Split Fiction, the latest co-op multiplayer game by developer Hazelight, launched on March 6th to critical acclaim. Shortly after launch, it was rumored that a movie adaptation was in the works for the game and we’ve now received confirmation on its existence, along with one of the stars as well…
As the “Year of Eevee” celebration continues, more and more merchandise centered around the beloved Evolution Pokémon continues to be revealed. Just last week a brand-new life-size Eevee plush was shown off, but that wasn’t to be all they had in store. A new batch of life-size plushies have been…
In a series of posts over on Twitter, former Capcom composer Masakazu Sugimori has suggested that Ace Attorney would not have become a franchise if it were released in the current gaming industry. As he explains, the initial sales numbers were so low that any modern publisher would have completely…
Best Buy will be including free steelbooks to those who purchase copies of Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! next week. The news comes from Cheap Ass Gamer, which also provided the following photo of the steelbook: According to the Cheap Ass Gamer forum post,…
A new trailer for the upcoming Pokémon-meets-the-real-world movie, Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, has dropped, providing the world with its first look at photorealistic Lickitung and Growlithe. The trailer rehashes plenty of scenes already shown before, as well as Pokémon like Charizard and Mr. Mime, but includes a handful of new ones…
After a week of voting and a bit of waiting, the results of Fire Emblem Heroes’ Find & Vote campaign are in. Half of the winners are about exactly what I expected, while the other half feels a bit like a surprise. Have a look and see how your own…
A couple of days ago we brought you the news that the third wave of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate amiibo, consisting of Young Link, Ken, and Daisy, would be arriving in North America on April 12th, 2019. Now, the same date has been confirmed for Europe. More Super #SmashBros…
A super surprise from last year’s The Game Awards, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 was shown off in yesterday’s Nintendo Direct. Hot of the heels of Super Mario Maker 2’s reveal, we were treated to a few more details about this Switch exclusive. Characters absent from December’s trailer made brief appearances…
The course of love ne’er runs smooth, but the one thing perhaps more tumultuous is the history of a 130 year old Japanese company. Nintendo has been a beloved manufacturer of video games for around four decades now, true, but there’s a whole 90 years of history from before they…
Happy Valentine’s Day! … Or Single’s Awareness Day… Or go for the weird and celebrate National Ferris Wheel Day. Yes, it’s real. A certain town in Unova is probably having a field day with the crossover. No matter how you feel about Valentine’s Day, it’s always lovely to see our…
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening is coming to the Nintendo Switch with a fresh look. We compare the Game Boy classic and the updated version, and we see just how true to the source material it will be! Support us on Patreon.
Gaming goes through many different phases. I’d say that we can generally widdle down each of these phases into the confines of one year. For example, 2018 was the year of the single-player, 2017 was the year of the lootbox, etc. One year, however, flies under the radar as one…
Here at Nintendo Wire, we always are pondering about amiibo support and functionality in upcoming Nintendo games. I even mentioned the idea when I covered what new tidbits we saw for Yoshi’s Crafted World in yesterday’s Nintendo Direct. Perhaps the amiibo overlords heard me and decided to give us a…
The Direct is over and done but one last surprise was waiting to make itself known. Team Cherry has announced and revealed not a DLC expansion for their debut game, but a fully fledged sequel starring Hornet instead. See for yourself in the first look at Hollow Knight: Silksong Everything…
Not only has Nintendo shown off loads of brand new amiibo today, but we also got release dates for some upcoming amiibo! According to the Nintendo of America Twitter account, Daisy, Young Link, and Ken are releasing on April 12th in North America. There are even more Super Smash…
