Nintendo Wiretap (10/17/19)

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: Videos, Merchandise, News, Switch

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…

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Hideki Kamiya and Ikumi Nakamura want to make Ōkami 2

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: News

After taking E3 2019 by storm with her earnest charm and stage presence, Ikumi Nakamura may have just won the internet’s attention all over again. A short clip and tweet was posted today of her with PlatinumGames’ Hideki Kamiya, the man behind Bayonetta and Viewtiful Joe, among others. It’s the…

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It’s time to celebrate – Happy birthday, NES!

Author: Lauren Ganos
Categories: Retro, Features

Today marks the 34th birthday of the Nintendo Entertainment System — the NES — in North America. The 8-bit home video game console made waves and earned the role as the best-selling system of its time decades ago. More importantly, however, its popularity opened the doors for the Big N,…

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Review: Destiny Connect: Tick-Tock Travelers

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: Switch, Reviews

Time travel is a well-worn concept in the realm of Japanese role-playing games, from the aeon spanning Chrono Trigger to the many branches of Radiant Historia. Nippon Ichi Software’s newest IP Destiny Connect, however, sets out to tell a more personal tale with its Tick-Tock Travelers. Y2K When the town…

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Retro-Bit Gaming partners with Sega and National Breast Cancer Foundation to release pink Genesis and Saturn controllers

Categories: News, Merchandise

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and Retro-Bit is doing their part — the company has collaborated with both Sega and the National Breast Cancer Foundation to release new pink-colored Genesis and Saturn controllers.   Available for pre-order exclusively from Limited Run Games through the 31st of the month, a…

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