As the weather continues to warm up as spring arrives in full, there are plenty of people looking to enjoy their time in the sun. For the Pokémon fans out there, there’s no better way to do so than by enjoying the Alola region’s tropical weather and colorful scenery. If…
It feels like eons since a Madden game has last graced a Nintendo console, but EA is finally going to change that this year. Recently announced as part of the slate of titles heading to the Switch 2 this year, Madden 26 will be available on Nintendo’s latest console alongside…
With Switch 2 pre-orders finally live for the US and Canada, you now have the chance to fork over money to Nintendo for the chance to play the next generation of Switch hardware. Fun! If you want to utilize the full feature set of the Nintendo Switch 2, you’ll need…
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…
The Direct is over and done but one last surprise was waiting to make itself known. Team Cherry has announced and revealed not a DLC expansion for their debut game, but a fully fledged sequel starring Hornet instead. See for yourself in the first look at Hollow Knight: Silksong Everything…
Not only has Nintendo shown off loads of brand new amiibo today, but we also got release dates for some upcoming amiibo! According to the Nintendo of America Twitter account, Daisy, Young Link, and Ken are releasing on April 12th in North America. There are even more Super Smash…
A typical game of hide-and-seek has somehow transformed into a horror thriller thanks to Behaviour Interactive. Welcome to Dead By Daylight, an online multiplayer game where you are the hunter or become the hunted. Previously available on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, today’s Nintendo Direct showed that it’s sneaking…
It was a dense, packed Nintendo Direct today, but one of the most richly detailed portions was on Fire Emblem: Three Houses. After previously only getting glimpses of the game at E3 last year, we have a lot of info to unpack on the 16th entry in the stories franchise,…
Atlas is about to get a whole lot more Lylat in its star system. A free major update is setting course for Starlink: Battle for Atlas this April, promising challenging new missions for Team Star Fox to barrel roll through. Though don’t get too cocky, as Star Wolf’s infamous lieutenants (Andrew,…
Tetris is getting the battle royale treatment with Tetris 99, a new game announced during today’s Nintendo Direct presentation exclusively for Nintendo Switch Online members. “99 players, but only one reigns supreme,” the announcement clip says. “The iconic puzzle game arrives with an online experience like no other.” …
