People often say that Nintendo’s products fly off the shelves faster than they can be stocked, but I didn’t think that was a literal statement. A post on the Marin County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page stated that they had arrested 45-year-old Jamal Reed-Obafumi of Oakland, California on June 17th, 2025,…
For the fortunate few that have had the chance to travel to Japan and experience the Nintendo Museum in person, there’s about to be an entirely new way to take in the sights and sounds of Nintendo’s history. As announced on the official Nintendo Museum Twitter account this morning, an…
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…
It’s finally here! The March 27th Nintendo Direct is about to begin, delivering 30 minutes of exciting game announcements for the Nintendo Switch. The event starts at 7 a.m. PT / 10:00 a.m. ET — catch the live stream below and stay with Nintendo Wire for full-day coverage of all…
Despite a Switch 2 broadcast having been set in stone for weeks at this point (if your calendar hasn’t been marked for April 2 already, you’re doing it wrong), Nintendo has one last surprise in store. Tomorrow, on March 27 at 7 a.m. PT, what could be the final Switch-era…
When Palworld blew up last year, one of the most common comparisons that fans made was to Nintendo’s Pokémon series. While there has been controversy regarding potentially stolen assets from Nintendo’s series and its developer, Pocketpair, is currently embroiled in a lawsuit with Nintendo over such a thing, it seems…
It’s always interesting when people disassemble gaming consoles to discover how, exactly, they work. In a recent teardown video of the Nintendo Alarmo from iFixit, some interesting discoveries were made regarding the technology inside of Nintendo’s stab at an alarm clock. While most of the components are fairly standard for…
In a report from Bloomberg News yesterday afternoon, it has been stated that Nintendo and its investors believe that the Switch 2 could be the biggest console launch in Nintendo’s storied history. Not only would the console release with an unprecedented level of stock, but investors also believe the Switch…
With the Switch 2 Nintendo Direct just a few weeks away, players around the globe are soon going to learn all of the details of Nintendo’s upcoming Switch 2 console. Many are speculating that we’ll see a release not too long after the stream and a recent rumor suggests that…
In possibly the best news of the year so far, developer Futurlab has announced that PowerWash Simulator 2 will be released this year on a whole host of platforms. Leaving last generation behind, this hotly anticipated sequel will see a release on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo…
A recent patent filed by Nintendo of America has suggested that the upcoming Switch 2 will include OS-integrated voice chat and even proximity voice chat in certain games. While you can no longer view the patent (which was likely scrubbed from the internet because of stories such as this), WCCFTech…
With the Nintendo Switch 2 presentation less than a month away now, people are understandably very eager to learn more about the successor to the Switch. While more is known now than has ever been before, there has been little in the way of specific information made available quite yet….
Just this morning during Pokémon Presents, The Pokémon Company officially revealed a new game in development! Titled Pokémon Champions, the game will be released on both the Nintendo Switch family of systems, along with iOS and Android devices. Pokémon Champions focuses on battling, including past gimmicks such as Mega Evolution…
It’s very bizarre to hear executives from Microsoft talking about the Nintendo Switch 2, but ever since the company’s pivot to multi-platform development took hold, we’ve been hearing more and more from Team Green about games on other platforms. During the Official Xbox Podcast yesterday, Xbox Games Studio head Craig…
The day we’ve all been waiting for has finally come. While some might count down to their birthdays every year, and others may look to the next year’s holiday season as the next thing to get excited for, February 27th is the day of the year that I continue to…
