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,…
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…
Of all of the games to come out within the past decade, it’s undeniable that Hollow Knight was one of the most impactful even among bigger studio releases. Originally released in early 2017, Hollow Knight took the world by storm, and following that success, a sequel game called Hollow Knight:…
On today’s episode of the Nintendo WireCast, Hero TJ and Amiibo Jason look at some of the scariest Nintendo games ever made! Videos Podcast/Audio
The Pokémon GO Twitter account has just announced that Steel- and Fighting-type Cobalion will soon be available through five-star Raids. Believed to have a body and heart of steel, you’ll want to make sure that you prep your Fire-, Fighting-, and Ground-type Pokémon to battle it! ⚔️ Cobalion, the…
Not all’s Shine Sprites and rainbows in the happy-go-lucky world of Nintendo video games. Throughout the years, Nintendo’s played host to a number of frightening, chilling, or downright disturbing moments on its systems — all of which are perfect if you’re in the mood to creep yourself out this Halloween…
If you’ve recently gotten ahold of the acclaimed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on Nintendo Switch, then take a peep: Netflix has released their “main trailer” for their adaptation of Geralt of Rivia’s story. We’ve gotten teaser images and trailers previously, but now we can see Henry Cavill’s take on…
The day is finally here! That’s right, fellow ghosts, ghouls, witches, goblins, and other creepy creatures — Halloween is all around us today, and Twitter is no exception. Numerous devs and other game related companies are celebrating spookiness by sharing fun themed images through tweets. We’re rounding up some of…
It appears that at least one person has their hands on the upcoming Nintendo Switch Lite Zacian and Zamazenta Edition, as photos of the system have begun popping up on Twitter. The source of the images looks to be Twitter account @Nintendeal, which posted the images throughout yesterday. …
One of the most intriguing game announcements from August’s Indie World Presentation was definitely The Touryst. It’s low-poly, chill vibes and premise of exploring mysterious monuments on several idyllic islands defitely made it stand out, not to mention the pedigree of its developers Shin’en (Fast Racing Neo, Art of Balance)….
Few video game levels capture the spirit of Halloween quite like Sonic Adventure 2’s Pumpkin Hill – it’s comprized of giant pumpkin shaped mountains, after all. That’s why it’s great Sega is still showing the zone some love, with a whole official new remix of the rap from original composer,…
It’s that time once again for Nintendo to share its financial report, this time for the six month period ending September 30, 2019. There aren’t any significant landmark breakthroughts this time around — though the Switch is rapidly approaching the SNES’ lifetime hardware sales. That isn’t to say there aren’t…
Yesterday night Halloween came early to the AEW ring, as wrestler Kenny Omega made an entrance full of determination. With Megalovania blaring, Omega came out in full costume to, as the announcer put it, “call on the power of Sans from Undertale”. sans officially join #AEW Kenny Omega Halloween…
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…
With Nintendo available on a variety of devices, there are a whole lot of ways you can dive into the season of spooky through games. Halloween will be here in less than 24 hours — and whether you’re off of school or work for the day, or you have a…
