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…
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…
If the standard selection of Joy-Cons isn’t doing it for you, or you wish that your Switch had a custom back plate, rather than the standard black one, you’re in luck! Myriann, a seller on AliExpress, is currently selling a number of differently colored shells for both the main Switch…
Those who ordered the coveted piece of nostalgia are receiving an e-mail from Amazon’s [email protected] email address. Redditor BaronSolace took the plunge on r/Nintendo and posted the new development in the SNES Classic Edition saga. The message reads as follows: “Hello, We’re contacting you about order [order number] for Super…
Vulpix and Eevee fans unite! (Pikachu and Ditto fans, too, technically…) This week’s new releases on PokémonCenter.com are super cute and might give you an idea of what your Halloween costume could be this year. Pikachu is already ahead of the game, dressed in Vulpix and Alolan Vulpix capes! A…
It was chaotic carnage, disorder and disarray, a free-for-all, a hot mess… There are many, many ways to describe the day North American pre-orders opened for the SNES Classic Edition. The topic itself is extremely popular this week among gaming and news sites. Last year’s NES Classic release underwent the…
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…
Canadian customers who pre-ordered the SNES Classic Edition on Best Buy or Canada or EB Games Canada were being greeted by a shipping restriction notification. While at the time not specified and well known, the nostalgia unit of yesteryear could not and would not be shipped to Quebec. Why? Best…
For a few years now, popular Japanese magazine CoroCoro has been host to a comedic Splatoon manga series. Now, Nintendo’s latest multiplayer title ARMS is getting the same treatment, according to the game’s official Japanese Twitter account. Much like the Splatoon manga, the four panel ARMS strips will be humorous…
The past 24 hours have been somewhat of a disaster if you’re looking for a SNES Classic Edition. Either you had to be up in the wee hours of the morning to score one, or get lucky enough to snag a pre-order during a 30 second window this afternoon. If…
This past weekend the Pokémon World Championships found a home at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. A Hoppip, Skiploom and Jumpluff away from the Disneyland Resort, a different lovable mouse was partying around the city. Pikachu just happened to bring competitors from all over the world to see…
Open to all attendees and the public, this year’s Pokémon World Championships had a Pokémon Center pop-up shop that did not disappoint. (Well, unless you arrived to find out an item you wanted was sold out.) Depending on when you arrived, you could either walk right in, wait for a…
The good folks over at MyGamingBoulevard have released yet another early look at a Nintendo product — this time, the Metroid: Samus Returns Collector’s Edition from Europe. The bundle includes a steelbook, Morph Ball keychain, soundtrack and pin. Check out the unboxing: Sadly, this particular edition isn’t coming to North…
