At the end of Pokémon GO’s Season of Max Out, there’s a special global event that all Trainers can partake in. Not quite a GO Fest or Tour, the GO Wild Area event is pulling some inspiration from the Safari Zone, but with a spotlight on Electric- and Poison-type Pokémon….
At the end of Pokémon GO’s Season of Max Out, there’s a special global event that all Trainers can partake in. Not quite a GO Fest or Tour, the GO Wild Area event is pulling some inspiration from the Safari Zone, but with a spotlight on Electric- and Poison-type Pokémon….
A brand-new Kirby Café has finally opened in Osaka! Located in the Daimari Shinsaibashi Store in Osaka City, this now makes three permanent locations available in Japan. As with all other locations, the Osaka Café requires reservations, which can be hard to come by and often sell out quickly. You…
In a tale of rise and fall paralleling the Roman Empire, E3 is now officially dead. Once a vital industry show that grew into a cultural juggernaut for video gaming before declining into irrelevance and failed attempts at revival, the ESA’s gaming Mecca went through almost three decades before fading…
Pokémon fanatics will have a new reason to visit Japan soon. As announced yesterday by The Pokémon Company, Yomiuri Land Co., and The Yomiuri Shimbun, a new Pokémon-themed entertainment park will be built within the Yomiuriland amusement park in the Tama Hills section of the Kanto region of Japan. Dubbed…
An update was released today for Super Mario RPG, bringing the remade Square Enix classic up to version 1.01. While that number by itself might seem like a little guy, this update looks pretty substantial on paper. That’s because all but one update in the patch notes address a game-breaking…
Update: Both traveling Korok Plushes are now available to pre-order via Play-Asia. You can save 5% with code NWIRE23 at checkout. (Note: Nintendo Wire is an affiliate partner of Play-Asia.) Get your Zonai tech ready for the upcoming release of Traveling Korok plushes from The Legend of…
Just in time for the holidays, My Nintendo has added two new rewards! An ornament and a desktop calendar are now available for redemption through the My Nintendo store. The aluminum ornament costs 500 Platinum Points and features iconic Mario characters. The desktop calendar costs 400 Platinum Points…
Update (12/13/23): The Nintendo Switch Year In Review 2023 is officially live. Find out which games you played the most in your personalized summary from the year, pick your favorite game, and share it all with your friends online! December has gotta be number-crunchers’ and list makers’ favorite…
Tetris 99’s 38th Maximus Cup is almost upon us, and the theme introduced by this cup will be Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Featuring music from Mario’s latest outing and blocks inspired by Warp Pipes, ? Blocks, and more, the Super Mario Bros. Wonder theme will be available to any and…
Splatoon 3 has been on a roll so far when it comes to amiibo releases, and if the implications of a recent datamine come to fruition, there are at least two more on the way! Prominent Splatoon 3 dataminer ashbinary_ has been digging through a lot of data from an…
2023 has been the year of the Pokémon Squishmallow, and there’s just one more release before the year is over. Both Clefairy and Teddiursa have made their way into the Squishmallows lineup, joining the likes of Gengar, Togepi, Snorlax, and several different Pikachu plushes. Clefairy 🌙 and Teddiursa 🐻Squishmallows…
After more than two decades of gaming reveals, news, and entertainment, E3 is officially dead, as attempts to revive the struggling convention over the past few years have proven unsuccessful. This announcement comes from a post on the official E3 webpage and Twitter account by the Entertainment Software Association, reading:…
Love him or hate him, it turns out Sonic The Hedgehog puts on a great concert. The Sonic Symphony shows have been a big success here in the US, with most dates selling out concert halls. The combination of a symphony orchestra with Sonic’s well-known brand of electrifying, pumping hard…
Nintendo Switch has had its most profitable year yet. 2023 was full of first-party heavy hitters for the portable console. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom is the biggest among these titles, as it has been revealed that it was the best-selling game of the year in Japan…
