Early last month, RPG fans were shocked to discover that the fan-favorite title Octopath Traveler had been delisted from the Nintendo eShop out of nowhere. The game was a big hit among critics and fans of the genre worldwide, releasing initially as a Nintendo Switch exclusive before arriving on other…
Starting in January 2018, Community Day is a monthly event in Pokémon GO that shines the spotlight on a particular Pokémon. For one day each month, a Pokémon selected by Niantic will have its spawn rate increased during a block of hours. Also, the Shiny appearance rate for the starring…
G-MODE has slowly but surely been reviving its back catalog of games that were once exclusive to Japanese feature phones, including fairly big names. The latest? The Atlus developed Persona 3 prequel, Aigis: The First Mission. The game is an action RPG set in 1999, ten years before the events…
2019 has been a great year for Undertale creator Toby Fox, with one of the biggest breakthroughs (besides all of the Sans appearances) being his opportunity to compose for Game Freak’s new IP Little Town hero. It turns out that wasn’t the only game Fox worked on with Game Freak,…
On today’s episode of the Nintendo WireCast, Hero TJ and Amiibo Jason look at some of the scariest Nintendo games ever made! Videos Podcast/Audio
The Pokémon GO Twitter account has just announced that Steel- and Fighting-type Cobalion will soon be available through five-star Raids. Believed to have a body and heart of steel, you’ll want to make sure that you prep your Fire-, Fighting-, and Ground-type Pokémon to battle it! ⚔️ Cobalion, the…
Not all’s Shine Sprites and rainbows in the happy-go-lucky world of Nintendo video games. Throughout the years, Nintendo’s played host to a number of frightening, chilling, or downright disturbing moments on its systems — all of which are perfect if you’re in the mood to creep yourself out this Halloween…
If you’ve recently gotten ahold of the acclaimed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on Nintendo Switch, then take a peep: Netflix has released their “main trailer” for their adaptation of Geralt of Rivia’s story. We’ve gotten teaser images and trailers previously, but now we can see Henry Cavill’s take on…
The day is finally here! That’s right, fellow ghosts, ghouls, witches, goblins, and other creepy creatures — Halloween is all around us today, and Twitter is no exception. Numerous devs and other game related companies are celebrating spookiness by sharing fun themed images through tweets. We’re rounding up some of…
It appears that at least one person has their hands on the upcoming Nintendo Switch Lite Zacian and Zamazenta Edition, as photos of the system have begun popping up on Twitter. The source of the images looks to be Twitter account @Nintendeal, which posted the images throughout yesterday. …
One of the most intriguing game announcements from August’s Indie World Presentation was definitely The Touryst. It’s low-poly, chill vibes and premise of exploring mysterious monuments on several idyllic islands defitely made it stand out, not to mention the pedigree of its developers Shin’en (Fast Racing Neo, Art of Balance)….
Few video game levels capture the spirit of Halloween quite like Sonic Adventure 2’s Pumpkin Hill – it’s comprized of giant pumpkin shaped mountains, after all. That’s why it’s great Sega is still showing the zone some love, with a whole official new remix of the rap from original composer,…
It’s that time once again for Nintendo to share its financial report, this time for the six month period ending September 30, 2019. There aren’t any significant landmark breakthroughts this time around — though the Switch is rapidly approaching the SNES’ lifetime hardware sales. That isn’t to say there aren’t…
Yesterday night Halloween came early to the AEW ring, as wrestler Kenny Omega made an entrance full of determination. With Megalovania blaring, Omega came out in full costume to, as the announcer put it, “call on the power of Sans from Undertale”. sans officially join #AEW Kenny Omega Halloween…
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…
