As 2025 carries on, Pokémon fans around the world are eagerly awaiting the release of Pokémon Legends: Z-A. For the first time in over a decade, the France-inspired Kalos region will be making its return in a new form. That being said, with no release date even yet known, it…
This week was the grand opening of Universal Orlando’s newest theme park, Epic Universe. Included as one of the five lands within is Super Nintendo World, Nintendo’s first step into the theme park world. And while park is split into two — one based on Mario and the other on…
With only a week left to go in May, it’s time for Nintendo to spring some new classic games onto its NSO service. Instead of a broad selection of titles, this month sees four new Game Boy games getting added, with one being a ludicrously expensive Game Boy Color game….
To say the Nintendo Switch is doing well is something of an understatement. Ever since it’s launch just over a year ago, the system has broke records left and right, and now, thanks to the latest figures from Famitsu, another Japanese milestone has been breached. As pointed out by the…
The Fire Emblem Awakening DLC pack, as well as version 1.5.0, are now available to download for both Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch versions of Fire Emblem Warriors. The Awakening DLC pack adds characters Owain, Tharja, and Olivia, as well as new History Mode maps, costumes, and more. The full…
For any of you completionists out there, I’d suggest booting up your Super Mario Odyssey file and racking up those coins again. Seemingly out of the blue, the game has just been updated to include two entirely new costumes that had previously been leaked (two suits and two helmets, a…
Welcome to Smash, Switch, Speculation! Each week we take a look at the biggest questions in the world of Super Smash Bros. Switch and discuss what we expect to see when the newest iteration lands on the console later this year. Today, we ask the question: Should Waluigi be in…
Technology is always evolving in increments, but sometimes those little improvements can have severe side effects. Case in point — after the Switch’s latest v5.0.0 firmware update, there are several reports from consumers that their third-party docks (such as from Nyko) have bricked their consoles, rendering them unusable. How is…
The last few fighting games from Arc System Works have featured surprisingly quirky lobbies for players to hang-out in between bouts. The upcoming BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle is no exception, but it looks like it’ll be taking a page out of Dragon Ball FighterZ book in particular, with chibi-fied 3D…
There are only two months to go until Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition releases, and we’re happy to reveal that details for it have finally been shared by Natsume. Originally released for mobile devices and PC, the Nintendo Switch and PS4 versions have been promised their own changes…
It was a badly kept secret but now it’s official – TT Games, Disney and Warner Bros. are giving The Incredibles the Lego game treatment, and it’ll be heading to Nintendo’s Switch. Players will be able to run through story levels and “an epic hub world” as the super-powered Parr…
UPDATE: Almost immediately after publishing this article IGN released a statement from a PR representative that confirms the 3DS version won’t be heading overseas but the Switch version should land after 2018. Here it is in full: In a statement, Square Enix told IGN: “Our aim with Dragon Quest XI…
Tomorrow will bring some new, friendly faces to Kirby Star Allies. These longtime Kirby friends (and one jester who’s never been all that friendly) will join the other playable Dream Friends and offer ways to play through the game’s modes by joining in with Kirby on his main quest. Each…
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…
When you start playing a Japanese RPG you don’t usually expect something calming – typically there are burning villages, amnesiac heroes and world-ending prophecies within the first hour. Gust’s Atelier series has long worked against those assumptions, delivering an experience quite unlike any other JRPG out there. The aim? Building…
