December 17th, 2018
How to easily beat 300% Handicap Challenges | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Guide
Learn how to beat some of Smash Bros. Ultimate’s hardest challenges with our handy guide!
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Over 20 years later, Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution will finally see the light of day this summer
With how popular Shantae has become over the years, it’s surprising to learn that one of the games in the series was actually cancelled over 20 years ago. Despite that, Wayforward didn’t give up and would revive the project many years later to create a long-lost interquel for the series….
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ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 5 and Vol. 6 and are headed to the Switch in Japan later this year
While home consoles are a widespread and ubiquitous part of the greater video game industry now, it hasn’t always been that way. Video game consoles have their origins from arcade machines, and the transition they made to end up in people’s living rooms was thanks in large part to systems…
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Nintendo to ‘consider’ Switch 2 price changes depending on impact of tariffs
As part of today’s financial report for Nintendo, company president Shuntaro Furukawa noted that Nintendo will be considering a price adjustment to the Switch 2 depending on how the situation of President Trump’s tariffs evolves in the coming months. With nobody sure of what the impact will be when Trump’s…
December 17th, 2018
Welcome five new wintry animals to Pocket Camp!
Start your week off in a cute way by signing in to Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp so you can welcome the incredibly adorable five new animals that have come to our camps. Flurry the hamster, Fang the wolf, Aurora the penguin, Diana the deer, and Bianca the tiger are all…
December 17th, 2018
Review: HORI GameCube Controller for Nintendo Switch (Smash Bros. Ultimate)
We go hands-on with the HORI wired GameCube style Battle Pad! Is it worth your hard-earned money? These products were provided by HORI for review purposes. All opinions in this review are our own. You can purchase the HORI GameCube controllers on Amazon. Support us on Patreon!
December 17th, 2018
Streets of Rage composer Yuzo Koshiro mixes Mario and Sonic’s music together
While the Mario and Sonic rivalry isn’t quite as surprising now we’ve had over a decade of spin-off games and Super Smash Bros. putting the two universes together, there’s still something charming about the idea. It seems like famed video game composer Yuzo Koshiro agrees, putting together a cute little…
December 17th, 2018
Villains reign supreme in the latest Smash Bros. themed Splatfest
The past weekend pit the heroes and villains of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate together in the form of a Splatoon 2 Splatfest, and the results have come in. While the heroes were victorious when it came to the public vote, the villains proved too cunning to let them win so…
December 16th, 2018
Sega Ages adds Puyo Puyo 1 and 2 to its ever expanding catalogue
We’re only a few games in but Sega Ages is already promising quite a few near-perfect conversions of classic games, and its just added two more to the pipeline. The arcade versions of Puyo Puyo 1 and 2 will both head to Switch, though dates haven’t been promised. Online play…
December 16th, 2018
‘Tis the season for Christmas themed units in Fire Emblem Heroes
It’s almost Christmas time, and that means that, despite the absence of the holiday in-universe, Fire Emblem Heroes is rolling out the red and green colored carpet to welcome some new wintry units in a seasonal banner. And Intelligent Systems has provided the rarest gift of all – a seasonal…
December 14th, 2018
Travis Strikes Again gets a new trailer introducing Electric Thunder Tiger II
Travis Strikes Again is almost here and this latest take on No More Heroes has received a new trailer. Have a look at Electric Thunder Tiger II, one of the games Travis and Badman will find themselves in. A clash of electro and cyberpunk, it fits the frantic…
December 14th, 2018
Character Column: Bandana Waddle Dee, “goombas with hats,” and minion identity
Welcome back to Season 2 of the Character Column, where we run down all manner of royal, ruffian, and rough-around-the-edges rube in a weekly analysis of various characters. Last week we ran down the nuances of Inklings and avatars in Splatoon. This week, I’d like to begin by demanding that…
December 14th, 2018
Gold Shovel Knight amiibo might be in the works
Categories: Amiibo News, News
Behold, the return of a humble hero from the battle-filled byways of Smash! Shovel Knight’s been shovel dropping his way into one of the biggest games around, but that doesn’t mean things are any quiet on his home turf. With the King of Cards expansion and an amiibo three-pack on…
December 14th, 2018
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate updates to Ver. 1.2.0, brings changes to online and some characters
After already having a day 1 patch, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has gotten bumped up to Version 1.2.0. With that comes a few changes to many corners of the game, though without much elaboration. For one, the difficulty of approaching challengers has been adjusted. I imagine this is supposed to…
December 14th, 2018
Nintendo Wiretap (12/13/18)
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…
