Nintendo has launched firmware 20.0.0 for the Nintendo Switch and introduced its recently unveiled “Virtual Game Card” system to its console. Launching ahead of the Switch 2 this summer, Virtual Game Cards are exactly what they sound like: the ability to treat digital games as cards you can share with…
Fans of the Donkey Kong franchise are likely aware of the infamous “DK Rap” from Donkey Kong 64. Conceived as something of a goof to start off DK’s first 3D outing, the theme was written and composed by legendary composer Grant Kirkhope after being implored by designer George Andreas from…
Another day, another rumor about the Switch 2. While we at least know the console is releasing very soon and that Nintendo is gearing up for a pretty big launch, there are still some things about the console that remain uncertain. One such question is whether or not the Nintendo…
The pixel wizards at WayForward are back with a new addition to the long-running River City (aka Kunio-kun) series: River City Girls. River City Girls finds Kyoko and Misako pinching and kicking their way through River City to rescue their boyfriends, Kunio and Riki, who star in other games in…
Fans of the headache-ridden duck/platypus ‘mon, lend me your ears: The North American Pokémon Center has been stocked with an incredibly vibrant collection of Psyduck items today! Whether you’ve always been a fan of the Water-type or you just jumped aboard the bandwagon with its inclusion in Detective Pikachu, you’ll…
Earlier this year, remakes of the first two games in the classic Langrisser series were remade for the Nintendo Switch in Japan, but a localization wasn’t mentioned – until now. NISA has confirmed it’ll be bringing the games west in 2020, to the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC. If…
It was almost inevitable that Super Mario Maker 2 would launch last week to critical and commercial acclaim, and the latter has been proven already thanks to the latest phsysical sales reports from the UK’s UKIE/GfK coming in, courtesy of GamesIndustry.biz. Super Mario Maker 2 took the top spot for…
The famously-Kickstarted Shovel Knight is returning to the crowd-funding platform — this time in the form of a miniatures board game, Shovel Knight: Dungeon Duels. Shovel Knight: Dungeon Duels is a one-to-four-player “competitive side-scrolling board game” produced by Panda Cult Games in “close cooperation with Yacht Club Games.” From the…
Even doctors need a little help from their friends sometimes, and the upcoming mobile title Dr. Mario World is no exception. A new trailer for the game showcases its multiplayer features, including playing with your friends from Facebook and Nintendo. Feel like helping a friend out? You can send a…
Daemon X Machina has been in the works for a while now, and after its Prototype Mission demo earlier this year the dev team invited those who played it to share their thoughts and suggestions. Today the results of some of those efforts have come to light, with a new…
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…
Prepare yourself, campers: Part 2 of the latest garden event has kicked off today! Sign on and you’ll find new flowers — red plumerias — to grow in your garden. Those will provide you with both yellow and white hermit crabs to give to Pascal. Helping out our otter friend…
I love Dragon Quest. Prior to last year I’d only dabbled in the franchise, but Dragon Quest XI pulled me in all the way. I’ve played a little bit of the original Dragon Quest Builders, but ever since the sequel was announced, I’ve been excited to dive into the world…
Nintendo has done a pretty good job of detailing the various characters we’ll be seeing in Fire Emblem: Three Houses… at least, on its Japanese Twitter accounts (which we round up weekly in nice little featurettes you should check out). Now, with less than a month to go until release,…
Previously, several months before Studio MDHR’s masterful cartoon action-platformer Cuphead landed on Switch, the developers revealed they were working on a batch of DLC for the game, titled The Delicious Last Course. In the wake of the Switch release, we all assumed that the platform would receive said DLC whenever…
