Have you ever wanted to sit on a giant beanbag Pokémon? No? Well, you might change your mind with these new additions to The Pokémon Center’s online store. Three new very large beanbag chairs are now available for pre-order and they include designs based on Jigglypuff, Gengar, and Lechonk. Lechonk,…
Starting in January 2018, Community Day is a monthly event in Pokémon GO that shines the spotlight on a particular Pokémon. For one day each month, a Pokémon selected by Niantic will have its spawn rate increased during a block of hours. Also, the Shiny appearance rate for the starring…
In promotion for actor Chris Pine’s directorial debut film Poolman, Danny DeVito has been doing various interviews for publications and YouTube channels. In what will likely be a viral moment for YouTuber “The Movie Dweeb,” DeVito just about stated that he’d love to play Wario in a sequel to the…
At the very end of the month, Europe’s version of E3 will be back again in Germany. 2017 marks the first Gamescom during the era of the Nintendo Switch, and given the rest of this year’s lineup, Nintendo’s not holding back. We’ll get another look at Super Mario Odyssey on…
Serving as a celebration of the classic series of games, Sonic Mania has been pulling pieces and zones from multiple games. Following up on the special and bonus stages and time attack, we now know that Competition Mode will be coming back as well. Seen in Sonic 3 & Knuckles,…
Niantic updated the Pokémon GO Known issues page this morning with one point concerning legendary Raid Battles. If you’re down to your last Premier Ball, the Raid Boss will always break free from it, meaning there’s no way you’ll be able to catch the legendary bird you’ve been searching for….
It’s back! Nintendo of America and Best Buy have announced that the Nintendo World Championship is returning starting on August 19th. Select Best Buy locations around the country will host a Mario Kart 7 qualifying round, where competitors will try to get the best result in a time trial. Two…
Today the floodgates opened up for Metroid: Samus Returns press coverage, with sites across the internet delving deep into SR-388. IGN had the chance to sit down with the game alongside several amiibo and have released a video showing off their functionality. Both Samus and Zero Suit Samus from…
Samus is already getting herself a game and an amiibo this year, so what would it hurt to add a console to that list? Just announced today, there will be a Samus themed New 3DS XL launched complete with artwork of the bounty hunter herself on the top of the…
The Nintendo Switch’s news feature is one of its most under-appreciated features. Condensing the latest in Nintendo news and offering easily accessible trailers, it’s a great way to get up-to-speed in a pinch. Soon you’ll have even more reason to check it out, though. According to Breath of the Wild’s…
Koei Tecmo already has quite the line-up planned for the Nintendo Switch, from Fire Emblem Warriors to Nights of Azure 2. Today, another franchise from the company is confirmed to be making the leap – Atelier. Developed by Gust, the Atelier series merges alchemical crafting with turn-based RPG battles 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…
The Mushroom Kingdom’s finest is getting ready for one of his strangest adventures yet — and if this new trailer is anything to go by, it looks like our favorite plumber’s still got a lot of the personality makes him Mario. Sure, the guns are new, but he’s still got…
It’s already been a week since Moltres’ release into the wild (and two since Articuno’s). Lugia is still available in Gyms, but now Zapdos will be replacing Moltres. Like the other two that make up Generation 1’s Legendary bird trio, Zapdos will only be available for a week — disappearing…
The Ketchup vs. Mayo Splatfest has come and gone, and the event managed to leave behind a couple somethings for us to enjoy anytime we please. Assuming you played enough and encountered them during the Splatfest, two new Off the Hook songs were debuted and added to the Ika Radio…
