The Pokémon Company has announced that Pokémon Legends Z-A will soon be getting support for the Pokémon Home application. While this might sound like an April Fool’s joke what with the timing of the announcement, it was revealed late last night to get ahead of the confusion. Server maintenance will…
After a reexamination ordered by the US Patent and Trade Office director John A. Squires last November, the USPTO has revoked a patent granted to Nintendo for a game mechanic involving “summoning a character and letting it fighter another.” In a patent I described as “incredibly vague,” it seems the…
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. The…
With a twenty game launch and plenty more to potentially come (yet still slowly trickled out…), the NES Online library is alright for a first batch but definitely has room to grow. Pushing it along in that direction will be a trio of games coming this month. We’ve already known…
Amiibo fans, World of Nintendo collectors, and fans of toys of all kinds may have just gotten some great news: Toys“R”Us might not be out of the picture after all. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the retailer will be reorganized and revived after a formal assessment of…
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is still two long months away — and to hold you over, we’ve scraped the bottom of the news barrel to bring you the first look at the game’s official download card from Japan. https://twitter.com/eating_nitro/status/1047068327699537921 That’s right: Gaze at the majesty before you and…
It’s almost time for the next Splatoon 2 season and it’s building off the Version 4.0 jump last month. Fittingly enough after Modern style’s Splatfest victory, more of the sleek Kensa Collection will be made available and each piece will carry either the new Fizzy Bomb sub-weapon or Booyah Bomb…
As a child who experienced the flavorless banality of grade school lunches, few names are more respected within my heart of hearts than Lunchables, the combo meals that save many a student from the harrows of burrito day. And now there’s a little more incentive to pick up the creatable…
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 second half of Jack’s Halloween Hunt kicked off in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp this morning, which means new flowers and tasks are offered in your garden. Continue helping Jack collect creatures to unlock more spooky rewards so your camp can appear even more eerie for the season! This time,…
Eight years after his last adventure, Mega Man is back and ready to run, jump, and shoot for everlasting peace. Mega Man 11 (and its accompanying amiibo) are both available today, and to mark that Capcom has a new launch trailer of the game geared up for your viewing: …
While we’ve had plenty of Japanese Persona Q2 trailers focusing on the heroes of the collossal cross-over, we’ve yet to really see much of the game’s villains. With this latest trailer from Atlus Japan, we have a pretty good idea how one of them will turn out. As…
Dragalia Lost has been available for less than a week but I’ve still ended up playing it more than I ever anticipated. A more standard mobile gacha game experience than others from Nintendo, it look like it’s off to a modest beginning when stacked up to its fellows in that…
A new duo’s on the rise in Inkopolis Square and while they’re no Off the Hook this squid and octo pair are ready to play with and off of each other to bring some new sounds to your Splatoon 2 matchups. Meet Diss-pair, the collision of Ikkan (former bassist of…
Ever since its full E3 2018 reveal, Nintendo has been supplying daily updates to the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate website. Fighter spotlights, Assist Trophies, Pokémon, new music, and more are all being shown off to get you ready for the biggest crossover around! Let’s have a look at what Nintendo…
