Over the past few weeks, it feels like we’ve been reporting on leaks more than official announcements. A few months ago, the Pokémon Company suffered a massive leak due to an external hack. However, today’s leaked Pokémon news comes directly from Pokémon GO developer Niantic. According to the leak, a…
Welcome to 2025, everyone! While we eagerly await Nintendo to announce anything about the much-anticipated Nintendo Switch 2, it seems vendors at CES in Las Vegas didn’t get the memo that the console hasn’t officially been unveiled yet. Now, before we dive into the details, remember that the images and…
The start of 2025 has seen more Switch 2 leaks than the last couple of months combined. After a new patent mentioned upscaling technology for Nintendo’s upcoming device and a leak of the Switch 2 Joy-Con showed an optical sensor on the controller, this latest photo dump shows us a…
Yesterday, the official Final Fantasy YouTube channel shared a nearly 20-minute Developer Diary about the upcoming remaster of the GameCube-era gem Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles. In this absolute chonker of a video, the team members over at Square Enix delve into their original visions for the game’s design, as well…
If you’re looking for another melancholic narrative adventure game to sink into on Switch, you might want to keep an eye on A Space for the Unbound, which has been confirmed for a 2021 release on the platform by PQube. The pixel-art filled experience is set in ’90s rural Indonesia…
Yesterday we brought you coverage on a recent news story from the Taipei newspaper Economic Daily News, which reported that a new Switch revision is in the works with an improved display and “upgraded interactivity”. Now Bloomberg has produced its own report that seems to support the rumor. In Bloomberg’s…
Crosscode was supposed to receive a physical release for the Switch and PlayStation 4 soon, but ININ Games has had to delay the game to later dates. Europe will now receive the physical edition on September 15th, while North American players will have to wait a bit longer until October…
Japanese magazine Nintendo Dream released its October issue last week on August 21st, and according to Nintendo Everything the publication teased that a Nintendo Switch title “that everyone will enjoy” would be featured in next month’s issue. With no additional details, this isn’t a lot to go on, but it’s…
Welcome to the Nintendo 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 a…
A bite-sized presentation will be on its way to streaming platforms tomorrow! Wholesome Games is returning for round two as the company has partnered once again with multiple independent developers to provide some major and minor updates on a few future and upcoming titles. The company has also stated that…
Are you unhappy with the Galar region’s user interface, Trainers? To all Pokémon Sword and Shield players, whether you’re a longtime series veteran or newcomer, fan-requested improvements for the game’s UI might be arriving in future entries. David Gibson, the user interface designer for the mainline Pokémon series was asking…
A Nintendo Switch model featuring an improved display and upgraded “interactivity” will launch in Q1 2021, according to new reports. The information comes from Taipei-based newspaper Economic Daily News, which states that the new Switch model will enter production later this year. Economic Daily News cites hardware manufacturers that work on the…
Puyo Puyo Champions is about to get a boost to its competitive catering, with a new update adding in a handful of requested features for the game’s eSports scene. Most notable are a Spectator Mode, allowing players (or tournament judges) to view matches and multiple types of colorblind support options…
The Wonder Boy/Monster Boy franchise has had something of a resurgence in recent years, with Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap’s remake and Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom receiving critical acclaim. Turns out yet another new entry in the RPG/platformer hybrid series is in the works, this time focusing on…
Pokémon Home, the cloud service that allows trainers to store and transfer their many pocket monsters across different Pokémon games, has an important update — and a warning to players using hacked creatures with “altered attributes.” An update distributed through the app reads, “It has come to our attention that…
