Pokémon TCG Pocket is jam-packed with so many events and promotions, it can make your head spin. Each week, Nintendo Wire will be covering the details of each event, what goodies they have to offer, and the best way to tackle each task. Today, we are taking a look at…
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…
Initially announced on January 31st, 2020, Niantic announced it would begin testing new types of events during February 2020 – Pokémon Spotlight Hour and Mystery Bonus Hour. After testing and user feedback, Niantic combined both events into one and announced what Pokémon and bonuses would be featured in advance. Now,…
Do you need a psychological manifestation of fear of the feminine in your life? How about this $100 dollar Numbskull statue of a Bubble Head Nurse from Silent Hill 2? Now you too can be James Sunderland trying to figure out why he got a letter from his dead wife…
Time to mine some bricks and fight slimes — Dragon Quest Builders 2 is the next free Game Trial for both North America and Europe. Nintendo Switch Online owners will be able to download and play the game from 4/20 (nice) at 10 a.m. ’til 11:59 p.m. on the 26th….
Few are more renowned for designer nerd products than SuperGroupies, the Japan-based fashion brand often featuring products based off of anime and video games. And now their latest collab features none other than the lords and ladies of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, specifically the likes of Linhardt, Bernadetta, Felix, Sylvain,…
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 releases in just over 3 months, meaning that if one were to shelve every other aspect of their life they would have just enough time to play both Xenoblade 1 and 2 before it releases. And Nintendo is offering just a little extra incentive for just that,…
A brand-new trailer for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 was released this morning, and besides conveying disparate parts of its story in an intriguing (if confusing) way, and offering a release date of July 29th (bumped UP from its previous window of September), it also showed off some battle mechanics for the…
The Ace Attorney games are renowned for many reasons, but one of the most iconic elements is the music. With plenty of catchy beats and blood-pumping themes, it’s hard to go wrong. If you’re a fan of the series’ music you’re in luck as Laced Records has announced a six-piece…
Last year we learned of Sega’s “Super Game” initiative, and how it might be used to revive dormant franchises. If reports from Bloomberg and IGN are to be believed, at least three of those are already in the works, with two hailing from the Dreamcast era. Crazy Taxi and Jet…
Update (6/7/22): Nintendo has announced that the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Special Edition will be available to pre-order through My Nintendo tomorrow, June 8th. Per the tweet below, the edition will be limited to just two per account. Stay tuned tomorrow, as we’ll make sure to update you as soon as…
The third-person action adventure game El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron may not have taken the world by storm when it released in 2011 for the Xbox 360 and PS3 but against all odds it saw a re-release last year for PC and now a Switch port is on the…
The 29th Tetris Maximus event is on its way to Tetris 99, and it marks the return of Nintendo’s most powerful protagonist. Kirby and the Forgotten Land is already one of our favorite Switch games of the year, and soon it’ll be a favorite when it comes to themes in…
The Nintendo Switch Online service got expanded late last year with the addition of both the Nintendo 64 and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, and it looks like another system is on the horizon. Two new apps, codenamed Sloop and Hiyoko, have been dumped to 4chan from a Nintendo Switch console and…
Japanese clothing store Uniqlo and the various brands they collaborate with are known for partnering with certain artists to release special apparel. Such is the case with “Pokémon Meets Artist 2022 Spring/Summer” (it just rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it?), which features the unique, stylized works of Japanese artist “magma”…
