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    When looking back at JRPGs and their communities over the years, a concern that will come up time and time again is localization. Oftentimes, especially in the past, whether or not a new game would see release outside of Japan felt like a coinflip. Ys X: Nordics, the latest entry…

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    It’s been roughly 15 years since I last played Madden, about the same amount of time since I last played football in real life, actually. I played football for a big chunk of my youth, and even declined an opportunity to play junior college football to focus on my grades….

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February 21st, 2020

Streets of Rage 4’s fifth playable character to be revealed next week

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Switch

The roster of playable characters in DotEmu’s Streets of Rage 4 has been steadily expanding since it was announced, and we’ll soon be seeing the game’s fifth playable character. As announced via the developer’s Twitter account, the announcement will seemingly coincide with PAX East, which kicks off on Thursday, February…

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February 21st, 2020

The Nintendo WireCast #20 | Heading Down to Animal Crossing

Author: Amiibo Jason
Categories: News

Welcome back to the Nintendo WireCast. On today’s episode, Hero TJ and Amiibo Jason talk all about the recent Animal Crossing Direct and see what predictions they got right and wrong!

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February 21st, 2020

A Street Cat’s Tale bringing heartwarming light-survival to Switch in March

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Switch

It’s rare that you see games that let you play from the perspective of an every-day animal, but A Street Cat’s Tale does exactly that, putting you in the paws of a stray kitten that’s lost its mother in a bustling city. Playing as the kitten, you explore the town…

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February 20th, 2020

Guide – All new villagers and characters in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Author: Daniel Dell-Cornejo
Categories: Guides, Switch

With every new Animal Crossing installment comes a new set of furry, feathery, and/or scaly animal friends to populate players’ towns — and New Horizons is no different. Several new villagers and special characters have already been unveiled for the game, and we’ve got a full gallery of them here!…

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February 20th, 2020

Guide – All returning villagers and characters in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Author: Daniel Dell-Cornejo
Categories: Switch, Guides

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is set to feature a plethora of fun animal characters, including many standard villagers (those that can move into your town) from past games and special characters (that run shops, host events, and more). Check out our full list of all the returning villagers and special…

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February 20th, 2020

Nintendo releases amiibo compatibility chart for Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Author: Lauren Ganos
Categories: Amiibo News, News, Switch

Sharing details about the amiibo support within Animal Crossing: New Horizons was a great way to wrap up the Direct today. Not only did we find out that scanning in the previously released figures and cards will bring villagers to our islands, but doing so will also provide players with…

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February 20th, 2020

Sega Ages Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Puyo Puyo 2 share a launch trailer as two of the best sequels ever

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: News, Retro, Switch

The original Sonic and Puyo Puyo games were great in their own ways, and that goes for their Sega Ages versions currently on the eShop too. Today, though, both of their sequels have arrived as examples of second efforts that did pretty much everything better and have become even more…

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February 20th, 2020

Animal Crossing: New Horizons players will only be able to recover save data once

Author: Daniel Dell-Cornejo
Categories: Switch, News

Animal Crossing: New Horizons will not support Nintendo Switch Online Save Data Cloud backups, but Nintendo is working on an alternative method for restoring saves in the event of console failure, loss or theft that will launch later this year; however, it was revealed during this morning’s Direct that data…

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February 20th, 2020

Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition gets crazy on Switch with new launch trailer

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: News, Switch

For the third time, a DMC title is making its way to Switch, bringing the fan favorite Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition to the eShop. It’s no straight port either, as a new Free Style mode and Co-op Bloody Palace help breathe new life into the familiar game.  …

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February 20th, 2020

Sega Ages Puyo Puyo 2 is the perfect way to revisit a classic

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: Switch

If you’re a frequent reader of ours, you’ll know by now that we love Puyo Puyo here at Nintendo Wire. In a sea of other, competitive puzzle offerings it stands as not just a standard — but dare I say a legend — and that all comes back to Puyo…

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February 20th, 2020

Animal Crossing: New Horizons, ‘Pocket Camp’ collaboration items revealed

Author: Daniel Dell-Cornejo
Categories: Switch, Mobile, News

Despite the announcement that Animal Crossing: New Horizons and mobile game Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp would not directly connect, this morning’s Animal Crossing Direct revealed there will be some form of tie-ins between the games. As part of a free update, players of both New Horizons and Pocket Camp will be…

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February 20th, 2020

Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition is a Switch port done right

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: Switch

In its third year on the market, it can feel like developers have been taking the Switch’s success as a challenge to push out as many ports as possible to the system. Among them is Capcom, whose revisited offerings have been a mixed bag. Ōkami, for example, finally got the…

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