After years of speculation and anticipation, publisher Forever Entertainment has finally announced that its House of the Dead 2 remake will finally be seeing the light of day this year. Revealed alongside a new trailer, the aptly titled “The House of the Dead 2: Remake” will be hitting Switch and…
The Switch 2 has had a heck of a media week, especially in Las Vegas. The Consumer Electronics Showcase (Abbreviated as CES) played host to a number of tech giants, including accessory developer Genki who brought mockups of the yet-to-be-revealed Nintendo Switch followup console. Genki in specific claimed this was…
The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of leaks and speculation, with alleged images, specs, and rumors about the Nintendo Switch 2 dominating the gaming news cycle. Until Nintendo officially announces something about the much-anticipated console, this flurry of speculation is likely to continue. With that said, let’s continue…
The Pokémon Company showed off more cards from the special Pokémon: Detective Pikachu TCG expansion just last month. Using art showcasing the film’s renders, we were able to see a few teases of cards, as well as the cards that could be obtained through in-store promo events. Bulbasaur, Psyduck, and…
Notable Japanese gaming publication Famitsu hosted its 2018 Famitsu Awards, and what a night it was for Masahiro Sakurai and Nintendo. Along with the sadly-not-on-Switch Monster Hunter World, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was named Famitsu’s Game of the Year for 2018. It’s a sentiment we agreed with for sure, and…
Hot on the heels of Donkey Kong 3 releasing today, another arcade classic is heading to Switch courtesy of HAMSTER’s Arcade Archives. The time travelling airplane shoot’em up Time Pilot, originally brought to arcades in 1982 by Konami, was confirmed for a Switch release next week during a recent NicoNico…
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Tonight was yet another owl-lead look at what’s coming next to Fire Emblem Heroes. That’s right, Feh Channel has come and gone and in its thirteenish minutes of bird based exposition we learned all about the upcoming features, modes, and changes due for Nintendo’s highest earning mobile game. You can…
Labo VR just got a whole lot more interesting! Nintendo of America has just announced that VR support is coming to both Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Mario Odyssey appears to be getting a VR-specific update that will give players…
Another big Splatfest is on the way with Splatoon 2’s Spring Fest, and just like with previous events and holidays some fresh, new gear is up for grabs. This time around it’s not just headgear though, but a selection of new shoes modeled after Off the Hook themselves! These limited…
Super Mario is a mega hit franchise for Nintendo, and as hard as they might try, the folks at Sony have never really been able to capture the same magic with any of their platforming games. Even so, charm can be found here and there within certain games from the…
There’s not too long to wait now till the next big life sim hits the Nintendo Switch – My Time At Portia. Developed by Panthea and published by Team17, it promises to be a cute and colorful world to immerse yourself in, and now it has a new trailer to…
Marvelous recently held a two hour livestream for Rune Factory 4 Special, the upcoming Switch port of the farming action-RPG. While they showed off a good amount of gameplay and tidbits throughout the (Japanese-language) stream, a trailer released towards the end summarizes everything succinctly: We can see improvements…
A trailer dropped for the upcoming Dragon Quest movie, now titled Dragon Quest: Your Story. Your Story is inspired by Dragon Quest V, which originally released on the Super Famicom in 1992. The game didn’t see a western release until the DS remake in 2009. The animation style in the…
You can pre-order the Final Fantasy IX Bring Arts: Zidane Tribal & Garnet Til Alexandros XVII figures for $154.99 at Play-Asia when using the code NINWIRE at checkout. Hot off the heels of Final Fantasy IX’s recent ports to the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One, Square Enix has given us…
