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…
Nintendo’s in a good place financially right now, with the Switch continuing its steady climb to success with few hurdles, and Smash Ultimate poised to cause a surge in units sold. Forbes recently sat down with Nintendo of America president and meme machine Reggie Fils-Aimé to discuss the Switch’s performance,…
We took the World of Light opening cutscene back in time to the Game Boy Color to celebrate the game’s launch last week. And now we’re pitting the de-make and original footage next to one another in a side-by-side comparison! See how the two look together. Lifelight Remix…
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…
Ah the holiday season, where we come together with family and friends, enjoy winter festivities and have an all ’round good time… You’d think. Team17 is going against the (yule)tide by announcing that its Switch port of the post-apocalyptic survival sim Sheltered will be launching on December 18th. Originally released…
Has this ever happened to you? You go to one of your hip millennial rooftop parties, Switch smugly in bag, ready to bust it out and play some Super Mario Party. When suddenly, as you boot the system up from sleep mode, you realize to your dismay that you accidentally…
Ever since its full E3 2018 reveal, Nintendo has been supplying daily updates to the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate website. Fighter spotlights, Assist Trophies, Pokémon, new music, and more are all being shown off to get you ready for the biggest crossover around, available now! Let’s have a look at…
It’s been a long time coming, but our favorite farm-life simulator is about to receive an update that’ll get your homestead a whole lot busier. The multiplayer update is set to arrive this Wednesday, December 12th, after debuting on PC earlier this year. If you haven’t been keeping up with…
Smash Bros. is big, that much is expected, but Ultimate has the potential to be the heaviest hitter yet. Not only is the game the fastest selling Smash Bros. game so far in the UK, but it’s also broke records in its home country, too. Famitsu is reporting that 1.3…
Plenty of Sega franchises hold a special place in peoples’ hearts, but few have attained the legendary status of Panzer Dragoon. With so few ways to play the original Sega Saturn trilogy in recent years, they’ve almost become objects of legend, but finally it seems like the first two are…
Physical media savior Limited Run Games gave Kind of Funny Games some exclusive news during the team’s Games Showcase today. You can look forward to adding Celeste and Windjammers to your physical collection! Windjammers will be available to order starting on December 21st. Windjammers gets a physical release in…
If you’ve been digging into Katamari Damacy REROLL on Switch and want something that’s similarly zany and cute, then you might want to buckle up for Donut Counry, which is launching on Switch later this month. Special delivery! Donut County is coming to Nintendo Switch & Xbox One on…
No game can capture the attention of Nintendo fans quite like Smash. Earlier this year when all our eyes lit up like Inkling’s at the prospect of this massive crossover of games we had no idea what to expect, and now that December 7th has finally arrived, those flaming Smash…
