After years of speculation and anticipation, publisher Forever Entertainment has finally announced that its House of the Dead 2 remake will finally be seeing the light of day this year. Revealed alongside a new trailer, the aptly titled “The House of the Dead 2: Remake” will be hitting Switch and…
The Switch 2 has had a heck of a media week, especially in Las Vegas. The Consumer Electronics Showcase (Abbreviated as CES) played host to a number of tech giants, including accessory developer Genki who brought mockups of the yet-to-be-revealed Nintendo Switch followup console. Genki in specific claimed this was…
The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of leaks and speculation, with alleged images, specs, and rumors about the Nintendo Switch 2 dominating the gaming news cycle. Until Nintendo officially announces something about the much-anticipated console, this flurry of speculation is likely to continue. With that said, let’s continue…
Nintendo just doesn’t want the SNES to drop out of the public eye right now. The SNES Classic came and sold out in a heartbeat, and now we’ve finally got a US version of the Super Nintendo New 3DS XL. Coming out of nowhere and landing on Amazon for pre-order,…
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 cloud draped drifts of our super deluxe Mario Kart 8 challenge comes yet another ruthless run…
We’re only a few days away from the launch of Super Mario Odyssey and it appears that the spoiler floodgates have finally opened, as gameplay videos and spoilers have started to appear online thanks to retailers breaking street date for the title. Be warned, if you’re trying to avoid spoilers…
The Nintendo Switch eShop now has plenty of great little indie games on offer, but one of its earliest is still proving to be quite a sales success. The cheap and cheerful top-down action game Kamiko, which we gave a score of 8.5 back in May, has surpassed the 150,000…
We went hands-on with Super Mario Odyssey during the Chicago tour event on Saturday, October 21st, 2017. You can follow our adventure and watch how we explored the ice cave and Sand Kingdom in the video (1080p, 60fps) below!
Japanese developer Level-5 has kicked off many popular IPs from Nintendo handhelds, from the venerable Professor Layton to the more recent Yo-kai Watch. Nestled among those is Inazuma Eleven, which got its start on the original DS back in 2008. While not nearly as popular in the US compared to…
With just under a week till the launch of Super Mario Odyssey, you can get pumped up for the game with the iconic vocal theme that surprised us all at E3 2017: “Jump Up, Super Star.” A portion of the jazzy jam is available to download for free on the…
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…
Bust out those Link Cables (for the nostalgia factor, of course): Multiple version-exclusive Pokémon have been revealed for the upcoming 3DS games Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, according to a tweet from Serebii.net. The tweet claims the source of the information to be a Japanese flyer, which shows several…
Plenty of games that were once exclusively available in Japanese have seen fan translations within the last decade, from the well-known (Mother 3) to the more obscure (this surprisingly good Cardcaptor Sakura PS1 game). This latest example falls into the latter category, being a localization of a spin-off to the…
UPDATE: The Pokémon GO Halloween event is now live. Be sure to download the latest update and get to catching ghouls! It’s been a badly kept secret for a few days now but Generation III Pokémon are officially heading to Pokémon GO as part of 2017’s Halloween event. The ghost…
Nintendo of America has just released a new trailer for the upcoming 3DS party game, Mario Party: The Top 100. The trailer gives a brief look at the minigames that are included. Check it out below. Mario Party: The Top 100 launches for the Nintendo 3DS on November 10th. You…
