Ash Ketchum Nendoroid revealed

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Merchandise

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,…

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Niconico app officially confirmed for Nintendo Switch in Japan

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Switch

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…

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Nintendo Wiretap (7/11/17)

Author: Lauren Ganos

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…

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Max Brass update is now live in ARMS

Author: Amiibo Jason
Categories: News, Switch

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…

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Super Mario Odyssey: Fireball time

Categories: Switch

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,…

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iOS ad mentions Pokémon GO Legendary

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: News, Mobile

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….

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ARMS Version 2.0 will add a Hedlok mode

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Switch

Tomorrow will see the first major shake-up to Nintendo’s latest fighter, ARMS. While some additions have been well detailed at this point, like new playable character Max Brass and the records feature, Eurogamer recently held an interview with producer Kosuke Yabuki where more information came to light. Here’s the lowdown…

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Records will be preserved from each ARMS update

Categories: News, Switch

Over the weekend we learned about the new records feature arriving in Wednesday’s Version 2.0 update. Now, Biff has decided to follow up via the game’s Japanese Twitter account. Thanks to the folks over at @armsfan_eng there’s a better translated version of the tweet: “「Records」will be updated from now on…

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