With the release of the Nintendo Switch 2 a little over a month away now, anticipation among Nintendo fans continues to build. While many already have their sights set on the system, others are still on the fence and looking for more information before they decide. Fortunately, the latest issue…
In a surprising bit of news for fans of Nintendo’s Wii console, the legendary Homebrew Channel has ceased development, and its GitHub repository has been removed, effectively shutting down the piece of software. No one is certain when this occurred, but a user on Twitter posted a letter from the…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
It’s always interesting to see developers take a well-established genre and turn it on its head. Take Magic Scroll Tactics for example – on the surface is has many similarities to turn-based tactical RPGs like Final Fantasy Tactics, but rather than playing on an isometric “board”, you take a side-on…
It’s been a while since Metroid Prime 4 was announced for the Switch at E3 2017, which was the last official mention of the game, but most of us figured the game wasn’t too far off. It turns out things weren’t going nearly as smoothly as we expected behind-the-scenes, however,…
Kirby Right Back at Ya! has always held this surreal place in the series, taking ideas and characters from the games while infusing plenty of its own twists on world building and design. Even if it never quite appealed to the masses the way the games have, it did have…
The Nintendo Switch is slowly but surely becoming a platform that’s great for budding video game historians, with companies big and small porting over their older titles given them a chance to shine once more. Sega Ages is one of the most noteworthy of these efforts, with the team at…
Today Sega’s begun a little followup to their previous, Sonic based animation project. Sonic Mania Adventures may be over, but its music is coming back through a series of remixes courtesy of longtime composer for the series Jun Senoue, and Mania’s own composer Tee Lopes. They’re collaborating to take tracks…
The Switch just continues to sell, and it now sits at 10.5 million units sold in the US according to the latest NPD report. In 2018, consumers bought 5.6 million Switch consoles in the US, which is up 16% from 2017. The Switch was the best-selling hardware of the year,…
When it released last week, Travis Strikes Again opened with the game’s reveal trailer back from 2017. This unveiled the return of No More Heroes really well back when the game was first announced, but with a new update it’s been replaced with something a little more unique. Now you’re…
This week’s Indie Highlights from Nintendo of Europe gave us a great look at some upcoming Nintendo Switch indie titles. Today, we’re featuring Forager, Inmost, and Double Kick Heroes, three very unique games I can’t wait to get my hands on. Forager Looking part Zelda, part Harvest Moon, with notes…
UPDATE: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s in-built news feed has confirmed that Update 2.0.0 will release within the week! If reports are to be believed, we could see Super Smash Bros. Ultimate update to version 2.0.0 by next Thursday. According to SSBUBot, a news bot created by known Splatoon dataminer OatmealDome,…
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…
With the Detective Pikachu movie release date creeping closer, it’s no shock that we’re suddenly seeing merchandise celebrating the film’s namesake pop up from different toy companies. Most recently, Banpresto unveiled its adorably fuzzy products of the electrifying mouse sleuth in the form of plushes, cushions, and coin cases. …
Those, like me, who are eagerly awaiting Mortal Kombat’s gorious (it’s like glorious, but gory) return to Nintendo consoles might need to wait just a little longer if rumors are to be believed. The Switch version of Mortal Kombat 11, which has not been publicly shown yet, was announced at…
