Yesterday afternoon we witnessed a devastating loss to the video games industry. In another round of layoffs that seems to happen every week, WB Games announced it would be closing three studios. These were Player First Games (Multiversus), WB San Diego (which had not yet announced its game), and Monolith…
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…
It’s very bizarre to hear executives from Microsoft talking about the Nintendo Switch 2, but ever since the company’s pivot to multi-platform development took hold, we’ve been hearing more and more from Team Green about games on other platforms. During the Official Xbox Podcast yesterday, Xbox Games Studio head Craig…
We unbox and take a look upcoming Super Mario Bros. and Legend of Zelda: Link Pixel Pals from PDP in our latest video. You can pick up Pixel Pals for your collection at GameStop today!
Still looking for a Halloween costume? If you’re a huge Mega Man fan, then your childhood wishes of finding a ready-made costume of the Blue Bomber and Proto Man have finally come true. Yesterday, Capcom’s official Twitter account showed off these costumes that are only available at HalloweenCostumes.com. Proto Man…
Joining the world of limited beauty and haircare products for the holidays, Shu Uemura has teamed up with Nintendo to make gamers’ beauty collections a tad more powerful. Themed after the Super Mario Bros. games of old, Mario, Princess Peach, right along with power-ups and enemies, are gracing the packages….
Last month we discovered some new Breath of the Wild goodies over at the Tokyo Otaku Mode Shop. It turns out that the Link and Bokoblin plushes, along with the Sheikah Slate cushion, were part of something bigger. Readily available in Japan throughout this month, Village Vanguard, a bookstore chain,…
Starting today, you can encounter a new Pokémon friend at Build-A-Bear Workshop locations all over the country. Vulpix joins Pikachu, Charmander, Eevee, Squirtle and Meowth along with some of its own, exclusive add-ons to their available accessories. The online-only Vulpix bundle will help you catch yours and everything launching…
Last summer a few orchestra concerts were held to celebrate the ongoing 25th Anniversary of that cute, pink puff that just can’t eat enough – Kirby. I just missed the mark as far as timing goes on being able to attend one of these dream come true concerts, but soon…
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…
Already launched in Australia and Spain, the next wave of Happy Meal toys will include Pikachu and friends from Alola. A total of eight toys have been teased on the official Happy Meal site: Pikachu, Rowlet, Litten, Popplio, Yungoos, Grubbin, Solgaleo and Lunala made the final cut. For whatever reason,…
It’s October, which means slowly but surely we’ll be seeing more toys released for the holiday season. After all, this is the prime time when the hot holiday toys debut and promptly sell out — or are available in small batches before the craze catches on with parents when Black…
If you’re still on the hunt for the SNES Classic Edition, you may be in luck. According to a GameSpot report, the SNES Classic Edition will be getting a restock at GameStop and ThinkGeek locations starting today. It has also been confirmed that an allotment of consoles will be made…
Hallmark’s newest Nintendo ornament additions, Yoshi and Luigi, made their debut over the weekend and they totally helped the Nintendo Wire team get in the holiday spirit early. Our very own Jennifer Burch headed to her local store on Saturday to pick up the Player 2 and our favorite green…
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…
