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,…
As part of this morning’s Virtua Fighter direct stream, Sega announced that Virtua Fighter 5 REVO will be getting ports to consoles soon. Released for PC via Steam in January, players on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch 2 will be able to jump into the fray to experience one…
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…
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…
For years now, gamers have known that the smartest, deepest, and most refined plots don’t come from the likes of Bioware or Obsidian — they come from the Kirby developers, who over the past decade or so have begun packing each of their games with a rich lore that would…
IGN, once again muscling their power as the gigante games media company that they are, has gotten their hands on footage from a new stage of Yoshi’s Crafted World titled “Weighing Acorns.” The video showcases both the normal stage and the “flipside” reverse, both of which revolve largely around manipulating…
