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,…
It looks like the hard work of Trainers the world over has paid off in Pokémon GO. The Global Catch Challenge either brought players back to the game or put its fans into overdrive, as over the weekend the counter’s climbed right over the three billion mark! Congratulations, Trainers!…
With Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp receiving yet another update, the community on subreddit r/ACPocketCamp have been datamining it with the help of some friend requests. User bluesun and others in the sub’s Discord channel have been pulling apart what they can with redditor SenorDeebs posting a master list of what’s…
Slowly but surely Nintendo is amassing a selection of mobile games that appeal to all sorts, from the laidback social space that is Miitomo to the addictive gacha of Fire Emblem Heroes. Now Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has joined the line-up, and fellow mobile title Super Mario Run is celebrating…
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…
If you’ve been pouring countless hours into Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp since it launched worldwide on Tuesday, you can take comfort in knowing that you’re most definitely not alone. In fact, somewhere between 5 and 10 million people have officially downloaded it on their Android devices, surely making the app…
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has officially launched worldwide for iOS and Android, though its first few days have been bumpier than a camper van driving down cobbled streets. Server issues have plagued plenty of players, with the dreaded connectivity prompts interrupting play or even causing a boot to the title…
It should come as no surprise that Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp’s release date of 11/22 has been broken. This is the second time the app’s stated release window has been ignored, the first being when the app debuted on Australia’s iTunes/App Store and Google Play store within 12 hours of…
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…
Are you ready for your life to change this Wednesday when Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp comes to mobile? If you hesitated for even a moment while pondering that question, we can’t be friends. But if your answer was “YES!!!” (with all three exclamation marks in tow), have a seat and…
Attention all trainers! I hope you’ve been stocking up on Poké Balls, because the wonderful people of the Pokémon GO team are launching a worldwide event known as the Global Catch Challenge! This Global Catch Challenge is going to take place over the course of 7 days, with the goal…
Get those campers ready, campers! While the weather is getting steadily colder out here in the real world, there’s never been a more perfect time to go camping with your animal friends. Nintendo of America has just announced that Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp will finally be hitting smart devices worldwide…
Ramping up for Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp’s release later this month, Nintendo has unleashed a minigame of sorts to get Animal Crossing fans excited for the debut of the mobile app. Browsing to the official site for Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, you can take a quiz to help you figure…
