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…
With the Nintendo Switch 2 presentation less than a month away now, people are understandably very eager to learn more about the successor to the Switch. While more is known now than has ever been before, there has been little in the way of specific information made available quite yet….
Sonic the Hedgehog’s YouTube posted a new video going behind the scenes of recording Team Sonic Racing’s soundtrack. No matter the quality of a Sonic game, the music is almost always great, and Team Sonic Racing’s soundtrack lives up to that reputation. Now, you can watch Jun Senoue and others…
The Fire Emblem series is full of characters, and thanks to Fire Emblem Heroes several have gotten a new lease on life. The annual Choose Your Legends popularity votes given fans the chance to call the shots, pledging to their favorites in the hopes they’ll get a version added to…
Continue your celebration of love in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp by checking out the brand new Valentine’s Collection of clothes! If you’ve already feasted your eyes on all the chocolaty delicious items available through Pelly’s Flight of Passion garden event and the newly introduced Poppy’s cocoa fortune cookie, then these…
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…
The wait may soon be over for those who supported the Kickstarter for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night way back in 2015. The ESRB has just given the Castlevania spiritual successor a T rating for “Blood, Partial Nudity, Violence”. The game went into development after Koji Igarashi, longtime Castlevania producer,…
Following yesterday’s investor’s report, Nintendo held a Q&A session with said investors and press where they discussed plans for the future. As always, we’ll cover the essentials. First things first, the company’s partnership with Universal was discussed in further detail. Super Nintendo World is still aiming for a 2020 launch…
Nintendo just keeps growing and growing, and soon it’ll be claiming a little piece of Tokyo all for itself. Today the company announced Nintendo Tokyo, a dedicated storefront in the popular Shibuya district for all things Mario, Kirby, Zelda, and more. By the sound of things, this will serve as…
Nintendo has announced a new mobile game coming to mobile devices: Dr. Mario World. The new game is being developed in partnership with LINE Corporation, and will follow the rest of the series as a puzzle game. The doctor is in! Mario puts on the white coat once again…
Over a year since its release and I’m still tapping my toes to “Jump Up, Super Star!” There’s no doubt in my mind that Super Mario Odyssey is one of the Switch’s best games by a mile. Looks like Jakks Pacific is catching onto that notion too, as an upcoming…
Nintendo has been pushing a specific aspect of the Nintendo Switch for a while now – the personal nature of the device. Whether you play it at home on the big screen, on the bus, or over 41,000 feet in the air. These latest “Nintendo Switch My Way” ads push…
We blast through Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s Classic Mode with Piranha Plant. Can we make it to 9.9? Find out:
Super Smash Bros. is a powerful series, moving units with a mere utterance of its existence. Now that Ultimate (the debut of the series on the already in demand Switch) is here, these two forces of nature have lead to the game not just becoming the Switch’s third best-selling game…
