As I’m sure anyone with a pulse can tell you, Fortnite is pretty massive. It’s so massive, in fact, that we’ve seen Epic Games’ battle royale title practically become a melting pot of every creative IP of the last 100 years. Players can don skins with characters from John Wick,…
The Rediscover GO update continues with Rediscover Your World and Residcover Kanto. For Rediscover Your World, visual updates have been added to Pokémon GO. That means biomes have clear, visual cues and backgrounds (i.e.: sandy beaches for the beach biome). To celebrate the change, Rediscover Kanto is an event featuring…
In a bit of a surprise announcement this morning, Private Division has revealed a new trailer for Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game. The title is a bit of a mouthful, but essentially, this is a brand new single-player life simulation game set within the Middle-earth…
If you were expecting Nintendo’s presence to be confined to their own event Tuesday morning, think again. Geoff Keighley’s just made it known that the one and only Reggie Fils-Aimé will be stopping by Live @ E3 tomorrow. And yes very excited that Reggie will be stopping by Live @…
Today at EA Play 2017, we have a few more details regarding FIFA 18 for Nintendo Switch. The game is being designed with the system in mind, with the game’s various modes supporting a single Joy-Con, both, or Pro Controllers. For graphical specs, the game will run 1080p in docked…
During Apple’s WWDC ‘17 this week, we reported on the company’s new ARKit for developers and how Niantic would be taking advantage of the tech to improve Pokémon GO’s Augmented Reality capabilities. Now, Niantic officially posted a small update on the company blog about what will come to Pokémon GO…
Last month we reported that Matt Bozon, Creative Director at WayForward and Shantae’s “Dad” in a game-making sense, shared with his followers on Twitter that Shantae would be getting her image transformed into a CharaGumin figure. As of yesterday we have a better idea of what she’ll look like and…
Been wanting to dive into even more Picross puzzles on your Nintendo 3DS? Well, Square Enix has your back, with the announcement of Pictlogica Final Fantasy. Originally released for Japanese iOS and Android devices way back in 2013, Pictlogica is developed by Jupiter, the studio behind the Picross e series…
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…
The pre-E3 rumor mill continues to churn, this time pertaining to release dates of games we already know about. According to Go Nintendo (via an anonymous GameStop employee), Super Mario Odyssey will release November 17th, and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 will be pushed out of 2017 to February 2018. While hardly…
We’ve had our fair share of Monster Hunter news coming out of Japan lately, and sadly, those of us in North America have been forced to watch amazing announcements like Monster Hunter XX for the Nintendo Switch with no confirmation of localization. Well, Monster Hunter fans, your luck might have…
We’re live from the Nintendo Summer of Play Tour in Irvine, California! The event is jam-packed with Nintendo games, including ARMS, Mario Kart and Splatoon 2. There’s also a huge selection of swag that you can earn by playing upcoming games. You can check out some of our images below,…
It’s no stretch to say that Nintendo’s putting a lot of faith in ARMS, especially with a full tournament for the upcoming game taking the stage at E3. This eight player tourney will be half open, half invitational. Anyone attending E3 has a shot at one of the four open…
Over the past few months, it seems that Nintendo is investing more and more into competitive esports, featuring the concept strongly in the Switch reveal trailer and clearly gearing Splatoon 2 and ARMS towards a more hardcore crowd. The evidence keeps piling up, as the company today has launched a…
A handful of new photos providing glimpses of Nintendo’s E3 2017 booth surfaced today, courtesy of Twitter user Wario64. By the looks of it, Super Mario Odyssey will be present in a big way — judging by that massive New Donk City set piece on display, perhaps hinting towards the…
