It’s official! While we already knew that Nintendo would be airing its Switch 2-focused Nintendo Direct on April 2nd, we now have the exact time and details of the presentation! The Direct will air on April 2nd, 2025, at 6:00 AM PT / 9:00 AM…
Over the past few months, Nintendo has quietly restocked numerous hard-to-find amiibo at various retailers across the U.S. However, tracking them down isn’t always easy—many are retail exclusives, online-only, or available solely through Nintendo’s online store. But fear not, fellow collectors! We’ve compiled a full list of every amiibo you…
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…
Despite the crazy, camping out days during amiibo releases, every so often certain amiibo become hard to find a few months after their initial releases. Luckily, Nintendo has been reprinting select figures, with a nice focus on characters connected to the Super Smash Bros. line. This week we were treated…
An extension of the Nintendo Wire team is living in Japan right now, and we’re happy to report that she’s ventured over to the Pokémon Center in Ikebukuro to capture displays dedicated to this year’s beautiful Easter collection. The 2019 series features the usual characters — Pikachu and Eevee —…
In the past couple years, Nintendo has done some interesting branching out in terms of branding and collaboration. We saw the release of several pairs of Vans sneakers in 2016, with the crossover incorporating franchises like Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Donkey Kong. And even earlier in 2015,…
Project Eevee was a social media adventure full of GIF-worthy moments. The promotion influenced several areas of Japan — for instance, last December, Eevee became an ambassador of sorts to the city of Ibusuki. And, thanks to similarities between the city’s name and the Eevee Pokémon (adding the Japanese characters…
Hello, and welcome to Nintendo Wire’s newest ongoing series Wire Weekly, where I, the thoroughly adequate Ben “Not a big fan of A Link to the Past, sorry” Fruzzetti, run down the previous week’s news with varying degrees of flippancy. When my boss Jason Ganos told me he wanted a…
Conventions are nerd nirvana. Comic books, anime and manga, video games, film and tv shows — these yearly gatherings celebrate a slew of fandoms and announce what’s coming next. Nintendo participates in a few each year, and with Emerald City Comic-Con taking place in Seattle, Nintendo’s appearance is a given….
New York Toy Fair has come and gone. The convention that turns the Javits Convention Center into playground for all ages had us scouring through social media to see what video game franchises would be getting merch makeovers. We also saw products that were already announced, like Funko’s rendition of…
There’s nothing quite like finding a prototype of a beloved classic that contains a number of hitherto unknown secrets — especially for a game with such an enduring legacy. Pokémon Red & Green is arguably one of the most essential games to ever exist, but it’s also a notoriously buggy…
The Fire Emblem faithful might recall that a while back a big fancy Fire Emblem Expo was announced for May 4th at Zepp Tokyo in Japan. And while many fans lack the funds or time to make it to the gathering, Intelligent Systems has you covered on the merchandise front,…
When Fire Emblem Heroes announced the addition of Mythic Heroes – units that would have a godlike level of prominence and power – we weren’t quite sure what to make of the classification. What level of power counts as deific, exactly? Would we be seeing piddly demigods, or some actual…
In case we haven’t met before, I love me some Kirby and that extends to merch of the little guy. When it comes to products though, they usually involve the pink puffball himself and Waddle Dee — with Meta Knight and Dedede tagging along pretty often. As a fan, sometimes…
Perhaps the biggest bombshell of The Game Awards 2018 was Joker from Persona 5 being confirmed as the first Fighters Pass DLC character for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Smash Director Masuhiro Sakurai has praised the JRPG since it launched in Japan via his Famitsu column, and his enthusiasm has reached…
