Good night, sweet prince – the Wii U and 3DS eShops close today at 5 p.m. PT, and as it lies on its deathbed, all we can do is mourn. In lieu of a eulogy, you can have this fan compilation of all the different Nintendo Shop themes from the…
Kirby – hero, everyman, marshmallow. For over 30 years the protagonist of the eponymous series has invited questions: about his essence, his hopes, his seemingly infinite faculties. And now, HAL Laboratory heads – executive director Shinya Kumazaki and expert director Tatsuya Kamiyama – sat down at GDC with Polygon to…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
The creative team behind Nintendo of America’s YouTube channel is trying something new. No, our resident master of puns and contributor Matthew Weidner hasn’t crafted this new video, but it does center around Nintendo’s eShop, a topic of which Matthew is more than well versed in. Showing off…
Move aside, Cooking Mama — there’s a new chef in town, as a launch trailer for Trinket Studios’ and Adult Swim Games’ new Switch title, Battle Chef Brigade, has dropped. It does a good job of displaying the game’s central conceit: hunting and gathering ingredients in a 2D-action space before…
Those who are fans of both Bethesda and Nintendo, you’ll want to pull up a chair for this piece of news. The Elder Scrolls Twitter account just announced a giveaway that provides winners the option to choose one of two prizes: either a custom Skyrim Nintendo Switch or PS4 Pro….
Thanks to the time change in applicable areas of North America, this week’s Splatoon 2 new weapon is coming out a tad earlier. Starting at 6 p.m. PT today, Sheldon will now add another roller to the game’s arsenal. Behold the Foil Flingza Roller. With its sub weapon (Suction Bomb)…
The line-up for Arc System Works’ fascinating fighting game mash-up BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle keeps on growing. Hot on the heels of Chie Satonaka, Noel Vermillion and Walstein, we’ve got another batch of three brawlers heading to the arena. First up is Gordeau from Under Night In-Birth, complete…
For you fearsome warriors of lords, knights, and more, a small update for Fire Emblem Warriors has landed to hold you over as you wait for next month’s DLC to become available. As we reported earlier this month, there’s a new History Mode map as well as new costumes for…
While we aren’t into December just yet, Time has gone ahead and published its list of 2017’s 25 Best Inventions. The topics are broad: cars, medical, athletic gear, space technology and more. Of course, this is Nintendo Wire and we’re reporting on the subject, so something Nintendo related must have…
Version 4.0.0 of ARMS brought a slew of new items to the game. You can meet the spiritual fighter, Misango, the 13th character in the game’s roster, in our video below. In it, we give a tour of Misango using new ARMS that are available while playing in the newly…
Announced way back in the reveal trailer for the Nintendo Switch, Skyrim is finally releasing this week for the system. The game, like many other third party titles on Switch, will have special costumes and gear that reference Nintendo’s own properties. The E3 trailer revealed Skyrim has the Hylian…
First spotted by Vooks, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has an interesting little feature tucked away in its Day 1 patch. If you’ve been enjoying the video capture function that Nintendo has added last month, then Skyrim is the first third party video game in the West to take advantage…
Disclaimer: Due to the fact that Skyrim has made its rounds to other major consoles over the years, we spent the majority of the review below primarily focusing on how it performs on the Nintendo Switch and what this version offers in comparison to other console versions. For those of…
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