Of all of the games to come out within the past decade, it’s undeniable that Hollow Knight was one of the most impactful even among bigger studio releases. Originally released in early 2017, Hollow Knight took the world by storm, and following that success, a sequel game called Hollow Knight:…
Welcome to the start of our Nintendo Wire Home Arcade series. To celebrate my 40th birthday and the 10 year anniversary of Nintendo Wire, I’m making a childhood dream come true: building the ultimate home arcade. Preparing the Space Fast forward to today, and I’ve set aside…
In a bit of news that probably isn’t too surprising for most people, Take-Two has decided it will be delaying Grand Theft Auto VI into 2026. The new release date for the game will be May 26th, 2026, after previously being scheduled for Fall 2025. In a statement to various…
The crumbs have settled, the plates are licked, and all the leftovers have been packed away — the great cutlery calamity of Splatoon 2’s Splatfest has subsided. There appears to have been a shine towards Spoons based on popularity, but once again that’s not enough to secure the true victory….
December always feels so far away, and this year I place the blame firmly on Smash. The turnaround time on this game is incredible, but we still have to wait for it and all it’ll include for another three months. Judging by Amazon’s Best Sellers list though, we’re not the…
The Japanese Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Twitter account shared a very interesting image with campers this morning. In it, it’s easy to spot quite a few grape themed items through the mysterious gyroid face. Have a look: 【ちょっとのぞき見👀】 キャラメルさんがぶどうを見てまヒね～🍇おや、ドレミさんが座っているイスもよく見ると･･･ぶどう柄でヒかね？なんだか秋のおとずれを感じるイベントがはじまる予感でヒ！ 続報をお楽しみに～♪#ポケ森 #ハニワの穴 pic.twitter.com/RYjTNetTcA — どうぶつの森 ポケットキャンプ (@pokemori_jp) August 27, 2018…
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…
UPDATE: You can pre-order the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Limited Edition at Best Buy for $139.99. Get a close-up look at the controller below: If you were hoping to play Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with a Switch Pro Controller but haven’t gotten around to grabbing one yet, you’re in luck,…
It’s no secret that I’ve been a huge fan of both Metroidvanias and roguelikes ever since I was a old enough to coddle a controller. Like peanut butter and chocolate I’d always imagined the two could go together smoothly, despite their conflicting concepts around general progression and character growth. Games…
If you are a fan of the classic beat ’em up genre then one franchise in particular will be pretty high on your list – Streets of Rage. The classic Sega Genesis brawlers stand the test of time thanks to beautiful spritework, fun enemy variety, and, best of all, the…
To many in both the east and the west, there is no character more emblematic (hue hue) of the Fire Emblem franchise than its original golden boy, Marth. The protagonist of the first and third FE titles – whose presence in Super Smash Bros. Melee introduced the series to non-Japanese…
As we approach the end of August, many of us were starting to wonder just when the first wave of Sega Ages titles (Sonic the Hedgehog and Thunder Force IV) would hit Switch. Now, it’s been confirmed that the two titles have been pushed back into September for “quality improvement.”…
Now we’ve seen a party member from Persona’s 3, 5, and 4, we’ve looped back around to 3 again. This time it’s a personal favorite of mine – Shinjiro Aragaki. The bruiser with a heart of gold was a stand-out character in the original game so here’s hoping he translates…
For many years (almost two decades, at this point) fans have been whispering of an elusive sequel to Chrono Trigger dubbed “Chrono Break” that would serve as a more proper and fully fledged follow-up than the more experimental and tangentially related Chrono Cross. Square Enix has never realized this want,…
We already know Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is going to have a massive cast of unlockable characters – everyone besides the base members of the Nintendo 64 game needs to be unlocked, through methods unknown right now. That said, an alternative method may have just presented itself via Best…
