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…
Over the weekend, a controversy was starting to brew concerning retro game publisher Retro-Bit. As spotted by Time Extension, game translator Krokodyl posted on their personal blog a series of photos that compared official Retro-Bit releases to previous fan translations for not only text but the specific font of the…
This past weekend, Sega held a closed network test for their upcoming kart racer Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds on PlayStation 5. To say that I had fun would be an understatement. For the three days that the beta was online, my living room sounded like an arcade — character one-liners being…
As somebody who has spent too much money on Line stickers, I’m always on the lookout for the next collection of reaction images I can harass my friends with. And another one has come along, as a new pack of voiced Pikachu stickers has hit the Line store. Featuring 20…
Great news, Sonic comic fans! The Sonic the Hedgehog Twitter account announced that the new IDW-published Sonic comic series will be coming this April. There’s some pretty sweet concept art to go along with it, too. A new character named Tangle appears in the art. Aaron Webber said Tangle…
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…
Happy Valentine’s Day… or Single Awareness Day… or Galentine’s Day! However you want to celebrate February 14th, the North American Pokémon Center site has a few new goodies you can buy. Whether you’re looking for a gift for someone else or yourself, all this new merch is well worth taking…
Check out four Japan exclusive Super Mario Odyssey accessories that we unbox. We provide details about how you can enter to win one of the cases in the video, so make sure to check it out! If you decide you want to add any of them to your own collection, browse…
It’s undeniable that amiibo have been a success story for Nintendo, with the collectible figures setting the internet abuzz every time a new wave is announced. As a result it’s only natural to see other companies tackle the same form factor even if they lack NFC capabilities, like Ubisoft with…
Last year Netflix and Konami surprised us all with a surprisingly decent animated adaptation of Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse, though it was very short lived, with only 4 episodes being released so far. Thankfully it proved a hit and the internet streaming giant has renewed the show for eight more…
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…
Nintendo consoles continue to fly off the shelves. 1.5 million Switch consoles were sold in December, outselling all other systems. In total, the Switch has shipped more than 4.8 million units in the US since its March 3rd launch. And that’s not the only good news for our favorite gaming…
If you’ve been online at any point for the past day or so then there’s no doubt you’ve come across something highlighting Nintendo’s newest endeavor: Nintendo Labo. We’ve already published a number of articles about the upcoming experiment, but news site The Guardian has recently covered a whole swath of…
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…
In order to advertise and record footage of the Nintendo Labo series in action, Nintendo is hosting a new event for the product line. Dubbed Nintendo Labo Studio, this pop-up tour is only announced for two cities right now. New York City will be the first location and it will…
