Early last month, RPG fans were shocked to discover that the fan-favorite title Octopath Traveler had been delisted from the Nintendo eShop out of nowhere. The game was a big hit among critics and fans of the genre worldwide, releasing initially as a Nintendo Switch exclusive before arriving on other…
Starting in January 2018, Community Day is a monthly event in Pokémon GO that shines the spotlight on a particular Pokémon. For one day each month, a Pokémon selected by Niantic will have its spawn rate increased during a block of hours. Also, the Shiny appearance rate for the starring…
G-MODE has slowly but surely been reviving its back catalog of games that were once exclusive to Japanese feature phones, including fairly big names. The latest? The Atlus developed Persona 3 prequel, Aigis: The First Mission. The game is an action RPG set in 1999, ten years before the events…
Tis the season, and for all you hoping to surprise someone with a Switch as a gift may just have the perfect wrapping option. Amazon Japan has put up a line of Nintendo themed gift wrapping kits: one box and three bag designs. The box is big enough to house…
Today only, and while supplies last, the entire Pokémon collection at Build-A-Bear Workshop is 25% off online! Originally starting out with the series’ most iconic Pokémon, Pikachu, to celebrate the franchise’s 20th anniversary, the collection has spanned to seven plushies! As of now Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Pikachu, Meowth, Vulpix and…
The final chapter of WayForward’s Shantae: Half-Genie Hero has finally launched, and it promises to be an exciting and interesting adventure. For one, you won’t be playing as Shantae in this installment. Instead, it offers a mechanic where you get to play as Shantae’s three best friends: Bolo, Rotty and…
The 2016 reboot of the oh-so-famous game Doom finally got its Nintendo release just under a month ago, for the Switch. If you never got around to playing it during its initial release (or you just loved it so much you wish you could take it everywhere you go), it…
With Mega Man 11 as the publication’s latest cover story, Game Informer has had the opportunity to sit down and interview a variety of Capcom employees. While most of these conversations promise to focus on Mega Man as a franchise, a little tidbit gives us a glimpse at the history…
Frozenbyte’s Nine Parchments is now live on the Nintendo eShop, available to download for all Switch owners. The game, described on Nintendo’s site as a “co-op action-RPG game of magic mayhem,” sees players embarking on a magical quest, unlocking new characters, staves and wizard hats, mastering spells and fighting “strange…
If you’ve been gaming in any capacity for the past decade you’ve no doubt played one of TT Games’ Lego-branded licensed adventures. Like clockwork, the company has pushed out at least one game every year since 2005, usually with the same basic mechanics and structure. Unfortunately, they quickly became hit-or-miss,…
The first of three DLC packs for Fire Emblem Warriors is set to be featured in Famitsu, which has revealed several new screenshots and information. The Fire Emblem Fates pack will add Fire Emblem Fates characters Azura, Niles and Oboro as playable fighters, the latter two having already appeared in…
Way back in January we reported on a rumor that Nintendo was working with Nvidia to bring New Super Mario Bros. Wii to its Shield home entertainment device. Now, months later, that deal has finally come to fruition and a few other Wii games have come along for the ride….
Four new campers have just arrived in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp — just in time for the holiday season. Bluebear, Antonio, Phoebe and Raddle are the latest residents to join the campsite roster, officially bringing the total number of animals in the game to 44. Alongside these new campers…
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…
Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology is tick-tocking its way closer towards us every day and Atlus has begun to put out a steady lineup of videos highlighting its world, systems and more. Today’s video gives a look at the battle system, showing how it’s adapted itself to the 3DS while adding…
