If you can believe it, Nintendo has released a new update for Mario Kart Tour to celebrate the launch of Mario Kart World. Coming just over a month after the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, this latest update is surprising not just because there’s a new Mario Kart game…
Every developer under the sun has dabbled in the 3D platformer space at one point or another, but Nintendo has consistently proven that no one does it better than it does — and Donkey Kong Bananza is no exception to that rule. It’s a master class in level design and…
A second Playtest Program has been announced for Nintendo Switch Online, which will allow successful applicants to help test the online service. It will be similar to the playtest held in October 2024, though this time the number of users will jump from 10,000 to 40,000. It will take place…
One of the next Sega Ages titles is Wonder Boy in Monster Land, the first entry that saw the Wonder Boy series branch off into an action adventure genre filled with sword & sorcery. As was the case with previous Sega Ages ports, this one is also a port of…
The award-winning puzzle-adventure game Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is heading to Switch next week, publisher 505 Games has announced. When it was originally released in 2013 it was lauded for its unique control scheme, with two brothers being controlled by the two analog sticks on a controller, leading…
Tomorrow Sonic and friends (and enemies, and freshly hatched creatures) will slip into the driver’s seat and bring the long-awaited Team Sonic Racing to Nintendo Switch and other platforms. A new video’s gone up to spotlight the three character types, giving racers different skills and abilities in a direct callback…
If you’re looking for a Switch controller with a bit more to it than the usual fare, consider this new Faceoff Deluxe+ Audio Wired (say it five times fast) controller from PDP. More than just the usual third-party plastic, it comes outfitted with a host of features, including an audio…
The very fabric of reality was up for grabs in Splatoon 2’s latest Splatfest, and it looks like those location-hopping louts on Team Teleportation took the win. As Pearl put it, this truly is the darkest timeline… The #Splatoon2 #Splatfest results are in, and #TeamTeleportation warps into first place…
Released earlier this month in the Nintendo eShop, VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a visual novel of a different flavor. Swapping dialogue choices for a Mixology 101 course instead, fans now have the opportunity to recreate the drinks in real life, as two bars in Japan are giving the task a…
Back in October 2018, Uniqlo announced that it’d be holding another contest for a wave of Pokémon shirts, and now the winners have been announced. From melty Pikachu popsicles to Team Rocket using a crane machine, there are plenty of cute designs. The winner, though, is a stylish Gyarados print,…
Another week, another batch of new faces set to make their debut in Fire Emblem: Three Houses later this summer. Each of the game’s groups of students have grown a little bigger but this time a few teachers are in the mix. Assuming they’re NPC’s and unavailable to develop as…
During our last Direct, Nintendo revealed a new means for fans to purchase games at a slight discount. If you’re a Switch Online subscriber you can buy the Switch Game Voucher, getting you two titles for the flat rate of $99.99. Among those available titles is PlatinumGames’ upcoming Astral Chain,…
The July 19th release date for Marvel Ultimate Alliance is fast approaching, and in the last week GameInformer has been rounding up gameplay for a different character each day. First up is the fan-favorite Kamala Khan, also known as Ms. Marvel. This Inhuman superhero is a Pakistani-American teenager who fights…
Welcome back to the Wire Weekly, where I, Ben “I owned but never played the original Mario Maker so you know what drag me” Fruzzetti, run through the week’s assortment of Nintendo news with what could charitably be referred to as wit, sarcasm, and personality. Well, there was one item…
Time for me to fess up: Super Mario Maker wasn’t exactly a big deal for me. Don’t get me wrong, I played it and conceptually thought it was incredible both in general and as an example of why you shouldn’t laugh at the Wii U. That said, I’d have traded…
