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,…
Niantic is bringing back the Sustainability Week event for Pokémon GO this year. For 2024, the event is focused more on hatching Pokémon from event 2 km Eggs. Luckily these Eggs will have a shiny hatching boost. Other than that, there aren’t any themed Wild Encounters or Raids. (For more…
Mother fans in Japan are in for a treat! Following the announcement of Mother 3’s arrival on Nintendo Switch Online in Japan (sigh), the Mother Project has unveiled an exciting lineup of all-new Mother 3 plushies to commemorate the occasion. According to the Mother Project webpage, the plushies…
Today’s update to Nintendo Switch Online brings with it two new NES games, Donkey Kong 3 and Wrecking Crew. While Donkey Kong 3 certainly isn’t going to add a lot of excitement for most people (considering it was already available on the eShop as an Arcade archives title), I’m happy…
Konami is the latest company to announce its foray into the world of mini consoles, confirming that Hudson’s classic PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 console will be turning tiny just ahead of E3 2019 last month. At the time we only knew of a handful of games, but now Konami has confirmed the…
Western fans of the Earthbound/Mother franchise have had a rough couple of decades, from the original NES game that was translated and never saw an official release until just a few years ago, to the cancelled Nintendo 64 project, and the unlocalized Mother 3… Well, maybe one day we’ll get…
It’s time for another monthly update for Nintendo Switch Online’s NES library — though this month’s is a mite more interesting than normal. The two games — Donkey Kong 3 and Wrecking Crew — are both fairly unsurprising, arcade-y additions to the library. What’s more intriguing is the addition of…
Pokémon series director and producer Junichi Masuda has said that for a hypothetical Pokémon Snap 2 to be made, it would need to have a “very unique twist.” The topic of Pokémon Snap 2 was brought up at the end of an interview with Masuda by GameCentral, which was mostly…
UPDATE: Pre-orders are live! You can import your boxset at Play-Asia. Save 5% with code NINWIRE at checkout! The Chrono series, which primarily consists of Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross, is beloved for many reasons, but its music is the part from both that seems almost unanimous praise. Yet, it’s…
Seeing the Sega Ages lineup continue to grow in the Nintendo Switch’s eShop really does make me happy. Already an established branding, this and the Sega 3D Classics Collection on 3DS have been benchmarks in retro revivalism. Keeping things going, two more games have been added to Switch today: …
Shareholder meetings might not always be the first place you think of when it comes to long-awaited potential news, but with Nintendo’s most recent gathering a small bit of info may give hope to those unsatisfied with the NES Online Service. President Shuntaro Furukawa was asked specifically if Nintendo had…
As we move further and further into the HD display era, there are more and more solutions for those of us with retro collections to play our games via more modern means, ranging from emulation to pass-through devices. Eon Gaming is one company that’s devoted itself to providing HDMI solutions…
For those Jedi lovers out there, take note — after yesterday’s reveal of NES and GB carts for Limited Run Games’ Star Wars rereleases, they’ve now announced a Limited Collector’s Edition for the Game Boy game. This Friday at 10am & 6pm ET, grab a limited Collector's Edition for…
We’ve put the first three minutes of the Link’s Awakening remake side-by-side with the Game Boy Color version. Have a look!
During E3 we learned about Limited Run Games’ planned partnership with LucasArts to bring plenty of classic Star Wars titles back into physical production. While these are obviously just limited runs (it’s right there in the name), it’s still an exciting opportunity for collectors, especially now that we’ve seen the…
