Of all of the games to come out within the past decade, it’s undeniable that Hollow Knight was one of the most impactful even among bigger studio releases. Originally released in early 2017, Hollow Knight took the world by storm, and following that success, a sequel game called Hollow Knight:…
Welcome to the start of our Nintendo Wire Home Arcade series. To celebrate my 40th birthday and the 10 year anniversary of Nintendo Wire, I’m making a childhood dream come true: building the ultimate home arcade. Preparing the Space Fast forward to today, and I’ve set aside…
In a bit of news that probably isn’t too surprising for most people, Take-Two has decided it will be delaying Grand Theft Auto VI into 2026. The new release date for the game will be May 26th, 2026, after previously being scheduled for Fall 2025. In a statement to various…
Back in January’s Nintendo Switch reveal we got our first glimpse of a Shin Megami Tensei game for the system, developed by Atlus with Unreal Engine 4. Now, thanks to a very brief stream that mostly rounded up the history of the franchise (leaving out the Persona sub-series), we know…
Hacking and slashing your way through hordes of soldiers in the just-launched Fire Emblem Warriors? Well, be prepared for even more mass destruction in the future, as Bandai Namco has revealed (via Gematsu) that the Omega Force developed One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 will be heading to the Nintendo Switch…
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…
