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…
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,…
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…
Warning: If you want to stay spoiler-free for E3 announcements, read no further! It can’t be E3 without a massive leak, right? Well, this year, it’s been let slip that Bandai Namco’s Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is coming to Nintendo Switch this Fall. Reported by Gematsu,…
Another week, another round of new characters we’ll be seeing in the upcoming strategy game/teacher simulator Fire Emblem: Three Houses. While we don’t get a glimpse of any mysterious baddies like we did last week, we do have three more prospective students on the docket from each of the titular…
Welcome back to the Wire Weekly, where I, Ben “Dynamaxed out” Fruzzetti, run through the week’s assortment of Nintendo news with what could charitably be referred to as wit, sarcasm, and personality. It’s the week before E3, which traditionally means it’s time for light news save the occasional leak. Nintendo…
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…
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…
To surprisingly little fanfare, it was announced that Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games would be returning later this year for an official Tokyo 2020 tie-in game. If you’ve been wondering how it plays you don’t have long to wait to find out, as Sega has confirmed it’ll be…
Yooka-Laylee are heading back to Switch with a whole new game, and this time it’s a 2D sidescroller punctuated by a top-down overworld to explore, with accompanying music by David Wise and Grant Kirkhope. Watch the announcement trailer below: The game will release for Nintendo Switch later this…
Once the latest Pokémon Direct concluded, artists from around the world became inspired by the Galar region’s newly announced Pokémon creatures and NPC characters. And thanks to the power of technology, a plethora of fan art is constantly getting shared online. We’ll no doubt see more interpretations of Wooloo, Corviknight,…
Xseed Games has officially shared their game lineup for consoles, including Nintendo Switch, for E3 next week. You can expect that a diverse array of titles will be available to demo and to view in the company’s showcase, including the following: Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, Heroland, Akiba’s Trip: Hellbound…
The first pieces of Nintendo’s E3 swag have been unveiled and they’re a My Nintendo exclusive. Prior to Nintendo’s Direct and Treehouse Live streams, they’re taking over The Theater at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 8th. A limited amount of seating is available to the general…
Last week during BitSummit 7 Spirits, developers Brace Yourself Games boogied down with 4Gamer to discuss everything Cadence of Hyrule. During the interview some juicy tidbits regarding the game’s development emerged — from graphical overhauls and musical arrangements to standards set by Nintendo. According to lead designer Oliver Trujillo, the…
Are you on the hype train for Devolver Digital’s My Friend Pedro? If so, you can look forward to its Nintendo Switch release on June 20th! The new trailer announcing the release date takes place on a bullet train, followed by Pedro, the talking banana, saying, “all aboard the hype…
