In a surprise announcement this evening, developer Team Cherry announced an expansion is heading to Hollow Knight: Silksong next year. Titled “Sea of Sorrow,” the only description we have is that players will “voyage across and beneath the salt-stricken seas.” The best news: it will be free for all players…
Like a handful of current and former colleagues here at Nintendo Wire, I know exactly where I was the morning of June 13th, 2017. Packed into a hotel room turned office, we’re watching Nintendo’s digital Spotlight presentation, typing up news articles and getting excited for our favorites — I got…
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…
A new report from Bloomberg suggests that Nintendo is gearing suppliers up to produce 25 million Switch 2 units by the end of March 2026, or the end of the fiscal calendar. Nintendo is seemingly readying itself for a massive holiday season after lowering sales projections for the Switch 2…
A launch trailer for Pokémon Legends: Z-A has been uploaded to Nintendo’s YouTube, showcasing the different features you can expect in the newly released game. The Z-A Battle Club, Wild Zones, and of course, Mega Evolution, are the biggest draws of the latest entry in the Legends series. …
The long-awaited release of Pokémon Legends: Z-A is finally here, and many have already kicked off their adventure into Lumiose City. As players assemble their teams, the original Kalos starter Pokémon stand out as great options. That said, getting ahold of these isn’t as simple as just stepping into a…
Pokémon Legends: Z-A is finally in the hands of Pokémon Trainers worldwide, and its release has turned the Pokémon Legends moniker from an innovative spinoff into a proper sub-series of Pokémon games that has become the de facto home for the developers and designers at Game Freak to test out…
According to a new article from The Game Business, Nintendo has generated around $2.2 billion in revenue from its mobile titles. This is despite not releasing anything new within the last four years, with the company only recently returning with the shadowdrop of Fire Emblem Shadows (how appropriate). The number…
In a rather amusing bit of cross-promotion, McDonald’s Japan is teaming up with Capcom to serve a series of Street Fighter-themed burgers to patrons. In a charming animation dubbed “Street Burger,” we can see a breakdown of the trio of menu items being added on October 22nd, 2025. They include…
Last week, Nintendo reportedly suffered a data breach at the hands of hacking group Crimson Collective. On social media, the group stated it had infiltrated Nintendo’s servers, though did not reveal what it had planned to do. Today, in a statement given to Japanese newspaper The Sankei Shimbun, Nintendo has…
A new adventure awaits in the Kalos region! Pokémon Legends: Z-A has finally launched, and trainers all over the world have set out on their journey across Lumiose City. If you need some help rising through the ranks of the Z-A Royale, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve put…
Despite Nintendo doing its best to scrub the internet of Nintendo Switch emulators, there are still people fighting the good fight to preserve games beyond Nintendo hardware. One such is YouTuber tabeneru, who had uploaded a video of gameplay from Pokémon Legends: Z-A running on the EDEN emulator at 4K60…
Towards the end of each year, Time Magazine creates a list of what it considers to be the “Best Inventions” for the last 12 months. Unsurprisingly, the Nintendo Switch 2 has shown up on this year’s list, with Time writing, “The original Nintendo Switch rewrote the rules for portable gaming….
According to a preliminary report from IGN, Pokémon Legends: Z-A takes place roughly five years after the events of Pokémon X and Y. When the game was announced nearly two years ago, fans wondered if it would be a far future journey much like how Legends: Arceus took place in…
On the official Nintendo Store Twitter account, the company has announced that it will soon be opening its fourth Japanese store in Fukuoka. Appropriately titled “Nintendo Fukuoka,” citizens can expect to visit the store on November 14, 2025. It will be located on the 8th floor of the Amu Plaza…
