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…
Visual novel developer 5pb.’s “Science Adventure” series contains some of the most well regarded examples of the genre, with the time travel adventure of Steins;Gate in particular being beloved for almost a full decade now. That game’s updated Elite port has been confirmed for Switch for a while, but the…
In listening to all these Smash Ultimate songs, most have been exciting mixes that try something really out there. This one though, this one grows atop the foundation and manages to capture the feel of Pikmin in a perfect way. The Main Theme of the first Pikmin always…
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! Let’s have a look at what Nintendo…
Welcome back to the PAX West Fifty-Game Frenzy, where I run down a grand total of 50 Switch games I played at PAX and you can decide which ones pique your interest! Last time we concentrated in on publisher Ysbryd Games and a couple other odds ‘n’ ends, and this…
The question on a lot of Switch owners’ and collectors’ minds after the surprise reveal of the Pokemon: Let’s Go! Pikachu & Let’s Go! Eevee Switch bundle had to have been: “Can I get those Joy-Con separately?” I know a handful of Joy-Con collectors and the idea of a bundle…
Real talk. I like my vidja games ‘gamey’. Not the ‘strong flavor’ kind associated with eating tainted meat. I’m talking the quarter pumping, joystick grinding kind. The kind that pushes one’s reflexes to their limits and hands towards carpal tunnel. Story, character development, graphics (heck, even grammar) can all take…
I like my sports games like I like my Smash Brothers: as wild and crazy as possible. Historically, my roommate and I use these realistic sports simulation games to make the game as ridiculous as we can. Making an entire team of the same player, customizing rulesets to create really…
Last Thursday it was announced that the latest Nintendo Direct would be postponed indefinitely due to the powerful earthquake that struck the Hokkaido region of Japan. Nintendo confirmed we’d hear more, but it seems like various sources are suggesting it was pushed back a week exactly. Nintendo Life, which previously…
If you’ve ever felt your top-down Zelda adventures could use a little twist, you might be interested in Moonlighter, an indie title that has just been dated for Switch with a very cute animation. We recently touched on the game in our latest PAX round-up but to give…
Starting this month Sega plans to start bringing classic games from its iconic library to the Nintendo Switch under the banner Sega Ages, with help from the well-respected port developer M2. It’s been revealed that this year’s TGS will have a stage presentation focusing on the initiative, on September 22nd…
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…
A few of the best bits of Brawl fanservice were the Metal Gear Solid Codec calls. Occurring on Shadow Moses Island when you performed a certain taunt with Snake, he and his support team would have something to say about every fighter. Even Star Fox’s Slippy managed to hack the…
