The beat-em-up genre tends to stay in its lane. Its tried-and-true arcade format has rarely been deviated from or added onto. There have been some recent attempts at modernizing the genre such as Xbox Game Studios’ live service brawler Towerborne or the open nature of WayForward’s River City Girls games….
If you can believe it, a second Animal Crossing-like knock-off game has appeared on the PlayStation store recently. Dubbed “Anime Village Online,” the sole screenshot available for the game looks not only heavily inspired by Animal Crossing, but almost like an HD mod for New Horizons. Spotted by Redditor YellowFlower69,…
Switch Online subscribers are in for a treat this month. As announced by Nintendo last night, the Super Nintendo App is going to receive a trio of new games for October 2025. One of those is the western debut of Mario & Wario, the 1993 puzzle game developed by Game…
UPDATE: Blizzard has revealed to Polygon that the tweet was simply meant to be a “fun community engagement piece” rather than a tease for Switch. The wait continues! While Blizzard has briefly talked about porting its games to Switch before without confirming anything, it’s looking like an announcement may be…
Back in March 2015, the late Nintendo President Satoru Iwata revealed a new “dedicated game platform” during a Q&A presentation for investors, code-named NX. Back then it was just a way to show them, and fans, that Nintendo wouldn’t be leaving the traditional gaming space any time soon, but little…
Happy March, squid kids! With the month kicking off on a Thursday, we’re treated to some new Splatoon 2 goodies today (instead of Friday.) Let’s see what’s coming to an Inkopolis Square near you. WEAPON: DARK TETRA DUALIES The Dark Tetra Dualies intrigued us with its teaser last month. Promising…
Those of you located in the UK can now pre-order Kirby Star Allies for Switch at the official Nintendo UK site store. Order it now for £49.99 and you’ll also receive this spiffy boxed pin and badge set that includes four pieces as a bonus. The badges/pins feature none other…
Watch as we play through a portion of the Kirby Star Allies Demo that just became available on the Nintendo Switch today.
The Kirby Star Allies Demo is live in the UK. Check out the first stage’s gameplay!
Like your first kiss, we Nintendo fans will always remember the air of anticipation surrounding the Nintendo Switch launch. While a lot of the hype can be attributed to getting lost in adventure with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s expansive world, the prospect of being able to…
It looks like that bizarre Google ad was hinting at something after all, as a demo for Kirby Star Allies has launched in Europe earlier today. Judging from the trailer released by Nintendo UK, the demo gives players an idea of everything on offer in the full version, from the…
Wall Street Journal reporter and Nintendo connoisseur Takashi Mochizuki is at it again, giving us an inside look at Nintendo’s plans for the Switch moving forward. His latest article focuses on the Switch as it enters its second year in just a few days, which is set to have achieved…
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…
Get your imaginations ready, because NISA’s sandbox-style life development game Happy Birthdays now has an official release date. Originally released on the PS4 and PC as Birthdays the Beginning, Happy Birthdays expands on the original’s content and updates its UI to make for a smoother time. You’ll shape…
Luigi’s Balloon World has been good and fun, even with a few unreachable balloons thrown into the mix, but that’s not all that came along with the update. Dataminers have reported in on even more potential costumes that may be making their way to Crazy Cap stores in due time….
