It’s been just a few weeks since former Nintendo of America president, Doug Bowser, retired from The Big N, but he’s not stopping anytime soon. Hasbro announced today that Bowser has joined the company as a member of its board of directors alongside Carla Vernón, previously CEO of The Honest…
After rumors a few weeks back and a sneaky tease of a stream for this week from publisher Square Enix, news of the next Life is Strange game has gone live a little early. As many thought, the game will be called Life is Strange: Reunion, and it will bring…
Developer IO Interactive has announced that in celebration of Hitman 3’s fifth anniversary, it will be updating the game with cross-progression on all platforms. You might be confused as the game technically doesn’t exist on Nintendo Switch or Switch 2 as it was renamed to Hitman: World of Assassination back…
Back when I reviewed the first Dragon Quest Builders for the Switch, I fell in love with it and found it near-perfect. Almost a year and a half later, I still look back on it fondly as one of my favorite Switch games. Now that Dragon Quest Builders 2 has…
Update 2: Pre-orders for Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD for Switch are now up on Amazon. Check out the box art: Update 1: Nintendo of America has officially provided details about the release of Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD in North America via Twitter. The game will be…
Later this week, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order launches exclusively on the Nintendo Switch, assembling many of Marvel’s iconic heroes and villains in one place once more. While the game has had a presence in multiple Directs and Treehouse presentations, there haven’t been too many places to get…
Something big is brewing over in Las Vegas for anyone into fighting games, eSports, or seeing the hypest crowds around. Evo 2019 is a few weeks away, and with registration now closed for participants, the final numbers are in: https://twitter.com/MrWiz/status/1150604819779874816 Leading by over 1,500 players is Super Smash…
Even when I’m staring at my calendar, waiting for Fire Emblem: Three Houses to drop later this month, there’s something else on the way that’s got my eye. Astral Chain, the latest action title from PlatinumGames, will be at our greedy fingertips at the end of August, and while there’ve…
I’ve always been excited by developers playing around with the basic concept of fighting games. Usually, it consists of two players performing combos to deplete the opponent’s health bar, but plenty of games shake up the formula in ways you may have never thought of. Divekick has all the basics…
A new trailer offers a closer look at the upcoming Switch game Doraemon: Story of Seasons — in English! In it, you’ll have the opportunity to watch interactions with a variety of townsfolk around Natura. You’ll see how walking around, greeting people, giving them presents, and doing favors for them…
Earlier this year, a few games were found to take advantage of a new “Boost” mode within the Switch hardware, which notably improved loading times in the likes of Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey. Now, another game is being patched to take advantage of the internal overclock…
A round of Pokémon Sword and Shield news will be arriving via Japanese variety show Pokénchi on Sunday, July 21st. The information was made known thanks to Pokémon news site Serebii.net, which states that the July 21st episode of Pokénchi will contain “the latest information” on the two games. Serebii.net…
While Yo-Kai Watch 4 just launched for the Nintendo Switch in Japan a few weeks ago, Level-5 is already planning to go back to the roots of the series on the system, with a port of the original Yo-Kai Watch. The port was namedropped by the company’s official virtual YouTuber…
I’m Ricky Berg and I love Skullgirls. As a Nintendo fan, I’m no stranger to having the same game multiple times, on every platform possible. Blame enhanced remakes, compilations, and the Virtual Console, but at least I try to keep this limited to my personal favorites. I’ve got multiple physical…
Welcome back to the Wire Weekly, where I, Ben “Why didn’t they flip the words to call it a Lite Switch” Fruzzetti, run through the week’s assortment of Nintendo news with what could charitably be referred to as wit, sarcasm, and personality. Huge news this week — Astral Chain has…
