Trainers looking to get a head start on the Cleffa Hatch Day event can clear out their Egg stash thanks to a hatch distance bonus happening before the event. This Cleffa Hatch Day Extended Bonuses “event” will also add some Field Research tasks into the mix. (For more details about…
Thanks to the efforts of the Video Game History Foundation, another bit of Nintendo history has been preserved and released online. Yesterday, Frank Cifaldi (founder and director of VGHF) uploaded the ROM data for a prototype cartridge of the original Legend of Zelda on NES. Twitter user MrTalida then dug…
As part of the typical Nintendo hype cycle, the company has uploaded a new trailer that gives fans an overview of what to expect with Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. It’s kind of funny to start with the narrator being surprised Mario is made of paper considering we’ve had six…
We’d already seen the three traditional starters get the Mega Evolution treatment in Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! & Eevee! but now we’ve gotten a look at two more. After the lack of focus in Gen VII it’s great to see Mega Kangaskhan and Mega Gyarados come back, especially the former…
Later this month, Sega is releasing feature-packed versions of its classic games on the Nintendo Switch under the Sega Ages banner. Now, thanks to a Nintendo Dream interview with producer/director Rieko Kodama and supervisor Yousuke Okunari, translated via Nintendo Everything, we know a few more specifics regarding the project. First…
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…
Dragon Ball FighterZ launches for Nintendo Switch on September 28th in North America, which means its DLC characters will be coming along with it. The newest character, revealed at EVO 2018, will be Cooler, Frieza’s brother. According to Gematsu, the latest V-Jump revealed that Cooler will launch in “late September,”…
After last week’s Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct announced Richter Belmont as an Echo Fighter, it seems like there are no limitations as to who could be included in the game. Richter, as a third party Echo fighter, has (hopefully) opened the floodgates for potential Smash Ultimate newcomers. With speculation spreading…
Exciting news, folks: There will soon be a new way to get your slither on with Nintendo Switch! That’s right, the official Snake Pass Twitter account has announced that a limited edition physical release will be available exclusively through Super Rare Games sometime in the future. No additional information is…
Splatfests can teach you a lot about yourself. Sometimes you know exactly where you stand on a subject, like how pulp free orange juice is the superior drink option and nothing can change my mind. But others it takes some serious thinking to find where your allegiance lies. For North…
The number of games from the latest Nindies Showcase yet to be released is winding down, and in just a couple weeks we’ll have another one struck from the list. Have a fresh new look at The Messenger, easily a highlight for me from said showcase: Pulling from…
When it comes to developers as a brand, few can top Nintendo or Blizzard, each of which has built up a loyal following of players over the past few decades. And with today’s official announcement of Diablo III on Switch, a few Blizzard employees were asked the Ultimate question by…
Hearing about how games come together conceptually has always been interesting and a treat, in this new making of video for Little Dragons Café we get exactly that. The game’s creator Yasuhiro Wada explains his initial design and motivation for the game before it even had a dragon involved, and…
The communication based bomb defusal game that’s a blast at parties has finally arrived on Switch! Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes tasks one player with identifying and defusing a bomb while other players gather around a separate manual and relay instructions based on their descriptions. See it in action (and…
The Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate Demo for Nintendo Switch officially released today. We’ve captured our entire playthrough for you in this new video. Check it out!
