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…
A Reddit user has received an early copy of the Japanese-exclusive special edition of Bayonetta 1 and 2 for Nintendo Switch, and has posted several photos detailing what’s included in the package. The redditor, chkenwing, said they purchased the Bayonetta Non-Stop Climax Edition from a local shop in Hong Kong…
The Star Allies news keeps pouring in, and this time it’s a full on deluge of clips hosted on the just-opened Japanese site for the game. With sections dedicated to Copy abilities, Helpers, and the new mix abilities there’s plenty to check out there before even delving into the story…
I don’t think even my words can do this one justice, but I’m going to try. Kirby Star Allies is already my most anticipated game right now and seeing what’s either its start up movie or just a special little animation put together for the occasion is hitting all the…
Splatoon 2 themed bottle cap figurines will be super jumping into gachapon machines in Japan next month. Priced at 200 yen each (about $1.86 as of this posting), different colored Inkling Squids, as well as Judd and Li’l Judd, can adorn a shelf or bottles. First spotted by Japanese Nintendo, Dengeki…
Fan favorite Spyro might be returning to the spotlight through the Spyro the Dragon Trilogy Remaster. Due in part to Crash Bandicoot’s success from the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, the dragon’s first three games from the PlayStation will be getting a similar treatment. Reported by Laura Kate Dale, who’s…
Time as a game mechanic has always been my jam: travel, manipulation, stopping, you name it. The Longest 5 Minutes manages to meet me on two fronts here, with jumping back into your character’s past being the core of the gameplay and beating a clock. Thankfully, there’s no need for…
It’s only one month to go ’til Kirby Star Allies is out to steal your hearts, and we now know it’ll be featured in the next issue of Famitsu. The publication wasn’t content with just waiting around though, and shared a look at its upcoming spread to show off two…
We’re only 3 days away from the launch of Bayonetta 1 & 2 on the Nintendo Switch and to get your ready for the bewitching experience, Nintendo UK has released a launch trailer showing the ports in action. Check it out below: Bayonetta 1 & 2 launches on…
Not content with only having one colorful, cartoony game about covering urban surfaces with different shades of ink on Nintendo Switch, THQ Nordic has announced it will be bringing de Blob to the system later this year both digitally and physically. Originally released in 2008 for the Wii,…
The massive French publisher Ubisoft almost always strongly supports new platforms from launch, but the company tried something a little bit different for the Switch by partnering with Nintendo on the surprisingly good cross-over Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. It seems like both the surreal strategy RPG and Just Dance…
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…
In an age when games are announced and released in a few months’ time, made by hundreds of developers, and funded by a publisher looking at what’s most marketable rather than what will make the best game, we can always rely on the smaller indie gems to remind us of…
