Thumper heading to Nintendo Switch in Q2 2017

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Switch

One of the bigger surprise indie hits last year was Thumper, a rhythm action game from developer Drool. In it you controlled a “space beetle” flying down lanes, jumping and crashing through various obstacles in time with the music. Now it’s heading to Nintendo Switch, making it the first portable…

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Mario Sports Superstars UK launch trailer

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: 3DS, News

Nintendo UK has released a launch trailer for Mario Sports Superstars which launched today in Europe. The trailers gives us a look at all five games in the title and a better look at the amiibo functionality. Check it out below. Mario Sports Superstars launches in North America on March…

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Breath of the Wild content coming to Monster Hunter XX

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: 3DS, News

Wall Street Journal technology reporter Takashi Mochizuki has confirmed during a live Monster Hunter event in Japan today that Breath of the Wild themed costumes and items are coming to Monster Hunter XX.   モンハンとゼルダのコラボ詳細 pic.twitter.com/wO94xcoRxb — Takashi Mochizuki (@mochi_wsj) March 10, 2017   From images posted by Mr. Mochizuki,…

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Daily Wiretap (3/9/17)

  Welcome to the Daily 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…

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Badge Arcade News: Week of 3/9/17

Categories: 3DS

The Badge Arcade is celebrating Mar10 Day all week long with a handful of the red hatted plumber’s finest! Joining some repeat NES badges are brand new Super Mario Maker costume badges, finally making the dream of Falcon punching your 3DS home screens a reality. Not in a festive mood?…

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