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…
Split Fiction, the latest co-op multiplayer game by developer Hazelight, launched on March 6th to critical acclaim. Shortly after launch, it was rumored that a movie adaptation was in the works for the game and we’ve now received confirmation on its existence, along with one of the stars as well…
As the “Year of Eevee” celebration continues, more and more merchandise centered around the beloved Evolution Pokémon continues to be revealed. Just last week a brand-new life-size Eevee plush was shown off, but that wasn’t to be all they had in store. A new batch of life-size plushies have been…
The very fabric of reality was up for grabs in Splatoon 2’s latest Splatfest, and it looks like those location-hopping louts on Team Teleportation took the win. As Pearl put it, this truly is the darkest timeline… The #Splatoon2 #Splatfest results are in, and #TeamTeleportation warps into first place…
Released earlier this month in the Nintendo eShop, VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a visual novel of a different flavor. Swapping dialogue choices for a Mixology 101 course instead, fans now have the opportunity to recreate the drinks in real life, as two bars in Japan are giving the task a…
Back in October 2018, Uniqlo announced that it’d be holding another contest for a wave of Pokémon shirts, and now the winners have been announced. From melty Pikachu popsicles to Team Rocket using a crane machine, there are plenty of cute designs. The winner, though, is a stylish Gyarados print,…
Another week, another batch of new faces set to make their debut in Fire Emblem: Three Houses later this summer. Each of the game’s groups of students have grown a little bigger but this time a few teachers are in the mix. Assuming they’re NPC’s and unavailable to develop as…
During our last Direct, Nintendo revealed a new means for fans to purchase games at a slight discount. If you’re a Switch Online subscriber you can buy the Switch Game Voucher, getting you two titles for the flat rate of $99.99. Among those available titles is PlatinumGames’ upcoming Astral Chain,…
The July 19th release date for Marvel Ultimate Alliance is fast approaching, and in the last week GameInformer has been rounding up gameplay for a different character each day. First up is the fan-favorite Kamala Khan, also known as Ms. Marvel. This Inhuman superhero is a Pakistani-American teenager who fights…
Welcome back to the Wire Weekly, where I, Ben “I owned but never played the original Mario Maker so you know what drag me” Fruzzetti, run through the week’s assortment of Nintendo news with what could charitably be referred to as wit, sarcasm, and personality. Well, there was one item…
Time for me to fess up: Super Mario Maker wasn’t exactly a big deal for me. Don’t get me wrong, I played it and conceptually thought it was incredible both in general and as an example of why you shouldn’t laugh at the Wii U. That said, I’d have traded…
The Time Travel vs. Teleport Splatfest begins tonight, bringing a sci-fi spin to Splatoon 2. If you chose Time Travel, congratulations: you’ve chosen correctly and are still allowed to play Chrono Trigger. As for all you wayward teleporters, here’s hoping you don’t get splinched before the weekend’s up. A new…
Early next week, Team Sonic Racing will finally speed its way onto the Nintendo Switch and other platforms, bringing even more Sumo Digital-developed kart racing to the world. A new launch trailer has been released that concisely sums up what the game’s all about, from its team-based races to the…
While Final Fantasy VII hitting a Nintendo console for the first time was an impressive milestone, the game unfortunately came with a few issues that marred the experience. As noted by Resetera user Robin64, a black screen appeared during transitions between normal gameplay and FMV scenes, background music restarted from…
The foul dealings of Dracula stir once more, bringing the haunts and horrors of yesteryear back onto Nintendo Switch. With eight titles and extras available for one admission cost, it’s a perfect castle crashing crash course on Belmont history. Have a look at the launch trailer to see these titles…
