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…
Towards the end of September 2018’s Nintendo Direct, Square Enix announced an avalanche of Final Fantasy games for the Nintendo Switch. Among them was a port of the Wii’s Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo’s Dungeon, with the new title “Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy!” While the game had a Winter 2018…
Next year Nippon Ichi Software will be bringing out Destiny Connect, a whole new Japanese RPG IP with a time travel plot and some unique character designs. While we’ve heard a few details already, the first fully-featured trailer has arrived, giving us the best look yet. Give it a watch:…
Games have glitches. It’s been a constant for decades, and while some are so minor they go unnoticed, others can bring such sheer ridiculousness that you just gotta try them yourself. That brings us to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, where Isabelle just so happens to be shattering reality in…
The announcement of Joker from Persona 5 as the first DLC character for Smash Ultimate sent waves across the internet, as fans of the hit JRPG rejoiced for their sweet, sweet representation. But it also prompted questions: who among the remaining four roster picks could match the same level of…
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The past weekend pit the heroes and villains of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate together in the form of a Splatoon 2 Splatfest, and the results have come in. While the heroes were victorious when it came to the public vote, the villains proved too cunning to let them win so…
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…
