Have you ever wanted to sit on a giant beanbag Pokémon? No? Well, you might change your mind with these new additions to The Pokémon Center’s online store. Three new very large beanbag chairs are now available for pre-order and they include designs based on Jigglypuff, Gengar, and Lechonk. Lechonk,…
Starting in January 2018, Community Day is a monthly event in Pokémon GO that shines the spotlight on a particular Pokémon. For one day each month, a Pokémon selected by Niantic will have its spawn rate increased during a block of hours. Also, the Shiny appearance rate for the starring…
In promotion for actor Chris Pine’s directorial debut film Poolman, Danny DeVito has been doing various interviews for publications and YouTube channels. In what will likely be a viral moment for YouTuber “The Movie Dweeb,” DeVito just about stated that he’d love to play Wario in a sequel to the…
After first teasing the game last month, SMG Studio, the team behind the Death Squared, has finally revealed its next Switch title – OTTTD, or Over the Top Tower Defense. Better yet, it’s out now! The game was originally released for other platforms back in 2014, and is…
The first ever Fire Emblem Expo has come and gone, and while there were plenty of exclusive events and merch for those in attendance there was also a reveal of something fans can grab later this year. A new line of San-ei plushes will be released in July for…
Here we go again, with another set of NES titles making their way to Switch later this month. The three on offer for May all come from Nintendo itself, and among them is one I’ve been hoping for for a while. According to the official site for the NES Online…
Ubisoft Montreal’s Child of Light was ported to the Switch last year — when it picked up more good press and sales after its initial 2014 release. Shortly before the port’s release, Creative Director Patrick Plourde teased a sequel in a tweet that showed a script in the corner for…
Welcome back to the Wire Weekly, where I, Ben “E-102 ℽ made me cry when I was six and you know what he still does” Fruzzetti, run through the week’s assortment of Nintendo news with what could charitably be referred to as wit, sarcasm, and personality. It was a pretty…
For every movie nerd and artist, there’s one particular item that we covet. Sometimes this will lead us to hunt through used bookstores, swap meets, and secondhand markets beyond the digital world. Yet, for current films, it’s easier to purchase their behind-the-scenes tome of an art book. The Art and…
A week from now, GameStop will be the first of three retailers in the US that will be giving out the missing cards from the Pokémon: Detective Pikachu TCG expansion. We’ve previously reported that the retailer will be giving away the Snubbull promo card in participating stores, but now the…
Protective and stylish case maker CASETiFY is kicking off their co-lab 2019 series by debuting with a thunderbolt. Capitalizing on the upcoming release of Pokémon: Detective Pikachu and the upswing of Pokémon GO activity that summer brings, CASETiFY has crafted a Pokémon themed collection. Dubbed Day & Night: I Choose…
Fire Emblem: Three Houses is changing up more familiar features of the series, particularly with its academy focus and your role as an instructor. The heirs of multiple kingdoms will potentially be under your influence; and over the last few days both the US Nintendo Twitter account and Japan’s dedicated…
So the first Sonic the Hedgehog movie trailer dropped earlier this week and, well… let’s just say the fan reaction wasn’t great. Everything from the CGI to Sonic’s The Flash-like lightning abilities to the song choice of “Gangsta’s Paradise” was criticized. Nothing, though, topped the hate Sonic’s actual appearance received —…
The North American Pokémon Center continues to gear up for the Detective Pikachu premiere by adding merchandise to its online store. The most recent additions include a number of pin packs dedicated to ‘mon of all types, including Swinub, Lotad, Growlithe, Lucario, and a bunch of others. Have a look…
Film and television director Jordan Vogt-Roberts, a name you might recognize as the director of the upcoming live-action Metal Gear film, has declared on Twitter that he’s officially accomplished the greatest achievement of his life. That being? A pair of custom Pikachu sneakers made specifically for the Detective Pikachu film…
