Nintendo Wiretap (5/23/19)

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: Videos, News, Switch

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…

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Sonic movie delayed to February 2020

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Merchandise

After the less-than-glowing reactions to Sonic the Hedgehog’s appearance in his upcoming blockbuster debut, director Jeff Fowler announced that the studio would “fix” the design. While this came as a relief to its detractors, it also proved controversial as it’d mean more work for the effects teams. Thankfully, the team…

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Koei Tecmo and GUST tease new project

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News

While Japanese developer Gust Co. Ltd. is perhaps best known for its quirky & whimsical Atelier series, the company has occasionally branched off with other games, like the magical schoolgirl JRPG Blue Reflection or the life sim Ciel Nosurge. Now, the company is teasing a new project, and be warned…

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Pokémon GO is making Summer 2019 Legendary

Categories: News, Mobile

Hunting down mythical and Legendary Pokémon in Pokémon GO involves skill, luck, timing, and perseverance. Add the quest of trying to catch Shiny variations and it can become even more stressful. Altering the Raid pool for five-star Raid Battles, two of Hoenn’s and one of Sinnoh’s Legendary Pokémon will be…

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Uniqlo disqualifies Grand Prize and Finalist winners in Pokémon themed UT Grand Prix 2019

Categories: News, Merchandise

Earlier this week, Uniqlo finally shared the winning designs from their UT Grand Prix 2019 contest where the theme was all about Pokémon. Almost instantly, a few sleuths on Twitter discovered the the Grand Prize winning design technically went against the contest’s rules.   UTGP 大賞作品、中国のファンによると、発表済みのオリジナル作品なので(しかも同人グッズとして販売)、ルール違反だそうですね。 pic.twitter.com/tkbpF2SldG — アカナスビ (@hoshinopika)…

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