Nintendo Wiretap (1/15/18)

  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…

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Kyogre now available in Pokémon GO Raid Battles

Categories: Mobile, News

Hot off the news about Pokémon GO’s newest recurring event, Niantic is back with more content for players. According to a new post on the Pokémon GO blog, the app has moved on from the intimidating Groudon and is now featuring the more graceful Kyogre, the other main mascot from…

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Fire Emblem Heroes v2.1 update rolls out

Categories: Mobile, News

UPDATE: A video detailing the banner has been released, confirming that Micaiah (Blue Tome Infantry), Sothe (Dagger Infantry) and Zelgius (Sword Armor) are on it, while Oliver (Blue Tome Infantry) is a future GHB unit. It also confirms a new story chapter. Check out the trailer below.     A…

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Pokémon GO to drop older iOS device support soon

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Mobile

After a bombastic 2016 and a more muted 2017, Pokémon GO is entering 2018 with legions of Hoenn Pokémon and additional AR functionality. Unfortunately, however, some older iOS users will be left in the dust soon. Niantic has revealed that iPhone 5 and 5C support will be dropped on February…

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Nintendo Wire’s Mobile Game of the Year 2017 Award

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: Mobile

2017 was Nintendo’s most fully featured when it comes to mobile games so far. Nintendo may not be making phones, but it’s making some standout titles that aim to capture the essence of its established worlds and characters. Super Mario Run both made it to Android and saw the Remix…

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See Fire Emblem Heroes’ New Year characters in action

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: News, Mobile

We managed to get a sneak peek of the upcoming Fire Emblem Heroes characters recently — and little did we know that their official debut wasn’t far behind. It’s time for a Hoshidan New Year celebration! While they don’t look to be as oppressively powerful as Awakening’s Winter warriors, they…

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