We’re just 24 hours away from the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, and I can hardly contain my excitement! Nintendo has officially confirmed that tomorrow’s presentation will run for a full hour—packed with updates, reveals, and likely a release date and pricing information. But, SUPRISE! That’s not all: they’ve also announced…
Every month, Niantic spotlights a Pokémon for Pokémon GO’s Research Breakthrough encounter. This feature was added to the game in April 2018 as part of the Field Research system. Essentially a quest system, Trainers can acquire Field Research tasks by logging in daily and/or spinning PokéStops (one task per PokéStop…
With the Switch 2 unveiling happening in just mere days, it seems likely that developers would already be creating games for Nintendo’s upcoming platform. Nintendo obviously wants people to upgrade ASAP, so why would it hold back dev kits? A rumor last week (from Insider Gaming) stated that Nintendo is…
Released last year, Doom for the Nintendo Switch was a surprise up Bethesda’s sleeve. Since then, Nintendo Wire’s editor-in-chief, Jason Ganos, dove head first into the port and noticed some issues when it came to dodging and avoiding enemy movement with the Nintendo Switch version in his review. Earlier this…
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…
If there’s one thing that gamers love, it’s massive books about their favorite franchises. From art books to huge strategy guides and encyclopedias, more info on your favorite games is never a bad thing. Keeping in line with the company’s releases of the recent Legend of Zelda books — Hyrule…
The official Mega Man YouTube channel has just released a new trailer for the upcoming Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 & 2, complete with a May 22nd release date. The original Mega Man Legacy Collection features Mega Man 1-6 while the Legacy Collection 2 features 7-10. Both titles…
Even after almost 27 years Sonic the Hedgehog is a merchandising machine, as shown by the latest toys from Diamond Select unveiled on the New York Toy Fair 2018 Showfloor. Thanks to Sonic Stadium and @SonicTeamArg, we’ve got some descriptions and photos of the new figures. First up are two…
Nintendo of Europe has just announced that the Splatoon European Championship is coming to Switzerland on March 31st. The event will feature Europe’s best Splatoon 2 teams splatting it out for the title of regional champion. After months of intense online and offline splatting, Europe’s best #Splatoon2 teams will…
Initially teased over a year ago at the Nintendo Switch Presentation, and then fully unveiled back in October, Shin Megami Tensei V is shaping up to be quite the significant leap for the demon hunting RPG series. Fans may have quite the wait in store, however, if a recent comment…
Welcome to Speedrun Sunday: that sadistic time of the week when we dare to challenge both your D-pad’s durability and sanity’s stamina with the ultimate test in video game bragging rights. Hot off the rhythmic grooves of our Crypt of the NecroDancer challenge comes another ruthless run that’ll leave you…
The semi-annual figure convention Wonder Festival (commonly shortened to WonFes) in Japan has kicked off its Winter 2018 show, bringing announcements, reveals, and displays of figures from a multitude of Japanese media. As usual, Nintendo is no exception, with a host of figures based on the company’s brands being shown…
The action-packed mobile sci-fi franchise Galaxy on Fire is heading to Switch, publisher Deep Silver has announced. The third game in the series is being ported with the new title Manticore: Galaxy on Fire, and this Switch version will have a few changes to suit the platform. Check out the…
Love is the power ~ Love is the glory ~ Love is the beauty and the Splatfest win ~ That’s right, the latest Splatoon 2 Splatfest has come to a close and Love has emerged victorious over Money with a 2-1 lead. While the Splatting results were neck-and-neck, the actual…
Way back in June of last year we learned the colorful visual novel/point-and-click hybrid Read Only Memories would be heading to the Switch in early 2018. Now, it’s been confirmed the game will arrive on the eShop in late March/early April via Twitter. Yea! It's coming out in late…
