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,…
During the Pokémon GO’s Season of Max Out (Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024 to Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024), Dynamax and Gigantamax Pokémon were added to the game. This mechanic is part of Pokémon’s Generation VIII (Pokémon Sword and Shield) where Pokémon transform into “giant” versions of themselves or even new larger…
The ESRB has officially rated Pokémon Legends: Z-A, the upcoming game in the Legends series. Legends: Z-A has been given a rating of E10+, marking the first time a Pokémon mainline game has received a rating higher than E. What’s interesting is that the only games in the Pokémon series…
The Touhou Project has been running for a long while now, with the first game releasing in Japan for PC-98 computers in 1996. Typically featuring bullet hell gameplay, anime characters and fantastic music they’ve since went on to capture the hearts of a niche group of fans the world over….
It’s looking like ARMS will be a game full of colorful characters and a vibrant world, so it only makes sense that the official Japanese ARMS Twitter account is leaning into the sheer style on offer. Not only are there simple images of the announcer Biff, but also fresh artwork…
Welcome to the Daily Wiretap: Weekend Edition! Each day the team here at Nintendo Wire works tirelessly to bring you the best, most relevant late-breaking Nintendo news this side of the Mushroom Kingdom. To help make ingesting all these meaty stories easier than Kirby hopped up on Miracle Fruit,…
The speedrunning community has been hard at work dissecting The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in an attempt to shave a few seconds off of the world record completion time. One of the main time-consuming areas in these runs is completing the four initial shrines in the Great…
Welcome to the Daily Wiretap! Each day the team here at Nintendo Wire works tirelessly to bring you the best, most relevant late-breaking Nintendo news this side of the Mushroom Kingdom. To help make ingesting all these meaty stories easier than Kirby hopped up on Miracle Fruit, we’ve compiled…
Hey Snipperclips fans! Nintendo has just released on their website a fun new display piece for the Switch game, though the catch is that you have to put it together yourself. This little craft is especially great for parents whose kids have been enjoying Snipperclips. All you have to do…
It’s already quite clear that the Nintendo Switch is a powerful little machine, easily surpassing the Wii U. That said we’ve yet to see some of the most graphically challenging games powered by Unreal Engine 4, though we have a lot to look forward to, if a recent interview is…
Breath of the Wild has brought out some really inspired thinking from players. Thanks to the game offering multiple ways to handle its main quest and plenty of room to test the limits of the world itself, players have come up with some pretty impressive stuff. Quite literally, the sky’s…
Welcome to the Daily Wiretap! Each day the team here at Nintendo Wire works tirelessly to bring you the best, most relevant late-breaking Nintendo news this side of the Mushroom Kingdom. To help make ingesting all these meaty stories easier than Kirby hopped up on Miracle Fruit, we’ve compiled…
Nintendo must be feeling pretty good about ARMS now, what with the positive reception it’s developed since its debut. After the recent Direct I’ve been eager for any and all information regarding the upcoming fighter, and now that the official ARMS website is live in Japan I’ve got a whole…
Nintendo of America has announced that the Nintendo Switch has become the fastest-selling video game system in its history. With over 900,000 units sold since its debut in March, the Nintendo Switch has really made a splash in the video game world. It wasn’t only the Switch that did well…
This week in the Nintendo eShop: Wonder Boy III gets reanimated, Qbby says goodbye and Kirby’s 25th kicks off with a freebie. It’s another dismal week in the Nintendo sales department. Psycho Pigs on 3DS (think Bomberman with a little bit of bacon grease drizzled on top) is a mere…
