka City, this now makes three permanent locations available in Japan. As with all other locations, the Osaka Café requires reservations, which can be hard to come by and often sell out quickly. You…
Capcom seems dead set on making Monster Hunter a massive franchise globally, and the next step in that journey is a 3D animated special from the California-based Pure Imagination Studios. The special, which releases next year, will follow “a brave young man determined to prove himself as a monster hunter…
Those in North America can finally rejoice, as McDonald’s latest Happy Meal Mario toys that already made their rounds in other regions are finally coming stateside. Once again, we can all gear up to see Mario and friends readily available at locations sometime in the near future, soon after the…
Our Nintendo Classic Mini Famicom Shonen Jump Version just arrived from Japan, and we couldn’t wait to get our hands on the little golden treasure. While we can appreciate the fact that the compact system sports 20 classic games, one of the main reasons we’ve been so hyped to own…
Capcom and A-1 Pictures’ Ace Attorney anime will be returning to Japanese airwaves this fall, and now we have a confirmed premiere date via Anime Expo 2018 alongside a new piece of artwork. Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV will air the show at 5:30 p.m. JST on October 6th! We’ll…
When it comes to high quality figures of beloved game characters, few can compare to First4Figures. The company has revealed another figure in its long line of finely sculpted collectibles, this time modeling the eponymous bear and bird from Banjo-Kazooie. The statue shows the dynamic duo in flight, with arms,…
Hold onto your wallets, pocket monster fans: the Pokémon Center has a special collection coming your way soon. An all new plush series titled Pokémon Fit is headed to PC stores in Japan this year. Perfectly small and fitted for the palm of your hands, these bite-sized plushes will arrive…
Astro Gaming has provided us with some details about its gorgeous Breath of the Wild headset. The product was designed specifically for the Switch, and interestingly enough, it serves as the company’s first collaboration with Nintendo. The headset comes with a Switch chat cable that can plug into your console…
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…
Few game scores can get me in a mood like Kirby’s can. Fittingly peppy at some points, cosmically bombastic at others, it holds enough variety while remaining unmistakingly Kirby when stacked up with Nintendo’s full suite of soundwork. Some scoffed at the idea of a full Kirby orchestra performance, but…
If you’re a Pokémon fan, you’re spoiled for choice when it comes to merchandise. From the thousands of plushes, figures, trading cards and more, you have plenty of options. Now that selection is expanding with a new merchandise line, and it’s very nostalgic. Series artist Ken Sugimori has drawn up…
Oh, that Edmund McMillen. The mind behind Super Meat Boy, The End is Nigh, and the Binding of Isaac is at it again — though this time it’s something a little less controller-throwing and a little more table-flipping. The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls is a new multiplayer card game…
Get ready to do a victory dance because three big Kirby music albums have just been released digitally. As announced by HAL Laboratory’s official Twitter account, the Planet Robobot Soundtrack, 25th Anniversary Concert and Memorial Arrangements are now available via the iTunes Store, Spotify and more. These are some critically…
