In what has basically become an annual tradition (save for one year), Nintendo’s September Direct presentation will be taking place on September 12th, 2025, at 9 a.m. ET. Set to run for roughly 60 minutes with details on upcoming games, there’s bound to be a lot of information covered in…
Sega has revealed some striking statistics for the recent Open Network Test of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. The test – which was held last weekend from August 29th to September 1st – accumulated over a million downloads, and 10 million races were held. The numbers were confirmed on the official Japanese…
The first major update for Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound on Nintendo Switch has just been released, and it fixes a rather big problem the game had at launch. As noted in our review, the Switch version of the game did not include a 60 fps mode, which would have negatively affected…
Instead of waiting for 2018 to roll around, Nintendo isn’t holding back any punches concerning Animal Crossing’s foray into the mobile world. Given a deadline of March 2018, tomorrow we’ll get whatever information Nintendo can jam into 15 minutes of a special Nintendo Direct about the well-loved franchise. Until then,…
Update: The Animal Crossing Mobile Direct has been confirmed for North America as well. The event kicks off tomorrow, October 24th and 8:00 PM PT. Stay tuned for live updates! Many, many months ago Nintendo confirmed an Animal Crossing game was in development for mobile devices, though the delay 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 a…
Take a look at the newly released, animated stickers featuring Super Mario and friends! You can use these to communicate with your friends and family in a mobile chat application called Line. If all these stickers strike your fancy, you can download ’em on both iOS and Android devices from…
Update: The Apple Watch App Store has confirmed that Generation 3 Pokémon will be spawning during the Halloween event in Pokémon GO. A witch hat Pikachu will also be appearing. Thanks to jir9 on Reddit for making the discovery! It looks like big changes are heading to Pokémon GO soon….
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…
Join Jason and Lauren, with guest Ricky Berg, as they discuss Super Mario Odyssey, Fire Emblem Warriors, the SNES Classic, amiibo and more! Special thanks goes to Jared Rutledge for announcing the episode. This newscast was recorded live on Friday, October 13th, 2017.
It looks like big changes are heading to Pokémon GO soon. Dataminers have dived deep into the game’s most recent patch, uncovering several intriguing details. Pokémon GO Hub, The Silph Road and Serebii are reporting that the “cry” audio files from all Gen III Pokémon (Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald) have been discovered alongside…
Mid-month has rolled around, which means it’s time for another Fire Emblem Heroes banner. This one focuses on the franchise’s fourth entry (and a personal favorite), Genealogy of the Holy War, finally bringing its leading Lord to the front stage. The banner’s characters include Tailtiu (Blue Mage Infantry), Deirdre (Green…
In probably the weirdest news we’ve seen concerning Pokémon GO to date, it has come to light that the mobile AR game played a role in last year’s lead-up to the U.S. political election. Yes. Laugh or say it isn’t so, but Alphabet (the parent company of Google, YouTube and…
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…
It’s time for the (roughly) monthly Fire Emblem Heroes update, and this one is quite nice indeed, adding a new feature and a host of quality of life improvements to the tactical mobile title. The full details are as follows: The Sacred Seal Forge (available after clearing a one-map story…
