We kicked 2025 off with some sad news for fans of one of Nintendo’s biggest nostalgic properties. According to a ResetEra post by Kinda Funny Games present Imran Khan, the developers over at Next Level Games had reportedly put the Punch-Out series on ice. While the true reason seems to…
2024 has come and gone and with it, a slew of incredible games. Everything from RPGs, platformers and shooters to fighting, puzzle and simulation games, there was something for everyone. However, before we talk about the good, we do have to acknowledge the unfortunate, which are the continuing layoffs in…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
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…
Tis the season, and for all you hoping to surprise someone with a Switch as a gift may just have the perfect wrapping option. Amazon Japan has put up a line of Nintendo themed gift wrapping kits: one box and three bag designs. The box is big enough to house…
Today only, and while supplies last, the entire Pokémon collection at Build-A-Bear Workshop is 25% off online! Originally starting out with the series’ most iconic Pokémon, Pikachu, to celebrate the franchise’s 20th anniversary, the collection has spanned to seven plushies! As of now Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Pikachu, Meowth, Vulpix and…
The final chapter of WayForward’s Shantae: Half-Genie Hero has finally launched, and it promises to be an exciting and interesting adventure. For one, you won’t be playing as Shantae in this installment. Instead, it offers a mechanic where you get to play as Shantae’s three best friends: Bolo, Rotty and…
The 2016 reboot of the oh-so-famous game Doom finally got its Nintendo release just under a month ago, for the Switch. If you never got around to playing it during its initial release (or you just loved it so much you wish you could take it everywhere you go), it…
With Mega Man 11 as the publication’s latest cover story, Game Informer has had the opportunity to sit down and interview a variety of Capcom employees. While most of these conversations promise to focus on Mega Man as a franchise, a little tidbit gives us a glimpse at the history…
Frozenbyte’s Nine Parchments is now live on the Nintendo eShop, available to download for all Switch owners. The game, described on Nintendo’s site as a “co-op action-RPG game of magic mayhem,” sees players embarking on a magical quest, unlocking new characters, staves and wizard hats, mastering spells and fighting “strange…
If you’ve been gaming in any capacity for the past decade you’ve no doubt played one of TT Games’ Lego-branded licensed adventures. Like clockwork, the company has pushed out at least one game every year since 2005, usually with the same basic mechanics and structure. Unfortunately, they quickly became hit-or-miss,…
The first of three DLC packs for Fire Emblem Warriors is set to be featured in Famitsu, which has revealed several new screenshots and information. The Fire Emblem Fates pack will add Fire Emblem Fates characters Azura, Niles and Oboro as playable fighters, the latter two having already appeared in…
Way back in January we reported on a rumor that Nintendo was working with Nvidia to bring New Super Mario Bros. Wii to its Shield home entertainment device. Now, months later, that deal has finally come to fruition and a few other Wii games have come along for the ride….
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…
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…
