Initially announced on January 31st, 2020, Niantic announced it would begin testing new types of events during February 2020 – Pokémon Spotlight Hour and Mystery Bonus Hour. After testing and user feedback, Niantic combined both events into one and announced what Pokémon and bonuses would be featured in advance. Now,…
It’s still surreal to know that a live-action Legend of Zelda movie is being produced by Sony Pictures. With Nintendo and Sony being strong rivals in the console space, it’s almost as if we’re living in a bizarro world where cats and dogs live in absolute harmony. However strange the…
Have you ever wanted to sit on a giant beanbag Pokémon? No? Well, you might change your mind with these new additions to The Pokémon Center’s online store. Three new very large beanbag chairs are now available for pre-order and they include designs based on Jigglypuff, Gengar, and Lechonk. Lechonk,…
Mere hours after we reported on an associated leak, Gen III Pokémon have been confirmed for Pokémon GO. Starting later this week, you’ll be able to catch Mudkip, Torchic, Treeko and “several more” of Hoenn’s finest, with more to be added over the following weeks. Another addition made to the…
For Halloween, Niantic released the first wave of Gen III Pokémon into Pokémon GO, including the likes of Duskull and Sableye. Now, well over a month later, it looks like the rest of the Hoenn Generation could be landing in the game. As discovered by Reddit user mpiano888, the Apple…
Four new campers have just arrived in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp — just in time for the holiday season. Bluebear, Antonio, Phoebe and Raddle are the latest residents to join the campsite roster, officially bringing the total number of animals in the game to 44. Alongside these new campers…
While plenty of games have made the leap from Nintendo handhelds to mobile in recent years, from The World Ends With You to Layton’s Mystery Journey, Capcom’s sudden port of Monster Hunter Stories is still quite the surprise. The iOS and Google Play stores have updated with the title in…
Released in March of this year for Android devices, Super Mario Run was eligible for Google Play’s “Best of 2017” awards and its come away with a big one – “most popular new game”. In the opening paragraph, the global head of Apps & Store Management Brett Bouchard clarifies that…
The pattern of early releases with Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp continues! Originally scheduled for tonight, the game’s first holiday event arrived 24 hours early. You’ll have until December 25th at 9:59 p.m. PT | December 26th at 12:59 a.m. ET to partake in the festivities, so it’s time to get…
Line, the preeminent messaging service in Japan, has been making waves with its licensed stickers for years now. Mario got some great ones recently and I’ve gotten plenty of use out of my Kirby set, but it’s time for something a little more ink-credible. Thanks to Splatoon 2’s…
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…
Based on the performance of Trainers across the world in the recent Global Catch Challenge, Ho-Oh will now be appearing in Pokémon GO for two weeks. Smashing that goal of catching three billion Pokémon has brought more than just Kangaskhan and Farfetch’d to new locations. This shouldn’t be too much…
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…
The recent Feh Channel broadcast for Fire Emblem Heroes shared a lot, but the biggest surprise had to have been a whole new chapter to its story. Called “Book II,” it’ll see the game’s original cast heading off to encounter new kingdoms and characters. At the center of it all…
Camp managers who have been clamoring for more holiday details after the recent Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp leak can get excited all over again, as Japan’s Twitter account for the mobile game is slowly announcing some surprises. The manager of the account (who might be Lloid or another Gyroid) is…
