Early last month, RPG fans were shocked to discover that the fan-favorite title Octopath Traveler had been delisted from the Nintendo eShop out of nowhere. The game was a big hit among critics and fans of the genre worldwide, releasing initially as a Nintendo Switch exclusive before arriving on other…
Starting in January 2018, Community Day is a monthly event in Pokémon GO that shines the spotlight on a particular Pokémon. For one day each month, a Pokémon selected by Niantic will have its spawn rate increased during a block of hours. Also, the Shiny appearance rate for the starring…
G-MODE has slowly but surely been reviving its back catalog of games that were once exclusive to Japanese feature phones, including fairly big names. The latest? The Atlus developed Persona 3 prequel, Aigis: The First Mission. The game is an action RPG set in 1999, ten years before the events…
Near the end of today’s Nindie’s Showcase Direct, a brief montage showed a variety of games with their respective release dates, with some of them being brand new reveals. These include: Desert Child – Akupara Games: December 2018 Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut – InXile Entertainment: September 13 The Messenger –…
There was a time when simulator games in the vein of Goat Simulator were a dime a dozen, relying on quirky jankiness and random humor over charm to make their mark. Yet Untitled Goose Game (not a WIP title) from House House looks to be a breath fresh of air,…
After its announcement earlier this year, I’ve been waiting patiently for any word on Hyper Light Drifter’s Switch debut. Thankfully, the Nindie Showcase kicked off with that very game, detailing some of the new features on Switch and when exactly we’ll be able to get it. Through its…
Cats are great. Even as somehow who is incredibly allergic to them, I know it to be true. That’s why, out of all the indie games shown during today’s Nindies Showcase, Mineko’s Night Market shone the brightest. Everything in the game revolves around cats it seems like. You race them,…
As revealed in today’s Nintendo Indie Highlight Direct, the wildly popular RPG Undertale has been given a release date for the Switch. Undertale will finally arrive on a Nintendo platform on September 18th. The dog-petting/skeleton-dating simulator is being ported by popular publisher 8-4. Keep it here for more indie news!…
From the makers of FTL, hit indie Into the Breach made a surprise appearance at the end of this afternoon’s Nindies Showcase. Not only that, but the wait is short as can be with the game releasing via the eShop today. Be on the lookout for more on…
The Nindies Summer Showcase kicks off at 11:00 a.m. CST / 9:00 a.m. PT. What amazing indie games will we see this time around? Leave your best guesses in the comments below!
Ever since its full E3 2018 reveal, Nintendo has been supplying daily updates to the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate website. Fighter spotlights, Assist Trophies, Pokémon, new music, and more are all being shown off to get you ready for the biggest crossover around! Let’s have a look at what Nintendo…
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…
It feels like the Switch is getting new fighting games fairly regularly, usually in the form in re-released classics or spinoffs of existing franchises. Nothing new had cropped up and caught my eye, until out of nowhere during E3 2017 when Nicalis started showing off this unheard of fighting game…
Regardless of what types of games I played growing up, sprites are always going to define “video game” for me in a visual sense. There’s something so pure to the medium about pixels coming together — you can even guess when a game was created based on how it looks…
If you’ve yet to do the odyssey and travel around the world with Mario, you might be in luck. Next month, Nintendo of America is set to release a new starter pack bundle featuring Super Mario Odyssey and the game’s accompanying Traveler’s Guide, and it’ll cost the same as the…
