During the Pokémon GO’s Season of Max Out (Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024 to Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024), Dynamax and Gigantamax Pokémon were added to the game. This mechanic is part of Pokémon’s Generation VIII (Pokémon Sword and Shield) where Pokémon transform into “giant” versions of themselves or even new larger…
The new Pokémon GO Wild Area: Global 2024 event is almost here! Leading up to this event, Trainers can prepare with the Into the Wild event. Toxel debuts worldwide, Dialga and Palkia’s Origin Formes are back in Five-Star Raids, Dynamax Drilbur will be featured in a Max Mondays event (so…
From humble beginnings to a global empire, the Pokémon franchise has gone so far over the years. Yet despite the size of the throne the series sits on today, The Pokémon Company always makes time to celebrate the steps it took to get there. The amount of merchandise available seems…
Square Enix announced today that they are working on a sequel to last year’s critically acclaimed Dragon Quest Builders, and it’s coming to Nintendo Switch. Gameplay of the newly announced Dragon Quest Builders 2 has also been shown off on a live-stream on Square Enix’s Japanese YouTube channel. Present in…
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…
Shhh! We have to keep this on the down low… so let’s hope that Spyke isn’t a reader of Nintendo Wire or else Murch might be, uhhh, in a prickly situation. Splatfest tees are a very limited thing. Once the corresponding splatfest is over, the tee is yanked from your…
Splatoon 2’s first Splatfest since launch is proving quite divisive across the globe, with ketchup and mayo fans firmly entrenched in their opinions. While it is still ongoing in several regions, Japan’s face-off has concluded, with mayonnaise coming out on top. It was a close 2-1 result though, with mayo…
Yooka-Laylee’s already been running, jumping and collecting out in the wild for a few months now. While other platforms have gotten to enjoy Playtonic’s inaugural, crowdfunded effort since April, the Switch version’s delay has remained a torn page in this particular story. Although no new information about the game was…
What’s red and white? It’s squid ink all over the latest Splatfest! Ah yes, Team Mayo vs. Team Ketchup. It won’t be red and white ink, they said — maybe yellow and orange? Some other color combination with colors we’ve already seen in Splatoon, perhaps? Nope! Why make it more…
The reveals for Fire Emblem Warriors appear to be increasingly regular as we inch closer to its nebulous autumn release. After the announcement of Cordelia and Female Robin a few days ago, word has come in via the game’s official Twitter that two new characters would be shown off later…
Ahead of this weekend’s Mayo vs. Ketchup Splatfest, Nintendo is adding another weapon to Splatoon 2. This time around it’s the Sploosh-o-matic, which was one of the last weapons to be made available in the first game back in June 2015. It’s a fast-firing weapon but not very accurate. In…
According to an announcement tweeted out from the official ARMS Twitter account in Japan, Nintendo’s stretchy brawler will be receiving an update for “balance adjustment.” 速報です！「バランス調整のアップデートを来週の中ごろに実施予定」という情報がARMS協会上層部から送られてきました…！その他にもウレシイ追加の情報もあるとかないとか？続報をお待ち下さい！ pic.twitter.com/Wqr7dib2VM — ARMS（アームズ） (@ARMS_Cobutter) August 4, 2017 The tweet also asks to “please wait for the next report,” but right now it is unclear…
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…
Cave Story+ looks fantastic on Switch, making it stand out even amongst all the other versions and ports throughout the years. Part of this is due to a revamped visual style, giving the sprites more polish and higher resolution to really stand out even in handheld mode. If you want…
The upcoming indie game for Nintendo Switch that is tugging on those Advance Wars heartstrings, Wargroove, has been detailed even more, courtesy of the game’s developer blog. Today Rodrigo from the dev team shared how the game is handling the archer class, abilities (mainly passive) and reinforcements. If you’re looking…
