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…
The announcement of Joker from Persona 5 as the first DLC character for Smash Ultimate sent waves across the internet, as fans of the hit JRPG rejoiced for their sweet, sweet representation. But it also prompted questions: who among the remaining four roster picks could match the same level of…
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The past weekend pit the heroes and villains of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate together in the form of a Splatoon 2 Splatfest, and the results have come in. While the heroes were victorious when it came to the public vote, the villains proved too cunning to let them win so…
We’re only a few games in but Sega Ages is already promising quite a few near-perfect conversions of classic games, and its just added two more to the pipeline. The arcade versions of Puyo Puyo 1 and 2 will both head to Switch, though dates haven’t been promised. Online play…
Travis Strikes Again is almost here and this latest take on No More Heroes has received a new trailer. Have a look at Electric Thunder Tiger II, one of the games Travis and Badman will find themselves in. A clash of electro and cyberpunk, it fits the frantic…
Welcome back to Season 2 of the Character Column, where we run down all manner of royal, ruffian, and rough-around-the-edges rube in a weekly analysis of various characters. Last week we ran down the nuances of Inklings and avatars in Splatoon. This week, I’d like to begin by demanding that…
After already having a day 1 patch, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has gotten bumped up to Version 1.2.0. With that comes a few changes to many corners of the game, though without much elaboration. For one, the difficulty of approaching challengers has been adjusted. I imagine this is supposed to…
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…
Ever wondered what the story behind the Smash Bros. logo was all about? If you’re a longtime player, you might be interested to hear what series creator Masahiro Sakurai recently stated in a video shared on Nintendo Japan’s YouTube channel. When asked what the logo represented, Sakurai said that the…
Yesterday, the first entry in the long running Phantasy Star franchise got brought to the Nintendo Switch under the Sega Ages banner, and it’s no simple port. The folks over at M2 have made sure to keep it as accurate to the source material as possible, while also offering more…
GRIS — an emotional and abstract tale of a girl dealing with grief — is out now, and a launch trailer has been released in celebration. To those who haven’t yet understood just how beauteous the title is, the trailer does a superb job of showing off a number of…
