Just a few moments ago, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa officially confirmed that the successor to the Nintendo Switch (commonly referred to as the Switch 2) will be backward compatible with Nintendo Switch titles, as well as with Nintendo Switch Online software! This is Furukawa. At today's Corporate Management Policy…
Featured last October, the Harvest Festival returns in Pokémon GO! While happening later this year, last year’s debut, Smoliv, will have another debut in the 2024 edition. Shiny Hunters, you can add Shiny Smoliv to your collection once the Harvest Festival begins. You’ll also have an increased chance to encounter…
New icon alert! Donkey Kong Country 2 icons have dropped for Nintendo Switch Online members, but it won’t be as simple as just buying them outright. In order to obtain the icons, you’ll have to be actively playing Donkey Kong Country 2. (A prompt will appear to boot up the…
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 Brits love Luigi, apparently: Luigi’s Mansion 3 has become the fastest-selling Switch game of 2019 in the UK, beating out both Link’s Awakening and Super Mario Maker 2 to hold a speedy sales record (for at least a couple weeks until Pokémon comes along). The lean, green, fighting machine’s…
Pokémon Global News on Facebook has shared an upcoming freebie that will be offered to Trainers for Pokémon Sword & Shield after the games’ release. Starting November 11th, those who visit Walmart can receive an orange Trainer jumpsuit by using the Pokémon Pass app on their mobile devices. The…
An ultimate milestone has finally been passed — less than a year after its release, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has become the best-selling fighting game in the history of video games with 15.71 million units sold, surpassing both the combined sales of Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS and…
Now we’re in November it’s only a matter of time before the fourth DLC character from the Fighter’s Pass, Terry, makes his debut. As a result speculation is flaring up once more, and the latest thing to come out of the rumor mill is an unusual video featuring two Mii…
Koei Tecmo’s upcoming Persona 5 Scramble is looking set to be a frantic love letter to the original JRPG and its myriad characters, and earlier today we got to see a lot more gameplay from the title. That’s not all, though, as a save data bonus has also…
WAHOO! We are only a few days away from the launch of The Art of Super Mario Odyssey! To celebrate the launch, the good folks at Dark Horse Comics have released a brand new trailer showing off a few pages of the 300+ page book! Check it out below! The…
The next event for Mario Kart Tour has been announced: the “Paris Tour.” The news was shared via the official English Mario Kart Tour Twitter account, which also shared an image of a new Peach driver variant that’ll be joining the line-up when the event starts — one based…
Update: 11/5/2019 – This article was updated regularly as new leaks came out. The leaks have now ended and we’ve compiled all known new Pokémon into our list of Pokémon in (and not in) Pokémon Sword and Shield. Be sure to check it out! As certain as the sun…
After its release early last week, those who picked up Skullgirls 2nd Encore on Nintendo Switch were greeted both by one of my favorite fighting games of the last decade and an unfortunate handful of bugs not present on other platforms. Though their presence is regrettable, Skybound Games (who’s been…
After being leaked and rumored for months Blizzard officially announced Overwatch 2 at BlizzCon. Overwatch 2 is being pitched as a full sequel to the original game. It will still feature the team-based competitive multiplayer of the first game, but will also have a meaty PvE component, complete with story…
We’ve seen plenty merch dedicated to Pokémon Sword & Shield’s starters in the last few months. Grookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble are celebrated through plushes, key chains, apparel, and a whole lot of other items — and the game isn’t even out yet! Now it finally looks like we’ll be seeing…
