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,…
Niantic is bringing back the Sustainability Week event for Pokémon GO this year. For 2024, the event is focused more on hatching Pokémon from event 2 km Eggs. Luckily these Eggs will have a shiny hatching boost. Other than that, there aren’t any themed Wild Encounters or Raids. (For more…
Mother fans in Japan are in for a treat! Following the announcement of Mother 3’s arrival on Nintendo Switch Online in Japan (sigh), the Mother Project has unveiled an exciting lineup of all-new Mother 3 plushies to commemorate the occasion. According to the Mother Project webpage, the plushies…
Niantic has shared some more news concerning this summer’s Pokémon GO events. We’re less than two weeks away from Chicago’s Pokémon GO Fest and whether you secured tickets to go or not, you can start planning on how you want to play GO that day. For starters, soon Sprint and…
Hello, my name is Jaxson Tapp, and I am an addict. A puzzle game addict. Almost any puzzle game will get me my fix, sure, but only the best puzzle games are going to sink their hooks into me. Thanks to my years of puzzle obsession, I’ve come to learn…
Good Smile has been on a roll lately with Pokémon figures, from various versions of Red from the games to Sun & Moon’s fan favorite, Lillie. Now they’re expanding the range even further, transforming Ash Ketchum (or Satoshi, in Japan) into an adorable Nendoroid, complete with a Pikachu companion (thanks,…
Ever since launch Nintendo has focused on making the Switch a gaming platform first and foremost, holding off on adding multimedia apps such as video and music streaming services until a later point. Soon that will be changing, however, at least for users of Japan’s Niconico video service. 【今夜】Nintendo Switch…
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…
UPDATE: The ARMS 2.0.0 update is now live, bringing Max Brass to the title as a playable character. Take a look at his available ARMS in the gallery below. The roster of ARMS will be seeing its first new addition very soon via a free update on July 12th. The…
Super Mario Odyssey is certainly charming us with every new revealed transformation. While this “Fireball Mario” of sorts was spotted during the game’s E3 trailer, we didn’t have an idea as to what abilities Mario would get with this latest transformation. Thanks to the official Super Mario Odyssey Twitter account,…
A new ad has surfaced on the Indian iOS App Store that looks to spill the beans on upcoming Legendary Pokémon in the mobile game, Pokémon GO. The advertisement reads “Special Pikachu with Hat and first legendary Pokémon.” No word yet on what Legendary Pokémon the ad is referring to….
Splatoon 2 is just 10 days away and coverage of the game’s single player mode is taking the internet by storm. Naturally, Digital Foundry is riding the wave with its usual coverage of the game’s performance. In the video below we get confirmation of an adaptive resolution, which varies between…
Attendees of this year’s San Diego Comic Con don’t have to wait in line for hours to get a chance at securing UDON’s exclusives. Available to pre-order now, but must be picked up inside the convention center during SDCC, fans can score some pretty awesome Street Fighter and Monster Hunter…
UPDATE: The results are in! A Pikachu inspired chocolate banana McFlurry will become a reality starting July 14th for 290 yen at McDonald’s locations in Japan. The region is also getting six different container designs featuring Pikachu and his range of emotions… (Hmm, perhaps he’s upset because he wanted a…
The folks over at GameXplain got their hands on Splatoon 2 and captured footage of their gameplay so the world can enjoy the title before its release (which is now less than two weeks away). Get hyped by watching the team explore different modes while getting to know some of…
