As time marches ever forward, I’m beginning to have this bizarre sensation of writing retrospectives for films, games, and consoles that I was alive for the launch of. Released on November 18th, 2001, in the US, the Nintendo GameCube came at an exciting time for the games industry. Even to…
Here we go! Let’s take a look at the nominees for the 2024 Game Awards. While Nintendo doesn’t have an entry in the Game of the Year category this year, it currently holds three out of five nominees for Best Family Game, where the company has historically been the favorite…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
Just in time for Halloween, Disney Dreamlight Valley’s first major content update is here and it’s bringing a villainous resident to your humble community. If players have unlocked the Sunlit Plateau and completed “The Curse” quest, Scar is now free to roam Dreamlight Valley and he has a new quest…
Live A Live released in late July, one of the best Nintendo Switch titles of the year that remade the classic, experimental JRPG and showed it off to the world for the first time. But don’t let me introduce it to you: let Takashi Tokita, the game’s director, who presented…
The next Splatfest is all about picking your favorite Pokémon type, in anticipation of the upcoming Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. And in Japan, the festivities extend beyond simply picking a team in-game and fighting for their honor on the splattlefield — it goes into real life, too. First, as a…
Tomorrow Mario and the Rabbids are re-uniting for another adventure across the cosmos in Sparks of Hope. In our review we found it to be a fantastic adventure that builds upon its predecessor, and few things have been expanded quite like the music. Grant Kirkhope (Donkey Kong Country, Banjo Kazooie)…
We considered Tunic to be an incredibly fun if slightly frustrating adventure in our review but one thing that’s undeniable is the adorability of its little fox protagonist. Never one to let a cute indie go unappreciated, Fangamer has announced a Huggable Fox Plush based on the sword-wielding critter, made…
This past weekend, a tidal wave of events kicked off with Hellena Taylor calling on fans to boycott Bayonetta 3 after she alleged that she was offered only $4,000 to return to the role, an offer she turned down. At the core of the storm of Taylor’s emotional plea, replacement…
Persona 5 Royal comes to Nintendo Switch this week, and as with any other port under the sun it begs the question: how do the graphics hold up? While a textual descriptor can only do some justice, seeing is believing — which is why GameXplain has posted a direct comparison…
We finally have a window for when Dinosaur Bytes’ indie 3D platforming duo Clive ‘N’ Wrench will bounce onto Switch! As announced in the new trailer below, the Spyro and Jak & Daxter inspired game will arrive on Switch, PlayStation, and PC, sometime in February 2023. Better yet,…
The Nintendo Switch is a great place for Digimon fans already, with the Cyber Sleuth duology and Survive bringing their own takes on the franchise to the platform. That’s not all, though, as the latest issue of V-Jump has confirmed that Digimon World: Next Order will be hitting the system…
Here at Nintendo Wire, we tend to take the weekends easy. We have lives beyond the pressure of delivering high-quality Nintendo news to the masses, and we all need a break every now and then. But occasionally during our off days a landslide of news around a single topic can…
The charming thing about art is that it isn’t always about going to insane lengths to provide the most beautiful or impressive vision — sometimes a humble, simple bit of minimalism is far more charming and lovely than the most sprawling canvas. Such is this case with this quaint Lego…
The saga of Trails — and more epically, of Trails games finally getting localized for the West after years of remaining far ashore — continues! Following the release of Trails from Zero late last month, the folks at Falcom have revealed when the game’s followup sequel, Trails to Azure, is…
