After years of speculation and anticipation, publisher Forever Entertainment has finally announced that its House of the Dead 2 remake will finally be seeing the light of day this year. Revealed alongside a new trailer, the aptly titled “The House of the Dead 2: Remake” will be hitting Switch and…
The Switch 2 has had a heck of a media week, especially in Las Vegas. The Consumer Electronics Showcase (Abbreviated as CES) played host to a number of tech giants, including accessory developer Genki who brought mockups of the yet-to-be-revealed Nintendo Switch followup console. Genki in specific claimed this was…
The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of leaks and speculation, with alleged images, specs, and rumors about the Nintendo Switch 2 dominating the gaming news cycle. Until Nintendo officially announces something about the much-anticipated console, this flurry of speculation is likely to continue. With that said, let’s continue…
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…
After making a stop at Glendale, Arizona this weekend, Nintendo will be returning to the massive convention that is San Diego Comic-Con. For a total of four days, Nintendo will be transforming the Marriott Marquis & Marina hotel’s ballroom into a gaming paradise where its booth inside the convention center…
Since time immemorial, the bane of the jigsaw puzzle enthusiast has been the sky — endless blue dotted with swirling white, a cruel and indistinguishable azure that doesn’t seem to come together no matter how you fit the pieces. Nintendo, never satisfied with doing things the same way, had decided…
Nintendo is certainly in a demo giving mood this summer. Global Testpunches, an early Splatfest, demos for Ever Oasis and Miitopia during the week of E3… now you can add Hey! Pikmin to that list and Miitopia is getting a second “demo” of sorts. Hey! Pikmin’s spot on the eShop…
Welcome to the Crazy Cap! Last month at E3 we were able to see what these stores had for Mario and Cappy, including this particular location at Tostarena Town. Nintendo tweeted out a clearer picture today and we can see more than just the sombrero, poncho, Jaxi statue, Tostarena emblem…
The release date discrepancies between North America and Europe for the Yo-kai Watch series have always been frustrating. The games released months later in Europe, despite the franchise generally performing better across the pond. It looks like it will finally be changing soon though, with Yo-kai Watch 2’s third version,…
Fans of face-plates might want to sit down, as Nintendo of Japan is reportedly ceasing production of the standard New Nintendo 3DS. The news comes via Japanese Nintendo and is backed up by the official page, which states “all production ended”. New Nintendo 3DS LL (XL) models are still in…
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…
Version 1.0.1 of the Splatoon 2 Splatfest demo is live in the US. The new update brings a slightly new look to Inkopolis Square. To manually update the demo, simply highlight the Splatoon 2 Demo icon on your Nintendo Switch. Press the + button and then select Software Update. …
When you think about it for more than a few seconds, Mario Kart races are downright terrifying. Competitors are tossing shells, bananas, bullets and more in an effort to make other racers crash. The courses are peppered with obstacles that would likely kill a mortal man. The chances of falling…
We’re about halfway through the month, which means it’s time for another Fire Emblem Heroes banner to roll around. And this time there’s not one, but two fresh new pools of Heroes to pull from, each featuring three characters from the recent Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. In the…
Just this morning, Nintendo UK’s Super Mario Odyssey Twitter account shared a brand new character from the Mario universe who will be making his first appearance in the upcoming title. Moe-Eye — a statue-like creature sporting a gold hoop earring, Mario’s famous mustache and a dashing pair of hot pink…
