The Pokémon franchise has been capturing the imagination of kids and adults across the world for decades now. Of the countless fans out there who grew up with the series, undoubtedly a resounding dream of many was to become a Pokémon Trainer in real life. While Pokémon themselves may not…
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…
With how long the original Nintendo Switch managed to last on store shelves, it should come as no surprise that some of the earliest Switch 2 games were originally designed for the Switch 1. One such is the upcoming Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, the third installment of Koei Tecmo’s…
Given their status as Nintendo Switch Online’s premiere titles, it was inevitable that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Tetris 99 would cross paths eventually, and now it’s happening. As announced by the Japanese Smash Bros. Twitter account, the tetriminos will be dropping onto the Spirit Board as part of the…
Revealed earlier this year, the Nintendo Tokyo store in Shibuya is set to open in just one month’s time. The official website for the store has launched, with the official opening date set for November 22nd. For those in Japan though, you can enter with your My Nintendo…
Fatal Frame isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to Nintendo, but the spirit photography series is still a part of the family — if the Yuri Kozukata Assist Trophy in Super Smash Bros. Smash Ultimate is anything to go by. Her game, Fatal Frame: Maiden…
Lucas Pope made a name for himself with 2013’s Papers, Please; a dour dystopic experience where you play as an immigration officer charged with checking those who cross the border to an authoritarian nation. Pope’s previous work was concerned with putting faces and names to the masses that cross the…
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…
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…
Reggie Fils-Aimé seems like he’s having a nice old retirement. Getting inducted into the International Video Game Hall of Fame, posting memes on Twitter, and hosting lectures at Cornell is a pretty sweet deal now that he’s done with his tenure at the Big N. But some specters loom long…
The ESRB is famous for letting ratings of unannounced games slip before it’s time, and it looks like it may have happened again. This time, the ESRB has given a rating to a Switch version of Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour. This version of Duke Nukem 3D originally…
No matter the region, the Pokémon Center always gives love to all the seasons and holidays — and the Japanese branch always seems to have the absolute best merch. This new series of items is no exception either! A truly stunning lineup of products with a White Christmas theme will…
Luigi’s newest spooky adventure will be available for Switch in just a little over a week, which means it’s time to raise that hype even more! Perfect for the occasion, Nintendo’s giving you a close look at ScreamPark, the multiplayer mode that allows anywhere from two to eight players to…
Earlier this month Bethesda broke the news that Doom Eternal would be seeing a delay into 2020, though the company offset the disappointment by confirming that not only would Doom 64’s modern port be launching day-and-date on all platforms alongside the PS4, PC and Xbox One versions of the Eternal,…
