Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
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,…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
That didn’t take long! Just a few days ago Sega officially confirmed it would be ceasing its publishing partnership with Archie for comics based on Sonic the Hedgehog. Now, via the same Sonic Twitter account, a new collaboration with IDW Publishing has been announced. SEGA and IDW are thrilled to…
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…
Sun & Moon players, there’s yet another Mega Stone event for you to participate in. Following the June event and dating back to the 2017 International Challenge in May, this new one allows you to acquire Mega Stones for Mega Tyranitar, Abomasnow and Manectric, along with Aggronite. According to Serebii,…
Alright squid kids, you have two weeks to perfect your ink before the next Splatfest drops. The first Splatfest for Splatoon 2’s full game that’ll pay out with Super Sea Snails is all about condiments — Mayo vs. Ketchup. The next Splatfest in #Splatoon2 takes place during the first…
Before playing Fate/Extella, all I knew about the franchise was that it had a female version of King Arthur while the plot revolved around the Holy Grail. Going in, I generally assumed it would be a quirky anime take on the Knights of the Round Table (maybe we’d see the…
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…
Lady Layton is here! Out today worldwide via iOS and Android phones and tablets is the next adventure in the Professor Layton series. Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy (what a mouthful) will eventually make its way to the 3DS this year — unless you live in Japan,…
San Diego Comic-Con 2017 is in full swing, and with it comes plenty of Nintendo news — particularly, new merchandise celebrating very beloved games. Thanks to @debaoki on Twitter, we have a look at one of the newest products revealed by comic book, graphic novel and art book publisher Udon…
It’s a busy amiibo-filled week of news! We already knew that amiibo would be compatible with Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, but Ubisoft never specified which would work and how they’d function. Plus, we didn’t get those Rabbid figures as amiibo! The official Rabbids Twitter has been great at answering…
This week in the Nintendo eShop: Splatoon 2 paints the Switch red, Fate/EXTELLA channels its inner warrior, and Infinite Minigolf provides endless putt-putt action. You’d think the sales would be flowing in these long and lazy summer days, right? Unfortunately, the eShop continues to disappoint this week as Nintendo clearly…
UK amiibo collector, journalist and resident Tom Brown was fortunate enough to receive both of his Cloud amiibo a day earlier than the rest of us here in North America. He was kind enough to share some photos of the figures both inside and outside of their boxes, as well…
In Sonic Forces’ E3 trailer we got our first look at the gathering of villains that Modern Sonic, Classic Sonic and your own avatar will be facing. Among the returning bad guys, though, there was a mysterious new character, and now we finally have his name – Infinite. He’s…
