This past weekend, Sega held a closed network test for their upcoming kart racer Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds on PlayStation 5. To say that I had fun would be an understatement. For the three days that the beta was online, my living room sounded like an arcade — character one-liners being…
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…
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…
Welcome to Speedrun Sunday: that sadistic time of the week when we dare to challenge both your D-pad’s durability and sanity’s stamina with the ultimate test in video game bragging rights. Hot off the hamster heels of our Kirby: Star Allies challenge comes another ruthless run that’ll leave you flopping…
Inti Creates has a double dose of 2D action with two new games coming out of the Bitsummit event currently underway in Kyoto. Both of these games are offshoots of other existing or upcoming titles, and both look to be right in Inti’s wheelhouse. First is Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger…
I told you I’d be back, folks. It’s time yet again for a new segment I like to call “Bryan Reports on Pocket Rumble News for the Entirety of Time!” The news this time is that Cardboard Robot Games, the developers behind the Neo Geo Pocket Color-style fighting game, will…
Last year’s release of Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle brought us a unique experience we weren’t quite expecting on Switch. While we didn’t receive new amiibo to represent the game, we did have the opportunity to decorate our homes and workspaces with 3 to 6 inch figures of the Rabbid…
We recently shared what we thought was the full, animated opening for Blade Strangers, but after a week of reveals Nicalis had one last surprise to reveal for the crossover. While the first half of this will look familiar for anyone who’s been keeping up with the game, stay tuned…
Metanet Software is bringing its critically acclaimed ninja platformer N++ to the Nintendo Switch later this month, it’s been announced. The second sequel to the early 2000’s Flash game “N”, the series is well known for its simplistic style and gameplay which strips down 2D platforming to its core elements….
Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya is best known for Cave Story, one of the first indie games to take the world by storm. He’s continued to make little games ever since, though, with one of the more ambitious projects being Kero Blaster. If you’ve yet to play it you’re in luck, as…
The Switch’s library of indie gems grows ever larger, as it was announced today that recent novel indie game Minit will hit the console sometime this year. Developed by Kitty Calis, Jan Willem Nijman, Jukio Kallio, and Dominik Johann (and published by Devolver Digital), Minit gives the player exactly 60…
Nicalis must’ve set their calendars wrong, because they’ve been dropping news like E3’s come a month early. Besides today’s announcement of the crossover puzzle fighting game Crystal Crisis, the company also revealed today that everybody’s favorite garden-implement wielding sentinel Shovel Knight is joining the cast of their upcoming fighting game…
Once again, Nicalis was kind enough to send over a copy of its latest game to everyone here at Nintendo Wire, and we’d like to take a few moments to share some photos of everything that comes inside the perfect little package. Alongside the expected box and cartridge were a…
More and more games from the recent Nindies Showcase are making their way to Switch, and in just a week’s time another one will be available to all. We now know The Banner Saga 1, the first game in a soon-to-be trilogy, will be ready for players to start their…
With all the Blade Stranger reveals this week I figured we’d get another one today, but instead Nicalis managed to sucker punch us all with a brand new crossover, its “biggest since the last one” — as the company put it. Take a look at the surprise unveiling of Crystal…
