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…
Limited Run Games, those upstanding publishers of indie physical editions, have just announced not one — but two — upcoming Switch releases. First up is Flinthook, the grappling hook fueled space pirate roguelike with an adorable design that’s already made waves on other platforms. While we don’t have a date…
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…
Get ready to shoot n’ move in a techno-western shooting gallery on your Switch: Wild Guns Reloaded is coming! A remaster of the SNES original already released on PS4 and PC, the game’s unique style and addictive gameplay is finally coming back to Nintendo. Saddle up partners, we’re riding…
Hello Kitty, the iconic cat-who-isn’t-a-cat, is coming to the Nintendo Switch this year. A port of the Wii U and mobile game, Hello Kitty Kruisers, will be crossing the Switch finish line this spring. Akin to the Mario Kart and Diddy Kong Racing franchises, Hello Kitty Kruisers’ original version consisted…
An official Bayonetta 1 & 2 webpage has opened in Japan and with it comes new details about what amiibo can do in the games. Unlockables will come in two forms; costumes and weapons. You can check out a list of what each amiibo can do below. Costumes Both the…
Rather unexpectedly, the Nintendo Switch has become a goldmine for fans of the classic Japanese developer SNK and its NeoGeo platform, with the likes of King of Fighters, Metal Slug, Samurai Shodown and more making their way to the system across its first year thanks to the porting studio HAMSTER…
Despite effectively being a tablet very few Nintendo Switch games use touch controls, let alone solely rely on them. That didn’t stop Voez, however, which was one of the very first titles to hit the Switch eShop. The frantic rhythm game that we gave a glowing review back at launch…
UPDATE (1/24/18, 6:13 p.m. PST): Additional information added about “Miitomo Final Thank You Festival!” and primary source replaced with English version. Nintendo has announced that its first mobile outing, Miitomo, will end functionality on May 9th. The company’s experimental social media game will cease to work at 12 a.m. PST…
We now have a more concrete release date for the bodacious indie darling Dandara — February 6th! The long-awaited Dandara by @longhathouse arrives on February 6 for console, PC, and mobile. Full launch details and some pre-order discount deals can be found here: https://t.co/1QLaRkTHkY pic.twitter.com/0WZ3TcO4TI — Raw Fury =…
As mentioned in our last article detailing the Detective Pikachu film, production would soon start in London. It didn’t even take that long though, as today is the day that the project moves from pre-production to principal photography! Over the next few weeks, filming will take place throughout London. The…
Not even a week after its release for the Nintendo eShop, Red Hook Studios announced that Merge Games will be publishing physical copies of Darkest Dungeon for the Nintendo Switch. Dubbed the Darkest Dungeon: Ancestral Edition, the physical game will also receive a run for the PlayStation 4. This version…
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…
