The Nintendo Switch 2 has officially been unveiled. Nintendo confirmed it comes with 256GB of internal storage, which is eight times more than the original Switch. But here’s the thing: games have never been bigger. AAA titles like Cyberpunk 2077 clock in at a massive 64 gigs. If you’re anything…
No sooner did Nintendo confirm that the Switch 2 utilizies DLSS and will support ray-tracing that Nvidia has now given us a breakdown of the CPU and GPU the console will contain. While there aren’t raw numbers to compare against Nintendo’s rivals, we do know that not only are DLSS…
During yesterday’s Switch 2 Direct, Nintendo spent a surprisingly decent chunk of time describing GameChat, a new system feature that is basically like all of the social features Microsoft introduced to the Xbox 360 20 years ago. It’s charming how old-school Nintendo can be sometimes, but one thing that wasn’t…
You can pre-order the Final Fantasy IX Bring Arts: Zidane Tribal & Garnet Til Alexandros XVII figures for $154.99 at Play-Asia when using the code NINWIRE at checkout. Hot off the heels of Final Fantasy IX’s recent ports to the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One, Square Enix has given us…
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…
With the Switch’s current setup for online play, chatting with friends during Splatoon 2 requires an application on your phone, a device that can just as easily call your friends on its own. If you’d prefer an option more in line with what you’re used to, PDP has utilized the…
If you haven’t started prepping for the release of the Detective Pikachu movie, now’s your perfect opportunity to do just that. The Pokémon Company is bringing you some of the first Ryme City themed apparel we’ve seen for the upcoming film, with a few other knickknacks joining the merch lineup….
It’s no secret that Kirby’s Dream Land 2 and its animal friends make for one of my favorite games in the series, and anytime it gets some focus I’m there to sing its praises. March saw Kirby riding in on Rick the hamster, but for April he’s taking to the…
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu has been aiming for a worldwide release. Slowly, but surely, more countries are being added to its May 10th premiere. For China, Ryan Reynolds announced that the film will be available in theaters there and fans were treated to a new poster and trailer. Shared on Weibo,…
You can pre-order the Zelda Wireless Controller on Amazon for $49.99. PowerA’s Enhanced Wireless Controllers for Switch are some of our favorite third party options for the system. Already pleasing on the eye and in the hands, a beautiful new option is on the way to light up your collection….
If you’re looking to add more Nintendo merch to your wardrobe, you might want to take a quick peek at UNIQLO’s brand new Super Mario collection that launched today. At this point, more Nintendo clothing collaborations should hardly be a surprise, but there’s something really fun and exciting about seeing…
If you’re anything like me, you like your fandom merch to feel sleek, subtle, and modern. Sure, there’s something to be said about slapping a Triforce on a green t-shirt, but my preference is in designs where, if you don’t get it, it still looks just as good. That’s why,…
Now we’re in April, we’re just one month away from Detective Pikachu’s big screen debut. To get even more people aware of the electric sleuth’s first movie, Warner Bros. has released a bunch of new TV spots, co-starring Pokémon like Mewtwo, Gyarados, and many, many more. Take a look: …
Few Legendaries command the respect that Mewtwo does, and with good reason. Though a manmade Pokémon, it was the capstone to the original Red & Blue adventures and it made its mark as the first movie’s antagonist. Now that the plot’s getting revisited this summer, it’s only fitting that Mewtwo…
Welcome back to the Wire Weekly, where I, Ben “I bought an extra copy of Tales of Berseria just so I could get it signed by the VAs” Fruzzetti, run through the week’s assortment of Nintendo news with what could charitably be referred to as wit, sarcasm, and personality. Another…
