Anyone who has been keeping up with Nintendo news over the past year or so can attest that the lead-up to the Nintendo Switch 2 has been a wild ride. For the longest time fans were eagerly looking for any news or rumors related to the system, and any insider…
One of the most striking things about the design of the Switch 2 is how basic everything is. Gone are the days of New 3DS Faceplates or fun colors, and in is Nintendo’s era of functionality over personality… or so we thought. If a recent listing by AliExpress is anything…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
Lucas Pope made a name for himself with 2013’s Papers, Please; a dour dystopic experience where you play as an immigration officer charged with checking those who cross the border to an authoritarian nation. Pope’s previous work was concerned with putting faces and names to the masses that cross 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…
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…
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…
Reggie Fils-Aimé seems like he’s having a nice old retirement. Getting inducted into the International Video Game Hall of Fame, posting memes on Twitter, and hosting lectures at Cornell is a pretty sweet deal now that he’s done with his tenure at the Big N. But some specters loom long…
The ESRB is famous for letting ratings of unannounced games slip before it’s time, and it looks like it may have happened again. This time, the ESRB has given a rating to a Switch version of Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour. This version of Duke Nukem 3D originally…
No matter the region, the Pokémon Center always gives love to all the seasons and holidays — and the Japanese branch always seems to have the absolute best merch. This new series of items is no exception either! A truly stunning lineup of products with a White Christmas theme will…
Luigi’s newest spooky adventure will be available for Switch in just a little over a week, which means it’s time to raise that hype even more! Perfect for the occasion, Nintendo’s giving you a close look at ScreamPark, the multiplayer mode that allows anywhere from two to eight players to…
Earlier this month Bethesda broke the news that Doom Eternal would be seeing a delay into 2020, though the company offset the disappointment by confirming that not only would Doom 64’s modern port be launching day-and-date on all platforms alongside the PS4, PC and Xbox One versions of the Eternal,…
Late last year, Forever Entertainment announced that it would be remaking the first two Sega Saturn Panzer Dragoon games for the Nintendo Switch. Back at E3, we got our first look at the original game’s make-over. Now, we have confirmation that it’ll get a physical release. Your dreams came…
Destiny Connect, NIS’ latest JRPG, launches for the Nintendo Switch today in North America. To mark the occasion a new launch trailer has been uploaded to the official Nintendo YouTube channel, and it runs through the story and battle mechanics in a snappy fashion. Give it a watch: …
Mario Kart Tour’s upcoming two-week Halloween event has been fully detailed, with six new drivers, three new courses, Time Trials, and more headed to the game. After a handful of teases about new characters and tracks, including Luigi, King Boo, and Waluigi, Nintendo has uploaded a video explaining everything Mario…
