During the Pokémon GO’s Season of Max Out (Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024 to Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024), Dynamax and Gigantamax Pokémon were added to the game. This mechanic is part of Pokémon’s Generation VIII (Pokémon Sword and Shield) where Pokémon transform into “giant” versions of themselves or even new larger…
With the Nintendo Switch 2 presentation less than a month away now, people are understandably very eager to learn more about the successor to the Switch. While more is known now than has ever been before, there has been little in the way of specific information made available quite yet….
When Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 was announced a few days ago, fans such as myself were excited. It’s been too long since the THPS series was prominent and while the excellent THPS 1+2 hinted at a bright future, Activision Blizzard put the kibosh on things after the game sold…
The Nintendo Mobile YouTube Channel dropped a new Feh Channel unannounced last night, offering almost 13 minutes of raw owl-update action. While the announcements were a little padded, the overall stream still had some sizable nuggets to dig into. First off was a small addition to Aether Resorts,…
Another week, another round of new characters we’ll be seeing in the upcoming strategy game/teacher simulator Fire Emblem: Three Houses. While we don’t get a glimpse of any mysterious baddies like we did last week, we do have three more prospective students on the docket from each of the titular…
Attention, Trainers! Pokémon GO Fest is almost here and it’s bigger than last year’s gathering, spanning four days of candy-grinding fun. In preparation for the massive gathering, lines of codes related to the tasks, research, quests, and more have appeared. If you want to be spoiled, then you’re in luck….
The Sonic series is well known for its jammin’ tunes, and Sonic CD ranks high up there when it comes to the classic series. Thanks to being released on the Sega CD, the audio quality of its tracks where a cut above other games at the time, and its funky…
Welcome back to the Wire Weekly, where I, Ben “Dynamaxed out” Fruzzetti, run through the week’s assortment of Nintendo news with what could charitably be referred to as wit, sarcasm, and personality. It’s the week before E3, which traditionally means it’s time for light news save the occasional leak. Nintendo…
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…
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…
Whether or not you’ve been enthralled by any of the Final Fantasy games, chances are you’ve heard music from the series. Iconic, haunting, joyful — the franchise has an extensive music catalog that complements the ups and downs of each title’s story. Starting now, you can listen to a large…
To surprisingly little fanfare, it was announced that Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games would be returning later this year for an official Tokyo 2020 tie-in game. If you’ve been wondering how it plays you don’t have long to wait to find out, as Sega has confirmed it’ll be…
Yooka-Laylee are heading back to Switch with a whole new game, and this time it’s a 2D sidescroller punctuated by a top-down overworld to explore, with accompanying music by David Wise and Grant Kirkhope. Watch the announcement trailer below: The game will release for Nintendo Switch later this…
Clone consoles that play classic game cartridges in HD have been popular for a while now, such as Analogue’s “NT” systems or Hyperkin’s Retron range, but the Nintendo 64 has been unfortunately passed over. That is until now, with Hyperkin announcing the Ultra Retron. Check out a teaser video below:…
The Ditto in Disguise plush series has existed for quite some time, but now Trainers and collectors alike have ten new options to add to their pocket monster displays. These beady-eyed creatures are both adorable and slightly unnerving, and somehow both these qualities provide enough reason to add new plush…
