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…
There’s been a bit of concern and consternation over some of Splatoon 2’s latest gear. While the game has drowned fans in free updates and equipment in the past, this latest batch (born via a fan contest with Japanese magazine and Pokémon infomine CoroCoro) has some squid kids in a…
For anybody looking to spruce up their phone, tablet, or desktop with some rectangular goodness, My Nintendo is here to provide you with some hip new BoxBoy! + BoxGirl! wallpapers. Each one costs the typical 50 Platinum Points. Of course, if those aren’t your speed, there are other My Nintendo…
Even though Super Mario Maker 2 is right around the corner, we’ve yet to really get a good look at its full suite of options. Thankfully, a new ad spotted in Japan features several never-before-seen screenshots. Let’s take a look, courtesy of higashi042 on Resetera: Right click and open in…
Giga Wrecker, Game Freak’s latest video game experiment outside of the world of Pokémon, will finally hit Switch later this week, and it’s gotten a new launch trailer to mark the occasion. Check out the adventures of the new heroine Reika below: Giga Wrecker Alt. launches May 2nd…
Welcome back to the Wire Weekly, where I, Ben “remember Miitomo?” 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 most wonderful time of the (financial) year — when a bunch of corporate suits in Kyoto…
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…
We take Super Mario Odyssey’s free VR update for a spin! Check out the gameplay:
In early June, the first home console entry in the Yo-Kai Watch series will finally launch in Japan for the Nintendo Switch. While we’ve already seen quite a bit of gameplay, this latest trailer is the full opening cinematic that’ll presumably play before you start the game, and it highlights…
Yesterday saw the release of Nintendo’s Fiscal Year 2018 results, and late last night President Furukawa and other Nintendo execs sat down with investors for a presentation and Q&A. While the latter usually takes a while to be translated and uploaded, we have all of the slides from the former,…
After previously submitting a request to the Chinese government, Nintendo has officially announced its partnership with Chinese conglomerate Tencent to sell the Switch in China. In a very short PR release on its website, Nintendo stated (translated from Japanese) that “Nintendo Co., Ltd. is announcing that a collaboration is in…
Back in the days of the 3DS, BoxBoy! was a surprising delight developed by the wonderful people over at HAL Laboratory. Spanning three games, Qbby adventured through hundreds of puzzles using his ability to spawn boxes from his body. The last entry in the series was titled Bye-Bye BoxBoy!,…
Nintendo’s serving up another chance to try one of its online titles for free this weekend. Mario Tennis Aces will be hosting another Special Online Demo, giving players a chance to enter online singles tournament matches and earn a reward or two for the full game. Haven’t hit the…
