“Tales of” Switch game listed for 2017 release in Japan

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Switch

When the Nintendo Switch was officially unveiled back in January various third parties came forward with their plans. In Japan, Bandai Namco confirmed a Taiko Drum Master game, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 and an unspecified entry in the “Tales of” franchise would be heading to Nintendo’s latest system. While the…

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Badge Arcade News: Week of 5/11/17

Categories: 3DS

The Badge Arcade Bunny is celebrating his nearly complete Pokédex with a swarm of 136 new pixel Pokémon badges! Pocket pals from Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond and Pearl will be heavily featured all week long, providing some serious variety for die hard collectors. Those of you avidly against enslaving poor, defenseless…

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Shantae: Half-Genie Hero coming to Switch this summer

Categories: News, Switch

UPDATE: Even more great news for Shantae fans! Shantae: Half-Genie Hero will also receive a physical release, courtesy of XSeed Games. The game will also support HD Rumble and will include over 150 HD Rumble events.   Shantae: Half-Genie Hero for Nintendo Switch contains over 150 custom-made HD Rumble events!…

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Community Question Block: E3 amiibo

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: 3DS, Amiibo News, Switch

Welcome to the Community Question Block, where we ask the Nintendo Wire community what they think about hot topics in the world of Nintendo. Leave a comment below and we’ll feature some of the best responses later this week. Today’s question is: What amiibo do you want to see announced…

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Nintendo details Splatoon 2 and ARMS E3 tournaments

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Switch

As part of the E3 plans unveiled by Nintendo this morning, the company confirmed two tournaments that will be present at the show. On top of the Splatoon 2 World Inkling Invitational that was announced a few weeks back, there’ll also be an ARMS focused event. The Splatoon 2 tournament…

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Nintendo releases its E3 2017 plans

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: 3DS, News, Switch

Nintendo of America has just took to Twitter to announce its E3 plans. The festivities will kick off on June 13th at 9:00 a.m. PST with a Nintendo Spotlight video that will look at upcoming 2017 Nintendo Switch titles, including Super Mario Odyssey. The fun doesn’t stop there! Immediately after…

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Scrap Yard stage revealed for ARMS

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Switch

Just a few days ago we reported on Ribbon Girl’s associated stage in ARMS, the ridiculously neon Ribbon Ring. Now the official Japanese ARMS Twitter account has announced an arena that’s quite a bit grittier – the Scrap Yard. This dilapidated metal graveyard is the workplace of Mechanica, and was…

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