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,…
Talk about repressed memories coming back to me suddenly, but anyone who was a kid during the N64’s lifespan will likely remember the brash commercials Nintendo aired. One of the more obscure was for the 1998 classic Banjo-Kazooie. A brief 30-second ad had some men camping in the forest and…
After sneakily receiving its official English name a few weeks ago, Flip Wars finally has a confirmed release date, at least in Europe. The game will land on the eShop this Thursday, July 6th. The official Nintendo UK YouTube channel has jumped the gun somewhat by releasing the game’s launch…
If any of you made the plunge last week when Amazon UK’s listings of the SNES Classic Mini went live, you may want to check your e-mail. NeoGAF user Blam started a thread on the forum last night, showing off a cancellation e-mail: Hello, We’re writing about your Amazon.co.uk order…
Kirby’s Blowout Blast will be a breath of fresh air when it hits the eShop this week, and amiibo fans have just a little more to be excited about now. A small trailer on the Japanese Nintendo YouTube page revealed that the Kirby series amiibo, as well as their Smash…
Later this month, the 3DS and 2DS family will have some new additions: the New Nintendo 2DS XL will be available, along with Miitopia and Hey! Pikmin. In anticipation of those, here at Nintendo Wire we spotted that Nintendo made the full sites for Miitopia and Hey! Pikmin live. Over…
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…
There are plenty of pixel art platformers on the Nintendo Switch already but it’s hard not to be intrigued by Celeste, the next game from the developers of TowerFall. It was planned to be a Nintendo Switch launch window title, but the team has decided to hold it back for…
In just a few days Eiji Aonuma and two other artists who worked on the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will be heading to Paris’ Japan Expo to deliver a masterclass on the franchise’s artwork. To advertise it, Nintendo of France has tweeted out a brand new image…
The wonderful team at Dark Horse is bringing another video game art book to North America. If you were a fan of The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia, The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts and The Art of Fire Emblem: Awakening, then you’ll want to make space on your…
I’ll be the first to admit these tattered thumbs have lost track of the countless calamities put to rest and worlds saved from complete and utter annihilation. In my 30 years spent tirelessly battling the forces of evil, I’ve traversed the Wings of Time alongside sentient frog knights under a…
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild provided countless hours of gameplay in one of the most fleshed out video game worlds that’s ever been created. Now, with the first pack of the expansion pass, titled The Master Trials, players have even more reason to jump back into the…
Thanks to the European eShop, we now have an idea of how much space Splatoon 2 will take up if you’re a digital download connoisseur. Starting out at 3.1GB, the game will probably grow with any content updates that roll out in the future. It’s nice to know this inktastic…
The 3DS ain’t dead yet! Nintendo of America has just released a new trailer showcasing some of the amazing games coming to the Nintendo 3DS later this year, including Metroid: Samus Returns, Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon and many more. Check it out below!
