This past weekend, Sega held a closed network test for their upcoming kart racer Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds on PlayStation 5. To say that I had fun would be an understatement. For the three days that the beta was online, my living room sounded like an arcade — character one-liners being…
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…
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 Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is jam-packed with things to do and items to collect. However, one item is sadly missing from the game: the iron boots, the heavy footwear that allows Link to walk underwater. But fear not, aquatic explorers, a newly discovered glitch allows Link…
Nintendo of America just gave Switch fans another look at ARMS through two videos, this time featuring the characters and their swift battle moves, as well as the weapons used within matches. Keep in mind that both of these videos were previously shown through Nintendo Japan last month. Watch as…
Strategy guide publisher Piggyback took to Twitter today to announce that the Deluxe Edition of The Legend of Zelda: Breath Of the Wild Strategy Guide has been pushed back to April 11th from its original March 30th release date. According to a post found on the official Piggyback Twitter page,…
New job listings for 3D CG designers and character modelers have been added to the Game Freak page, leading many to speculate what this could mean for the next Pokémon game. When translated, the general descriptions introduce the jobs with these details: 3D CG designer It is an opportunity to…
Just a few days ago, we reported that GameStop would be receiving new shipments of Nintendo Switch units sometime this week. We’ve now received confirmation from the company that the systems will be in stock as early as Wednesday, March 22nd, at some stores. Keep in mind that arrival days…
Are you a fan of obscure action RPGs for the Super Famicom that never got a Western release? Then it’s your lucky day, as the legendary Seiken Densetsu 3 has been teased for a Nintendo Switch release. The franchise’s official Twitter account posted a short clip of the game being…
Welcome to the Daily Wiretap: Weekend Edition! 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,…
Hold on to your tentacles, because it’s Inkopolis News time! It’s been revealed on the official Splatoon 2 blog that the Squid Sisters aren’t the only musical act players will be seeing in the sequel, as a new rock band is lighting up the stage. Christened as “Wet Floor”, this…
With a major Super Mario Run update imminent, arriving alongside the game’s Android launch on March 23rd, Nintendo is sure to start giving us news regarding its contents soon. To kick things off, courtesy of the game’s Japanese Twitter account, we have confirmation that the update will include four new…
Yet another benefit of the Switch being region free has come to light thanks to a Reddit AMA. From developer Image & Form, creator of SteamWorld Dig 2: “Now that Nintendo has embraced region-free publishing we save lots of time since we only need to submit one version of the…
Fans of the long-running Capcom franchise Monster Hunter know full well at this point that cross-overs are par for the course. Now, the currently Japanese expanded version of Generations, Monster Hunter XX, is adding some items based on a beloved Sanrio character – Gudetama. Known for his lazy and disheartened…
So far information on Sonic Forces has been scarce – we learned a few bare essentials from the SXSW panel on Thursday, but many things were left unclarified. Now, thanks to an extended demo given to Game Informer, we know several characters will make a return – Knuckles, Amy Rose…
