I love to review games that are a perfect fit for the console I’m playing them on, as if they were made with the console in mind. Rift of The NecroDancer is one such game. I first saw it revealed as a Nintendo Switch release, so I have always thought…
According to a report from Vooks, it appears as if physical versions of “Switch 2 Enhanced” games will contain the full game and its upgrades on the same cartridge. This follows after a Nintendo UK rep stated otherwise. It’s safe to say that Nintendo has mostly botched the messaging around…
Booting up my Nintendo Switch to play Croc for the first time since I was a kid playing it on my PlayStation yielded largely the same results as it did in the ’90s. By World 3’s desert, I was dying repeatedly to seemingly endless pits, cursing out the lantern level…
Now Atlus has shared its first lengthy look at Persona 5 Scramble gameplay, it’s time to start seeing regular trailers focusing on each of the characters up until the game’s February 20th launch in Japan. First up is naturally Joker, the protagonist and Smash Bros. alumni himself. In the trailer…
Update: Nintendo has followed up the initial announcement of the Terry broadcast with a statement that “…there are no announcements regarding any unrevealed fighters” for this stream. At 45 minutes long, it’ll be interesting to see what is covered beyond the expected move set, music, stage, and Spirits. That Tweet and…
Pokémon Sword and Shield have hit store shelves and the Nintendo Switch eShop and we now have a solid look at which Pokémon can and cannot be obtained in the games. The games are making series history by being the first mainline Pokémon titles to not have every single existing…
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…
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…
The Brits love Luigi, apparently: Luigi’s Mansion 3 has become the fastest-selling Switch game of 2019 in the UK, beating out both Link’s Awakening and Super Mario Maker 2 to hold a speedy sales record (for at least a couple weeks until Pokémon comes along). The lean, green, fighting machine’s…
Pokémon Global News on Facebook has shared an upcoming freebie that will be offered to Trainers for Pokémon Sword & Shield after the games’ release. Starting November 11th, those who visit Walmart can receive an orange Trainer jumpsuit by using the Pokémon Pass app on their mobile devices. The…
An ultimate milestone has finally been passed — less than a year after its release, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has become the best-selling fighting game in the history of video games with 15.71 million units sold, surpassing both the combined sales of Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS and…
Now we’re in November it’s only a matter of time before the fourth DLC character from the Fighter’s Pass, Terry, makes his debut. As a result speculation is flaring up once more, and the latest thing to come out of the rumor mill is an unusual video featuring two Mii…
Koei Tecmo’s upcoming Persona 5 Scramble is looking set to be a frantic love letter to the original JRPG and its myriad characters, and earlier today we got to see a lot more gameplay from the title. That’s not all, though, as a save data bonus has also…
WAHOO! We are only a few days away from the launch of The Art of Super Mario Odyssey! To celebrate the launch, the good folks at Dark Horse Comics have released a brand new trailer showing off a few pages of the 300+ page book! Check it out below! The…
Editors Note: The following article was written in celebration of Fire Emblem: Blazing Blade’s (known simply as Fire Emblem in North America) 15th anniversary in Japan. Today, the title that introduced the West to the Fire Emblem series turns 16! Late April is a popular time to release…
