Nintendo Wiretap (1/21/19)

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: Videos, News, Retro, Switch

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…

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Nintendo of Europe releasing new Indie Highlights video tomorrow

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Switch

Nintendo’s first big video event of 2019 has been announced, and in line with recent rumors, it’s another indie showcase.   Tomorrow at 14:00 (UK time), watch a new #IndieHighlights video showcasing some of the indie games arriving on #NintendoSwitch in 2019! Visit Indie Highlights hub: https://t.co/7soZe1r5fo pic.twitter.com/CiGaqc3CBc — Nintendo…

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Tangledeep gets a Switch debut trailer

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Switch

At the end of this month, the 16-bit RPG inspired dungeon crawler Tangledeep will finally hit the Nintendo Switch eShop, after the port was announced back in October 2017. Check out the debut trailer for the game below, which covers the story and grid-based exploration mechanics.     You’ll be…

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Square Enix trademarks “HD-2D” in Europe

Categories: News, Switch

There’s never a bad time for some benign trademark news, as Square Enix has apparently trademarked both “HD-2D” and “HD2D” in Europe. The phrase HD-2D was used to describe the visual design of Octopath Traveler, with its 3D, high-res pixel art and complex lighting effects. This presumably means the company…

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