With how popular Shantae has become over the years, it’s surprising to learn that one of the games in the series was actually cancelled over 20 years ago. Despite that, Wayforward didn’t give up and would revive the project many years later to create a long-lost interquel for the series….
While home consoles are a widespread and ubiquitous part of the greater video game industry now, it hasn’t always been that way. Video game consoles have their origins from arcade machines, and the transition they made to end up in people’s living rooms was thanks in large part to systems…
As part of today’s financial report for Nintendo, company president Shuntaro Furukawa noted that Nintendo will be considering a price adjustment to the Switch 2 depending on how the situation of President Trump’s tariffs evolves in the coming months. With nobody sure of what the impact will be when Trump’s…
It’s rare that you see games that let you play from the perspective of an every-day animal, but A Street Cat’s Tale does exactly that, putting you in the paws of a stray kitten that’s lost its mother in a bustling city. Playing as the kitten, you explore the town…
With every new Animal Crossing installment comes a new set of furry, feathery, and/or scaly animal friends to populate players’ towns — and New Horizons is no different. Several new villagers and special characters have already been unveiled for the game, and we’ve got a full gallery of them here!…
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is set to feature a plethora of fun animal characters, including many standard villagers (those that can move into your town) from past games and special characters (that run shops, host events, and more). Check out our full list of all the returning villagers and special…
Sharing details about the amiibo support within Animal Crossing: New Horizons was a great way to wrap up the Direct today. Not only did we find out that scanning in the previously released figures and cards will bring villagers to our islands, but doing so will also provide players with…
The original Sonic and Puyo Puyo games were great in their own ways, and that goes for their Sega Ages versions currently on the eShop too. Today, though, both of their sequels have arrived as examples of second efforts that did pretty much everything better and have become even more…
Animal Crossing: New Horizons will not support Nintendo Switch Online Save Data Cloud backups, but Nintendo is working on an alternative method for restoring saves in the event of console failure, loss or theft that will launch later this year; however, it was revealed during this morning’s Direct that data…
For the third time, a DMC title is making its way to Switch, bringing the fan favorite Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition to the eShop. It’s no straight port either, as a new Free Style mode and Co-op Bloody Palace help breathe new life into the familiar game. …
If you’re a frequent reader of ours, you’ll know by now that we love Puyo Puyo here at Nintendo Wire. In a sea of other, competitive puzzle offerings it stands as not just a standard — but dare I say a legend — and that all comes back to Puyo…
Despite the announcement that Animal Crossing: New Horizons and mobile game Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp would not directly connect, this morning’s Animal Crossing Direct revealed there will be some form of tie-ins between the games. As part of a free update, players of both New Horizons and Pocket Camp will be…
In its third year on the market, it can feel like developers have been taking the Switch’s success as a challenge to push out as many ports as possible to the system. Among them is Capcom, whose revisited offerings have been a mixed bag. Ōkami, for example, finally got the…
Animal Crossing: New Horizons will be receiving a function to allow users to transfer users and save data to another Nintendo Switch console “later this year.” The news comes from the official UK website for the game, which states that “[New Horizons] does not currently support the ability to transfer…
Yet another pre-order bonus has graced the Animal Crossing community! This time around, GameStop is the retailer offering a freebie when pre-purchasing a copy of New Horizons. Buyers will receive a colorful double-sided poster featuring an array of characters, including Tom Nook, Isabelle, Rosie, Bunnie, Molly, and many others! Check…
