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…
We go hands-on with the brand new Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Switch Bundle in our latest unboxing video! You can pick up the Smash Bros. Ultimate Switch Bundle on Amazon today.
When it comes to legendary franchises, they’re often inundated into our cultural DNA, as intrinsic to our very being, responsible for shaping our tastes and predilections throughout the years. And other times, we know jack squat about them. When it comes to Diablo, I fall squarely in the latter camp…
Once again the producers behind Sega Ages are answering questions regarding the on-going porting project bringing classic Sega games to the Nintendo Switch. In this latest interview with the Japanese Game Watch website, translated by Dualshockers, M2 CEO Naoki Horii, Sega producer Kagasei Shimomura and long-time game director Rieko Kodama,…
We learned plenty about Smash Ultimate during the recent Nintendo Direct, but thanks to a live play demonstration from Nintendo Live 2018, we’ve got an even more thorough understanding of how the most anticipated Switch game is structured. The likes of Classic mode, Spirits mode, the in-game Shop, and more,…
Just a few days ago Nintendo held its final Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct, where they also revealed that demo events up until launch will let you play the full roster. A couple of such events have since taken place, and we’ve gotten a good luck at a fair number…
While the Switch has been killing it on the video game front since launch, it is missing quite a few multimedia applications that’d really make it shine. Thankfully, one of the biggest omissions may finally be getting rectified next week – YouTube. The official Nintendo website is referencing a YouTube…
As the year begins to wind down, it becomes more and more evident how one of its first releases — Matt Thorson’s platforming pinnacle Celeste — is going down in the annals of gaming history. And no small part of that is Lena Raine’s masterful soundtrack, which utilizes retro MIDI…
Games inspired by Nintendo’s earliest home consoles are easy to find, but once you’re on the go that reverence seemingly drops off. There just isn’t as much love for the Game Boy, which is a shame considering it was my first game system and home to some of my childhood…
Next week Switch owners will be able to go on an adorable adventure with classic Final Fantasy characters in World of Final Fantasy Maxima, and while we already know most of the essentials, Square Enix and the Japanese games press have released some new images and videos highlighting the new…
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…
Smash wasn’t the only upcoming Nintendo game getting the spotlight yesterday – Treehouse: Live also dedicated some time to 2019’s Yoshi’s Crafted World. While we didn’t get a release date, several unknowns were cleared up as the crew played through two and a half levels. For starters, while the flipping…
Art is always made for someone, by someone. It can be for the masses at large or someone close to your heart. It can reflect a message you want to impart to the world or simply what you want to create. And in an age where the biggest budget games…
