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…
The bizarre Japanese game director Goichi “Suda51” Suda is currently chipping away at the upcoming Switch exclusive Travis Strikes Back: No More Heroes, but it sounds like more games featuring his trademark weirdness could be on the way. In a recent interview with Famitsu (translated via Siliconera), the following exchange…
The string of Legendary Heroes added to Nintendo’s gacha fueled mobile game have all been powerful, but this newest one brings something the game has never seen before. Check out the new trailer below. Hot off the heels of the Fallen Hero version of Robin, a similarly Grima-fueled of his…
Tomorrow will bring some new, friendly faces to Kirby Star Allies. These longtime Kirby friends (and one jester who’s never been all that friendly) will join the other playable Dream Friends and offer ways to play through the game’s modes by joining in with Kirby on his main quest. Each…
Hot off the heels of Bulbasaur’s time on the spotlight for March’s Pokémon GO Community Day, Niantic has announced that Mareep will star in April’s Community Day, and it will be quite soon! The next Community Day kicks off on April 15th at 11:00 a.m. PDT, and will run for…
Square Enix has started up a new internal game studio. Titled Luminous Productions, it will be headed by Hajime Tabata, director of Final Fantasy XV, as well as several other members of the game’s creative team. Here’s the full press release: Tokyo, Japan (March 27, 2018) – Square Enix Holdings…
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 World Video Game Hall of Fame has announced its list of nominees for this year’s inductions. The list includes the original Metroid, along with others. Check out the list: Asteroids Call of Duty Dance Dance Revolution Final Fantasy VII Half-Life John Madden Football King’s Quest Metroid Minecraft Ms. Pac-Man…
Last year Sumo Digital updated its charming physics-based collectathon platformer Snake Pass on the Nintendo Switch, but one change it implemented in particular shook certain corners of the internet to their core. The user interface icon, which once displayed the game’s logo, was swapped out for a close-up of protagonist…
The purple hair genie – well, half-genie – hero of Sequin Land is getting some new duds. While teased throughout the game’s Kickstarter and development, WayForward promises that the Costume Pack DLC will be coming soon! Codes for backers have been requested and the goal is to have them ready…
Detective Pikachu, a character who first baffled us and then stole our hearts, is receiving even more special goodies. Out and about sleuthing in your day to day life? Now, you can add a little bit of Detective Pikachu to your text conversations! Made just for iOS Messages, you can…
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 Nintendo Direct that happened just a couple weeks ago gave us a great insight as to what’s coming up in the next year, but apparently, Nintendo hasn’t given away all its secrets. According to some sources, Nintendo has just recently applied for nine different trademarks for what’s described as…
