The next GO Battle League-themed event for Pokémon GO’s Season of World of Wonders is here. This time it’s a weekend-long affair and it overlaps with another event, Rivals Week. Trainers who have their sights set on the GBL will enjoy increased battle sets, free and paid Timed Research, and…
Complimenting this season’s GO Battle Weekend event, Rivals Week is all about Fighting-type Pokémon. Trainers that want to take a break from the GBL (or avoid it altogether) can catch a variety of Fighting-type Pokémon in the wild, Raids, and catch reward encounters from Timed Research and Field Research tasks….
A couple of weeks back, First 4 Figures announced that it would be making an Isabelle statue for prospective buyers to grab. If you’re still in the market to show off your Animal Crossing love, you can currently pre-order the statue on the company’s website. While the initial announcement said…
Yet another Pokémon game for smart devices has been announced, hot on the heels of Magikarp Jump. Thanks to Serebii we know this new game, PokéLand, stars the low-poly toys of Pokémon Rumble and seems to feature similar gameplay, while applying a free-to-play model akin to the last 3DS entry,…
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…
Sonic fans, clear your calendar for August 15th! Sonic Mania’s release date has been confirmed thanks to the official Sonic the Hedgehog Twitter account. Just this morning, a trailer was dropped with the release date closing out the video. Definitely check out the entire announcement as there are some super…
Hot on the heels of yesterday’s announcement that River City: Knights of Justice would be getting localized, Natsume has revealed that another game in the franchise is heading west. This time it’s something a bit more familiar – River City: Rival Showdown. Called Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari SP in Japan, the…
The Pokémon151 Collection finally came to the North American Pokémon Center within the last few months. The t-shirt series was first launched in 2008, but only for Japan. The line’s designer, Polygraph, was interviewed about its process and how certain Pokémon were picked. Contacted in 2007, Polygraph was given the…
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…
Serebii reported in its daily news roundup a very interesting possibility. From the site: “Earlier today, the Japanese retailer Sinobi listed a new arcade stick for the Nintendo Switch in their listings. In this listing, it mentioned that the stick can be used in fighting games such as Pokkén. They…
Time to slip on those gloves again after this holiday weekend. Let’s see what Nintendo is sharing about ARMS today! Champion belt for Round 1 Ninjara and Min Min may have been the most popular fighters, but if you’re asking who won the most battles then you may be surprised….
The Octarians have certainly improved their defenses and offenses during the last two years. (By the way, Splatoon, “Happy Squidversary!” — as you just turned two over the weekend.) Today, Japan’s Splatoon Twitter account is introducing the Octoreverser. This baddie spits out “Rolling Gallium” — a bundle of metal tubes/rods…
Famitsu was able to interview Atsushi Inaba, executive director and producer at PlatinumGames, during BitSummit this month. The piece closes with a few questions about the Nintendo Switch and PlatinumGames’ involvement since the company’s logo was part of the massive developer list back in January. He praises the Switch for…
The next game from Tokyo RPG Factory, the developers of I Am Setsuna, has been announced. Titled Lost Sphear, it has a lot in common with the studio’s prior journey in terms of graphics and gameplay but the setting looks a little less dreary. Check out the first trailer: Lost…
News on Fire Emblem Warriors has been relatively quiet since its announcement, but in Japan the curtain’s been pulled back just a bit. Revealed via Famitsu’s website, we have a look at three more characters making their way in alongside Chrom. Two of these will be brand new characters, blonde…
