Watch the Pokémon Sword & Shield launch trailer!

Author: Lauren Ganos
Categories: News, Switch

Two little games you may have heard of before just launched today: Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield are finally available! While we’ve been seeing trailer after trailer advertising the game for some time now, setting aside a few more moments to celebrate the huge day by watching the official launch…

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Exclusive apparel featuring Zelda, Luigi’s Mansion, more available at Nintendo’s online store

Author: Lauren Ganos
Categories: News, Merchandise

Nintendo’s once again updated its online store with some pretty awesome new apparel, this time featuring an array of beloved games and popular characters on t-shirts and hoodies. From Luigi’s Mansion’s adorable sidekick Polterpup, to The Legend of Zelda’s Wind Fish, to Animal Crossing’s Tom Nook, just about every fan…

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Game Freak gives more insight on the new generation of Pokémon games, including battles, the making of, more

Author: Caleb Mina
Categories: News, Switch

The official Pokémon website has released a new interview with Sword and Shield’s Shigeru Ohmori and Junichi Masuda of Game Freak. For those uninitiated, Shigeru Ohmori is the games’ director, while Junichi Masuda is a producer.  Topics of conversation included ensuring balance within the game, the shift in story, thoughts…

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Sindel revealed for Mortal Kombat 11

Author: Bryan Finch
Categories: News, Switch

The DLC train keeps a-rolling for Mortal Kombat 11. The next one to join up is Sindel, one of my personal favorites, who brings a variety of hair and scream based moves. Sindel’s trailer shows off plenty of hair-raising attacks, including some with a glaive-type weapon. Her fatality features lots…

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Konami applies for new Goemon trademark in Japan

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: News, Switch

Fresh off of his inclusion as a Mii Costume in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, it looks like the Mystical Ninja Goemon might get a little busier in the future. As reported by Japanese Nintendo, Konami has applied for a new trademark on Goemon that covers both “game program” and “game…

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Nintendo Wiretap (11/13/19)

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: Videos, Amiibo News, 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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