When looking back at JRPGs and their communities over the years, a concern that will come up time and time again is localization. Oftentimes, especially in the past, whether or not a new game would see release outside of Japan felt like a coinflip. Ys X: Nordics, the latest entry…
It’s been roughly 15 years since I last played Madden, about the same amount of time since I last played football in real life, actually. I played football for a big chunk of my youth, and even declined an opportunity to play junior college football to focus on my grades….
In a new interview posted by Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier today, the noted industry pundit had a chance to talk with Team Cherry ahead of the announcement of Hollow Knight: Silksong’s release date. As many have been wondering for the better part of a decade, why did Silksong take seven years…
Sega’s Streets of Rage is one of the beat-em-up titles, and with today’s Indie World showcase we’ve seen a piece of that original legacy make a welcome return. Playable for the first time since the original game will be Adam Hunter, making a return alongside his allies — Axel and…
The Nintendo Switch release of the Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath high-definition remaster has received a release date during today’s Indie World Showcase live stream: January 2020. Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath is an action-adventure game that stars the “Stranger,” a “tall, dark and enigmatic bounty hunter with a mission to capture troublemakers and…
Six long years, a whole heap of knights, and one successful crowdfunding campaign — today marks the completion of the entire Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove! King of Cards and Showdown are both available on several platforms, and to celebrate this final release, Yacht Club Games has shared an all-encompassing trailer:…
The latest Indie World stream is here! Catch it live below starting at 10:00 a.m. PT for 20 minutes.
For the past two decades, Sony has held something of a monopoly on the baseball video game genre, being the exclusive holders of the Major League Baseball license. As a result, the MLB The Show games have been exclusive to PlayStation platforms – until now. As announced via the official…
Will people ever stop discovering new things in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild? Maybe players will move on to the sequel when it eventually releases, but for now we all get to enjoy constant discoveries in BotW’s incredible world. This time around, YouTuber Gaming Reinvented has discovered…
Time to get fresh for the holidays and brush up on all your ink-spreading skills, because Splatoon 2 is coming in hot with a new online competition! The Splatoon 2 North American Online Open Winter 2020 will allow teams of players to join up and participate from the comfort of…
The New Year is nearly upon us, and once January is here, the three month countdown for Animal Crossing: New Horizon’s release for Nintendo Switch will officially kick off. Needless to say, we’re expecting a whole bunch of themed products to hit retailers in the near future — mostly in…
It’s that time again! Nintendo is rolling out a new Indie World stream to focus on upcoming smaller Switch titles, and it’s set to air tomorrow at 10 a.m. PT and last for 20 minutes. Tune in tomorrow, Dec. 10 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET for…
With the Trials of Mana remake mere months away, Square Enix has started to ramp up the marketing. While the game’s characters have already seen spotlight trailers over in Japan, it’s time for the English dub to get the same treatment. You can watch the first trailer focusing on protagonist…
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…
It’s been 365 days since the drop of what is now the best-selling fighting game of all-time — happy birthday, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate! The fifth and latest entry in Masahiro Sakurai’s venerated platform fighter franchise was the biggest Nintendo Switch game of 2018, garnering numerous accolades and rave reviews…
