With the release of the Nintendo Switch 2 a little over a month away now, anticipation among Nintendo fans continues to build. While many already have their sights set on the system, others are still on the fence and looking for more information before they decide. Fortunately, the latest issue…
In a surprising bit of news for fans of Nintendo’s Wii console, the legendary Homebrew Channel has ceased development, and its GitHub repository has been removed, effectively shutting down the piece of software. No one is certain when this occurred, but a user on Twitter posted a letter from the…
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…
Last month, Funko’s latest Pokémon merchandising effort kicked off, with the Day with Pikachu line. Every month for a year, Pikachu will be starring in a bunch of figures celebrating holidays and even the weather. After the last couple of weeks saw store shelves packed with a St. Patrick’s Day…
Later this week a brand new shadow-element facility event, the Accursed Archives, will be coming to Dragalia Lost, and the game’s official twitter account has released a video showcasing the Summon Showcase that will be available alongside the event. Sharing a name and elemental focus with the event, The Accursed…
This coming weekend, Splatoon 2 will be pitting two ancient Classes against each other – the chivalrous Knights and the spell-casting wizards. To mark the coming occasion, once again some fresh artwork has been released, this time showing Pearl as the Knight and Marina as the Wizard, facing off against…
Hello, and welcome to Nintendo Wire’s newest ongoing series Wire Weekly, where I, the thoroughly adequate Ben “Not a big fan of A Link to the Past, sorry” Fruzzetti, run down the previous week’s news with varying degrees of flippancy. When my boss Jason Ganos told me he wanted a…
Mar10 Day is bringing a boatload of fun activities and happenings this year. From great sales offerings, to new My Nintendo rewards, to our very own look at what the red-clad plumber’s brought the world, the single day celebration has turned into a full-blown, weeklong event. I’m happy to report…
Mario’s a man of many hats, and while most of them help with making him Super, it’s when he’s not out platforming that he does some of his best work. No video game character can stand toe to toe with Mario when it comes to spinoffs in general, let alone…
Happy Mar10 Day! To celebrate our favorite plumber (or second favorite, if you favor Luigi), we’re ranking the Top 10 Super Mario games of all-time. Before we get started, keep in mind that we’re only counting the games focusing on platforming, so, my apologies to any Super Mario RPG fans…
Late last week, Niantic announced that they are going to be trying a new type of event in Pokémon GO, titled Legendary Lunch Hour. The first one is going to take place on Wednesday March 13th from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in your local time zone. The Silph Road…
There’s no day quite like Mar10 when it comes to Nintendo. Not a birthday or an anniversary; instead today celebrates a happy accident of Mr. Video Game himself lining up with the calendar. No complaints here, especially when it leads to great looking illustrations like this one, courtesy of the…
Since the launch of Dragalia Lost, Director Hiroki Matsuura has done a great job of letting players know exactly what is coming next for the game by using blog posts on the official Dragalia Lost website. Plenty of major updates have been announced this way in the past, and this…
Though it’s not yet time to take up your sword or staff, Splatoon 2’s been updated to Version 4.5.0 ahead of the soon-to-be Splatfest. The bulk of this one is tweaking a whole lot of weapons and sub-weapons, with some specials and gear abilities seeing a little work as well….
SPOILER WARNING: The following article discusses possible upcoming and unannounced content for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. If you would prefer not knowing about it, we suggest you turn back now! A recent datamine of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has found text strings for what could be two game…
