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…
With only a couple weeks to go until E3, and a Pokémon Direct announced for next Wednesday, the question of what would be revealed during a worldwide broadcast in yesterday’s Pokémon Press Conference lingered in everybody’s minds. Hardcore fans wanted long-awaited sequels, craving Pokémon Snap and Mystery Dungeon followups, and…
In honor of the Pokémon Sleep announcement and the upcoming summer of Pokémon GO fun, Niantic is celebrating the quality of life app the only appropriate way: Sleeping Snorlax can be found fairly easily in Pokémon GO! Announced during the Pokémon 2019 Press Conference last night, Pokémon GO’s social media…
When Mythic Heroes were announced, it seemed like only a matter of time before Naga – the franchise’s prime deity dragon matriarch of all that is good and holy – would be added in. And lo and behold, her day has come, as Naga descends into Fire Emblem Heroes at…
Throughout the 20++ years of Pokémon, each generation has introduced us to a new cast of characters. Friends, rivals, family, and random strangers who like comfy shorts and want to battle have been a key part in each game’s story. Naturally fans have grown attached; coupled with those characters fleshed…
During today’s Pokémon Press Conference stream, The Pokémon Company announced something of a successor to Pokémon Bank, titled Pokémon Home. The brand new cloud service will connect not only to Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee!, but it will also allow Trainers to bring their Pokémon already in…
Almost exactly a year ago, Nintendo announced the cancellation of its planned Quality of Life initiative. Nintendo’s new pillar was supposed to concentrate on non-wearable devices that would focus on aspects of everyday life, like sleep. Now, in conjunction with The Pokémon Company and Niantic, Nintendo is developing the Pokémon…
Today’s Pokémon Press Conference begins at 6 p.m. PT | 8 p.m. CT | 9 p.m. ET. We’ll be covering all the news that’s announced during it in our live blog below. Watch the presentation with us, and receive instant updates while chatting! Watch live video from Pokemon on…
A Pokémon press conference kicks off later today. Let’s speculate about the news that might be shared!
Other than the fishing tourney, there’s not a whole lot of news in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp this week (yet). The game’s giving all us campers two new item options that’ll require Leaf Tickets for the time being — Timmy’s golden harp and Tommy’s golden harp. When in motion, Timmy…
Welcome back to the Wire Weekly, where I, Ben “spent $25 on an ultra rare jpeg of a rapping bear once” Fruzzetti, run through the week’s assortment of Nintendo news with what could charitably be referred to as wit, sarcasm, and personality. Ah, gacha games. The perpetual source of my…
Only available on Android devices, Pokémon Rumble Rush launched worldwide earlier this week. iOS users will have to wait again — a pattern that’s developed with the recent mobile releases between The Pokémon Company and Nintendo (Mario Kart Tour’s closed beta). Regardless of your system preferences, you might still be…
We’ve seen a number of creative shots of all the available Eeveelutions next to their respective decorative manhole covers in Ibusuki, Japan ever since the project started earlier this year (around March). And now that Pokémon GO has added Leafeon and Glaceon to the roster, we have the pleasure of…
