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…
With one swing of their mighty shovel, Yacht Club Games became a developer to watch. And then they swung that shovel again and again and again, refining their first game and expanding upon it while never losing their edge of classic inspiration. Now though, with Shovel Knight’s last promised expansion…
One year ago the Switch gained its first Kirby game, one that’s grown over time to become a worthwhile celebration of Nintendo’s spherical superstar. Plenty of Dream Friends have joined in, but for Kirby Star Allies’ first birthday it’s time to spotlight three Helpers who’ve been with the series since…
Welcome back to the Wire Weekly, where I, Ben “Super Paper Mario is really good actually” Fruzzetti, run through the week’s assortment of Nintendo news with what could charitably be referred to as wit, sarcasm, and personality. Oh boy, we’re already on our second installment, and I’ve run dry of…
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 Wii U isn’t dead — it’s just very tired. Okay, the console has been in the grave for pretty much two years now, but it’s having one creaky, skeletal finger poking out of its coffin, because Limited Run Games is releasing Axiom Verge: Multiverse Edition, the physical version of…
First 4 Figures gave its members an exclusive first look at a new Sonic the Hedgehog statue. The statue is only in its prototype stages, but we do know that it features Classic Sonic next to a checkpoint goal post. Supposedly, the checkpoint will actually rotate as it would in…
Another piece of evidence concerning the Pokémon Detective Pikachu case has been revealed. We’ve known about the video game, film, and all the merchandise for some time — and now it looks like we can add a graphic novel to the mix. Legendary Pictures’ comics division, Legendary Comics, announced at…
We’re two weeks away from Yoshi’s Crafted World popping up on store shelves and switching to an active download button for the Nintendo Switch. To prepare for the big day, Nintendo’s branches in America, Europe, and the original in Japan have all uploaded different trailers featuring Yoshi Player 1 and…
Kirby’s Epic Yarn might be the cutest game ever made. When it was revealed and released on Wii nearly ten years ago, hearts everywhere melted at the sights and sounds of a game where danger was low and charm was high. It may not have been the most “Kirby” game…
With Yo-Kai Watch 4 just a few months away from release in Japan, the series is about to make its first leap to a HD console, and it’s not the only major change coming. Level-5 president Akihiro Hino recently hosted an event which revealed the latest trailer for the new…
Every now and again, a video game gets new merchandise exclusively through a Japanese in-store lottery, where particpants draw a number and get to go home with one of the items. To celebrate the arrival of spring, Nintendo is partnering with 7-Eleven and Ito-Yokado stores for a selection of Animal…
Next Tuesday during GDC, Google will be announcing its major push into the video game industry, with many speculating that its in-browser streaming service and hardware will be unveiled during the show. Ahead of that announcement, however, it’s been spotted that Chromium has added support for Switch controllers, namely the…
