Nintendo is continuing its trend of offering obscure or childhood favorite N64 games to Nintendo Switch Online. Not long ago, we unexpectedly received Rare’s cult classic destruction simulator/time attack extravaganza Blast Corps. Before that, 1080 Snowboarding filled the arcade Snowboarding game spot on Nintendo Switch left by the absence of…
It may have been obvious to fans that the upcoming film Sonic the Hedgehog 3 would be taking some elements from the 2001 Dreamcast title Sonic Adventure 2, but the connections might be going deeper than anticipated. In a new interview with GamesRadar+, Sonic 3 producer Toby Ascher that the…
What’s that carving down the slopes of nostalgia, big stupid noses guiding to a ski lift? Why, it’s Snowboard Kids! The fan-favorite N64 racing game that continues to elude the Switch Online service is getting a little more love from the folks at Fangamer. No strangers to Atlus merch, this…
New Timed Goals have arrived in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, allowing players to get their hands on Leaf Tickets and a handful of fortune cookies for completing them. The dab, a new fish, has also been introduced for the duration of the event, looking mighty similar to the existing olive…
Even when you know something like this is coming, you can never truly be prepared. We knew a big Furret was on the way earlier this week, but now it’s shot us right through the heart with that simple face. Just look at this beautiful, beautiful creature! This giant Furrett…
Best Buy will be including free steelbooks to those who purchase copies of Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! next week. The news comes from Cheap Ass Gamer, which also provided the following photo of the steelbook: According to the Cheap Ass Gamer forum post,…
A new trailer for the upcoming Pokémon-meets-the-real-world movie, Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, has dropped, providing the world with its first look at photorealistic Lickitung and Growlithe. The trailer rehashes plenty of scenes already shown before, as well as Pokémon like Charizard and Mr. Mime, but includes a handful of new ones…
After a week of voting and a bit of waiting, the results of Fire Emblem Heroes’ Find & Vote campaign are in. Half of the winners are about exactly what I expected, while the other half feels a bit like a surprise. Have a look and see how your own…
A couple of days ago we brought you the news that the third wave of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate amiibo, consisting of Young Link, Ken, and Daisy, would be arriving in North America on April 12th, 2019. Now, the same date has been confirmed for Europe. More Super #SmashBros…
A super surprise from last year’s The Game Awards, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 was shown off in yesterday’s Nintendo Direct. Hot of the heels of Super Mario Maker 2’s reveal, we were treated to a few more details about this Switch exclusive. Characters absent from December’s trailer made brief appearances…
The course of love ne’er runs smooth, but the one thing perhaps more tumultuous is the history of a 130 year old Japanese company. Nintendo has been a beloved manufacturer of video games for around four decades now, true, but there’s a whole 90 years of history from before they…
Happy Valentine’s Day! … Or Single’s Awareness Day… Or go for the weird and celebrate National Ferris Wheel Day. Yes, it’s real. A certain town in Unova is probably having a field day with the crossover. No matter how you feel about Valentine’s Day, it’s always lovely to see our…
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening is coming to the Nintendo Switch with a fresh look. We compare the Game Boy classic and the updated version, and we see just how true to the source material it will be! Support us on Patreon.
Gaming goes through many different phases. I’d say that we can generally widdle down each of these phases into the confines of one year. For example, 2018 was the year of the single-player, 2017 was the year of the lootbox, etc. One year, however, flies under the radar as one…
Here at Nintendo Wire, we always are pondering about amiibo support and functionality in upcoming Nintendo games. I even mentioned the idea when I covered what new tidbits we saw for Yoshi’s Crafted World in yesterday’s Nintendo Direct. Perhaps the amiibo overlords heard me and decided to give us a…
