Alongside the myriad of announcements this morning from the Switch 2 Direct was the confirmation that certain Nintendo Switch titles would be getting enhanced Nintendo Switch 2 Editions. First up for the enhancement process are two of the Switch’s biggest titles, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and…
Not revealed in today’s Direct, Nintendo has a new wrinkle in store for publishers that opt to sell physical games without the physical component. For anyone looking to sell a “key-in-a-box,” Nintendo has a brand-new option: the Switch 2 Game-Key card. As the name suggests, this will be a Switch…
Mario Kart World, the newest entry in the Mario Kart franchise and the first new console game in over a decade, races on to Switch 2 in just two months! First teased back in January for the Switch 2 reveal, Mario Kart World was the first trailer shown off in…
Riding off the success and highly praised cuteness of the “Eevee and Colorful Friends” collection and other adorable Pokémon Center Eevee merchandise, November 21st is the starting date for Project Eevee, which offers a slew of equally cute (if not more cute) items. The main part of this new promotion…
Instinctively, anytime we hear of a video game being adapted into a movie the first thing to do is to write it off completely. Unfortunately, there’s a pretty negative track record to support this. There’s no stopping Hollywood though, as a movie adaptation of Rampage is on the way. The…
Those who are fans of both Bethesda and Nintendo, you’ll want to pull up a chair for this piece of news. The Elder Scrolls Twitter account just announced a giveaway that provides winners the option to choose one of two prizes: either a custom Skyrim Nintendo Switch or PS4 Pro….
For a while now The Pokémon Company has been shining the spotlight on individual Pokémon species in weird and wonderful ways, typically starting things off with a unique song. Mimikyu got a little ditty just ahead of Sun & Moon’s launch last year, while the catchy ode to Magikarp took…
According to a trusted source with confirmation from GameStop’s Black Friday ad, Pokémon Center is teaming up with GameStop. A portion of what’s available on PokémonCenter.com will be available to buy at GameStop stores this holiday season. Pins, gallery figures, plushes of your favorite characters will all be easier to…
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…
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…
Inspired by Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!, the Pokémon Center is adding the rest of the Ash Hat Pikachu gang to the world of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Starting now until supplies last, for every $25 spent on PokémonCenter.com you’ll instantly qualify and receive a promo card pack…
The good folks at Build-A-Bear sent us a whole package filled with some of the newest Pokémon products, including the Vulpix and Meowth plushes and their accompanying pieces of clothing. We go hands-on with these adorably soft ‘mon while you wait for the newly announced Bulbasaur plush at BAB Workshop….
From the wild grass of Route 01, we can finally celebrate the final Generation 1 starter Pokémon joining the collection at Build-A-Bear. Yup, that’s right: the “first” Pokémon with Pokédex Entry 001 is here: Bulbasaur. The Grass-type Pokémon that may have stolen your heart when you proclaimed “I choose…
The folks over at My Gaming Boulevard were kind enough to give us an up-close look at all four of the upcoming Champions amiibo releases from the 4-pack in their latest unboxing video. Remember, the largest amiibo pack we’ve seen released so far is in the form of a 3-pack…
Just as the last of the Halloween goodies are thrown into the clearance section, retailers are ramping up for the craziness that is Black Friday. The mega shopping day that’s expanded into Cyber Monday, starting on Thanksgiving day, and even kicking off just as we turn our calendars to November…
