During the Switch 2 Direct earlier this week, Nintendo outlined what it is calling “Switch 2 Enhanced Games” for the new console. As the title suggests, these will be Switch 1 games that feature enhancements for the Switch 2 without being natively developed for the platform. Nintendo Wire currently has…
During today’s Nintendo Treehouse Live stream, Capcom was on hand to showcase some gameplay of Street Fighter 6 running on the Switch 2. While the game is obviously not on par with the visuals for the PC, PlayStation 5, or Xbox Series X versions of the game, it does still…
In a surprising bit of news this morning, Nintendo of America has revealed that the pre-order date for the Switch 2 has been delayed so that the company can assess the impact of the latest round of tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. GameSpot was given a statement from the…
UPDATE: You can now use your My Nintendo Gold Points on the Nintendo Switch eShop. 100 Gold Points will net you $1 off. You can see the full announcement here. Well, it finally happened. After almost a year of fan outcry, Nintendo has finally confirmed that My Nintendo points…
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…
Springtime festival season has a clear winner thanks to those squid kids of Inkopolis Square. Over in Japan their latest Splatfest asked whether fans prefer Flowers or Dumplings, both a straightforward question and representation of a proverb. Well, the results are in! フェスの開催が告げられた。お題は「どっちを選ぶ？ 花 vs 団子」。期間は3月3日（土）15:00～3月4日（日）15:00。「花より団子」は、風流よりも実益を重んじるという意味の諺だ。美しい花を愛でるか、ごちそうに舌鼓を打つか。あなたが重視するのはどっち？ pic.twitter.com/qg3vd1KELJ — Splatoon（スプラトゥーン）…
I’ve been playing the new Kirby Star Allies demo again and again since it dropped yesterday. Fun as it is, it’s only a small taste of what’s to come in Kirby’s latest adventure, though thankfully, Nintendo’s given us another quick peek. These two, short trailers share some of the game’s…
It’s always great to see your main take a win, and that’s how I’m feeling with the results of the latest ARMS Party Crash. I’ve been a Mechanica fan since her reveal and even with Byte & Barq’s teamwork they just couldn’t topple this robot-riding wunderkind. Give it up…
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle will be the Nintendo debut of several of these long-running characters, and for those excited about the crossover combat cavalcade you can get an early peek at where they stand amongst each other in the eyes of fans. Over 77 thousand people voted for their favorite…
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 somersaulted stomps of our Super Mario Odyssey challenge comes another round of powerful pops that’ll leave you…
UPDATE: Good news, Kirby fans! The Kirby Star Allies demo is now live in the North American Switch eShop. Just like the European version, this demo includes two stages, amiibo support, and a boss fight with the buffest Dedede you’ll ever see. Have fun! It looks like that bizarre Google…
As we crossed over the Nintendo Switch’s first anniversary fans were discovering something quite disconcerting – the game play time counter had reset to 0 days played. Nintendo has since acknowledged the issue and confirmed no data has been lost, and now, thanks to Nintendo Force playing review copies early…
Traditionally speaking, the first year of a console’s lifetime is generally mediocre. Launches that range from great to middling are followed by months of dead air before the next batch of decent releases drop, and only around the one year anniversary do more heavy hitters finally emerge. Despite their utter…
The next North American and European Splatfest has been announced, pitting Team Chicken against Team Egg in a battle that will surely determine the end of the long-asked question, “Which came first: the chicken or the egg?” Splatfest is a special, day-long Splatoon 2 event in which two competing teams…
In a tweet posted earlier today, Nintendo’s official Japanese Twitter account for the Zelda series posted a brand new piece of art commemorating the first anniversary of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. 1 year anniversary pic.twitter.com/1Ju1V967kE — ゼルダの伝説 (@ZeldaOfficialJP) March 3, 2018 The piece features Zelda focusing…
