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:…
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Update: Twitter user @unicornshizzle was kind enough to share a new photo of the new Pokémon Happy Meal toys with us. This one shows off the display in-store: According to @unicornshizzle, the Poké Balls appear to have slide clips on their backs, giving owners the ability to attach them to…
Nintendo and Sega have teamed up again in the name of sportsmanship and competition to bring us the latest Olympic crossover: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. This marks the debut of the series on Nintendo Switch, letting you take its lineup of sporting event minigames with…
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…
You’re invited! Don’t miss this historic custom amiibo event, celebrating Nintendo’s most underrated couple. Luigi is shy and unassuming. Daisy is confident and outgoing. It’s like they were always meant to be. Luigi might not have been invited to the wedding in Super Mario Odyssey, but that doesn’t mean he…
Two more Sega Ages titles are nearly here, and this time around it’s all about putting your brains to the test with puzzles, puzzles, and more puzzles. Dust off your thinking cap as Ichidant-R and Columns II are coming to the SEGA AGES line-up for the Nintendo Switch on…
When Playtonic announced that Yooka-Laylee’s second outing would be in 2D rather than in the same 3D platformer style as the first game, I was pretty surprised. The first title leaned so hard into the N64 collectathon nostalgia that I was sure that any game that followed would be in…
Super Kirby Clash has been available for almost a month, and in that span I’ve put several hours into each of its four roles. Add on my (embarrassingly extensive) time with its Nintendo 3DS predecessor, Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, and I like to think I know them all pretty well….
Many of Sonic the Hedgehog’s games end with the blue blur blasting off into space, usually to fight a giant robot or alien creature. Now it’s happening in the real world, albeit with a more scientific goal in mind. The JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons) Explorer is currently under construction at…
Monolith Soft — developer of the Xenoblade franchise and assistant dev to Breath of the Wild and other Nintendo greats — celebrated its whopping 20 years in the video game business this week with a commemorative post on its website, complete with a stunning illustration. A good half of the…
The proverbial hot seat can make the most steadfast of men crack under pressure, but cooler heads prevail — at least, they do in the case of this GameInformer interview with Pokémon Sword & Shield’s director Shigeru Ohmori and producer Junichi Masuda, where they take a barrage of questions related…
Quake in fear, mortal fools — the greatest menace the human race has ever known has risen to lofty new heights, as the number one spot in the US eShop charts belongs not to a little Hylian hero, nor to a dragon-slaying Luminary, but to that dastardly, devious goose: Untitled…
