As I’m sure anyone with a pulse can tell you, Fortnite is pretty massive. It’s so massive, in fact, that we’ve seen Epic Games’ battle royale title practically become a melting pot of every creative IP of the last 100 years. Players can don skins with characters from John Wick,…
The Rediscover GO update continues with Rediscover Your World and Residcover Kanto. For Rediscover Your World, visual updates have been added to Pokémon GO. That means biomes have clear, visual cues and backgrounds (i.e.: sandy beaches for the beach biome). To celebrate the change, Rediscover Kanto is an event featuring…
In a bit of a surprise announcement this morning, Private Division has revealed a new trailer for Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game. The title is a bit of a mouthful, but essentially, this is a brand new single-player life simulation game set within the Middle-earth…
Windjammers may be an old Japanese arcade game, originally released for the Neo Geo, but that didn’t stop French game developer Dotemu, and French Windjammers enthusiasts, from willing the game back into existence. In a recent interview with IGN, Dotemu and Windjammers players share their side of the story, about…
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…
We all know him: the man, the myth, the Nintendo legend, Reggie Fils-Aimé. The retired Nintendo president and chief operating officer will be hosting his own keynote event at SXSW 2020, titled, “The Next Level: How Video Games Help You Succeed!” Fils-Aimé’s special presentation will focus on using video games…
Action platforming fans have something to look forward to early next month, as the combat heavy Kunai will be arriving soon. Starring a deadly, sentient tablet that’s able to wield many different weapons in a war-torn world, this is a game that’s best seen in motion to really get the…
If you’re still looking for a lengthy JRPG series to kick off 2020, Koei Tecmo has you covered, with the Atelier Dusk trilogy hitting the Nintendo Switch today. Originally released for the PS3, the Dusk trilogy consists of Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk, Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of…
While it’s been supplanted by the likes of Fire Emblem Heroes, there was a time when Puzzle & Dragons was my mobile game jam. The addictive sliding puzzle gameplay was a staple of my phone on the go, and if you’ve stuck with it or want to see why it…
Campers! Starting today, you can participate in a new fishing tourney that’s themed to knitted items. Head over to Lost Lure Creek and talk with Chip to begin the event. Simply locate those sparkling shadows in the water and throw your line in. This time around, you’ll be catching green…
As announced by developer Bethesda yesterday, a brand-new DOOM Eternal trailer went up this morning, showing off a barrel-ful of new footage. The nearly 2:30 trailer details the game’s single-player campaign as well as weapons gameplay and some killer new music. “Hell’s armies have invaded Earth,” the trailer description reads….
Speedrunning is a pastime that gamers the world over obsess with, whether they’re glitching their way through Breath of the Wild or nailing down the perfect timing for a sequence of jumps in Super Mario Bros. It’s not often that you think of speedrunning as an activity that wears on…
Back when the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Pass was announced, it was confirmed that the final fighter would launch by February 2020. With the clock running down, we’ve finally got a date for an announcement – and it’s this Thursday at 6 a.m. PT! Join Super #SmashBrosUltimate director…
Time to add another franchise to the mile long list of spirits in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. This latest batch is giving one of last year’s best some due diligence in the form of spirits from none other than Platinum Games’ Switch-exclusive Astral Chain. Starting on 1/17 for 5 days,…
It looks like the critically-acclaimed Bioshock series is finally heading to a Nintendo platform, if a recent series of Taiwanese age ratings is anything to go by. As the region’s official game rating board’s website reveals after simply searching “Bioshock”, Remasters of the first two games and a “Complete Edition”…
