3D collectathon platformers occupy the same lane for me as comfort food or an AC/DC album. They’re reliable, and no matter how much time passes, I can always return to them and feel familiarity. Of course, the best 3D platformers that leave their mark on history end up feeling more…
Hamster Corporation has announced that the classic Namco arcade game Air Combat 22 will be heading to its Arcade Archives series for modern platforms. As the sequel to the industry defining Air Combat, Air Combat 22 expanded the gameplay by allowing players to select different aircraft to carry out their…
Limited Run Games is back with a brand-new lineup of merchandise based on a classic Sega title. To honor the 25th anniversary of Jet Set Radio, you can now get a whole slew of shirts, plushes, trading cards, and keychains to show your love for Beat and the crew. While…
Welcome to a bonus edition of the Nintendo Wiretap! Today, we look at the rumored Super Mario Cereal from Kellogg’s. Does a cereal box really have amiibo support? We discuss the possibility of it here.
Known as a love letter to classic RPGs, The Longest Five Minutes on the Nintendo Switch is sure to charm players who have a passion for 16-bit style and retro inspired music. Nippon Ichi Software has created a sweet, lighthearted comedy mixed with a powerful story, giving people an opportunity…
In honor of the ‘mon themed anime and this year’s newest film in the series, Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!, a mini CD album is being released in Japan. Containing music from both the film and anime series, The Pokémon Company posted one of the songs on YouTube. Footage…
It’s been a long time coming but Nintendo fans will soon be able to play Yooka-Laylee. Playtonic has announced via their official blog that the Switch version will land on December 14th, with eShop pre-orders opening on the 7th. Yooka-Laylee is a throwback to classic Nintendo 64 platformers…
Based on the performance of Trainers across the world in the recent Global Catch Challenge, Ho-Oh will now be appearing in Pokémon GO for two weeks. Smashing that goal of catching three billion Pokémon has brought more than just Kangaskhan and Farfetch’d to new locations. This shouldn’t be too much…
Mario has graced various Post Cereal products this year, all advertising a Nintendo Switch bundle contest. Before that we saw Mario, Link and Inkling Girl on Frito-Lay family packs of chips. Needless to say, the cross-promotion with food has been pushed out in full force this year, and now…
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…
Fans and critics alike have speculated the Nintendo Switch to be a hot toy this holiday season, and Adobe Digital Insights has the data to back up all the positive claims. With the console being available in the market for nine months and the high success of its sales, Nintendo…
The third annual Game Awards is less than two weeks away and will be hosted and produced by Geoff Keighley. Not only does the event celebrate this year’s video game releases, but it also teases what could be gracing our television screens in 2018. Video game fans can attend the…
The recent Feh Channel broadcast for Fire Emblem Heroes shared a lot, but the biggest surprise had to have been a whole new chapter to its story. Called “Book II,” it’ll see the game’s original cast heading off to encounter new kingdoms and characters. At the center of it all…
It’s time to dust off your chef hat and prepare to make some delectable meals: a physical version of Overcooked will be hitting North American retailers on February 13th! Attention chefs! We're aiming to release the boxed version of Overcooked on Feb 13th in UK, Europe and North America…
Camp managers who have been clamoring for more holiday details after the recent Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp leak can get excited all over again, as Japan’s Twitter account for the mobile game is slowly announcing some surprises. The manager of the account (who might be Lloid or another Gyroid) is…
