After years of speculation and anticipation, publisher Forever Entertainment has finally announced that its House of the Dead 2 remake will finally be seeing the light of day this year. Revealed alongside a new trailer, the aptly titled “The House of the Dead 2: Remake” will be hitting Switch and…
The Switch 2 has had a heck of a media week, especially in Las Vegas. The Consumer Electronics Showcase (Abbreviated as CES) played host to a number of tech giants, including accessory developer Genki who brought mockups of the yet-to-be-revealed Nintendo Switch followup console. Genki in specific claimed this was…
The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of leaks and speculation, with alleged images, specs, and rumors about the Nintendo Switch 2 dominating the gaming news cycle. Until Nintendo officially announces something about the much-anticipated console, this flurry of speculation is likely to continue. With that said, let’s continue…
We’re only a few games in but Sega Ages is already promising quite a few near-perfect conversions of classic games, and its just added two more to the pipeline. The arcade versions of Puyo Puyo 1 and 2 will both head to Switch, though dates haven’t been promised. Online play…
Travis Strikes Again is almost here and this latest take on No More Heroes has received a new trailer. Have a look at Electric Thunder Tiger II, one of the games Travis and Badman will find themselves in. A clash of electro and cyberpunk, it fits the frantic…
Welcome back to Season 2 of the Character Column, where we run down all manner of royal, ruffian, and rough-around-the-edges rube in a weekly analysis of various characters. Last week we ran down the nuances of Inklings and avatars in Splatoon. This week, I’d like to begin by demanding that…
After already having a day 1 patch, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has gotten bumped up to Version 1.2.0. With that comes a few changes to many corners of the game, though without much elaboration. For one, the difficulty of approaching challengers has been adjusted. I imagine this is supposed to…
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…
Ever wondered what the story behind the Smash Bros. logo was all about? If you’re a longtime player, you might be interested to hear what series creator Masahiro Sakurai recently stated in a video shared on Nintendo Japan’s YouTube channel. When asked what the logo represented, Sakurai said that the…
Yesterday, the first entry in the long running Phantasy Star franchise got brought to the Nintendo Switch under the Sega Ages banner, and it’s no simple port. The folks over at M2 have made sure to keep it as accurate to the source material as possible, while also offering more…
GRIS — an emotional and abstract tale of a girl dealing with grief — is out now, and a launch trailer has been released in celebration. To those who haven’t yet understood just how beauteous the title is, the trailer does a superb job of showing off a number of…
The first Sonic Adventure had a lot of strange turns. This is the game that added a shooting robot going through an existential crisis and a simpleton cat fisherman trying to rescue his best friend (who is also a frog), all surrounding an ancient water monster. And somehow, in the…
The Nintendo eShop has long been the go-to place for digital deals and steals on the 3DS, Wii U, and now the Switch. Based on a recent document related to a lawsuit against the selling of pirated games, that storefront’s name could be changing real soon. Found by Resetera user…
The question of “can video games be art?” is long past us, as it has been fairly, definitively proven that the medium has the power to move, to inspire, and to resonate with players and our culture at large. But our understanding of gaming as an art form is ever…
Katamari Damacy is a franchise known for its legacy of weird gameplay, weirder characters, and one of the weirdest plots in video game history. For many, it’s a guilty pleasure; a cult classic that is unmatched in its unabashed uniqueness. For others (including myself) it’s simply a classic: a game…
