Earlier this year, Nintendo was able to successfully get the Yuzu Switch emulator removed from the original GitHub repository it was distributed from. While that was a done and dusted legal case and the emulator’s creators were put out of business, the old axiom about the internet remains true: once…
Yesterday morning, the renowned leaker Pyoro caused a stir on Twitter by teasing a picture of a 1990 Nintendo World Championship cartridge. The internet quickly went mad with speculation, with theories about the cryptic tweet spreading like wildfire. pic.twitter.com/xvxNbN3cPV — Pyoro (@Pyoro_X) May 2, 2024 But. today, the mystery has…
The next GO Battle League-themed event for Pokémon GO’s Season of World of Wonders is here. This time it’s a weekend-long affair and it overlaps with another event, Rivals Week. Trainers who have their sights set on the GBL will enjoy increased battle sets, free and paid Timed Research, and…
The time has finally come for “Igavania” to rise again, with a release date for the Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night finally being confirmed via a new trailer. In it, we get to see a lot of comparisons between the newly polished version of the game up against the “poop”…
The past few months have been filled with Final Fantasy love on Switch, finally bringing some of the franchise’s most well-regarded titles to a Nintendo platform for the first time ever. Alongside these releases Square Enix has been putting out a series of interviews with the important people behind each…
If you’re a fan of the classic Sega series Wonder Boy, the Nintendo Switch is the place to be. With the remake Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap, the all-new Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom, and the recent indie throwback Aggelos, there are plenty of options, but this latest game…
Looking to buy a new Nintendo Switch for yourself or a loved one? Best Buy may be the place to look — now when you buy a Nintendo Switch from the retailer, you can pick up one fully priced game to go alongside it. This includes hundreds of premier Switch…
The upcoming release of Saints Row: The Third – The Full Package on Nintendo Switch is picking up steam. Out on May 10th, the wise-cracking, no holds barred, meta-comedic urban street-gang sandbox game has its sights set on a bigger screen and heist. Painting the silver screen purple, Deadline secured…
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…
Crystal Crisis is almost here to bring puzzle-fighting fun to the Switch, and ahead of its release at the end of the month Nicalis is sharing songs from its soundtrack. For three days now, a new piece of music has been uploaded, ranging from the game’s opening theme (previously heard…
An eagle-eyed ResetEra user by the name of Nuclear Muffin has pointed out that the copyright screen for HAL Laboratory’s BoxBoy! + BoxGirl! states that the game was “Made with Unity.” He points out that this is the first time HAL has used an external engine to create a game,…
BoxBoy! secured My Nintendo Rewards’ May calendar, and now there are a few other goodies added to the site as well. Discounts, 3DS themes, and a Splatoon 2 character chart download have joined the lineup! With more tentacles than an Inkopolis soap opera (ink opera?), the Squid Research Lab did…
After the stunned, silent weeping in response to yesterday’s Sonic the Hedgehog movie trailer, Detective Pikachu is here to remind us that it’s possible to make beloved characters realistic and cute at the same time. This one features a short new scene where Ryan Reynolds’ eponymous investigator snarks about spa…
May! May is the fifth page on the calendar, and it’s my second favorite month of the year. (March is first, if you were wondering.) There’s no major first party title coming from Nintendo in May, so the indies and third parties are really carrying the load for these…
Yesterday, ads started popping up in retail stores referencing a “Pokémon Pass” app which had yet to be officially revealed. Thankfully the wait wasn’t long for official confirmation, as the Pokémon Company has released the app onto the iOS and Google Play stores. As of right now, it seems limited…
