Just last September, Splatoon 3 celebrated its two-year anniversary in a spectacular sendoff with the Grand Festival. This celebration also marked the effective ending of the game, with new monthly Splatfest themes coming to a close. While the new content has slowed down, it hasn’t stopped entirely, as the seasonal…
For older Nintendo fans, Space World 2000 is one of the most pivotal moments in the company’s history. The event where Nintendo not only unveiled the GameCube to the public but showcased Super Mario 128 and some ridiculously high-quality 3D renders for a Legend of Zelda prototype, Space World 2000…
Across Nintendo’s vast reach, Mario has quite a few unique games under his belt. While most people tend to focus on the main series entries, there’s many games that fly under the radar for one reason or another. One such oft-forgotten title is Super Mario Run. This mobile-exclusive platformer doesn’t…
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…
Slashy Hero developer Gentlebros Games recently shared some insight about its new project, Cat Quest, coming to various gaming consoles, including the Switch. The title provides players the chance to explore an open world… filled with cats — and you’ll play as a cat-venturer as you explore a tapestry-styled continent…
The ARMS and Splatoon 2 Twitter accounts for Nintendo of Japan’s division sure are busy, for both accounts seem to have fallen into the habit of posting daily. Today we get another sneak peek into the Octarian enemies we’ll be facing off in the game’s story mode, “Hero Mode.” …
Just before the Nintendo Switch launched, Epic Games announced that the 4.15 version of its well-regarded Unreal Engine would experimentally support the system. Since then we’ve gotten a couple of Unreal Engine 4 developed games, such as Snake Pass, as well as announced plans for plenty more. As of today,…
A few days ago Sega held a Licensing Global Team Meeting in Las Vegas. While these events typically don’t contain much in the way of news, a sneaky screenshot has been spotted on some of the promo materials showing a brand new zone. The folks over at the Sonic Retro…
Once again, it’s time to see what Biff is up to on the ARMS’ Twitter account. ARMS introduction video Even more footage of the game has been released. If you’re a visual learner, there’s a guide about controls with the Joy-Cons. As for any new in-game information, it looks like…
After years and years of playing, something just feels right about picking up a controller and jumping into Street Fighter II. Fighting games represent some of my all-time favorites and Capcom’s 1991 arcade hit defined those sensibilities. There are plenty of versions of it out there, but thanks to 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…
Once considered rumors that were thought too crazy to be true, today the floodgates opened on one of the most bizarre video game mashups announced recently. Yes, the Super Mario and Rabbids crossover game is real (brownie points for Laura Kate Dale breaking the rumor months ago) — so prepare…
ARMS’ commentator Biff (or Cobutter in Japanese) has been eagerly sharing information for ARMS on the Japanese Twitter account. Not only are we getting new snippets of gameplay, but more artwork and a countdown of the days until the Global Testpunch demo goes live have also been shared. Without further…
UPDATE: According the the website ComicBook.com, the Mario + Rabbid art in question is indeed real. The company was even nice enough to share the full art that was passed along to it by a source. According to their source at Ubisoft, the game will be unveiled during E3 later…
Octolings are getting a few new upgrades with Splatoon 2 as teased by Splatoon’s Japanese Twitter account. The foil to our beloved Inklings, Octolings are now getting their hands (tentacles?) on Slosher, Blaster and Roller weapons. While their clothing (for the most part) remains the same, they’re getting some…
