During the Pokémon GO’s Season of Max Out (Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024 to Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024), Dynamax and Gigantamax Pokémon were added to the game. This mechanic is part of Pokémon’s Generation VIII (Pokémon Sword and Shield) where Pokémon transform into “giant” versions of themselves or even new larger…
With the Nintendo Switch 2 presentation less than a month away now, people are understandably very eager to learn more about the successor to the Switch. While more is known now than has ever been before, there has been little in the way of specific information made available quite yet….
When Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 was announced a few days ago, fans such as myself were excited. It’s been too long since the THPS series was prominent and while the excellent THPS 1+2 hinted at a bright future, Activision Blizzard put the kibosh on things after the game sold…
The biggest crossover in gaming, the fighting you know and love, and that pure essence of Nintendo itself; Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is nearly upon us. While it doesn’t feature anything new and some of the shots are definitely from older trailers and promo videos, this latest trailer is still…
When the spotlight was last shone on the new Pokémon Meltan there was a brief tease of another creature, with many expecting it to be a new form. Turns out, it’s an evolution! You can check out the full reveal of Melmetal below, with the final report from Professor’s Oak…
UPDATE: We’ve since been contacted by French gaming site NintendoActu who have reported that the person who captured the footage, who shall remain nameless in this article for the sake of privacy, worked at the marketing group in question. Supposedly the group is indeed working with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate…
During the last Smash Direct, Director Masahiro Sakurai made note of just how much Castlevania music was coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It’s an unprecedented amount for a third party series, but it’s absolutely deserved. This week via Smash Blog we get to hear another of these renditions, and…
The latest Pokémon movie is a month away from its English language debut. And it’s starring not just Ash, but a whole group of new characters who each have their own, unique relationships with Pokémon that’ll be shown over the course of the movie. See what draws them all together…
It’s not a secret that I am the world’s biggest Luigi’s Mansion fan: I’ve been playing the game every October since it launched in 2001, and I still manage to write about the game several times a year right here on Nintendo Wire. Back in March, my not-so-secret hopes were…
Animal Crossing, the lovely life sim that Nintendo fans adore, has been around in Japan longer than the US thanks to debuting not on the GameCube, but the N64. Doubutsu no Mori, or Animal Forest (as it’s known over there) was present at Spaceworld 2000 — a full two years…
One of the Switch’s best games is almost a year old, and to mark the occasion Nintendo’s rolling out multiple events based on Super Mario Odyssey. According to a Japanese page for the game, Mario’s big vacation of an adventure will be adding pixel Luigi and Captain Toad to the…
Adding to the list of great games making their way to Switch, Cellar Door Games has announced two more for fans to be tempted by. Joining the eShop on November 6th, both Rogue Legacy and Full Metal Furies will bring their pixels to a Nintendo system for the first time….
When Sega announced its Sega Ages program, which is slowly but surely bringing classic games from their back catalog to the Switch, it was hinted that Sega Dreamcast games would eventually be part of the line-up. Personally, I wasn’t too confident in it coming to fruition, but it turns out…
In our current days of datamines and news leaks, I really do miss one of my favorite sources of ambiguous gaming information: players’ guides. While guides were usually reliable as far as finishing a game went, they’d sometimes contain misinformation or facts that just weren’t in the final game. It…
Jack is back! And this time he needs your help catching fish in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp’s Halloween themed fishing tournament titled “Candied Catches.” You’re tasked with catching a bunch of fish at Lost Lure Creek and handing them over to the pumpkin-headed host of the event so he can…
