Alongside the myriad of announcements this morning from the Switch 2 Direct was the confirmation that certain Nintendo Switch titles would be getting enhanced Nintendo Switch 2 Editions. First up for the enhancement process are two of the Switch’s biggest titles, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and…
Not revealed in today’s Direct, Nintendo has a new wrinkle in store for publishers that opt to sell physical games without the physical component. For anyone looking to sell a “key-in-a-box,” Nintendo has a brand-new option: the Switch 2 Game-Key card. As the name suggests, this will be a Switch…
Mario Kart World, the newest entry in the Mario Kart franchise and the first new console game in over a decade, races on to Switch 2 in just two months! First teased back in January for the Switch 2 reveal, Mario Kart World was the first trailer shown off in…
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening is coming to the Nintendo Switch with a fresh look. We compare the Game Boy classic and the updated version, and we see just how true to the source material it will be! Support us on Patreon.
Here at Nintendo Wire, we always are pondering about amiibo support and functionality in upcoming Nintendo games. I even mentioned the idea when I covered what new tidbits we saw for Yoshi’s Crafted World in yesterday’s Nintendo Direct. Perhaps the amiibo overlords heard me and decided to give us a…
The Direct is over and done but one last surprise was waiting to make itself known. Team Cherry has announced and revealed not a DLC expansion for their debut game, but a fully fledged sequel starring Hornet instead. See for yourself in the first look at Hollow Knight: Silksong Everything…
Not only has Nintendo shown off loads of brand new amiibo today, but we also got release dates for some upcoming amiibo! According to the Nintendo of America Twitter account, Daisy, Young Link, and Ken are releasing on April 12th in North America. There are even more Super Smash…
A typical game of hide-and-seek has somehow transformed into a horror thriller thanks to Behaviour Interactive. Welcome to Dead By Daylight, an online multiplayer game where you are the hunter or become the hunted. Previously available on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, today’s Nintendo Direct showed that it’s sneaking…
It was a dense, packed Nintendo Direct today, but one of the most richly detailed portions was on Fire Emblem: Three Houses. After previously only getting glimpses of the game at E3 last year, we have a lot of info to unpack on the 16th entry in the stories franchise,…
Atlas is about to get a whole lot more Lylat in its star system. A free major update is setting course for Starlink: Battle for Atlas this April, promising challenging new missions for Team Star Fox to barrel roll through. Though don’t get too cocky, as Star Wolf’s infamous lieutenants (Andrew,…
Tetris is getting the battle royale treatment with Tetris 99, a new game announced during today’s Nintendo Direct presentation exclusively for Nintendo Switch Online members. “99 players, but only one reigns supreme,” the announcement clip says. “The iconic puzzle game arrives with an online experience like no other.” …
You can start building your world in Dragon Quest Builders 2 starting July 12th on Switch. This looks like just another Minecraft clone, but I can assure you that the Dragon Quest Builders games have a lot of good stuff to offer. This time around there’s 4 player co-op, either…
The square shifting puzzlery of BoxBoy! has always been a treat on 3DS across its three games, and now it’s finally stretching onto a home console. Qbby is coming to the Nintendo Switch eShop — and he’s not alone either. As the title implies, this new one’s introducing co-op to…
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age Definitive Edition is coming to Switch this fall, as announced during today’s Nintendo Direct. Dragon Quest XI previously launched on PC and PS4 last September, but the Switch edition comes with some new goodies. The game features both Japanese and English…
During today’s bombastic Nintendo Direct showcase, Daemon X Machina Producer Kenichiro Tsukuda announced a demo for the action mech game is set to release later today on the Nintendo eShop for a limited time. The demo includes four different “prototype missions” to run ‘n gun through, which should provide curious…
