With the Nintendo Switch 2’s release closer than ever, pretty much everything there is to know about the system has been made public. Even prior to the official reveal there was a good amount of features known due to leaks, like the new C button. That being said, all these…
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…
As one would expect from the Nintendo Switch 2 featuring mouse functionality with its controllers, players can navigate the Switch 2 home menu with the Joy-Con 2’s mouse mode. The company released a short video showcasing this functionality over the weekend, and it works exactly as you would expect. You…
We recently shared what we thought was the full, animated opening for Blade Strangers, but after a week of reveals Nicalis had one last surprise to reveal for the crossover. While the first half of this will look familiar for anyone who’s been keeping up with the game, stay tuned…
Warning: The content below goes into detail about new items, animals, events, and more that aren’t official available to play with in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp yet, as they were only recently discovered in a datamine. Only continue reading if you’re comfortable learning about possible spoilers! A new app version…
Earlier this week, we started a new video series on our YouTube channel, themed around visually de-making popular video game franchises for older pieces of hardware. Our first installment was The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for the Game Boy Color, which you can check out below: …
Metanet Software is bringing its critically acclaimed ninja platformer N++ to the Nintendo Switch later this month, it’s been announced. The second sequel to the early 2000’s Flash game “N”, the series is well known for its simplistic style and gameplay which strips down 2D platforming to its core elements….
Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya is best known for Cave Story, one of the first indie games to take the world by storm. He’s continued to make little games ever since, though, with one of the more ambitious projects being Kero Blaster. If you’ve yet to play it you’re in luck, as…
The Switch’s library of indie gems grows ever larger, as it was announced today that recent novel indie game Minit will hit the console sometime this year. Developed by Kitty Calis, Jan Willem Nijman, Jukio Kallio, and Dominik Johann (and published by Devolver Digital), Minit gives the player exactly 60…
Nicalis must’ve set their calendars wrong, because they’ve been dropping news like E3’s come a month early. Besides today’s announcement of the crossover puzzle fighting game Crystal Crisis, the company also revealed today that everybody’s favorite garden-implement wielding sentinel Shovel Knight is joining the cast of their upcoming fighting game…
Once again, Nicalis was kind enough to send over a copy of its latest game to everyone here at Nintendo Wire, and we’d like to take a few moments to share some photos of everything that comes inside the perfect little package. Alongside the expected box and cartridge were a…
More and more games from the recent Nindies Showcase are making their way to Switch, and in just a week’s time another one will be available to all. We now know The Banner Saga 1, the first game in a soon-to-be trilogy, will be ready for players to start their…
With all the Blade Stranger reveals this week I figured we’d get another one today, but instead Nicalis managed to sucker punch us all with a brand new crossover, its “biggest since the last one” — as the company put it. Take a look at the surprise unveiling of Crystal…
One of my most anticipated upcoming releases, crossover fighting game BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, will be receiving an online beta starting tonight in North America. The beta will begin at 10 p.m. PT, and will run until May 14th. The online beta will have online lobbies, a tactics mode, practice…
Carving his way through dilapidated streets and all the way to your 3DS is Dillon the armadillo, back at it after his last stint as a Smash Bros. assist trophy. Taking the starring role once again, you can sample his upcoming game via a new eShop demo released today. …
