When comparing to the past few years, it’s fair to say that 2024 has been quite slow in terms of Nintendo content. Most of the year’s lineup has been ports and remakes, so needless to say, when rumors start to circle about new games on the horizon, it’s exciting. Notably,…
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…
In 2020 I would have called Hades the rare kind of game that so successfully interweaves its gameplay, narrative, art direction, and voice acting (among other things) that it’d be impossible to single out any one as its strongest element. That’s not to say my opinion on those qualities has…
With the release of the highly anticipated Super Mario Odyssey only about a week away, Nintendo is hyping up the game by announcing the official launch party. On Thursday, October 26, the Super Mario Odyssey trailer that has been touring America will arrive at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City,…
While North America will be waiting till January 19, 2018 to duke it out in Kirby Battle Royale, Europe is getting the game a fair bit earlier on November 3rd. To get people hyped up in the region, a demo will be released on the 3DS eShop later today with…
While they aren’t going to make it in time for any spooky Halloween hijinks, both Resident Evil Revelations games will be scaring up a storm on the Nintendo Switch at the end of next month. That said, Resident Evil is known for having a lighter tone sometimes (looking at you,…
We take you on a tour of the latest Nintendo Switch firmware in Version 4.0.0, which is now available to download.
While the Switch has had an impeccable first year on the software end of things, the hardware itself has come under scrutiny for a couple of big factors — perhaps most notably the lack of ability to transfer saves or user profiles between systems. But that all changes with the…
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There are certain truths to this world, but the greatest of all might just be that there can never be enough plushes of everyone’s favorite pink puffball. Fortunately, another selection of soft Kirby plushes has been released in Japan, highlighting Kirby’s both recent and classic copy abilities. There are…
It appears as though another toys-to-life series has joined fray of discontinuation. Following the news of Disney Infinity’s termination and Skylanders’ “pause” from releasing new games comes the sad cancellation of Lego Dimensions — an act that’s arrived one year earlier than planned. While this information hasn’t been officially confirmed…
Time to get those fists flyin’ again: the newest ARMS update is now live! Revealed during this year’s Nintendo World Championships, the main attraction of this patch is the addition of Badges to the game. These are simultaneously like other fighting games’ online icons or titles and in-game achievements. When…
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle was one of my favorite games to play through this summer, and one of the reasons I loved it so much was that its level of difficulty was pretty spot-on. The game ramped it well over time, with later levels and extra maps offering some…
October is here, and Halloween is fast approaching! Here at Nintendo Wire, we all appreciate good, spooky fun, which Nintendo has been known to dish out pretty frequently around this time of year. In the spirit of Halloween, this month, I want to cover some more of the lighthearted spooky…
We’ve known about Fire Emblem Warriors’ three DLC packs since last month, where it was confirmed they’d focus on Shadow Dragon, Fates and Awakening. Now, thanks to the official Japanese website (via Gematsu) we’ve got the specific Japanese release dates, which will likely be universal. Here’s the full list: December…
