When Street Fighter 6 released for Nintendo Switch 2 on the console’s launch, it came with some new features exclusive to the Nintendo port. The most obvious feature was amiibo support, including Street Fighter character figurines and a brand-new set of cards specific to SF6. With DLC characters still coming…
When the Switch 2 was announced, a number of industry pundits were concerned that Nintendo had played things too safe. In the past, Nintendo has taken wild swings with its hardware and done outlandish things like include motion controls or force people to play with a tablet. The Nintendo Switch,…
Nintendo of Japan has just revealed one of what will surely be multiple announcements leading up to Mario’s 40th anniversary in September. My Mario, a new child-focused product line of merchandise and engagement experiences, is launching on Tuesday, August 26th in Japan. You can view the My Mario…
Today’s Splatoon 2 news on the official Japan Twitter account has taken a break from reporting on the Octarians. Instead, get your battle plans ready for full coin earning maximization and start planning if you need to re-roll anything from Inkline’s first wave of clothing for July 21st. Bamboo Hat,…
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…
