Square Enix has announced that a free playable demo for Dragon Quest VII Reimagined, the remake of fan-favorite installment Dragon Quest VII, will be available for download tomorrow, January 7th, 2026. Downloadable on PC and consoles with demos available for both Nintendo Switch 1 and 2, progress made in the…
The latest batch of profile icons is now available on Nintendo Switch Online, this time based on Game & Watch Gallery 3 and Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. Available until February 2nd, they can be unlocked by booting up the games via their respective applications: Game & Watch Gallery 3…
In an effort to entice people to pre-order from its website, the Pokémon Center has announced that all pre-orders of Pokémon Pokopia for Nintendo Switch 2 will come with a free Ditto plush when ordered online. The life/farm simulator game, which releases on March 5th, 2026, allows players to assume…
All 333 villagers from the base version of Nintendo 3DS game Animal Crossing: New Leaf plus 50 more added through a free update will be making their returns in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The information was shared via the official Animal Crossing Twitter account, which tweeted the following: Thank…
The roster of playable characters in DotEmu’s Streets of Rage 4 has been steadily expanding since it was announced, and we’ll soon be seeing the game’s fifth playable character. As announced via the developer’s Twitter account, the announcement will seemingly coincide with PAX East, which kicks off on Thursday, February…
Welcome back to the Nintendo WireCast. On today’s episode, Hero TJ and Amiibo Jason talk all about the recent Animal Crossing Direct and see what predictions they got right and wrong!
It’s rare that you see games that let you play from the perspective of an every-day animal, but A Street Cat’s Tale does exactly that, putting you in the paws of a stray kitten that’s lost its mother in a bustling city. Playing as the kitten, you explore the town…
With every new Animal Crossing installment comes a new set of furry, feathery, and/or scaly animal friends to populate players’ towns — and New Horizons is no different. Several new villagers and special characters have already been unveiled for the game, and we’ve got a full gallery of them here!…
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is set to feature a plethora of fun animal characters, including many standard villagers (those that can move into your town) from past games and special characters (that run shops, host events, and more). Check out our full list of all the returning villagers and special…
Sharing details about the amiibo support within Animal Crossing: New Horizons was a great way to wrap up the Direct today. Not only did we find out that scanning in the previously released figures and cards will bring villagers to our islands, but doing so will also provide players with…
The original Sonic and Puyo Puyo games were great in their own ways, and that goes for their Sega Ages versions currently on the eShop too. Today, though, both of their sequels have arrived as examples of second efforts that did pretty much everything better and have become even more…
Animal Crossing: New Horizons will not support Nintendo Switch Online Save Data Cloud backups, but Nintendo is working on an alternative method for restoring saves in the event of console failure, loss or theft that will launch later this year; however, it was revealed during this morning’s Direct that data…
For the third time, a DMC title is making its way to Switch, bringing the fan favorite Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition to the eShop. It’s no straight port either, as a new Free Style mode and Co-op Bloody Palace help breathe new life into the familiar game. …
If you’re a frequent reader of ours, you’ll know by now that we love Puyo Puyo here at Nintendo Wire. In a sea of other, competitive puzzle offerings it stands as not just a standard — but dare I say a legend — and that all comes back to Puyo…
Despite the announcement that Animal Crossing: New Horizons and mobile game Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp would not directly connect, this morning’s Animal Crossing Direct revealed there will be some form of tie-ins between the games. As part of a free update, players of both New Horizons and Pocket Camp will be…
