The history of the Fire Emblem franchise is one fraught with a lot of obscurity and uncertainty. With the franchise nearly being canceled entirely prior to the release of Fire Emblem: Awakening, it has been quite a winding path to get to where it is now. Despite these troubles, the…
Nintendo Switch Online is back with new icons, this time themed to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Celebrating the Shiny Rayquaza Tera Raid Battle event that will kick off in a few weeks, the icons are meant to get players excited for the battles ahead! In the meantime, you can enjoy…
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…
The official Pokémon GO blog has announced that an update for the Pokémon GO Plus has gone live, allowing users to select new notification settings for their devices, among other things. Players with the Pokémon GO Plus peripheral now have the ability to individually enable and disable notifications for PokéStops…
Nintendo’s controller designs have repeatedly defined and redefined the standards of video game inputs for as long as it’s been making them. It’s true that these days we tend to associate Nintendo hardware with quirky, experimental ideas; but frequently, these offbeat concepts go on to become permanent fixtures of both…
Nikki and friends return in the Badge Arcade today, reminding us of the once great Swapnote unceremoniously removed from the eShop. There are also a few more Splatoon and Tomodachi Life badges added to the mix for good measure. Free play?: Yes! So go out there and help Nikki…
For a few months now North Americans with Nintendo Accounts have been able to get discounts on certain games when it’s their birthday. Unfortunately for those of us in Europe we could only look on in envy as our birthdays passed by without a single notification. Thankfully those days are…
And… we’re back! Catch up with Mii V Mii with Fight 20 of Season 2. Watch the Golden Gunners, the Silver Swordsmen and the Bronze Brawlers duke it out in the latest battle. Check out the fight below! Help support Mii V Mii on the MiiTJ Patreon.
You may remember that way back in March of this year Destructoid ran an article claiming that a follow-up to Beyond Good & Evil was still in the works and that it’d be exclusive to Nintendo’s enigmatic NX. It was followed by months of silence, but in recent weeks Michel…
The Pokémon anniversary love has been felt all throughout the year, and it looks like fans of the card game will now be able to claim one of the highest valued pieces of the celebration. Going up for order tomorrow in Japan to celebrate its 20th will be a solid…
It looks like it’s going to be a busy week for classic gaming via the Virtual Console in Europe this week, with both the New Nintendo 3DS and Wii U getting some iconic experiences. On the New 3DS front we have two memorable SNES titles – Super Ghouls’n Ghosts and…
Yesterday we shared the announcement of The Alliance Alive, a brand new 3DS game coming from the developers of the Legend of Legacy; FuRyu. Now, to start building up hype for the 2017 JRPG, the company has opened up a teaser site, which is accompanied by a short reel of…
We had a busy week at the Amiibo News headquarters! We spent some time taking a look at the European wave of Mario Party amiibo and the first three Monster Hunter Stories amiibo imported from Japan. Check out both unboxing videos below!
Ever since the Pokémon Company announced that Alolan forms of some of our favorite Kanto region Pokémon were coming to Sun & Moon, we at Nintendo Wire knew it was only a matter of time before those adorable new monsters would be arriving in plush form. Now, thanks to the…
Milan Games Week is currently well underway in Italy and it turns out what looks like the finalized European boxes for Pokémon Sun & Moon are on display. Take a look: While there are no major surprises in store, it is worth noting one of the big differences between…
